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00:00go over to his uh robot office at the court mates oh yeah and you push back
00:04until the key's on the spot well that's good it's a good sign and you got them two forensics
00:10yeah of course i got his key ring and a few of the loose ones we turned up in aurora
00:16great this has got to be a long shot right i mean the last thing that a shooter would do
00:23is leave
00:23the key to his victim's house on his key ring yeah maybe but it doesn't matter we're gonna
00:29do this by the book and cover all the bases well hey sorry to keep you waiting the editorial meeting
00:34went long and was a bit of a disaster it's fine i didn't see you said oh uh yeah and
00:40you won't i
00:40gave her the afternoon off to avoid any unnecessary fireworks oh great so um why did you want to see
00:46me well uh i was thinking that since you and michael sorted out custody and the kids are going to
00:53be
00:53spending more time at true's house with my house right oh yeah thank you i'm sorry your house i was
01:00thinking that we could do something fun for them that could be great what are you thinking we could
01:07throw them a party we could get a bounce house for wiley and amelia and all their friends we could
01:13get
01:13it catered with all their favorite things the chicken tenders and the pizza and i've put sunday
01:19but only if it's comfortable for you i know you have a lot on your plate at the moment i
01:25think that
01:25sounds great the kids deserve a party we all do we've been through a lot recently yeah and there's
01:34more to come oh good you're both here uh sorry christian we can't come mom what's going on does mayor
01:43collins want you to work on some sort of project oh yeah a big one she wants to give me
01:50drew's job
01:53well i sure didn't expect mrs appleton to show up in a regency vomit bordering on cosplay
02:00cosplay really cosplay is the jane austen thing i did not know that perhaps next time i'll show up in
02:07me jodpas breaches right they're breaches sorry where's breaches all right well i can't wait to
02:12read the rest until next time who are you talking to hi christina um it's miss mrs stockton from book
02:23club you're in a book club yeah i read well that is great because i got a real page turner
02:32for you
02:34hey mom um sorry to drop in i i know you have an important job and stuff and i do
02:41this all the time
02:41but this time it's really important sweetheart i'm always available to you are you sure because i know
02:49it's like the middle of the day and you've got important mayoral stuff to do so why don't you hold
02:54that part okay can you hold all my calls please and also could you see if you can push my
03:053 pm
03:07great thank you i'm with my daughter i don't want to be interrupted thank you
03:14this is about maxi isn't it
03:27spinelli are you okay
03:34yeah i just just ruminating
03:38oh well i'm sorry i just let myself in i didn't think anyone was home
03:41didn't mean to interrupt your roommate i just wanted to stack the fridge where are the kids oh
03:46uh georgie and james walked to the store to get some welcome home decorations for maxi and uh
03:52bailey lose down for her nap good yeah well maxi's coming home today it's amazing it's ready
04:00it's a it's a it's a dream come true day i asked then why you seem so dumb
04:12i was just preparing our bedroom for maxi's return and it just struck me
04:23i was so happy living here was as in the past tense was are you going somewhere
04:52me and the book club are three quarters of the way through pride and prejudice
04:57i gotta keep my head in the story oh sure you can find some extra brain space for this one
05:05so what i think it is yeah i know you started it but since you didn't bother finishing it you
05:10have
05:10no idea how it ends did molly tell you to bring that to me no she has no idea what
05:16i'm doing after
05:17everything else i've done behind her back and figure why start telling her now i'm not touching
05:22it there's a steep price for violating molly's privacy hope you're ready to pay it mayor collins
05:30wants you to fill drew's seat in congress well it's not laura's call to make but the governor did ask
05:36her
05:36for a recommendation and she wants to recommend me this is fantastic news i'll start by liaising with
05:43congressman kane's staff and then you're gonna use your own network in dc okay slow down we're not
05:49getting on the train to dc just yet well i knew you were going to get your kids back all
05:55it took was
05:56for you and michael to lay down your weapons and agree to a compromise it's reassuring to know that
06:02even michael realizes how important it is for your kids to have you in their lives michael doesn't
06:07think me being in the kids lives is good for them at all if he had his way i would
