This week, strange and miraculous things have been happening all over Port Charles. Events that used to happen with regularity in the 70s and 80s, but have rapidly declined since the advent of the Bob Guza era. I apologize for not chiming in sooner but you must understand I was rendered into speechlessness after these occurances.
You all…..people are speaking the truth about the mob and they aren’t immediately killed for OR the newest meanest most evil mobster ever to walk the face of the Earth! They’ve been truthful. They’ve been brutual. They’ve been awesome. And they are causing me to reach for the cigarettes because it is that good. And it’s not been just one day….the majority of this week has been one “holy shit am I really seeing this happen” moment after the next!
Let us start with the apology we all thought was never going to happen.
Jason: I came here to apologize to you and it’s long overdue. You were right when you told AJ that he was Michael’s father. I should never have pretended that he was my son.
I’m sorry did I hear that correctly? The Great and Powerful, Never Wrong Jason Morgan just say he was wrong? That Robin was right all those years ago? Yeah this was about 12 years and one running out of the freaking country too late, but hell it took him roughly a decade to realize that “Hey, AJ might not have liked being hung on a meathook because we arbitarily decided he was devil“. He is brain damaged after all. But this is the very thing we all expected to hear when Michael got shot in the freaking head and it never came. (Secret pain over DANGER takes up a lot of your time apparently) And yet out of nowhere, Jason seeks out Robin to apologize? Yes she immediately said the Qs were crazy and who knows what would have happened if Michael had been raised by them. (I think no felonies until he was 21 and wacky cross-dressing hijinks if Dillon was any indication!) But nothing, and I mean nothing tops the awesomeness of Jason Morgan saying he was wrong.
Olivia: So Dante blows the whistle, Michael gets arrested, Dante takes him in. But Sonny’s ripping himself apart over this. And as a parent, I got to say, I understand everything he’s going through.
Johnny: Yeah. Well, Sonny’s pain will be over soon enough. Maybe after a couple of weeks of crying and chest-thumping, he’ll be back to business as usual
Ok admittedly Johnny is clearly now doomed since he’s gunning to take down Sonny. We all know how well that goes. But the old adage goes know thy enemy and does John have Sonny’s number down COLD. Michael gets shot in the head, Sonny continues to tell Jason how to run the mob. Claudia miscarries the baby, Sonny swears revenge in like five seconds. He shoots Dante in the chest, Sonny spends the next month crying about how it’s really a crime against him. I guess there is one positive outcome of Sonny’s record lack of self-awareness….it does make for some consistent behavior patterns.
Johnny, I salute you and if you need any help with your doomed plan….CALL ME!
Spinelli: Dante is a policeman, obviously. But you would be facing the most severe penalty, namely life in prison, should this murder be tied to you. Now, of equal importance, and perhaps even more importance, is that Dante is Mr. Sir’s firstborn son. He’ll never forgive you for killing him. And the loss of Dante would also have a grave impact on his new siblings– Kristina, Morgan, even young Michael, who might blame himself for yet another death. And finally, haven’t we learned by now that violence in the wake of violence only serves to perpetuate that tragic cycle? Please, I beg of you, do not do this. Don’t kill Dante. And if the plan is already put in motion, stop it before it’s too late.
I’m sorry is that SPINELLI making this argument? The same Spinelli who rationalized setting up a cop to be murdered? Spinelli is arguing in a logical and pretty coherent manner?
BRB…must check the temperature in hell!
Olivia: I get that you love your kids, Sonny, but you’re willfully blind to the way that your life affects them.
Sonny: My kids mean everything to me. There’s nothing I wouldn’t do to make sure they’re okay.
Olivia: I get that, and I know that that’s why you went through this trial for Michael. But the damage is already done. My God, Sonny, look at the way that that kid’s been raised. Look at the things that he’s seen– the lying and the violence. The bullet in his head. I know that your intentions are good, but you’ve got to admit that you’re just–you’re toxic to your children.
Sonny: I know I made mistakes, okay? And–but I have done the best I could with Michael and all my kids.
