Thy betrayer; thy son

For once, the events leading up to the moment of truth so to speak were not more thrilling than the confrontation itself.

As everyone was getting ready for Joselyn's Christening; Sonny called Dominic/Dante for a last minute "job" he needed done.

As Dominic/Dante arrived at Sonny's house to find no guards, he knew something was up and the conversation he had with "the boss" led him to saying he'd be dead by the end of the night.

Dominic/Dante had figured out that Sonny knew something was up and decided, why wait for the Christening to be over, he would pull put his badge and do what he came to Port Charles to do -- arrest Sonny.

Unfortunately, Sonny had other plans and he took out his gun and pointed it at Dominic/Dante as he stared at him with stone cold eyes.
I give both Maurice Bernard and Dominic Zamprogna props for their acting in their scenes. Sonny was as cold as a mobster could be and Dominic/Dante was calm and collected despite having a gun pointed at his chest.


Sonny somewhat "laughed" at the detective as Dominic/Dante tried to read him his rights; Sonny wasn't having any of it and basically told the undercover cop that his body would never be found. No offense to Sonny, but shooting Dominic/Dante in his living room didn't really make much sense, but I digress.

When Sonny asked him if he had any last words, Dominic/Dante told his story about Lt. Perretti (sp) and Sonny was unmoved or unphased even going as far as to say "he deserved probably it."


Telling Sonny to pray for his children so they never had to see him like this was one of the best foreshadowing, intentional or not, I've seen on this show for a long time. As Sonny pulled the trigger he sort of looked away; maybe that's because Sonny had told Dominic/Dante that he "had liked him and in some way he still did."

Like him or not, Sonny put a bullet into Dominic/Dante's chest! The look on Sonny's face as he stood over Dominic/Dante's body was almost of sincerity, like he wished it didn't have to go as far as it had.


Just as Sonny was poised to take another shot to ensure that Dominic/Dante was finished; Olivia came screaming into the room first for her fallen son Dante and then, she looked with pure fear and terror in her eyes as she told Sonny, "You just shot your own son!"

We all know that Dante is going to live and thankfully he can stick to one name now or at least I hope he sticks to one name.

But in the aftermath of the shooting look for many lives to change, first and foremost the lives of Sonny, Dante and Olivia. The three of them will have to deal with the consequences of Olivia's choice to keep the truth from the two men. Who will forgive who? Will Dante now finally be pulled off the Corinthos case or will he testify against his own father in court when Sonny is arrested for Claudia's murder?

Lulu will have to answer to a few people as well. She has known for a long time that Dominic was really Dante and what his mission in Port Charles was. Will Carly forgive Josselyn's godmother for not warning her? Lulu also lashes out at Sonny for shooting Dante, leading us to believe that she is in fact truly in love with Dante. Can the two young lovers overcome what has transpired?

Carly will not only have to deal with finding out her cousin lied to her, but also her only female friend, Olivia; and of course her husband, Jax. Is this truly the end of CarJax? Will Carly ever forgive her husband for yet another lie and his part in the cover-up?

One thing for sure, this weeks GH is shaping up to be another phenomenal treat for the viewers. We have the truth about Dante, Liz unraveling and so much more on the horizon.

Who do you think, if anyone, is justified in their actions? With the possible ending of CarJax looming and Olivia's betrayal - does this open the door for yet another CarSon reunion?

Olivia finally reveals her secret , but at what cost?

For months Olivia has been trying to keep her son Dante's true identity and parentage a secret.

The problem is - in Port Charles nothing stays a secret for very long.

One by one people across the town have figured out that not only is Dominic Perelli actually Dante Falconeri, Olivia's son, but that he's an undercover cop and Sonny's first born.

Jax, Johnny, Lulu, Lucky and Mac all know the turth and now, thanks to Olivia herself, even Agent Raynor of the FBI knows that Dante is really Sonny's child.

Jason, Sonny and Spinelli find out this week that Dominic is really an undercover cop, but not that he is Olivia and Sonny's offspring.

