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#1 - 03.28.02 - Thursday
General Hospital - Season 39 - Episode 62
Recap:Luke freaks in reaction to the knowledge that Helena has returned to the streets, and Luke informs Laura that her son rivals Stavros' dangerous nature. Laura reels when she realizes that Nikolas chose to protect Gia over the rest of them and to let Helena escape, and Laura agrees to ask Nikolas for the truth. Nikolas confronts Gia for not coming to him the minute she found Helena hiding in the stables, and Gia claims that she acted out of love for him. Later, Nikolas has a nightmare in which he blames everyone else as Stavros proudly watches. Meanwhile, Skye prevents Jax from taking her to the hospital despite hypothermia for fear that Sonny's men will find her. So instead, Jax takes Skye to the Lake House, and he gently removes her wet clothes and puts her in a hot bath to prevent her from freezing. When the hot water fails to restore Skye's temperature, he lies closely to her. Skye finally recovers, and Jax leans in for a kiss. Carly finds Sonny with Michael sleeping on his lap
#2 - 04.08.02 - Monday
General Hospital - Season 39 - Episode 69
Preview:Luke plays hide and seek. Recap:Jax walks in on Alexis with Sonny and announces that he wants to collect his favor from Sonny and let AJ walk free, but aggravated Sonny replies in the negative, pointing out that Skye turned down his offer. Skye and Carly continue to spar, but Carly ultimately impresses Skye despite Skye's continuing animosity. Lucky accuses Nikolas of personifying a true Cassadine, and the brotherly feud escalates to the point that Lucky declares a renewed war between the Cassadines and Spencers. Meanwhile, Luke catches Helena, and Luke secretly worries Helena with his uncertain intentions. Helena tries enticing Luke with the thrill of the chase, but Luke grips Helena by the throat when she declares that the Cassadines will rise again. Roy and Felicia arrive upon the scene, and they warn murderous Luke that Helena will win the war if Luke ends up killing Helena. Luke listens to his friends' advice and hands over Helena to Roy, but Luke cautions that Helena has
#3 - 04.10.02 - Wednesday
General Hospital - Season 39 - Episode 71
Preview:Alexis receives a photo. Recap:Lucky blasts into the police station demanding Nikolas' arrest, but Mac reminds Lucky that no concrete evidence exists which would allow for them to go after Nikolas. Nikolas wants to fly Gia to Hawaii and get married right away, but Taggert's arrival upsets their plans. Once alone with Gia, saddened Taggert asks Gia why she sold out and lied about the accident. Alexis stuns Sonny when she agrees with Jax and suggests that Sonny should leave AJ alone, but Alexis regains ground when she expresses her commitment to Sonny. However, an e-mail and photo of Courtney from AJ interrupts Alexis and Sonny's close moment. Jax learns of AJ and Courtney's hideaway at the same time, and Jax shares his intentions to retrieve AJ with grateful Skye, but plane trouble puts a damper on their plans. Meanwhile, Ned places Alexis in a dilemma when he tells Alexis of AJ's whereabouts in return for her word that she will not pass on the news to Sonny. To make matters wor
#5 - 04.29.02 - Monday
General Hospital - Season 39 - Episode 84
Preview:Sonny blows his cool. Recap:Urging Mac to put more divers on the case, Jax offers to personally underwrite a thorough search of the lake. Meanwhile, Scott faces the grim task of breaking some bad news to Bobbie. Following a call from Zander, Sonny starts to rush out of the penthouse but Courtney angrily insists on finishing their conversation about Michael. Announcing that the subject is closed, Sonny hurries off while Alexis remains behind to give Courtney a piece of her mind. Nikolas accuses Lucky of leaving cryptic messages at Windemere in an attempt to gaslight him. Though Gia tries to play peacemaker for the battling brothers, the void between them only grows wider. Mike tells A.J. through clenched teeth that for Courtney's sake he will find a way to accept his daughter's misbegotten marriage. Maxie boasts to her friends about her close relationship with Deception's hunky photographer. Sonny cautions Bobbie that A.J. may make a play for Michael in light of Carly's accident
#6 - 05.03.02 - Friday
General Hospital - Season 39 - Episode 88
Preview:Michael Re-appears. Recap:A.J. successfully pulls the wool over Courtney's eyes yet again. At the precinct house, Alexis prods Taggert to step up the search for Carly. When the attorney accuses him of dragging his heels because of his longstanding animosity towards Sonny, Taggert reminds Alexis how unlikely it is that Carly could have survived the crash. Apologizing for scaring everyone, Michael repeats for Bobbie and Sonny his assertion that he spoke with his Mommy just the night before. Thrilled when A.J. presents her with an adorable new puppy, Courtney promises to help smooth the way with her brother during future custody discussions. Monica's birthday gets off to its usual disastrous start when Rae makes an unscheduled appearance at the mansion. Jax is forced to rain on Bobbie's parade after she happily announces that Carly has been sighted nearby. Later, Jax glumly reports to Skye how both Sonny and Bobbie are deluding themselves with false hopes. Meanwhile, Alexis takes
