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OLTL Recap – Nov 21 – Nov 25th

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Brody pulls a gun on Natalie and John, says no one is taking Liam from him.   John manages to convince Brody to put the gun down, promising all they want is to talk.  Brody expects Natalie and John to hate him, but neither can judge him.  EOD, emotional Brody says goodbye to Liam, places the baby back into Natalie’s arms. Todd surprises Tomas at the warehouse. Tomas was expecting Louie and the gun. Todd can’t let Tomas ruin his life by telling those he loves that he killed Victor. Todd reveals his plan to Tomas.  Blair has to admit to Starr that she and Tomas are together, reveals she went to Todd to find out if he still loves her, but in typical Todd fashion, he exploded.  Blair can’t live with the insanity any more, has chosen to be with a man who loves her.  Starr’s upset, protective of her father’s feelings, but ultimately wishes her mother happiness.  Tea admits to Dani that she’s pregnant. Dani reveals that she and Jack fought.  Jack’s still convinced Todd’s Victor’s killer.  Rex and Aubrey enter the Rio Dr’s office waiting area but Cutter and Stacy are gone.  Stacy’s run inside where she talks Cutter down from strangling Alex.  Rex and Aubrey are unable to get any information from the receptionist, but once they learn Dr. Fascinella is a plastic surgeon, they conclude it’s possible Cutter’s accomplice had her face altered to look like Gigi. It hits Rex that the Gigi sightings he’s had in Llanview weren’t his imagination, but they weren’t Gigi either. He wants to confront Cutter and his accomplice once and for all.  They come up with a plan. Cutter comes up with a plan that involves Alex.

Tomas has come to the meeting prepared for trouble.  But Todd is not alone.  Tomas tries to appeal to Todd’s guilt, and we indeed see the latter’s conflict.  Elsewhere, Blair seeks out Tomas but finds only Téa.  Téa tells Blair that Tomas has gone in search of Todd’s killer.  Téa makes it clear she’s aware Blair and Tomas have taken the next step in their relationship.  Téa is glad that Tomas is with someone who makes him so happy, but warns Blair not to hurt her brother.  Blair invites Téa to spend Thanksgiving with her family and calls Tomas to extend the same invitation. Aubrey tries to distract Fascinella’s receptionist, thus providing Rex the opportunity to get inside and confront Cutter and Stacy.  Cutter, though, has allied with Alex Olanov.  The receptionist catches Rex, who begs entry and is refused – just as Cutter comes out with a patient, her face wrapped in bandages.  Aubrey unwraps the bandages against Cutter’s objections.  Bo and Nora receive a visit from the newly re-elected Mayor Finn, who reminds them of her campaign promise and proceeds to fire Bo.  Nora defends Bo but Finn won’t be moved.  Nate and James alert Dani and Starr respectively to a rumor hitting the web: Are Nate and Starr having an affair?  Nate and Starr point out that the images in the web item are drawn from the video and realize that Rick must be behind the buzz.  Rick shows up at La Boulaie to revel in the surging publicity.  The kids do not see things the way he does and at EOD advance on him.

Although still unconscious, Matthew narrates the story of Thanksgiving, 2011. After their harrowing ordeal finding Liam, Natalie and John return to Llanfair with their son.  Clint and Viki are thrilled.  Meanwhile, Roxy tries to convince John to tell Natalie that he loves her.  Jessica and the kids have cheered Ford on in this year’s Turkey Trot.  They go to Llanfair where Natalie and her sister share an unexpected moment.  Brody is overwhelmed when Jessica shows up, giving him an emotional, meaningful vote of confidence.  After she leaves, he’s further touched when Roxy brings in Shane for a visit. Bo and Nora share turkey sandwiches at Matthew’s bedside. Viki witnesses Clint apologizing to Shane for treating him so shabbily.  At EOD, the exes share a wishbone.  Roxy tries to gloss over why Rex is in Brazil, but Shane has an idea that it has something to do with chasing Gigi’s ghost.  Someone dies.

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BEYOND THE GATES Throws it Back to the 70s and ‘Foxy Brown’ with Andre and Dani Fantasy

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On the Friday, May 8 episode of Beyond the Gates, the CBS daytime drama served up another fantasy sequence between married couple Andre Richardson (Sean Freeman) and Dani Dupree (Karla Mosley). The moment happened after Dani overheard a suspicious conversation and teasingly asks her hubby if he is spy?