When Olivia went to the PCPD to beg Agent Raynor to have Dante pulled off the case, she blurted out the reason was a "conflict of interest" because he was in fact Sonny's child.

While Olivia has been hiding the news from Dante, she told Johnny what she had done and he did not react all that well. Johnny automatically jumped to the conclusion that Olivia tried to have Dante pulled off the case to save Sonny, not Dante.



So here's where it gets sticky, yes Olivia has admitted to still having feelings for Olivia and yes she has been trying desperately to save Dante from Sonny, as well as himself; but is she truly trying to protect him - or Sonny?

The confrontation, that takes place while Josselyn is being Christened, leads to Sonny shooting Dante for his betrayal and Olivia letting Sonny know that he shot his own son.

What should have Olivia done? In my humble opinion, Olivia should have told Dante when he arrived in Port Charles that Sonny was his father. That way Dante would have had the opportunity to make his own decision as to whether or not he wanted to stay on the case and try and take Sonny down.

Now, instead of protecting her son, Olivia inadvertently gets him shot, by his own father. Unfortunately, Olivia, Dante and Sonny are not the only three that are going to get hurt from her keeping the truth as long as she has.

Carly, Jax, Michael, Morgan, Josselyn, Lulu, Johnny and Kristina are all going to have to face the consequences of Olivia's actions.

Who forgives who? Who feels the most betrayed? Will Sonny forgive Olivia and Dante and form a new relationship with the son he never knew he had? How jealous will Michael be when he realizes the man he thought was an outsider is really Sonny's son? Will Michael accept his new found brother or try to destroy him? Will Michael feel even more betrayed because Dante is blood, while Michael was adopted by Sonny?

Will Carly be able to forgive Jax, Olivia or Lulu for their parts in the lies and cover-up? Will she walk away from Jax for good this time? Will she allow Lulu to be a part of Josselyn's life after finding out she knew all along?

Will Morgan forgive Jax or Dante for lying to him? Will Morgan be able to accept Dante as his brother or turn into a spoiled brat like Michael?

Will Kristina ever be able to forgive Sonny for shooting her brother?

It's going to be interesting to see how the next chapter of this story unfolds. Who do you think stands to lose the most? Feel the most betrayed? Have to pay for their part? Which couples will be torn apart and which will it bring closer more than ever?

One thing is certain to happen - a lot of people's lives will be changed forever.

Liz got exactly what she deserves!

First a disclaimer, I have not liked the character of Elizabeth Webber since she first made her way to Port Charles in 1997, but in Monday's episode I saw Rebecca Herbst hit her scenes out of the park. She was absolutely phenomenal. I truly believe that Becky, Jonathan Jackson and Tyler Christopher did a tremendous job in their sequences and it was the first time I have ever seen that much emotion from Becky. Kudos Becky, you were amazing. With that said:

Elizabeth finally got what she deserved when Lucky unleashed his wrath on her and Nikolas for their betrayal.

Nikolas did not rape, drug or tie up Elizabeth - she chose to sleep with her fiance's brother. She went to Wyndemere the night Jake was hurt at the Carnival; the same night Lucky proposed to her. That was the first time the two slept together and it definitely wasn't the last time either.

Elizabeth kept telling Nikolas to stay away for her, that what they did and continued to do was wrong, that she loved Lucky and wanted to marry him; but she was the one that kept going to Nikolas not the other way around - gee, I seem to remember that happening with Jason as well.

Elizabeth is not a saint, in fact she has sinned as much as every other character in Port Charles, but somehow, someway she is usually vindicated by others actions.

For example, Lucky was strung out on drugs and sleeping with Maxie when she walked up an umpteen number of stairs to Jason's PH, but only Lucky was crucified even though Elizabeth cheated as well. But it was all Lucky's fault, Liz had no blame in her own actions.

Liz then lied about Jason being Jake's father but again her actions were justified, by the writers and some/most fans, because Lucky was recovering and she didn't want him to relapse.