#7 - 05.13.02 - Monday
General Hospital - Season 39 - Episode 94
Preview: Courtney meets her young "nephew" for the first time while walking her puppy through the park. Jax reluctantly informs Bobbie that one of his divers has located her daughter's body. Nikolas promises a fretful Gia he won't let anyone tear them apart. Sarah comforts Lucky after disclosing how his cousin's body was brought to the hospital. Refusing to believe that Carly is dead, Bobbie assures Jax he must be mistaken. A beaming Michael tells Courtney what a great father his Uncle Sonny has always been. Maxie inadvertently locks Lucky and Sarah together in the dark room. Nikolas receives a videotape from his grandmother. Bobbie gives Sonny a strand of Carly's hair and asks him to have a DNA test performed to prove that it doesn't match the body pulled from the lake. Marcus warns his operative that she has just two more days to dig up proof of Nikolas's lies. Courtney prevents A.J. from approaching Michael, then explains to her aggravated husband why it's so vital that his son rema
#8 - 05.21.02 - Tuesday
General Hospital - Season 39 - Episode 100
Preview:Sonny prepares to apologize.
#9 - 05.29.02 - Wednesday
General Hospital - Season 39 - Episode 106
Preview:Carly turns the tables on Sonny. Recap:As Alan, Monica and Edward bicker again, A.J. interrupts with the news that Jason is back in town and has already threatened to kill him. Pleasantly surprised to see Jason walk through the front door of Kelly's, Elizabeth quickly volunteers the information that she and Lucky are no longer a couple. Carly bitterly informs Sonny that she went to Zander's on the night of the accident because she wanted to pay him back for sleeping with Alexis. Maxie lights up when Lucky offers to tutor her for a math test. Bobbie bumps into Alexis at the pharmacy and jumps to the wrong conclusion about the attorney's nervousness. Alan and Monica explain to Courtney why they still have hope that Jason will come to his senses and rejoin the family. Maxie obtains birth control pills and a pack of condoms from a doctor, who encourages her to remember that abstention is still the only way to guarantee that she won't get pregnant. Alexis's second attempt to buy the
#10 - 05.31.02 - Friday
General Hospital - Season 39 - Episode 108
Preview:AJ chooses between Courtney and Edward.
#11 - 06.10.02 - Monday
General Hospital - Season 39 - Episode 114
Preview:Jason spies on Zander. Recap:Appalled to find her daughter waiting tables at Kelly's, Janine urges Courtney to cut her losses and dump A.J. Ned admits to Jax how frustrated he feels with Kristina and her equally aggravating sister. Meanwhile, Alexis tries to break big news to the father of her unborn child but clams up when Carly gleefully makes it clear that she and Sonny have just been to bed together. A.J. hits Jax up for a loan but balks at accepting the strings attached to the agreement,which include leaving Port Charles and his sister and wife behind for good. Zander asks Elizabeth out for a night of dinner and dancing to celebrate his newfound freedom from Sonny. Carly annoys Alexis with her unsolicited advice. Jason warns Sonny that Zander sold him out to Roscoe and says Roscoe has been taken care of. Wary of Zander's sudden wealth, Elizabeth turns down his invitation. A.J. is touched when Courtney turns a dumpy studio apartment into a cozy nest for the newlyweds. Alexi
#12 - 06.13.02 - Thursday
General Hospital - Season 39 - Episode 117
Preview:Elton makes an important announcement.
#13 - 06.28.02 - Friday
General Hospital - Season 39 - Episode 128
Preview:Zander joins Liz on the missing list. Recap:Zander's attempt to rescue Elizabeth lands him in the same crypt alongside his incarcerated friend. Rick explains to Luke how the connection between him and his stepdaughter has remained special despite the passing of the years. Maxie and Lulu decide to play dress-up in the attic room above the garage. Meanwhile, an intruder deliberately sets a small fire in a waste basket. Carly hides a victorious smirk when Alexis announces to Sonny that she's accepted a lucrative job offer with her old law firm back in Manhattan. Scott agrees to escort Bobbie to Luke and Laura's second wedding. Monica is delighted when Rick suddenly materializes at GH but Alan warns that his old rival is the advance man for the consortium trying to buy the hospital out. Sonny and Carly repeat their wedding vows yet again. Jason shoots the kidnapper, but the dying man refuses to reveal Elizabeth's location.