06:12never see them
06:13wait what still i mean how did you guys come to my agreement share custody because he thinks it's
06:19what's best for the kids he did it to avoid the visitation hearing he's concerned that the judge
06:23would take away all of his rights to wiley and amelia if he ends up getting charged with true shooting
06:29but all of that is michael's problem now i have something much more important to consider
06:34i'm almost afraid to ask i have been contacted by several of drew's political associates and with
06:40him being incapacitated they want me to serve out the remainder of his term in congress
06:47i've been praying for maxi to wake up yeah i feel like i have been holding my breath for the
06:55last six
06:56months yes i know because every day that she doesn't wake up adds to the odds that she never will
07:04i was never able to say that out loud i couldn't even put the thought out there
07:11it's a fear i'm very familiar with but she's awake there's nothing to worry about
07:20i know and i am so happy for maxi and and her family a family that includes nathan now
07:31yes
07:34but that's what makes this so wonderful maxi isn't just coming back to us and her children
07:43she is coming back to the love of her life yeah if you could put a rush on the analysis
07:48those
07:48keys i brought over earlier give me a shot i'd appreciate it yeah yeah yeah i'll tell them
07:55they're on it great thanks i mean why don't you uh get out of here for the day your shift's
08:02almost
08:02sober maxi's coming home yeah i got stuck actually i'm gonna ask if you had anything else around you
08:08you need to do a you know paperwork or what what do you mean like you mean you want to
08:11stay busy here
08:13i want to not mess things up
08:17i have no idea what's gonna happen when maxi and i are face to face
08:22forget about me yeah let's focus on maxi she is she's coming home and as you correctly noted it
08:27isn't it is an amazing day spinelli come on please tell me why you're so upset
08:36because i i took someone's certainty and made it my own and then on the drive home i
08:43as a certainty faded with every passing mile and reality settled in i realized that how i handle
08:52what happens today will change my life if i don't rise to the occasion that i could lose maxi
09:04and my family
09:07and molly's privacy was sending the manuscript to her agent she never intended on anyone reading it
09:14for her it was just a creative exercise a creative exercise where she made it very clear she thinks
09:19i'm a complete doofus cody could you just maybe try to be a little less self-involved the character casey
09:26is loosely based on you and yes he is a doofus in the beginning but he has a true hero's
09:34journey
09:34and by the end he is revealed to be very compelling cool and deep
09:39i'm not buying it okay
09:44casey is not the doofus here you are just read the damn book i'll read it when it's published i'll
09:51even bring it to book club me and the ladies will decide how deep casey is oh that would be
09:56that would
09:57be great uh if the book were going to be published but it's not look all laura is doing is
10:04is
10:04making a recommendation that doesn't mean the governor is going to offer me an appointment
10:09maybe but laura is a straight shooter and a political insider i'm sure she wouldn't be asking
10:14you to do this if she didn't think you'd be offered the position and it makes all the
10:18sense in the world that she'd want you mom you're perfect for the job she's right with
10:22her skill set and passion you were made for this alexis oh well yeah i really appreciate all of your
10:28support i do and the more i think about it the less i think i should do it you're taking
10:36true's
10:36congressional seat is a fantastic idea what a wonderful opportunity you think so yes well you would be next in
10:47a long
10:47line of political spouses who have served in place of their elected partner it is a calling
10:55uh an honor even but i don't know anything about politics at the federal level and i wouldn't have
11:02time to learn i would just have to jump right in you are a quick study and you already have
11:08the necessary
11:08people skills you have been a teacher and a nurse and you were amazing as a spokesperson for the new
11:15tomorrow institute plus you have a secret weapon what's that me i think you can comfort yourself
11:26with the knowledge that you did absolutely everything you could for her children and her parents
11:30and even spineli none of that is lessened by the fact that you and nathan developed feelings for
11:39mom any feelings that nathan and i may have had they only came about because maxi wasn't here
11:46but now that she is coming home where she's supposed to be she has every right to reclaim her life
