Connect with us

Recaps

OLTL Recap – Nov 28 – Dec 2nd

By Michael Fairman

Published

on

Courtesy/ABC

Courtesy/ABC

The Evans Family’s Thanksgiving dinner is thrown off the rails when Phylicia learns that Vivian doesn’t believe in marriage. John and Natalie are about to discuss the status of their relationship but are interrupted by a panicked phone call from Blair. She tells John that Tomas has been missing. Meanwhile, Viki presses Todd on what is upsetting him. Todd covers, says that Blair chose Tomas over him. Natalie overhears this and is suspicious. John ends up at Tea’s house to search Tomas’s room. At EOD, John finds the gun that killed Victor. Matthew, who has flat-lined, ends up being revived and comes out of his six month coma. Destiny walks in to the hospital to find Matthew awake! Bo and Nora are happy, but want Matthew to take it easy, so they lie to Matthew about Destiny being pregnant.

John and Tea meet Natalie at the police station and she takes the gun for ballistics testing. Meanwhile Blair is with Todd, who offers support for Tomas’s disappearance. Blair calls Tea to find out if there’s any news of Tomas and learns they may have found the murder weapon. Blair goes to the police station. Meanwhile, Todd tells Viki that they have to consider the possibility that Tomas killed Victor. Starr, James, Nate and Danielle got to see Rick, who’s in traction after a mishap when they advanced on him.  He plays it up and relates his own version of what happened to him in which the kids were at fault for his injuries. However, they relate the real version, in which he tripped on one of Hope’s toys. Rick can still sue Starr for negligence and will, unless they agree to his demands. Destiny and Nora finally admit to Matthew that Destiny is pregnant with his child.

Viki digs into Todd’s feelings about Victor’s murder.  Viki receives a call from John, who asks that Todd voluntarily go to police HQ to answer questions.  In the presence of Tea and Blair, John questions Todd.   Todd claims he doesn’t know, tries subtly to point blame towards Tomas, while being as supportive of Blair as he can.  EOD, he takes Blair home and they grow closer.  Viki/Clint hug, and share a fraught moment, but both back off. Tea wonders if her brother could have killed her husband. Roxy comes in on Clint and Natalie sharing a hug and some good news, assumes John finally told Natalie how he feels about her.  Natalie surprises Roxy with her reaction.  But Natalie, on a tear, goes to John and cancels that “relationship” talk they were supposed to have.

John’s side-tracked off Victor’s murder case by the investigation of the torching of Todd’s Sun office.  He questions Brody about it.  Brody admits to being afraid Vimal would tell John that Liam was his son, so he locked Vimal and Rama in the office.  But he didn’t set the fire.  As John is about to leave, he runs into Natalie. Brody’s asked to see Natalie.  He tells her he still loves her but knows they can never be together after everything he did to her and her son.  He hopes she finds some happiness with John.

Vimal and Rama are called to the police station.  Vimal’s terrified that there will be reprisal for having kept Liam’s paternity a secret from John.  But John instead is probing for more info about the Sun fire.  Todd shows up to check on Blair but finds Jack instead.  They get into it about Tomas being Victor’s killer.  When Todd mentions the fire, Jack says something that tweaks Todd.  Later on, while waiting to talk to John at the police station, Todd’s surprised when his Sun assistant shows up.  Something she says tweaks Todd’s suspicions about the fire.  Shane reveals to Natalie that he won’t be happy until Jack is brought to justice for his part in Gigi’s death. When Shane goes to school, he meets Neela.  She tells him she’s into Jack Manning.  He shocks her by telling him Jack killed his mother. In Brazil, Rex awakens with a start, having had a nightmare about Gigi. In Brazil, Stacy wakes up gasping for air. Cutter comforts her.    She points out that he’s not such a bad guy.  Now that he’s no longer trying to sell her to Rex, he’s actually proven himself to be caring and sweet.  They share a close moment.           

Todd bribes Tracy, his assistant. John reminds Todd that Tomas had an alibi who can clear him of Victor’s murder — Tomas’s friend Calmar.  Tea and Blair show up and John tells them all that Calmar has been found. Meanwhile Tea bumps into Shaun on her way out of Vivian’s office and tells him about her pregnancy. He is happy for her, but notes her brother is now a suspect in Victor’s killing.  Tea tries to dismiss but Shaun points out, he’s always been a little suspicious of Tomas since Victor’s first shooting. Starr, also having seen the SUN, demands that Blair tell her what’s up with Tomas. Dani goes to Jack to find out what he knows about Tomas. Jack, for the first time, has a trace of doubt about Todd being the killer. Dani, also admits Tomas is a bit of a mystery. At EOD Dani goes to Starr and neither knows what to think about Tomas. Shane tells Neela about how Jack is responsible for his mother’s death. Neela remembers how Jack is capable of doing bad things, and how he said something about how he couldn’t be responsible for hurting someone again on the day of the first.  Aubrey and Rex pull out of the kiss she impulsively planted on him. She admits she’s drawn to him but knows it’s inappropriate given he’s grieving for Gigi. They head to Dr. Fascinella’s office. Cutter and Stacy get a call that Dr. Fascinella is back and will see her.

Click to comment

0 Comments
oldest
newest
Inline Feedbacks
View all comments

Beyond the Gates

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

Published

on

By

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.

Courtesy/CBS

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.

 

View this post on Instagram

 

A post shared by Beyond the Gates (@beyondthegatescbs)

Continue Reading

General Hospital

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

Published

on

By

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.

Courtesy/ABC

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.

Courtesy/ABC

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.

Courtesy/ABC

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.

Continue Reading

General Hospital

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

Published

on

By

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.

Courtesy/ABC

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!

Continue Reading

Video Du Jour

CBS unveils Beyond the Gates season 2 promo and Jordi Vilasuso joins the cast. Leave A Comment

Recent Comments

Power Performance

Giovanni Mazza as Gio

General Hospital

Airdate: 12-8-2025

Popular

0
Would love your thoughts, please comment.x
()
x