This launches into story time by Dani, when she dreams up a scenario straight out of the look of the Blaxploitation films of the early to mid 70s. We are talking Pam Grier in Foxy Brown, Richard Roundtree in Shaft, and Sweet Sweet Badassses Song from Melvin Van Peoples and others.

In Dani’s story, both she and Andre are spies at Orphey Gene’s. Andre reveals he wears an eye patch. In the fantasy, Andre is also deemed to be a men’s underwear photographer from Iowa. The two seems to be double agents.

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After the scenes aired, the official Beyond the Gates Instagram account and Karla Mosley shared it on social, and many of the BTG cast jumped in the comment thread, as the series always brings it in the hair and make-up and wardrobe department and they had this down.

Sean Freeman said, “Sooo much fun shooting this one 🔥,” while Karla Mosley added, “The way I have been waiting for this episode to drop!” BTG Writer, Danielle Paige shared, “One of my fave days to write!!!”

While some fans loved it, others were not so in love with it. Check out the satire below featuring Dani and Andre’s 70s Foxy Brown-esque fantasy.

Then let us know, did you enjoy the repartee and think it was clever, plus the wardrobe, make-up and hair throwing it back to decades ago in the cinema … or do you think it was a waste of time on an episode and would prefer not to see fantasy sequences? Share your thoughts in the comment section.

 

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GENERAL HOSPITAL: Nina Stabs Brennan with Drew’s Meds During His Brawl with Valentin

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Nina Reeves (Cynthia Watros) was all over the place and frantic on the Friday, May 8 cliffhanger of General Hospital leading to disastrous consequences, plus Dante (Dominic Zamprogna) learns from intel from Elizabeth (Rebecca Herbst) that Rocco is the culprit who shot Cullum, and Sonny (Maurice Benard) and Ethan (Nathan Parsons) catch Ric (Rick Hearst) and Ava (Maura West) seemingly scheming over a big payday.

Here’s what went down: in the major turning point, Nina is once again unable to inject Drew (Cameron Mathison) for the second time with the syringe Willow gave her to keep Drew in his locked-in state. She starts rambling in Drew’s room on how she doesn’t want to be doing this, and for him to not stare at her. Suddenly the front door rings, and she puts down the syringe, while Drew looks on.

Once she gets to the door, it’s Jack Brennan (Chris McKenna), who Valentin (James Patrick Stuart) forced her to invite over. Nina hides the syringe and places it under a toy truck on the bookcase. When Jack entered, he questioned her as to why he is here, assuming it’s news about Valentin. Jack reminds Nina she should be concerned about their arrangement, not the one he has with Willow.

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NEEDLE POINT

Now, Nina is becoming more hysterical as she needs an update from him on the evidence she wants to use against Drew. However, Jack does not give her any details or prognosis. He also adds that his boss is on him, and until Cullum lets up, she and Willow need to be patient. With nothing to hold over Drew she could use, Nina wants to get Jack out of the house before Valentin arrived, but it’s too late. Valentin confronts his nemesis with gun drawn.

As Valentin holds both Nina and Jack at gunpoint, he came at her for double-crossing him, and Jack realized Nina lured him into this trap! Valentin demands to  know where Jack sent Josslyn, but Jack says he has no idea what he is talking about!

Next, the two go at it for control of the gun, while Nina is screaming for them to stop. Meanwhile, Drew can hear the whole thing down the hall. Panicked once again, Nina grabs the syringe to seemingly jab Valentin, but the men switched places as they fought, and Jack got the syringe-full of Drew’s meds instead.

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MY SON THE SHOOTER

Elizabeth comes to see Dante and they walk through who could have been on the pier the night Cullum was shot. It is then she admits that when Rocco was brought into GH for what he and Lulu claimed was a knife cut, she knew then, the hand injury looked like a slide bite from shooting a gun. Suddenly, the pieces all come together for Dante and why Jason would take the fall for his son, because he is Sonny’s grandson and Danny’s brother. Dante also figures out that Britt and Lulu have known the truth and kept it from him. He is rocked to the core.