#14 - 08.15.02 - Thursday
General Hospital - Season 39 - Episode 162
Preview:Gia reveals to the police that she witnessed Rick's accident. Recap:
#15 - 09.09.02 - Monday
General Hospital - Season 39 - Episode 179
Preview:Alcazar issues one final order to an accepting Roy. Recap:
#16 - 09.13.02 - Friday
General Hospital - Season 39 - Episode 182
Preview:Lucky manages to visit with his father in prison. Recap:Brenda's ploy backfires badly when she becomes trapped inside Alcazar's rapidly sinking yacht. Haunted by a troubling premonition, Carly frantically entreats her husband not to walk into Alcazar's trap. Jax tells Skye he loves her but he doesn't want to be her reason for falling off the wagon and she tries to convice him he is not the reason she drank. Lucky,dressed as a cop,tries to convince Luke to let him,help him escape.But Luke refuses to let Lucky put himself at risk. Skye reminds Jax that she alone is responsible for maintaining her sobriety. Brenda fights for her life as the rising waters threaten to overwhelm her. Certain now that Luke lied to protect Laura, Nikolas offers the convicted murderer a belated apology and makes him promise to talk to Alexis and get her to back off. Alcazar drops a confusing hint to Jason about the burning yacht's precious cargo. Marcus catches Roy sneaking up the back stairs to Sonny's
#17 - 09.26.02 - Thursday
General Hospital - Season 39 - Episode 191
Preview:Scott and Taggert uncover the location of the safe house. Recap:
#18 - 09.27.02 - Friday
General Hospital - Season 39 - Episode 192
Preview:Jax and Skye celebrate their wedding day.
#19 - 10.16.02 - Wednesday
General Hospital - Season 39 - Episode 205
Preview: Scott makes a startling announcement at the debate.
#20 - 10.18.02 - Friday
General Hospital - Season 39 - Episode 207
Preview: Courtney presses Jason to go to Elizabeth.
#21 - 10.25.02 - Friday
General Hospital - Season 39 - Episode 212
Preview: Courtney is frightened by a man with a scary mask. Recap: Courtney is rattled to awaken from a sensual dream about Jason to find A.J.'s arms around her instead. Lucky and Elizabeth go on Luke's trail and come to a dive with a lawyer for a bartender. Nikolas warns his aunt that she cannot win the election unless she gets married and the sooner the better. Posing as a patient with a rare genetic illness, Skye arrives at the clinic in Zurich. Edward frets when Brenda fails to return home all night. Meanwhile, Carly hopes that Jason's sudden disappearance means he's successfully removed Brenda from the field of play. Jax tells Alexis he's committed to his wife but still feels a strong obligation to assist Brenda in any way he can. Skye's attempt to sneak a peek at her rival's medical records fails when she's caught by the Doctor and forced to leave the clinic. Carly encourages Courtney's obvious attraction to Jason but her embarrassed sister-in-law bristles at the suggestion that
#22 - 10.28.02 - Monday
General Hospital - Season 39 - Episode 213
Preview: Jax is outraged when Brenda leaks a secret. Recap: Though Carly is thrilled by the news that Jason and Brenda have eloped, Sonny feels guilty over what Jason has had to do for him. Brenda approaches Jax and stuns him with the news that she is now married to Jason. He reacts in anger but then argues that they can be together. Brenda insists that they have no future together and that she is truly in love with Jason. Later, Jax and Sonny take turns blaming each other for what has happened. The Quartermaines are shocked and in Edward's case unbelieving Jason's news but welcome Brenda to the family. Courtney takes Bobbie into her confidence and reveals that she kissed a man she's attracted to. Bobbie quickly surmises that she kissed Jason. Jason ruins Courtney's day when he reveals that he is now married to Brenda. Working together to escape danger, Lucky and Elizabeth manage to get a lead on Luke's whereabouts. Alexis asks Ned to marry him but when she's unable to admit that she l
#23 - 11.01.02 - Friday
General Hospital - Season 39 - Episode 217
Preview: Lucky worries that his father may have gone too far. Recap: Sonny realizes Alcazar duped him in order to get to Brenda. Alcazar tries to play on Brenda's fears to convince her to go away with him again. Brenda begins to weaken as Sonny suddenly arrives and prevents Sonny from having Alcazar killed. Sonny realizes Alcazar made Brenda an offer she finds tempting. Carly regrets her decision of sending Sonny to Brenda's rescue. Alcazar asks for Carly's help in convincing Brenda to leave town with him. AJ arrives home to learn that Courtney shot Coleman. AJ is furious at Jason for having given Courtney a gun. AJ believes Jason gave Courtney the gun in the hope that she would have accidentally shot AJ. Courtney tells the police she may have shot the wrong man. Coleman survives the surgery and writes AJ's name in blood. Luke, Lucky and Elizabeth are taken back to Port Charles. Lucky fears he won't be able to stop Luke's downward spiral. Nikolas and Gia are determined to find out what
#24 - 11.12.02 - Tuesday
General Hospital - Season 39 - Episode 224
Preview: Jason and Carly try to rescue Sonny and Brenda.