There's an outrage on several message boards and Twitter that Liz is the victim and Guza hates women for this storyline, but come on, seriously every single soap character is a hypocrite at one point or another and if you're a Liz fan and hate Carly, Sam or Maxie you are going to say that they're hypocrites and Liz does not deserve the things Lucky and Lulu said to her; but on the other hand if you're a Carly, Sam or Maxie fan - you've been waiting for this to come for a very long time.

As Carly said, "That selfless, shining angel doesn't get to look down her halo at the rest of us anymore. She has lost her wings and she is in a free-fall."

But don't fret Elizabeth fans, everyone has to fall before they can rise again. I'm sure it won't be long before all is forgotten and Elizabeth will be standing on the sidelines, polishing up her halo and judging everyone else for their mistakes and bad decisions.

For now, I for one am enjoying everything that Elizabeth is going through, it's about time she actually feels guilty and shows remorse for her own decisions and actions.

What's your opinion? Did Elizabeth deserve what Lucky said to her? What about Lulu? How do you feel about Ethan trying to comfort her? All comments and thoughts are welcome!

JJ had finally reclaimed the role he made famous

Wow, I mean WOW!

If I weren't a Jonathan Jackson fan before, Monday's episode of GH would have won me over!

Since his return, all of Lucky's dialog and scenes were pretty much fluff but not Jan. 25; the dialogue and Jonathan's delivery was some of the best GH has scene in months!

The passion in JJ when Lucky was lashing out at Elizabeth and Nikolas for their betrayal was simply amazing! He went through a plethora of emotions that made me feel as if this could have been real, not just a scene in a soap opera. I smell an Emmy!!

More importantly, I saw real emotion from Rebecca Herbst, something I have never seen in the 11-years she's been portraying Elizabeth!

My one wish is that the end of his rampage didn't include Lucky bringing up Liz's rape again. TPTB seem to bringing that up a lot lately. Maybe it's to try and get new viewers a history lesson, maybe it's to give the LL2 fans a taste of the past, whatever it is - it needs to STOP!

For what it's worth if JJ doesn't send that reel in for an Emmy nomination - shame on him and more importantly if they don't accept it and he doesn't get a nomination for it - shame on them!

Welcome back Jonathan, you are officially Lucky again!!

JaSam lighten the mood; share an intimate talk

One of the lighter moment's of Monday's GH was when Jason and Sam arrived at his Penthouse to find it's been completely redecorated!

The look on Jason's face was priceless when he saw how much his home had changed.

He asked Sam if she knew anything about it, which she didn't but then remembered that Maxie had expressed her interest in changing "Stone Cold's" pad.

After Sam states that Maxie and Spinelli probably wanted to do something nice for Jason after the debacle that was Franco; Jason said Maxie and Spinelli suffered more than he had, as well as Sam.

Jason then told Sam "It scares the hell out of me to think about what could have happened to you" and later he adds; "I just don't like feeling helpless and that's exactly how I felt when I couldn't find you"- Can you feel the JaSam love?!?!?! I certainly can!!!

All that was missing from that scene was a tender kiss between the two!!

Lucky finds out the truth but doesn't confront Niz

Last Friday, Lucky went to say goodbye to his half-brother Nikolas after Lulu told him he was leaving Port Charles and moving to France.

When Lucky arrived at Wyndamere, Alfred told him Nikolas was taking in the "view" one last time; Lucky had no idea what type of view he was in store for as he made his way up to the top of the castle.

Liz had already arrived and she and Nik were already halfway de-clothed and going at it when Lucky heard Nik told Elizabeth that he loved her. Much to Lucky's surprise Liz told Nik she loved him as well.

On Monday's episode; Lucky opens the door a little bit more to get a better view and sees his fiance in the arms of his brother about to get busy. Instead of confronting the two, Lucky simply leaves.

Lucky arrives back at the Spencer home and quickly finds a bat in the closet - he literally goes postal destroying the living room on the first floor and begins to speak to Luke about being right that love is for the weak. Now Luke wasn't actually there, but Lucky made it clear that he now believed every word that Luke told him about being delusional about love.