Speaking of Rocco, Lulu (Alexa Havins) is now seeing the other more menacing side of the man she believes is Nathan West. However, his twin, Cassius Faison (Ryan Paevey) is firmly telling Lulu they have to get Rocco out of town to keep him safe now that Cullum is getting out of the hospital, but she takes his demands badly. Lulu tells Cassius he has no right to tell her what to do with her child. Could you see Lulu ending up just like Josslyn? Kidnapped under Wyndemere? Stay tuned.

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BROTHERLY BETRAYAL?

Sonny is spiraling over his distrust for his brother Ric, especially after Ethan reported to him what he saw between Ric and Ava. Now at Ava’s gallery, Ric finishes his business with a mysterious seller. Next, he hands over a hefty commission to Ava at the moment Sonny and Ethan arrive. Sonny aims a gun at his brother,  accusing him of betraying him and Ric looks stunned. We fade to black.

So, what do you think will happen now to Brennan? Will Willow and Nina have to keep drugging him too? If Drew missed his dose, will he come out of his locked-in state and start to have some motion in his arms or legs and make some sort of escape? Do you think Sonny is truly being double-crossed by Ric? And, what did you think of when Dante realized that Rocco shot Cullum and who is the person Jason took the fall for her? Weigh-in via the comment section, but first check out these key moments from today’s GH below.

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GENERAL HOSPITAL: Josslyn Learns She’s Been Kidnapped by Cassius Faison

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Now it’s sink or swim time for WSB agent Josslyn Jacks (Eden McCoy)! Can the skills she learned training under Agent Vaughn and being lured into the world of being a spy by Brennan, help her survive being locked up in the same room Anna Devane was? That is the latest wrinkle to her reality that kicked off on the Thursday, May 7 episode of General Hospital.

In story, after having a knockdown drag out fight with “Nathan,” eventually Josslyn is left unconscious and wakes up in the same room that Pascal and company had tormented Anna in for weeks. When she comes to, Josslyn is in a panic and does her best by breaking a hanger, (there are nice clothes left for her on clothing rack, and some snacks) and attempting to unlock the door to her freedom.

Enter, the ominous Cassius (Ryan Paevey). Believing he was still “Nathan” who has developed some sort of psychotic mental break, she pleads with him to let her help him. It’s at that moment, Agent Jacks gets an earful. Cassius reveals he is Nathan’s twin, Cassius Faison.

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THE BIRTH OF CASSIUS

Josslyn tries to figure out how Liesl would not know she gave birth to twins. Cassius tells her Liesl believed he’d died at birth. It was his father, Cesar, who arranged the entire thing when he was born.

Next, Josslyn wondered how Nathan’s body could be gone from his grave, if he wasn’t still alive. Cassius shared he arranged to have Nathan’s body removed, and then hacked the PCPD database to replace Nathan’s fingerprints with his own. He gloats that no one would suspect him, since he is known as the good-guy cop at the PCPD.

Then, in a real kicker to Josslyn, she leans that Britt is the one who told Cassius she was a WSB agent, and then the lightbulb went off that Britt and Cassius are working alongside Sidwell and Cullum. Insisting he and his sister wanted out from under Sidwell and Cullum, and that he doesn’t want to have to kill Josslyn, Cassius warns her that her best shot at surviving is to do as he tells her and not cause trouble.

NO ONE WOULD SUSPECT

Josslyn says people will come looking her for, but in a smug manner, Cassius says nobody will ever suspect that “Nathan” would have anything to do with her disappearing. As she pleads, he walks out and locks her back in the room and regains his composure before he leaves.

Eden McCoy spoke with Soap Opera Digest about Josslyn’s shocking new predicament and shared, “I  think Josslyn’s whole journey here is walking the line between being really vulnerable and really, really scared in this situation, but not being able to show that because it’s her job not to react that way. She’s trapped, she’s been kidnapped by a stranger and now she has to work overtime not to give in to her instinct to be scared. Instead, she’s got to incorporate her new training (as an agent).”

So, who will find Josslyn? What will happen when she comes face to face with Pascal again? Are they leaving just enough room for Cassius to come out of this without being a total “bad guy,” so when this storyline ends, it keeps Ryan Paevey on the canvas? Weigh-in via the comment section. In case you missed it, watch the moments below where Josslyn learns her captor is Cassius Faison!

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