Spinelli taps into Quartermaine family history.
Sam gets a job.
Colleen is in the crosshairs of Nikolas.
Emily and Nikolas are at Windemere freaking out about Spencer. Nikolas is upset that Spencer didn't get to open his presents and is throwing the unopened gifts around. Nikolas recalls that Helena was able to steal Lucky and no one was able to find out. He knows that Colleen is acting on Helena's orders. Emily insists that Colleen that fell in love with Nikolas and that's why she took Spencer.
Lulu finds Spinelli at GH. He worked on the Rick Webber murder case all during the holiday while at his grandmother's house. His theory is that the killer is Alan Quartermaine. (Monica is eavesdropping on their conversation.) At the hospital. Spinelli tells Lulu that Dr. Rick Webber and Alan fought like gladiators over the paternity of AJ many years ago.
Dillon and Georgie meet at the waterfront. She has a gift for him, but he gives all kinds of reasons why Christmas came and went without them getting together. He opens her gift and is thrilled to see that it's the Stanley Kubrick collection of films. Dillon wants to do a movie marathon together tonight. Georgie is guardedly excited about it, but Dillon's phone rings and it's Monica. She needs Dillon to meet her right away. Georgie tells him it's okay because she has to go work with Professor Pete anyway.
Lucky and Elizabeth run into each other at Kelly's. He's happy to learn that Cam had a good Christmas. They talk about how they can help Nicolas and his search for Spencer. Just as Lucky speaks of how sad it is to have a child and to lose it, Maxi walks in. She tells Lucky and Liz that she hopes they had a good Christmas. They exchange holiday pleasantries and Liz leaves. Lucky and Maxi talk about how they need to grieve over the loss of their baby.
Sam tells Jason that she is applying for a job at GH. She's not going to let him pay all of the bills. She doesn't want to accept a job from Alexis; she thinks she can be a file clerk for a while. Jason wants to support her, but she won't hear of it. He doesn't understand why she can't do what she loves…salvage work. She tells him that if she wants to get pregnant, that's not good work for her. Sam tells Jason that she knows he's not ready to be a father. She agrees to stay on birth control until he's ready. She tells him that if and when he's ready to be a father, she'll be ready. They kiss goodbye and she goes off to apply for the job.
Colleen brings Spencer to his new home in Denver. "Mommy made sure they'll never find us." She tells him that his father had a chance to be happy with them, but he chose Emily. Colleen says that they can have their own children, but that Spencer and she can have each other.
Dillon meets Monica at GH. She tells him that Lulu is missing her father, but she's clinging to the computer geek as some kind of substitute. Dillon agrees that perhaps Lulu needs to find something else to focus on.
George and Maxi are both late for work as they run into each other at GH. Georgie lays into her sister for breaking up Lucky's marriage. Maxi tells Georgie that the only people she cares about hurting are she and Mac. Their mother (Felicia) and their father (Frisco) don't matter to her. They agree that each of them needs to live their lives without hurt Mac. Then, they tag team over who has to face Epiphany downstairs
Walking along the waterfront, Jason is on the cell phone when he runs into Liz, Cam and the Chuggin' Charlie toy train. Jason talks to Cameron about his Christmas and Liz starts to cry. When Jason asks her why, she blames in on her hormones. He tells her that he'd like to help. She tells him that her kids need a dad, no matter how hard she tries to be the best single mom. Jason asks if she invited Lucky for Christmas. She tells him that seeing Lucky and Maxi holding hands were her reality check. Jason tells her that he's known her for a long time, she will figure out the right thing to do.
Sam applies for the job at the hospital. The snotty HR person tells her that she recognizes her form the mug shot in the newspaper. Sam tells her that unless she wants to give a proper interview, she will face a discrimination suit. Alan Quartermaine overhears and tells Sam that she is hired. He tells her that since she risked her life to save Jason, she is part of the family now. He welcomes her to General Hospital and kisses her on the check.
Emily and Nikolas meet Lucky at the PCPD to look over airport security tapes. Even though Mac is excited to report that they've found out about a woman with red hair at a diner near the Canadian border with a baby, Emily, Nikolas and Lucky continue to scour over airport surveillance tapes. After a while, Nikolas spots a woman who is covering up a baby with a blanket.
Pete goes looking for Georgie at the hospital. Maxi gives him a hard time because she thinks he's using her sister for free research and maybe more. Georgie rescues him from Maxi and tells him some of the things she's found in her research. Maxi overhears all of this and shakes her head. The Professor is pleased with what Georgie has dug up. He leaves. Maxi tells Georgie that she's taking the teacher's pet thing to a whole new level.
Spinelli tells Lulu that Alan probably killed Rick Webber over the paternity of A.J. Lulu is dumbfounded over the history better Rick and the Quartermaines. Dillon concedes that Quartermane family lore corresponds that it was a pretty spirited war between Rick and Alan. Spinelli decides that if they make a movie of their investigation, he wants Leonardo di Caprio to play him. Dillon points out that the whole Alan, Monica, Rick thing happened years before they were born. Dillon presses to learn who might have had more recent motivation to kill Rick Webber.
Jason's guy brings him proof that Father Mateo Ruiz is truly a priest and the identical twin of Manny. Jason asks if there's a chance that Manny survived and is pretending to be his brother. He learns that the Ruiz twins and their tattoos were a trademark in Miami. Mateo Ruiz was worse than his brother before he found God. But for the last 20 years, he's done some good work for the church.
Still looking at tapes at the PCPD, Nikolas is able to alter the image of the woman with the baby until she looks just like Colleen. Now he knows that she's the person who stole Spencer. Meanwhile, Colleen and Spencer have settled into their apartment and she is on the phone looking for a job in Denver as a daycare provider.
NEXT ON GH:
Lainey reports that Kristina is a happy little girl.
Rick tells Sonny that he needs to help him get custody of Molly.
Sam wonders if it's safe for her to get pregnant again.
