In a pivotal episode on Monday’s General Hospital, the seeds are sown for someone to end up in the waters of the pier by week’s end. Will it be Ric (Ric Hearst), Drew (Cameron Mathison), or someone else?

Molly (Kristen Vaganos) comes upon Cody (Josh Kelly) and Ava (Maura West) making out, with him shirtless, when she shows up unannounced at the Quartermaine stables. Before Molly walks out on him, Cody explains that Kristina (Kate Mansi) paid him to seduce Ava because he thought she wanted her away from her father! Ava storms off in a huff as does Molly.

Meanwhile, Ric stops by to see Alexis (Nancy Lee Grahn) but finds Kristina there, who then accuses him of blackmailing her mother. Then, Ric launches into a full verbal onslaught of all of Kristina’s actions from the court case she lost claiming Ava pushed her out the metro court hotel window, to how selfish she was about the baby and her grief, and that she never planned to give up the child to Molly and T.J.

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In addition, the two go at it about Kristina cutting the brakes to Ric’s car by mistake instead of Ava and how she should be in jail for attempted murder, but Alexis is always cleaning up her messes. Kristina defends herself by saying she wasn’t in her right mind.

Ric yells at Kristina that his daughter, Molly, would have lost the baby either way because of Kristina’s action. Seeing a sharp letter opener, Kristina goes to grab with the intent on stabbing Rick, but suddenly puts it back down. Kristina admits to Ric that she doesn’t want Molly to know what she did, and how she injured her father in the process, because she doesn’t want to lose her again after the two repaired their fractured sisterly relationship

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All of a sudden, Ava shows up at Alexis’ front door looking for the legal eagle, but comes upon Kristina and Rick. Ava and Kristina go at it about which one of them should be rotting behind a jail cell. Next, Ric says the blackmail is officially over, he’s done. In fact, he emptied all of Ava’s bank accounts and more.

Ava loses it. She screams that money is from her divorce settlement. Rick gloats that he earned it. He took all of her money and there’s nothing she can do it about it. They each talk about betraying the other over blackmailing Alexis for part of the Cassadine Fortune. As he starts to leave, Ava hits him over the head with a round sphere she grabbed from a table; knocking him out with a bloody wound on the back of his head, as Kristina just stands there and looks shocked.

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Meanwhile, the reason Alexis is not at her house is that she is meeting with Drew at the Metro Court. Alexis wants to find a path forward after their confrontation about Scout and feels there should be room for all of Scout’s relatives in her life. Drew is not having it, and just as she is talking has Alexis served with a restraining order to stay away from her granddaughter. Alexis is livid as Drew also informs her that Molly, Kristina and her entire family is getting served one too.

Nothing will stop Drew. He tells Alexis he knows that she was going to try to take Scout from him. Next, Alexis brings up Sam’s name saying she would want her children with each other, and he ripped Scout away from Danny. Drew says Danny is a thug in the making and Alexis tells him to shut his mouth, as Martin (Michael E. Knight) and Laura (Genie Francis), who are at another table and the pt patrons look on.

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Drew calls Alexis a drunk, and he is much more fit than she is to raise his daughter. Then,  Molly shows up and tries to diffuse the situation. Alexis tells Drew in no uncertain terms, that when she’s through with him, it will be like he never existed. After Alexis storms out, Molly stands up to Drew and tells him Sam would hate him for doing this to Scout.

Bringing the tears and the heartbreak was the pick-up of the story of Maxie Jones’ (Kirsten Storms) medical condition. Lucas (Van Hansis) informs the family that since Maxie is in a coma, GH isn’t equipped to handle her needs. He tells them about the best coma care clinic near Boston and says Maxie has been approved to be transferred there as soon as possible as a patient. Spinelli (Bradford Anderson) is beside himself, but Lucas (Van Hansis) promises sending Maxie to get the best care will be what’s best for her.

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Next, Brook Lynn (Amanda Setton) gets a call and tells Lulu (Alexa Havins) that Maxie is being moved to the coma care hospital today. They determine they need to bring Maxie’s children to the hospital to say goodbye. Lulu calls Cody and tells him to get to General Hospital right away.

Now it’s time for everyone to have their moments with Maxie before the transfer. Spinelli (Bradford Anderson) talks to Maxie and tells her how much he loves her. Lulu and Brook Lynn come to see Maxie and promise her they will look after her kids, and they will be waiting for her when she wakes up and returns to Port Charles, and that everything is going to be alright.

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The biggest hankie-inducer came when Mac (John J. York), James (Gary James Fuller) and Cody enter to say goodbye to Maxie. First, Mac in tears, gives his love to her. James doesn’t know what to do or say, but he ends up placing Nathan’s police badge with her to keep her strong through her ordeal. Outside in the hospital corridor, Maxie is wheeled out and Felicia (Kristina Wagner) says her goodbyes. Next, Maxie is taken into the elevator leaving her family and loved ones devastated and praying for her recovery.

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In Dalmatia, Britt (Kelly Thiebaud) comes to see Jason (Steve Burton) and tells him he needs to leave, while he wants to know why she is there. Britt bad mouths Jason’s “date” named Greta, who she saw him with. He explains it wasn’t a date. They were each after information from the other.

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Jason asks Britt to leave with him, and promised he’ll take her anywhere she wants. Britt says she’s not going back to Port Charles, and it hurts her to see him after how he dumped her for Carly. Jason stops Britt from walking out as they almost kiss. He says he will leave, but not before giving her a burner phone to call him if she needs him. he stops her before she walks out.

So, what did you think of Monday’s GH? What do you think will happen next to Ric Lansing? Will he survive Ava’s blunt force attack? And what of Alexis? She was heard threatening Drew! Will he find himself facing deadly consequences? What did you think of the scenes where Maxie’s family says goodbye to her … and what do you think is up with Britt Westbourne? Will she just let Jason walk out of her life while keeping his burner phone? Share your thoughts via the comment section, but first check out the confrontation between Alexis and Drew below.