11:51yes the circumstances have changed i get that but it is a blessing it is but the feelings that you
12:03and
12:03nathan have for each other are you know they're they're real and they're legitimate huh mom i can't feel
12:09this way even if it is right for me it is wrong for everyone else look i get that uh
12:20you want to get back to space and you don't want to overwhelm her
12:25but i don't see i thought you would be really wanting to see her i i am i do i
12:30it's just not about
12:31me it's not just about me i i think about james too you know and the last thing that i
12:36want is for my
12:37reunion with his mom to to confuse him or for things to go sideways somehow why would it go
12:43sideways maxi's gonna be as happy to see you in the flesh as everybody else was in this time i'm
12:47sure
12:47that part of maxi's gonna feel that way of course but what about the part that moved on seven years
12:52ago how's that part gonna feel well yeah i mean it's it's a complicated situation yeah i mean so much
12:59has changed for maxi you should go back together with spineli a guy that that she loved and had a
13:03kid
13:03with before she even met me you know i just don't want to become an obligation that she's gonna deal
13:11with are you thinking you're gonna lose maxi because nathan's back maxi is aware that nathan her husband
13:22is alive and here in porch rose after being dead for seven years that's that's too much for a person
13:30to handle it's certainly too much for this person well maxi can handle whatever life throws at her
13:34you're just assuming that you're gonna lose maxi and you haven't even given her a say
13:40don't you think she's gonna want one
13:44her manuscript to be published so she's turning down the book deal why
13:51because i sent it to her agent behind her back without her permission so in her mind she never
13:58had the opportunity to polish it and make certain very important characters were exactly the way she
14:02wanted them to be oh why can't you just change them now because the editor at the publishing house
14:08thinks the book is perfect exactly the way it is we won't let her change a word for the record
14:14i agree
14:15okay so molly has a a perfect book but she won't let it be published exactly that's how much she
14:23cares
14:24about you and your feelings did molly say that come on mom you are a fierce and fearless advocate
14:35who is better equipped to speak truth to power than you honey being able to frame an argument in
14:40court is is one thing and being a politician you have to do more than just be able to make
14:45an
14:45an opinion and defend it alexis you could make a real difference and we need intelligent and informed
14:53women in office we do we need more truth tellers well that is what everyone says they want but that's
14:59not
15:00what really happens you know me i say what i think and i vote for the way i believe i
15:05don't know that
15:06i'm going to be able to compromise my values well don't look at it like that look at it as
15:13compromising for the greater good you can do that look at how you've handled willow and drew
15:18all in service of scout let's not forget that drew won his congressional seat because of me
15:26drew didn't have the network i did i facilitated all the high-level introductions including
15:32congressman mcconkey who wouldn't have given drew a second look if i hadn't endorsed him and i bet you
15:37don't regret any of it i made a horrible mistake backing drew so did everyone who voted for him but
15:43you
15:45you were going to be a different story you were being exceptional what makes you so sure that
15:54voters would see something in me because of your heart you're more equipped to do good than drew ever
16:03was when i talked to jason he argued that actually getting back together with nathan was not a foregone
16:09conclusion and that despite them having an epic romance what maxi and i have is special in its
16:15own right yeah and guess what spineli jason's right you are now going to throw in the towel no no
16:20no i i
16:21don't intend to just roll over and give up maxi no no i i love her i have no doubt
16:26that she is
16:28the great love of of this life and every other life but
16:34you didn't you didn't see maxi with nathan i did
16:41she was so thoroughly in love with him
16:57okay just how shallow do you think maxi is
17:01maxi's life changed a hell of a lot the time that i was gone i have to imagine her feelings
17:05have too
17:07it sounds to me man like you're trying to talk yourself into letting her go
17:11she might you know she's got a whole life with with spineli one which by all accounts is good
17:17and happy and she shouldn't have to what are the promises she made before everything changed yeah
17:24yeah exactly you might know something about that don't you what do you mean you might know what
