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An Elaborate Plan Unfolds. Thursday, July 17 2008

Sam very publicly breaks up with Lucky, Eli doesn't handle Anna's new status very well and Lulu continues to unravel.

Carly warmly wishes Jax good morning after a night of love-making. He tells her that he's glad they made up, but she got exactly what she wanted from him. Carly practically purrs, but not for long. Kate raps on the door and informs Jax that they have a meeting to attend today dealing with foreign distribution. Carly gets in her face and Kate apologizes for the strain on both of their relationships but business is business. Jax says that's exactly why he'll be there. Carly goes nuts and Jax tells her that if she can't understand the importance of foreign distribution he doesn't have time to explain it to her.

Lulu barges into the interrogation room and tells Johnny to trust her, not Maxie! They have a heated exchange and Lulu storms out. Maxie finally feels confident that Johnny can see the urgency of the matter. She suggests that they get a lawyer to sort the whole mess out before Lulu loses it. Johnny warns that when Scott Baldwin shows up they'll all fry, so they have to stay the course.

Over at Jason's penthouse Jason is giving Spinelli his assignment for the day, but Spinelli tells him that his heart is broken. Jason commiserates about a heart ache ever so briefly by saying that some people aren't good at love and maybe that's what Maxie is trying to protect him from. Max shows up and Spinelli sadly steps aside (to his "regrettably pink room"). Max tells Jason that Mr. C. is all alone and he and Milo would like to go back to work for him. Jason says that he never wanted Sonny to be alone in the first place and agrees to let them go. He asks Max to let him know if Sonny's in trouble because he would never turn on him.

Patrick and Robin are enjoying some time together. She tells him that she needs to learn to trust that he loves her and then asks her to take him to Jake's for cheese fries.

Over at the free clinic, Lucky and Nik squash Sam's idea to dig in and find out how the counterfeit drugs are making their way into GH. Lucky says that they have to let the PCPD handle this because it's too dangerous.

Anna and Eli are at Jake's talking about visiting Melbourne together during his Aussie tour. When she finds out it's in the fall, she says she'll meet him in Europe instead and doesn't offer an explanation. Robin and Patrick come in the door and Eli tells them to come join them. "Whoa, are you pregnant?" he says when he finally gets a load of Robin's belly. Anna explains that Robin hid it from him yesterday so she wouldn't come off as a grandma to her rocker beau. Eli tells her that she's an amazing woman and he isn't about to walk away from that "…just because your daughter got herself knocked up." He toasts the happy father-to-be and all is well at Jake's for the moment. Soon, an old friend of Eli's comes in and asks if Anna is his girlfriend. Eli clarifies that his girlfriend is flying in from Australia tomorrow after a bikini photo shoot. He introduces Anna as an old friend who is about to become a grandma. Anna steps aside, but Patrick punches Eli in the face.

Carly rushes over to Jason's place to tell him to get rid of Kate Howard. Jason doesn't want to get involved, so Carly says that she'll have to find a way to get Jax to sell his shares in Kate's business. She wonders if Warren James, Kate's old boss, would buy him out and then asks if Spinelli can help, or maybe Lulu. Jason tells Carly that her cousin is far too distracted right now because of Logan's murder case. Carly has heard nothing. She simply affirms that she will not lose her husband.

Jax arrives at Crimson just in time to meet Hans, the German distributor. Hans tells Kate that she should hold off on debuting in Europe and Jax counters with saying how strong the sales are projected. He turns the tide of the meeting and Hans suddenly seems eager to be involved with Kate's new magazine overseas. After he leaves, Kate tells Jax that he's brilliant and Jax is pleased with himself.

Jerry is at GH with Dr. Hunter and Liz. His back pain is still severe and Matt is ordering some kidney tests. Nadine comes in and Matt tells her that Isabelle has started her new meds. They talk about the fake drugs that are making their rounds and Jerry's ears perk up. A little later, Nadine overhears Matt on the phone talking about a mix up with drugs and a missing "batch number." He angrily slams down the phone and walks away as she tries to process what she heard. She calls Nik and tells him everything she heard.

Lucky comes in and pulls Liz aside to talk. He says that something has come up and he can't take Cam to the ball game this weekend. As they are talking, Sam shows up and gets in their faces. She loudly yells that she's sick of being the rebound person and tells Lucky that they are through. On her way out, she tells Liz that she can have Lucky!

Spinelli goes to see Johnny at the PCPD. He blurts out that Maxie couldn't help it, and then he couldn't help it, and now Stone Cold knows that Lulu is Logan's killer. Johnny throws a chair across the room. He pulls himself together and then warns Spinelli that both girls are in danger if his father or Claudia find out. They both wonder how Lulu is going to be able to keep her mouth closed and not fall apart.

On the waterfront there's another kind of collaboration going on. Maxie has found Lulu and is urgently trying to convince Lulu to keep her mouth shut because Logan deserved to die. She reminds Lulu that she made herself an accessory in order to help and Lulu tells her she can lie her way out of anything.

Jax goes home and tells Carly that he's not going to socialize with Kate but he does need to be more hands on with the magazine for a while. Carly takes a deep breath and tells him that she understands and trusts him. After a kiss, he leaves to do more work and Carly immediately calls someone and asks for a meeting.

Sam returns home and rushes into Lucky's arms. She thanks him for trusting her enough to stage a fake breakup.

Mac goes to Johnny and expresses his displeasure with the fact that his daughter and Lulu are in this mess with him. He urges Johnny to admit to killing Logan if it was self defense so as not to drag this out any longer. Outside the doors of the PCPD, Lulu is standing with a gun in her purse.

Next on General Hospital:

Sonny takes a meeting with a Russian mob leader.

Claudia sees the meeting and later confronts Sonny about it.

Johnny takes matters in his own hands.

Carly is busted, again, for meddling in Kate's business.

Maxie tells Jason everything about the day Logan died.

Noah isn't happy to hear Eli speak badly of Anna.

Matt asks Nadine out on a date.


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