GH Recap 1/15: D-Day

It was a nice respite for a few months, not having Emily clogging up the screen every week. I'm not looking forward to Leathercladdily. I mean, I loved it in Grease when Olivia Newton John was all "tell me about it, Stud" with here insanely teased hair and size negative 8 leather pants and red stiletto heels. But I loved it because she and Danny had finally learned that the 50's and high school is really all about eschewing your individuality and conforming to what other's want you to be. and they sang about it in a Fun House, and it was awesome. But I loved Sandy when she was a good girl, too. I never had any affection for Emily, so I don' t see how I'm going to have any just b/c she doesn't wear too much lip gloss but does wear too much eyeliner. I shall endeavor to have an open mind.

This might be good, y'all. the show starts with Monica, Shawn D and Liz in an OR, with Patrick frantically running around the hospital. shots of a clock as Pat waits for the elevator and takes the stairs. We hear Shawn D and Monica discussing the surgery. Piph hurriedly makes a phone call. Carly's face falls as she discusses something with Sonny. At the nurse's station, Rebeccaly makes a phone call, and Nik sees her and looks scared his brain tumorly is back. All the while, Patrick runs and runs up the stairs.

Looloo is worried aobut something. Johnny lays Maxie down on the ground. Spinelli grabs his coat and rushes out of the penthouse. Emma cries, and Robin throws something at a vase of roses. Kate approaches Sonny looking crazed and awesome. Patrick runs into a nurse with a cart. Rebeccily sees Nik looking at her suspicously. Kate grabs her abdomen and looks nauseous. Shawn D cuts into an artery and blood dquirts at this face. Monica begins to look faint. Patrick runs to the OR and bellows for everyone to stop. He pounds on the glass as the doctors in the OR look ill.

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Patrick is in a dark room with dramatic lightng. He tells someone he's a trained surgeon and good at being detached. He says Robin derides him for being so detached about patients. He says he was trying to stay detached when he showed up to work That Day, but he couldn't stop thinking about his family.

Intertitle 9 hours before surgery 10am

Nurse's station: Patrick shows up for his daily mocking from Epiphany. He's not getting sleep and such. Layla says it's sweet that he's turned out to be such a wonderful father. Piph exposits a big storm is coming in. She's asking doctors to stick around tonight b/c of the storm. Patrick says he can't tonight. Piph tells Layla to post the emergency over time procedures to make all the doctors and nurses work until the blizzard is over. Patrick is distracted and says he's thinking about Emma's mom.

Emma's Palatial Estate: Robin somehow moved all her belongings to the new place. Liz has on a very cute scarf and brings Robin a housewarming present. Robin says something about trying to make everything perfect.

Metrocourt: Carly and Jax and Jax's scary tie chat about some Hong Kong business. She is stealing the chef tonight for Michael's Charity benefit. Why wouldn't they have planned this better so that the MC still had a chef? Carly sees the snow and gets a little teary eyed remembering that Chucky loves snow and used to say "the bigger the snow storm, the better" Jax is proud of her for putting together this benefit. Carly muses it's ironic that she used to keep the Q's away from Chucky, and now she's hitting them up for money. As per usual when a personal displays reasonable guilt, Jax tries to let her off the hook for meanly keeping them out of Chucky's life. He tells her the wait staff is pooling tips to make a donation for the charity. She's touched. She admits that Sonny called and wants to discuss details of the benefit. She asks if that's a problem. He asks what if he says yes.

Corinthaus: Spinelli visits Sonny and thanks him for taking this meeting. Sonny says "you know, I've told you this a lot, can you speak clearly and briefly adn then leave?" Spinelli does his best to not use code, but Sonny snaps that he's being neither brief nor clear. He says he doesn't want to hear about insects or anyone's master. okay, heh. Spinelli manages to say that he got Jason in trouble with the feds.

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Metrocourt: I really can't say how thankful I am that Carly's hair is pretty again. Jax says he's okay with her working with Sonny on the benefit. She appreciates his understanding, and he appreciates her honesty. He hopes there are many benefits for Chucky and other kids with head trauma. She teases that they are being very nice and polite to each other.