17:30maxi's going through better than anyone i don't know i think you and lulu are in a better position
17:35empathize and i am see that's the thing for for lulu and me time just stopped you know for the
17:42people in our lives they moved on they had to and maxi made a life for someone else just like
17:48you did
17:49with sam sweetheart whatever feelings you're having for nathan it's okay don't judge yourself for having
17:58a feeling if it's okay then why do i feel so guilty because you're a good person you're a good
18:08friend
18:09no i'm not a good friend visits you at the hospital every week and gives you an impeccable
18:17manicure when you can't do it for yourself that is a good friend but that's not me
18:26i am the type of friend who kisses her best friend's husband and then tries to make excuses
18:34that it's okay to pursue a romantic relationship with him i don't think a real friend does that stop
18:41stop right now i'm not going to let you do this to yourself it was a very complicated situation you
18:49know that maxi and nathan had been apart for years remember maxi didn't even know that nathan was
18:55alive and plus she'd moved on with her life but has she really because i was there i saw up
19:05close and
19:06personal what nathan's supposed death did to maxi it wrecked her mom and now that he's back and she's
19:14going to be coming face to face with the love of her life why wouldn't that change everything for her
19:20every memory leads back to luke spencer hi dad for you i'm selling the record thank you for the love
19:28of a lifetime it's time to let go general hospital on abc god i sound selfish i do not want
19:38to make maxi's
19:39homecoming about me and my regret over losing whatever this thing with nathan is it's only
19:46selfish if you make it maxi's problem but you're not doing that you're not you are processing all of
19:53this stuff right here with me and here with me it's okay to feel all your feelings
20:00i know yeah and i appreciate it i'm sorry i don't need to take it out on you
20:05honey if i had to guess i would say that you have suddenly realized that
20:12maybe your feelings for nathan were deeper than you thought
20:18yeah okay let's figure it out
20:23oh dear these things just kind of sneak up on us don't they maybe
20:33well we've talked a lot about how you feel but have you talked to nathan
20:39yet i mean how does he feel about all of this
20:44if you had known that lulu was gonna wake up would you have given up the life that you had
20:50with sam to be with her
20:56well lulu and i weren't even together when she got hurt
21:03and sam died before lulu woke up
21:07so the timing was different you know the timing matters
21:13but i loved sam when i was committed to her and i really wanted us to spend the rest of
21:19our lives
21:19together with her kids what was she did and and what if maxi is just as committed to spinelli and
21:29the life she made with him
21:31you're right okay i wasn't a poor charles when maxi and nathan were together i did not witness their
21:37grand love affair but i did witness yours no one had a better seat for the magical maxi and spinelli
21:43show than me
21:44you were some magical moments yeah and i saw them with my own two eyes
21:49i watched the two of you become real life partners build a life together i watched
21:53you guys co-parent james and georgie and and bailey lou how you stood by maxi no matter what was
22:00thrown at
22:01you and do you know what else what i watched maxi find her way back to you
22:09spinelli when maxi talks about you her eyes light up she loves telling stories about how smart and
22:17funny you are and just how loyal you are what a wonderful father you are and and how you guys
22:23just fit together i know that she feels okay then why are you assuming that her relationship
22:28with nathan means more to her than everything the two of you guys have created together right here in
22:33this house you would have never chosen to defend willow but you still managed to get her acquitted
22:39you navigated tension and conflict with people you care about for scout's sake you knew she needed you
22:47you compromised and scout's better off for it and that's what politics is i mean you're not going
22:54to agree with or like everyone that you work with but if the end game is doing what's best for
23:00your
23:00constituents then maybe all the compromising is worthwhile you're making good points i see them
23:11i'm actually even maybe buying it to some of it i mean i'm gonna have to compromise but i could
23:18i could
23:18still do some good because i'm good but am i doing this for the greater good or for my own
23:27ego
23:29drew use the power of his office as a weapon in his personal vendettas of which he had many but
23:35you're
23:35going to use the power to help your constituents the same ones that drew promised to care for but