As Lucky destroyed his family home, Niz were basking in their afterglow of lovemaking and discussing how they wished things could be different. Nik told Liz he hoped she would be happy with Lucky and Liz told Nik that when he gets to Paris he needs to live his life and not sit in his house wishing he were with her. They said their goodbyes and Liz left to go see Lucky (without
even showering his brother's sweat off her).

When she arrived at the house, Liz asked about the mess and Lucky said it was like that when he got home; Liz wanted to clean up but Lucky told her to leave it because it was going to "stay that way until I figure out what to do."

If that wasn't a foreshadowing statement, I am as clueless as Guza thinks all fans are.

Liz went to the hospital to ask her brother to give her the weekend off so she could go away with Lucky as Lucky spoke to Laura on the phone; while cleaning and loading his gun!!!

Lucky then showed up at the airport and told Nikolas that they are still brothers and he wants him to stay.

I'm truly hoping that Lucky doesn't use the gun on Niz for the simple reason - I don't want them
painted as the victims!!!

Niz have not only betrayed Lucky, but they have betrayed their friends and family as well! They should not get off scott free! They truly need to pay for their betrayal and I pray they do without being perceived as the victims.

What's coming next is anyone's guess, but I can say this with certainty, I wouldn't want to be Niz at this point because it's clear that Lucky is out for revenge!

Is Kristina's anger justified?

When Kristina showed up at Sonny's office for some father/daughter alone time, she immediately showed anger towards her absentee father because Sam was kidnapped.

The question is, is her anger justified?

Yes, Jason is a hit man because he works for Sonny, but Sam is the one that chose to get back together with Jason and she knew the risks involved. Isn't Sam partly to blame for having the demented artist take her prisoner?

I'm not saying that Sonny is completely innocent, but Sam knew exactly what she was getting herself into the minute she started spending time with Jason again. I mean she was shot in the back while she was in Jason's arms; which resulted in their break-up, her trying to get back at Alexis and Jason by sleeping with Ric, Jason sleeping with Liz and then the whole downward spiral of three couples as a result.

But I digress; Kristina has had a lot of resentment towards her father for awhile now. First she was angry because he spends more time with Michael and Morgan than he did with her, although that's Alexis' fault; then she was angry with him for "scaring" the manager at the Country Club because of Keifer; then she saw him for who he truly was the night of Claudia's surprise party - which we all know resulted in Claudia's death and now she's upset with him because Sam is missing.

While all of these are real good reasons for being angry with her father; what bothers me is that Alexis didn't try to defend Sonny about the Sam situation and why didn't Kristina ask more questions about Franco and the reason he's in Port Charles before immediately throwing a fit?

Why is it Sonny's fault that Jason has his own enemy? It's not like Franco is a member of a rival mob family - he's a demented artist that kills people just because he feels like it. Believe you me, I am not defending Sonny completely, but is he truly to blame for Franco coming into their lives and kidnapping Sam?

I have to wonder how she's going to feel about her father when the truth comes out about her relationship with Keifer and him being physical with her. Will she turn to her dad for support and "muscle" or will she blame him for not being a part of her life to teach her that when a man hits her - it's really not okay?

Regardless of which direction Kristina and Sonny's relationship heads, it's only going to get even more interesting.

The game takes an unexpected turn

Franco got his wish when Jason finally opened up about his life as a hit man, unfortunately the words spoken by his idol were not what the demented artist wanted to hear.

Jason spoke briefly about the car accident that left him brain damaged and how Sonny was the only one to accept him for who he was at that moment and not the boy formally known as Jason Quartermaine.

Franco was not happy to learn that Jason didn't embrace what it means to be a killer and told his 'boy toy' he should have "died in the accident."

Jason finally had enough of Franco's twisted game and told him he was going to snap his neck. Jason ultimately decided knowing where Sam and Lulu were being held was more important than killing Franco.

Knowing there was no time to spare, as Franco said, the ladies had just minutes to live before the bombs went off; Jason called Dominic to give him Lulu's location as he set out to save Sam.

One of the most chilling points of the episode was the ending montage, after Franco spoke directly into a camera; featuring Sam, Jason, Dominic and Lulu.