Jason's Penthouse: Jason is on the phone about Hallifiction's truck. He tells Bernie to send their men out to find the truck. Maxie shows up, and says she's here to see him and not Spinelli. She says he always says that, but she thinks he's glad to see her, even though he won't admit it. He sighs in frustration and stares at a spot on the floor while counting to 10. Maxie says Spinelli is afraid he let Jason down. Jason says he didn't, he was just following orders. Maxie says Spin is afraid he ruined Jason's life. Then she asks why he always has to be so quiet. Jason snaps and asks what she wants. They sit on the sofa and Maxie says Spinelli always thought of this as a big computer game, but he knows it's more dire. Jason says he can't talk about it, but Maxie asks what kind of deal Jason made. He says it's not her business.

Corinthaus: Spinelli tells Sonny he was accused of treason, and that he let his firewalls be breached. Sonny says Spin talks too much to the wrong people. Spinelli says it was one person, Winnie, the Priestess. Sonny hilariously mumbles "don't talk to me about women priests." heh. He explains he was threatened with life in prison, and all seemed lost until Stone Cold arrived. Sonny tries to translate and says Diane and Alexis couldn't do anything, but Jason could. Spinelli says all the charges were dropped after Jason showed up. Sonny asks if Jason sent him here. Spinelli says Jason told him to be quiet. Sonny angrily asks why he wouldn't do simply that. Sonny scoffs that Jason and Spinelli are friends at all. he mocks Spinelli's stutters and says he needs to take Jason's advice and be quiet. He yells that if Jason told him, Spinelli would clearly be blabbing it all over the place. Then he asks Spinelli to find another job b/c he's way to weird for this business. Then he barks "get out!" Wow, Sonny, you sure are tough around a twerp. If only you could be that manly towards actual adversaries.

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Emma's Palatial Estate: Liz helpfully makes notes of Robin's plans for the house. Robin says Patrick offered to take the day off to help, but she told him not to. Robin says she has mac and cheese in the fridge and a nice list to keep her from being overwhelmed. Robin says 'there's that word again' She says to add "find a place for the stroller and baby travel gear" Um, you fit it ALL into a 1 bedroom. I'm pretty sure this mansion will be sufficient. Robin's words trail off, and she gets flustered, so Liz suggests focusing on one room at a time. Emma's cries are heard on the monitor, but Robin asks if Liz can feed her. Liz says feeding them is the best part. Aw, Emma is the crunchy crust on a fried turkey! Robin says she needs to run errands and asks Liz to take over. Liz isn't sure b/c Emma doesn't know her that well, but Robin is already dressed for winter and leaves. When she's outside, though, it's clear she has no errands to run at all.

Jason's Penthouse: Maxie gossips that she and Spinelli had this horrible fight, and she was worried about Winnie, who she thought was weird but didn't know was an FBI agent. She says she slept with him. Jason says that doesn't even make any sense. She says it matters if you care about Spinelli's feelings. Jason tells her to stop and says any deal he made was his choice, and he's not discussing it. He tells her what Spinelli needs is her, and he tells her not to sleep with him for dumb reasons and says she needs to just be his best friend. he assures her all she needs to know is he's keeping him safe.

Corinthaus: Claud once again is playing DVD in the living room. Carly angrily enters and asks where Max and Milo are. They bicker a bit, but then Sonny shows up. Claud says Carly is here to figure out a way to get rid of Claud and get back with Sonny. Claud, you wouldn't have to keep saying and doing stupid things if you just went to your own room or even a library to watch Jerry Probst's stupid messages.

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Corinthaus: Sonny and Claud trade insults, and he tells her to beat it. She angrily says Carly's first loyalty is not to him, it's to his enemy, Jason. Then she stomps upstairs like Joanie Cunningham. Carly stares at Sonny in surprise and says that Jason is not his enemy. He won't talk about it and says they should discuss the benefit. Carly says this is a good time for Sonny and Jason to remember Chucky and the way they all used to be. Sonny mumbles those days are long gone. Her eyes well with tears of frustration and says memories are not gone, and Sonny needs to get over himself.

