Nearly as moving were Alexis' scenes as she prepared for her surgery to eradicate the lung cancer as she tries to deal with Sam and Ric's indiscretion. Betrayed by the two of them, but desperate to hold her family together and keep her home stable for her young daughters should she not survive, Alexis informed Sam, Ric, Sonny, and Nikolas one by one of her plight and asked each for certain favors to help her through this time. It was Sonny she asked the most of, to put in writing that he will allow Ric to raise Kristina with Molly should she not make it.
What a tangled mess this has become! I can understand Alexis' fear of having her middle daughter raised by her mob boss father. As a daughter to Mikos Cassadine, she knows first hand the problems involved with having a bad-guy for a dad, but can't she see her husband is just about the furthest thing from a saint as well? He's been doing everything from trying to push his brother over the edge into insanity to trying to make a case for having Jason arrested to now sleeping with his wife's daughter… all for his own gain. The fact Nancy Lee Grahn recently signed a one-year contract only makes me wonder how Alexis will view Ric once the lung cancer storyline is behind her. One thing Alexis is still determined to do throughout all of this, however, is keep Sam away from Jason.
It doesn't look like she's going to be too effective, though. After tearful confessions between Sam and Jason about who slept with who, the couple has been inching back together. The hitman has been extremely supportive to Alexis in her illness, and now a shoulder to lean on for Sam, encouraging her to stand by her mother. But really, that's what Jason always is – supportive.
Support is what Liz was looking for when she has turned to Jason as well, proclaiming this week she doesn't regret sleeping with him. I find it a bit odd she doesn't feel the least bit guilty. Angry as she is at Lucky and as betrayed as she feels, her evening in Jason's arms was just as much of an infidelity. As determined as Lucky is to fix his marriage and get off the pain pills, I think we will see him stumble and fall a few times on his road to recovery. Maxie is too determined and too much of a manipulator to let go of this guy now that she has her claws sunk in him. By the way, how did this young girl fall so fast and become such a ruthless woman?
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1 - Joan Hunt
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2 - Joan Hunt
I missed most of last week, except Alexis talking with Sonny, Liz wandering around confused, and Lulu in a mild state of distress. Glad I get the updates from you!