Jason and Dominic drove frantically in their cars trying to get to their lady loves in time. Lulu screamed, cried and struggled to get her hands free as Sam, more composed, tried to find a way to get out of glass house Franco put her in. The music, the four main players and the time ticking off the detonators was a brilliant way to air the final sequence.

The part that hit me the most was when Jason ran into the room and Sam looked at him as if to say, "I knew you would find me, but this time you may actually be too late." The look was priceless and was totally in character.

In reality all the previews and spoilers have already told us that all four make it out alive, but seeing the clock wind down and the episode ending was one of the better "cliffhanger" Friday's we've seen in a long time.

What's next for Michael?

Today's scenes with Micheal and Carly were great.

First we got to see the young man snap at his mother for trying to protect him and then blamed Jason for the whole thing (why does that sound so familiar?). Carly had heard enough when her first born bad mouthed her best friend.

I was impressed when Carly called him a punk because that is exactly what he has been acting like for months now.

The best part of that exchange was that Carly was still trying to be a supportive, caring mother while explaining that Jason is trying to protect, not hurt him.

Michael then took a stab at self-pity by trying to say he wasn't worth anyone's protection and that he didn't want to be a burden to anyone - like Carly would ever let him believe that!

Michael then finally admitted, after Carly told him for the millionth time that killing Claudia was an accident and not a right of passage into Sonny's world, that he was having nightmares about killing his evil step-mom.

It was great to hear Michael show that type of emotion instead of acting like he's a cold-hearted killer. Maybe Michael can start to heal and become a normal teenager, not that ever really happens in Port Charles.

The question is, during the last sequence, Michael was holding his phone and Lucky's number; will he call Lucky and confess or will Sonny arrive in time again to talk him out of it? My money's on the latter. No way will Sonny allow Michael to tell what really happened - no matter how much his son is suffering.

The second question is - is Sonny being a good father by covering up what really happened to Claudia? Carly at least has been going back and forth with wanting the truth to come out. She truly is conflicted, but what's Sonny's excuse?

Liz: Victim or Hypocrite?

When exactly does a so-called victim become a full-fledged hypocrite? How long do the lies have to continue before the transformation? How many people have to get hurt before admitting it's all their own fault?

Those are the questions Elizabeth Webber should be asking herself. In today's episode, she had the perfect opportunity to come clean with Lucky about her affair with Nikolas, but inside she decided to keep her mouth shut.

When Lucky said he had heard the conversation the adulterers were having at the hospital, I thought for sure she wouldn't be able to take the guilt and fess up. Unfortunately, Liz decided it was more important to save herself than to admit what she had done.

Not only did she continue to lie to Lucky, but then she went to see Nikolas to tell him to keep her lie. Nikolas is professing his love for her and all she can do is ask him to keep lying to Lucky.

I get that she thinks she wants a life with Lucky, but in reality, I don't think Liz really knows what she wants. Even when she was confronting Nikolas, she never once told him she didn't love him or that she was wrong, just that "I'm not going to blow apart my life for anyone and I'm going to lie until the day I die to preserve our relationship." She doesn't even realize she's doing that all on her own and it's literally all her fault.

Liz put herself in this situation when she went to Nik the night Lucky proposed and slept with Nik for the first time. It would be a totally different story had she not accepted Lucky's marriage proposal a few hours later. Maybe if she had been honest with Lucky from the beginning about loving him, but not being IN love with him none of this would be happening.

We all know eventually the lies and secrets are going to come out, but which of the players will be hurt the most. I have a feeling it won't be Liz. As usual, she won't be the one that has to pay for her actions; at least not for long - she never does. Maybe, just maybe this time Liz will be called out for what she is - a lying, hypocritical, two-timing bitch.

Any bets on which one of the women of Port Charles will be the first to call her out on it when the truth finally comes out? Sam? Carly? Maxie? Lulu? Robin?

Personally, I'd like for it to be Lulu or Robin, then for once the haters can't throw anything Sam, Carly or Maxie has done in the past. Just a thought.