Crimson: Maxie is at work on the phone with Clarice and barking orders. She asks how the article comparing stock prices and skirt lengths is going. I would read that article, so I hope it's doing well. Shawn D shows up to get on Maxie's nerves. She snaps she doesn't bother him in the OR when he was trying to work. He sits and says he had fun at the wedding and wonders what she's doing on Saturday. She says she's busy. He asks what that means. She stares up at the ceiling and says in a mocking tone "Meaning...has it really been that long since a woman told you no?" She turns to shoot him a condescending eye roll. He smarms that it's actually been a really long time. She gives a very cute line delivery that the last girl didn't know what she was missing out on, but she's clearly dismissive in her tone and body language. She gives a shoulder shrug and says she's not interested. Shawn D matches her tone and says "sure ya are. Unless you are serious about Spinelli." Did I just become a Maxie/Shawn Douglas fan?

Nurse's Station: Patrick tells Piph he has to go home before the blizzard. She says his new house is across town, so he cna't just quickly run home anymore. Patrick wonders why she's stalking him, and she says it's her job to stalk all the doctors. She says Robin wants to unpack in peace, but she finally notices that Patrick is clearly upset about something. he tells her about Robin's behavior and she finally relents that he can go home. When did Piph become Chief of Staff? Not that I don't think she'd be good at it, but I thought Monica wanted that job?

Jason's Penthouse: Robin has found her way to Jason's to pretend like everything is perfectly normal in her life to him. she says she just wanted to make sure he has her new address. Because phones and email don't exist yet. She also gives Jason some pics of Jason, which makes more sense (because photobucket and snapfish also haven't been invented yet.) Jason says she's beautiful and happy and healthy. Robin's face falls, and she says she is, and she tries to be a good mom. She says she's sorry, but she doesn't know who else to talk to. Jason stares at her in concern. She finally asks "what was it like when Carly had post partum depression?"

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Jason's Penthouse: Jason gives Robin some tea. He says she noticed a problem when she was afraid to touch Michael. He took her to the nursery b/c she said she wanted to bond with him, but she couldn't do it and panicked. A few days later she came to him and said she had to leave town. Robin sets down the tee and snots that Carly abandoned her baby. Jason said Carly promised to come back, and she did. He says she was just worried she'd do something wrong and hurt him. Robin says she's nothing like Carly and isn't afraid to hold him. Jason says she's great with babies and helped him with Michael. Oh, so the writers DO remember that. Robin acts like she has it under control, but her body language indicates she doesn't. He tells her kindly that she has her own baby, and that's wonderful. She decides to blame Patrick and says he's the one who thinks she has a problem, but it's because he's a perfectionist. She brushes it off and says she just wanted to talk to someone, and she feels like everything is better. He is concerned and says he doesn't really know anything about PPD, but there are ways to get help. But she's halfway out the door and breezily says she did get help by talking to him and feels like everything is perfect. She leaves, but Jason clearly remains concerned.

Emma's Palatial Estate: Patrick shows up with flowers and asks how the most wonderful woman in the world is doing. Liz cutely stands and says she's doing great, but he's probably asking about Robin. She explains Robin ran some errands.

Oh dear, Charlie Gibson shows up to say a US Airways plan has crashed into the Hudson River. How terrible! Robin Roberts says she saw the plane. That it was flying very low. She ran onto her balcony, and the plane crashed into the water. The plane was never submerged. She could see the front door was open, and she immediately saw a water taxi heading towards the plane. Flight 1549 from La Guardia to Charlotte, NC. There were 23 people on board. There are passengers on the wing. wow, that is a crazy shot, You can see the tail of the airplane sticking out of the water, and there are ab out a half a dozen ferries surrounding the plane. Robin Roberts says the pilot managed an amazing landing. the fuselage never broke up and didn't bounce over the water. She says it was a stunning landing. They both indicate the river is quite deep in this area. Charlies says now they are not sure how many people were on board. Wow, they have a shot of the plane from a few moments ago, and it was mostly above water. It's sunk a bit now. Charlie queries if this was a bird strike. John Nance says this is called a "ditching' meaning you fly it into the water to slow it down. If nothing was breached underneath, then it's floatable for awhile.

Lisa Stark says it does seem to have been a bird strike that was large enough to register on radar. Dang, that's a LOT of birds! She confirms the plane was taking off from La Guardia, and there is no evidence of terrorist activity.

Apparently the real life equivalent of a Superjase was flying the plane and saved everyone's lives. I'm so thankful that what seemed like a terrifying story turns out to have no fatalities! Good job, people of New York for once again doing an amazing job of staying calm and being heroes!