23:41just ignored but my experience is with people i don't know the first thing about policy that's
23:48exactly why you'll succeed you're not some slimy shark jockeying for position you're warm and you're
23:56engaging and people want to work with you i don't know you really think that yes
24:03yes drew has what almost a year left in his term that is nothing if politics isn't for you then
24:11you just walk away after the term is done but if you like it it could change the trajectory of
24:17your
24:18entire life it could empower you in ways that you never dreamed this guy's still a doofus
24:29you have the attention span of a four-year-old did you already
24:32forget the deal we made a half hour ago no i remember i finished reading molly's book you tell
24:36me what she said about me i can't read with you looming over me i'm not telling that to wait
24:42you do realize it's gonna take me a while to finish this right hey i didn't think that part
24:47through okay we should probably just cut to the chase thank you all right molly bottles up her
24:55emotions but writing is her outlet it has been since she was a kid she pours her heart onto the
25:00page and
25:01suddenly she's written a book it's magical and it's annoyingly productive she is terrifyingly
25:08productive but my sister would rather keep all of that magic hidden in a drawer than to ever hurt
25:14you in any way can i tell you how much she cares about you how could accepting this opportunity
25:22on the mayor's request i might add be about your ego look at drew he was a decorated navy seal
25:30and just
25:30wanted to serve his country he's also a vacuumous pit of need that no amount of validation can fill but
25:37he wasn't always like that so maybe it was the politics that
25:40he corrupted him and turned him into the psychopath that he is today you are not drew you have principles
25:48and
25:48purpose and a moral compass and i have way more faith in you than i ever did in congress and
25:55kane
25:55or some crony that the governor is going to appoint some backroom deal
26:00look you don't have to take this job mom you don't owe anybody anything
26:05but i think you would be incredible at it and i know i would love to see you representing me
26:12in congress
26:13me too thank you both i appreciate your faith in me but this isn't just about me if i take
26:22this position
26:23it'll have consequences mostly on scout i haven't talked to me yet but what would be the point he never
26:35stopped loving maxi and they're about to be reunited i'm sure he's thrilled
26:42i'm sure he's thrilled that she's awake but i would not assume that you know all of his feelings
26:48i mean he might be as confused as you are right now isn't that even more reason to stay away
26:53i i don't
26:54want to complicate the situation even more i just want these feelings to go away
27:05life would be so much easier if we could just snap our fingers and make all of our feelings vanish
27:10right i know it doesn't work that way and i really hate it yeah but the good news is
27:20our hearts are big enough to hold all of our feelings even the ones that contradict each other
27:30the thing i feel most
27:34is that maxi deserves her happy ending and so does nathan
27:42but the person i feel really bad for is finale i would choose maxi a thousand times over in every
27:52universe but if circumstances hadn't ripped nathan out of maxi's life what are the odds that she
28:00would have chosen me well you're gonna find out now because maxi gets to make that choice
28:05and look i'm sure that is scary for you but maybe it's scary for her too
28:11i'll never begrudge her her happiness
28:16if she chose to be with me then i'd be devastated but i i mean of course i would support
28:25her i would
28:25respect her decision which is another reason why maxi loves you so much
28:31spinelli maxi didn't settle for you she chose you let her choose you again
28:38you know what it sounds like you're making assumptions about maxi i have learned that that
28:42is never a smart thing yeah i know you're right i'm a pleasure to be trying to guess
28:46why don't you just let her set the pace i am yeah you know i know what her first priority
28:51is gonna be
28:52the kids which it should be yeah i mean those kids are getting their mom back and james is gonna
28:56have both of his parents together for the first time i mean that is amazing he's gonna he's gonna
29:01love that i hope so man you're doing what's right for him i know this is what's important and if
29:08maxi
29:08wants to try again with our marriage then i'll do that because oh wait wait wait a second you're gonna
29:12get back with maxi because that's what james wants i mean it's gotta be where you want too
29:21so do you
29:24that's my sister and i don't think she should pass up this opportunity