Olivia: But your best doesn’t matter, ’cause you can’t seal them off from all the violence in your world. You can’t make sure that none of them is ever going to get hurt.
Alright yes she is still on hypocrite train for dating Johnny…but as she is not pregnant (yet…) and she did successfully raise a good, law-abiding, respectful, hot, smart cop who respects women I say Olivia knows of where she speaks. After all isn’t Dante perfect proof that if Sonny has nothing to do with you, you turn out awesome? Of course the other proof of that is Morgan.
Judge Carroll: Mr. Corinthos, in the light of your son’s confession, all charges against you in regard to the death of your wife, Claudia Zacchara Corinthos, are withdrawn. You are a free man, for the time being. Now, before I adjourn, I would like to take this opportunity to reprimand counsel for defense and prosecution, various and sundry witnesses, and anyone else who conspired to conceal the truth and waste the people’s time, money, and patience. Mr. Corinthos, Mrs. Jacks, you have perjured yourselves and may be so charged. Ms. Miller, Ms. Walsh, you have suborned perjury and may be so charged. Ms. Walsh, you may be further charged with malicious prosecution if there is any evidence that you knew the defendant was innocent and decided to pursue this case, hoping for a high profile conviction for the purpose of your own career advancement. This country is founded on the principle of the rule of law. And good men and women have fought and died, and continue to fight and die, to secure that principle, and you spit all over it. You should all be grateful for this same rule of law, because if it was up to me, I would send the lot of you to prison for the next 20 years. You disgust me. Now, get the hell out of my courtroom. We are adjourned.
Can we keep him? Can we? Yes it is cruel to tease us with the image of family-style jail cells. (Although the image is hysterical. Think of the madcap fun that would be!) but finally, after years of judges acting like the way Sonny and company act in trial is totally reasonable….apparenlty at least one judge in Port Charles actually went to law school! Or at least watched enough Law & Order reruns to fake it. Judge Carroll will you be my sugar daddy?
And now….the moment….the smackdown of the century……delivered by the goddess of truth Tracy Quatermaine herself!
Carly: Why? Am I being too harsh? Am I not nice enough? Am I not understanding? I mean, I get you’re in love, and hell, you’re standing by your man, but you did it to my son.
Tracy: Why are you blaming Lulu for a situation you created? You stole Michael from the Quartermaines. You gave him to Sonny.
Carly: Oh, my God.
Tracy: You have nobody but yourself to blame for all this misery.
Lulu: Tracy, I don’t need you to fight my battles.
Tracy: I’m just stating facts. Why don’t you go home and take care of your kid instead of ripping into Lulu?
Carly: Lulu and her twisted priorities are the reason why Michael’s in lock-up. You should have called me the second Dante brought Michael home.
Tracy: It’s a little late for that. Michael’s had a lifetime of damage. Comes with the territory, I guess, when your father is a mob kingpin. You were the one that chose to marry Sonny. You are the one that chose to allow him to adopt Michael. What the hell did you think, he was going to grow up a choir boy?
Carly: I expected Lulu to care more about Michael than her boyfriend the cop.
Tracy: Don’t misunderstand me. I have no use for Dante. My fear is he’s going to be just as manipulative and a liar like his father. But Lulu chose loyalty to the man she loves. And given the hell you have unleashed in the name of loyalty to Sonny Corinthos, you have no right to criticize.
Carly: I wonder. I really wonder if Lulu sided with Dante, and Dante busted Luke–I mean, really busted Luke–would you be so quick to defend her?
First off Carly, never EVER try to step to Tracy. You are hopelessly outmatched in the wits and logic department. Secondly, catch Tracy on the right day and she’d be the first one in line to haul Luke’s happy ass to jail. Hell she would call Lucky ino to do the arrest for her, in front of the every paying Haunted Star customer. So I guess we are right back to point number one where in that argument, Carly is hopelessly outgunned. Take a lesson from Johnny Carly! Know your opponent!
Can I get an Amen? I mean this week has been so awesome for the truthiness there is really only one response…..Kurt show us how it’s done!
Sarcastic Clapping 