Sonny Agrees to Turn Himself In to Cates to Save Kristina, Who Jagger’s Filed New Charges Against

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Carly visits Sonny at his place and brings Donna. Donna’s missed her dad, and he has missed her. He thanks Carly for doing this. She smiles and says it was her pleasure. She asks how he’s feeling, and Sonny says he’s solid now that his medication is straight. Now, though, he can see what everyone else saw: the paranoia and anger that consumed him.

Sonny asks what is happening with Lulu, and Carly fills him in, including that she’s not a match for Lulu. She’s shocked Dante hasn’t reached out to him about it. He admits they haven’t been talking, and Carly can tell that’s bothering him. Sonny knows he hasn’t been great to his children, but he’ll do whatever he can to fix it. Carly brings up Ava calling Avery and saying she would be away for a while and asks what that is about. He tells her that Jagger took her into protective custody, and it’s part of his agenda to take him down.

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Kristina is brought into the station in cuffs by Cates, and she demands to know what she’s doing here. Cates is adding an additional charge to her list, the manslaughter of Irene Davis-Ashford. She’s taken into the interrogation room, and Alexis shows up.

Alexis orders Kristina not to say a word and demands to know why Cates has brought her daughter in. He says he’s charging her with the manslaughter of her unborn child. Alexis tells him to cut the crap. This has nothing to do with Kristina and everything to do with Sonny. She says this charge is absurd and manslaughter is not a federal crime. Cates explains any crime that can be added to an existing federal crime can be tried in federal court. Alexis argues that he is out of his jurisdiction, out of his mind, and abusing her client. Cates says they both know a way to make this disappear. Alexis orders Kristina to say nothing while she steps out.

In the squad room, Alexis asks a sergeant to make sure Cadet Heller stays with her daughter, and that Cates does not speak to Kristina.

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An irate Alexis arrives at Sonny’s and tells him that Cates has arrested Kristina and charged her with manslaughter of the baby. She fears Kristina can’t take much more and needs him to do something he won’t like. She says Cates will destroy Kristina to get to him, so he has to give Cates what he wants.

Sonny argues that Jagger won’t let go of Kristina until he’s in prison, but if he’s in prison, then he can’t do anything to help. Alexis says Kristina’s spirit is broken, and if they can’t get this case dismissed, the hearing will cause irreparable damage to her. She says if Sonny doesn’t save her, they’ll lose her. Sonny has faith that she and Diane will get Kristina out of this. Alexis isn’t so sure. She yells, “Kristina needs to be saved, and I’m asking you to save her!”

Back at the station, Dex is left alone with Kristina, and she lets him know she didn’t kill his baby. She just wants one person to believe her. Cates returns and orders Dex out. Dex says he’s under orders to stay, so Cates pulls his FBI rank and orders him out.

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Cates tells Kristina he is sorry she must go through this, and her father is the one keeping her here. He says her baby is gone because of Sonny, that he made her think protecting him was more important than her child. She cries at him to stop and to leave her alone. She begins to sob, and he says if she knows anything about Sonny’s crimes, it could help mitigate the charges against her. He’s offering her a chance to help herself.

Kristina’s tone suddenly changes. She says he’s trying to accuse her of killing her baby and trying to bring charges against her father. Kristina tells Cates, “The only criminal I see here is you.” She calls Jagger a punk, someone obsessed with taking down her father, and he’s using her and her dead daughter against her father. She tells him, “You will not use me against my father, you son of a bitch!” Cates fumes.

Kristina says his day is coming, and his badge won’t protect him from what’s headed his way. He says she really is her father’s daughter. Alexis returns, and she tells her mom to get her arraigned and get her in front of a judge. She is going to swear on a stack of bibles that Cates used her daughter’s death to try and force her to incriminate her father. Jagger’s phone rings, and Alexis suggests he answer it. Cates steps out, and Alexis notes her daughter is in a better mood. Kristina says there is no way in hell that bastard will break her. She refuses to let him use her baby’s death to manipulate her.

In the station room, Jagger talks to Sonny on the phone. Sonny offers to admit to everything he’s done as long as he drops the charges against his daughter. He says he’ll say his goodbyes to his sons at the Quartermaines and then come to the station and turn himself in. Cates offers to save him the trouble and says he’ll meet him at the Quartermaines and arrest him there.

At the Quartermaine’s, Brook Lynn tells Chase that because she couldn’t attend Drew’s event, Monica wants them to dress for dinner. Violet overhears and asks if she can dress up, too. Brook Lynn says she can, and she offers to do something with her hair. Violet says that she doesn’t have to fix her hair and doesn’t want to be a bother.

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They sit Violet down and promise her that she’s never a bother. Violet asks her Uncle Chase when her dad is coming home. Chase doesn’t know, but he’s working hard to get over his sickness and get back to her. They both assure her that they love having her live with them.