29:28also because i think about the books that have mattered to me books that my mom and my sisters
29:35and i have loved and shared and i think this could be one of those books i think this could
29:39mean something
29:40to people what makes it that special it's it's a lovely story about two people who really take
29:47the time to get to know each other beyond biases and first impressions i think the world could use
29:53more of that i hate that you have a good reason and because i think that my sister deserves to
30:01see her
30:01work published she deserves to see people posting about it on social media finding it on shelves in
30:08bookstores molly says writing is just a hobby but she's really good at it even i can tell that cody
30:16your opinion matters to her that's why i want you to read the book all the way to the end
30:22keep an
30:22open mind and then decide what you think about it and what if i don't love casey's hero's journey
30:33that my sister was wrong about you she thinks you're a hero this is your chance to prove her right
31:00if i take this position i will give up being a private citizen and become a public official and
31:06and all that goes with that i've been impressive i've been disbarred i'm a recovering alcoholic and
31:12all that is fair game and that will be brought up in the public square for debate and none of
31:17it is good
31:18now if it were just me i'd handle it but it's not it's it's it's all of you girls it's
31:24you it's scout
31:25it's christina and i don't think it's fair to impose all of this on you girls okay yes yes all
31:32of that is
31:32likely to get brought up by your opponent but think of what you'd be modeling for scout she's right
31:40you'll be showing your granddaughter how to face challenges head-on and overcome them she'll look
31:46at all you've accomplished and learn that like her grandmother she can triumph over adversity
31:53sometimes people don't know what they can do or who they can be until you show them
32:05you make a very persuasive argument how'd you get to be so smart like the best you've inspired me
32:13every day of my life so like since what do you think what do you want to do mom
32:32you make this all sound so easy oh no no it won't be easy no but it'll be worth it
32:40and i'll be with you every step of the way we can do it together
32:46but how would i find the time i i just resigned from the hospital but i'm gonna have my kids
32:51living
32:51with me part-time and now i'm supposed to take on this huge job well your children will take
32:55presidents of course but don't forget they're gonna be with michael 60 percent of the time and that's
33:00more than enough time for congress and michael he's just gonna have to work around your schedule
33:05because my daughter is going to be serving her country in Washington DC
33:11what about drew i i brought him home so i could take care of him sweetheart it's time to consider
33:19putting drew in a long-term care facility it's really what he needs and if you're serving his term
33:27what a wonderful thing you're doing for true if he can't serve you're the only person he'd want in his
33:35place
33:37so you think that maxi will choose nathan
33:43spinelli knows how much maxi loved nathan and that she never stopped loving him
33:49i think he will generously bow out even though it'll shatter him
33:54poor spinelli such a beautiful heart i think about that kind of pain for him
34:04i guess it's good that nathan and i barely got started
34:09it just doesn't feel that way i know
34:17what happens though when maxi sees nathan for the first time
34:23it is
34:26dazzled by those ocean blue eyes
34:28then let her be dazzled okay dazzled is a temporary state and that's not me putting down
34:32what maxi and nathan had it's just it's me knowing what's in maxi's heart
34:37then you spinelli are the one that sweeps her off her feet
34:41i have yes and you do it every day
34:48i do yes i will
34:55i will sweep maxi off her feet but
35:00i do need an assist from you you and maxi recommitting to your marriage
35:05i mean it's gotta be about the two of you right and obviously you can't speak for maxi but you
35:09can speak for yourself
35:12oh what do you want to do
35:18yeah
35:18yeah
35:19i see
35:25all right yeah thanks for letting me know
35:30bad news
35:31well yeah you're never going to believe this but uh forensics found a match
35:35on one of michael's keys
35:37really yeah
35:40my brother lied
35:43he's a key in your house
35:49on the next general hospital
35:51you are late what else is now we can start our family
35:54me and i have talked to michael immediately you're the only one who can do it
35:58i have a weird feeling i'm walking in some sort of trap
36:00i'm so happy you're here
36:02are you trying to tell me something
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