Thurs August 1, 2024: Kristina informs Sonny of the subpoena, Trina catches Cates with Ava, and TJ worries to Jordan that a custody fight is coming.
Wednesday’s GH recap: As Jagger and Ava ploted, Sonny ordered Brick to photograph them, and Kristina was subpoenaed to testify.
At the Metro Court pool, Joss and Gio complain about how hot it is.
BLQ is with her mom by the pool. Lois thinks Sonny’s plan to bankroll a label is very generous.
BLQ thinks this is an incredible opportunity. Her mom says managing a label is very different from managing an artist.
Is she sure she’s willing to take that on?
BLQ already has a million ideas. But she hasn’t even told Blaze about this yet.
Lois can’t imagine her turning it down. They talk about what Sonny’s involvement.
BLQ worries about it and guesses that Sonny is doing this to support his daughter.
Lois takes off as Blaze arrives.
BLQ announces they are going to take her career to the next level and release her album on her own label.
Blaze thinks this sounds great. BLQ thinks that this is the perfect moment to reintroduce the world to her music.
She tells her how much she believes in her and then admits that part of this was her mom’s idea.
She’s invested in her success and wants to be part of the label, but if she doesn’t want that, they can address it.
Natalia arrives and BLQ fills her in on what they have been discussing.
She gives them a minute to talk alone.
Natalia tells her daughter how she never wanted to cause her any pain. She’s sorry for the things she said that got her dropped from her label.
She deeply regrets what she said. It never should have happened and she’s proud of her talent.
The label is part of her attempt to make things right. She’s respect whatever she decides about her level of involvement.
Blaze is grateful for how much she’s done for her career but she’s moving into a new phase of her life and can’t see her being involved because she doesn’t accept who she is.
If she can’t embrace her love for Kristina, she doesn’t know where they go from here.
BLQ walks over to Gio and they talk about guac before she suggests her new label could use his talents.
Ava is in her suite, going over business details with Trina when Jagger walks in wearing no more than a towel.
Trina averts her gaze and Ava claims he was just using her shower to be clean for work.
Trina runs away and Ava tells Jagger that he can’t stay there while she is heading into a custody battle.
He’s already in hot water with his bosses and not keen to parade her around.
She suggests he take his bags with him. He offers to get them tonight so they can see each other again.
Trina runs to the pool to gossip to Joss about Cates sleeping with Ava. Joss assumes that the Jerome must be using him as part of her agenda.
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At General Hospital, TJ informs his mother that the situation with Kristina has gotten worse.
What she said to Perez Hilton made his head explode.
Molly brought her termination of rights papers but she refused to sign them. His mom reminds him he is the biological father and has some rights.
She suggests that he and Molly talk to a lawyer. He worries that’s where this is headed.
Jordan worries about how hard this must be on Molly. He worries that she’s desperate to trust her sister and that’s pulling them in opposite directions.
Jordan is hopeful they can come to a compromise. But if he has to fight for the child, she will be fighting alongside him.
Alexis walks the hall, calling DeWitt and warning that she will come after him if he prints another word about Kristina.
She tracks down TJ and asks to talk. She knows this must be awkward, but he matters to her as do her daughters and she wants them all to find a way through this.
They rehash everything that has happened. She urges him to give it some time and try to keep the peace.
He asks if this warning just applies to him and Molly.
He thinks everyone has been treating Kristina with kid gloves. What happens if she tries to keep the baby?
Molly and Sam are getting lunch and venting about Kristina’s interview with Perez Hilton.
Sam assumes their sister didn’t want to imply she was going to be the parent, even if it sounded like it.
Her sister thinks she should have just explained the baby isn’t hers. She’d like to believe she was protecting her privacy, but she doubts it.
They know their sister is a contrarian and will do the opposite reactively. Molly admits she’s already fallen into that trap.
Molly has been forced to recognize she has the least legal rights in all of this. That has made her more combative.
Her mom urged her to try to keep the peace and she’s been trying.
She fills her in on Kristina being subpoenaed by Ava. At least that put them on the same side again.
Molly says talking to her has made ehr feel hopeful. Sam is happy to hear it.
In his office, Sonny calls Brick and orders him to spy on Ava and Jagger 24 hours a day. Kristina barges in and tells her father that she’s been subpoenaed to testify against him.
He says she won’t have to do it because it won’t get that far.
Scott shows up and explains the court has ruled against him blocking Ava from seeing her daughter.
He warns that he will be stopping her from seeing his daughter soon and reminds Kristina that she has a meeting with him in the morning.
That’s news to her. The lawyer explains she has to give a deposition and also testify.
She tells him to go to hell and exits. Scott points out that Ava will win after his daughter testifies against him.
Sonny tells Scotty not to be sure of that.
Once the lawyer is gone, Lois shows up. They chat about Gio and the Quartermaines.
She actually wants to discuss the record company and how it will be financed.
This feels a little deja vu to her and she wonders if she should be worried. He assures her he would do nothing to hurt BLQ.
Lois admits that if anyone else was doing what he is, she would assume it was fishy. She wants to trust him but she worried about history repeating itself. Will the label be clean or not?
She tells him she’s just trying to protect her daughter.
He accuses her of turning on him and tells her to leave.
Kristina barges into Ava’s suite and orders her to withdraw the subpoena. She’s refusing to give a deposition or testify.
Ava points out that will only make things worse for Sonny. Plus, she will he charged with contempt.
Kristina threatens she won’t like what happens to her if she doesn’t withdraw the subpoena.
She’s so sorry that Avery got stuck with her as a mother. Ava points out that Alexis is a bitter drunk and Sonny is a psycho.
Kristina threatens to tell the court that she murdered Connie and Morgan.
Brick is photographing all of this through the window.
Kristina steps back, tripping over Jagger’s bag and falling out the window.
Joss, Gio, BLQ and Trina all watch from below, horrified, their hands to their mouths in shock as Kristina falls into the pool.
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