They let her know Wiley and Leo are in the playroom and some other kids are coming over. She loves how big this family is but wonders when they’ll have a baby of their own. They are shocked and admit it’s a great question, but they just got married. Violet asks if they don’t want a baby. Brook Lynn smiles and says they do.

In the kitchen, Dante checks in with Rocco over the phone. He is at baseball camp. Olivia thinks it was a good idea to send him as a distraction. She asks Dante how he’s doing. He wishes he could have gone with Laura and Kevin to look for Lucky, but camp is over soon. Olivia thinks Lulu would approve of him staying with their son. Dante admits he wishes he remained with Lulu when he had the chance.

Olivia reminds him that he had no idea he’d be gone with the WSB for so long, and he had to leave her when he got home to protect her from his PTSD. She notes he thought what he did was right at the time, and he fought his way back to those who love him. Dante knows by the time he came home, Lulu had moved on. He hates that he may never be able to tell her how much he regrets his actions.

Olivia asks if he regrets his life with Sam. He doesn’t but fears Lulu may not get to build a life of her own with someone. Olivia says they can’t count her out yet, and he agrees.

Later, Carly arrives and is surprised Dante is here and not with Lulu. He snaps that she’s not alone, and others are with her now. Carly hears that Laura went looking for Lucky. Olivia assumes Carly is staying for dinner. Carly is, Monica asked her to, probably to annoy Tracy. Olivia excuses herself, and Carly tells Dante that she spoke with Sonny, and he’s going to get tested for Lulu. She also heard from Liz about the medication possibly causing the liver failure.

Dante thinks she’s accusing him of something, and despite what people think, he didn’t abandon Lulu. He accuses her of sounding like Tracy and not to act like she cares about him and Lulu. He throws her paying Brook Lynn to break them up in her face. Carly can’t believe he’s bringing that up, as she thought they got through that years ago. He snaps that it takes a special kind of person to sledgehammer someone else’s life, and she has no idea what that did to Brook Lynn. Brook Lynn happens to be listening in.

Portia and Curtis attend Drew’s political rally in the park, along with Michael and Willow. Drew thanks Congressman McConkey, the mayor, and Willow for being his biggest cheerleader. He also thanks his business partner and nephew, Michael. Michael wonders to Willow where McConkey is, as he was supposed to be here.

Portia steps aside to check on Heather’s labs. Curtis catches her on the phone and asks why she’s checking on Heather. Portia explains Heather was in the hospital last night, and she got a new lawyer. It happens to be someone they know, Ric Lansing. She doesn’t know what happened with Scott, and he just handed the case off to Ric. She says she researched Ric, and he’s a great lawyer with a reputation for winning.

After the rally, Michael congratulates Drew, but has to exit to take Monica to her latest routine doctor appointment. Willow and Drew are left alone together. Willow thanks Drew for what he said about her, and he says she was the one who made him realize how much he wanted to run. Willow asks about the congressman, and Drew was expecting him here and hopes nothing is wrong.

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Drew approaches Curtis and Portia and thanks them for coming and supporting him. He also thanks Curtis for all the work he’s been doing at Aurora. Curtis admits he’s loving it, and Drew says it shows given what he’s accomplished.

Later, Willow finds Drew on his own. He’s clearly upset, and she asks what is wrong. He just got off the phone with McConkey’s wife, and he died this morning. Willow tells him how sorry she is. Drew is emotional and asks to talk somewhere else, so they leave.

As the rally winds down, Curtis and Portia find a park bench to sit and talk, and Portia can see he loves his work at Aurora. She is happy he’s happy, though they get so little free time together these days. He thinks she’s not so happy. Portia loves her job, but the Heather days get to her. Curtis then gets a news notification that McConkey has died. He tries to call Drew, but it goes to voicemail. Portia realizes this is going to move Drew’s timetable up, and thinks it’s obvious he’s going to ask Curtis to step up and run Aurora. That means more work for Curtis.

Willow and Drew return to his office, and he relays what Hazel McConkey told him about her husband’s death, that it was quick and sudden. She asks what happens now. He believes Hazel will make a statement about his death, and there may be a special election. He may be headed to DC earlier than planned.

Drew remembers the last time he spoke to McConkey, and he was going on and on about his plans to take his grandkids fishing. He realizes tonight is the big family dinner, and she should get going. Willow asks if he’s not going. He doesn’t feel up to it and wants to stay here. Willow refuses to leave him alone as she can see how hard this is hitting him.

Next on General Hospital, Lucky’s in trouble and tied to a chair. Carly apologizes to Brook Lynn. Agent Boyle drives Ava somewhere and tells her that her life is in Agent Cates’ hands. Cates threatens to call the bar association on Alexis.