#25 - 11.18.02 - Monday
General Hospital - Season 39 - Episode 228
Preview: Alexis and her baby face a life-threatening situation. Recap: Cameron convinces Scott to release a protesting Luke into his custody. Terrified that she's suffering a miscarriage, Alexis begs Alcazar for help but he turns and walks away from the anguished woman, saying she's right, it was all about Brenda. Skye stares in shock through the window of the cottage as Jax and Brenda begin to make love. A.J. confronts his estranged wife and his brother on the docks and accuses Jason of trying to seduce a gullible Courtney. Sonny tells a skeptical Carly he chose to come home to her and Michael because they mean the world to him. After Jason departs, Courtney snipes at A.J. for failing to take responsibility for his part in their break-up. As they bask in the afterglow, a beaming Brenda tells Jax how happy he's made her. Devastated to realize she's lost her husband to his old love, Skye begins downing shots of vodka. In the ER, a panicked Alexis fears the worst as her contractions inte
#26 - 11.21.02 - Thursday
General Hospital - Season 39 - Episode 231
Preview: Skye warns Jax and Brenda she will get her revenge. Recap: Luke shows Cameron the blue scarf as proof that the woman he saved from the accident really exists. As Edward's party for Jax and Brenda begins, Ned informs his appalled grandfather that he's hired A.J. back on at ELQ. Skye barges into the cottage to confront Jax and Brenda. Cameron theorizes that Luke has invented a fantasy to delude himself into believing that his wife has not descended into madness after all. Announcing that she plans to drag Brenda through the mud, Skye hisses to Jax that she will make him and his mistress suffer dearly for the pain they've inflicted upon her. To which Brenda says nothing. Seeing Jason for the first time since his marriage, Elizabeth finds out he is also soon getting divorced. She then coldly informs him that she could care less about him being a free man now that Brenda has moved on. Carly and Sonny are closely observed by the same stranger who earlier attempted to meet with Sonny
#27 - 11.26.02 - Tuesday
General Hospital - Season 39 - Episode 234
Preview: A.J. urges Skye to lie to Scott about what she saw. Recap: A devastated Ned urges Alexis not to shut him out of baby Kristina's life after everything he's done. A.J. watches with smug satisfaction as Marcus and Scott place Jason under arrest for Alcazar's murder. Carly tells Sonny she knows he's covering for Brenda. Though Alexis refuses to reconsider, Ned warns her he will always be Kristina's father no matter what. Skye looks on as Jason is hauled away by the police, then is startled when A.J. informs his sister he saw her leave the mansion with Luis. Jax shows Brenda the bracelet he found on the floor of Alcazar's hotel room. Scott fumes when the security guards Jason overpowered fail to pick him out of a line-up. A.J. instructs an astonished Skye to tell the police she was an eyewitness to Jason's crime. Alexis slips into the morgue to gloat over Alcazar's corpse. Later, Alexis has a vision of her late sister, who encourages her to focus on a bright future and let go of th
#28 - 12.05.02 - Thursday
General Hospital - Season 39 - Episode 240
Preview: Jax makes a startling confession to protect Brenda.
#29 - 12.11.02 - Wednesday
General Hospital - Season 39 - Episode 244
Preview: Ric advises Sonny that Sonny's not about to help him. Recap: Alexis snaps at Cameron for allowing Felicia to touch Kristina while the baby is still so fragile. Jason regretfully explains to Courtney why his bogus marriage to Brenda has to last a while longer. Scott and Marcus confront Ric at Kelly's and accuse him of stealing evidence from the D.A.'s office pertaining to the Alcazar murder investigation. Sonny reminds Brenda that he still cares about her and wants her to be happy, and she concurs that she still cares about him. Carly's quick thinking prevents Scott from finding the tape, as Ric goes willing with Scott and Taggert after realizing she has the evidence. Courtney assures Jason she can be patient until they're free to be together again. Luke scours the docks for Summer, who finally reappears but denies that she was accosted by an undercover cop on the previous night. Confused by the fact that no one else seems to be able to see Summer, Luke begins to wonder if his
#30 - 12.17.02 - Tuesday
General Hospital - Season 39 - Episode 248
Preview: Carly hires Courtney to work at her new nightclub.
#31 - 12.24.02 - Tuesday
General Hospital - Season 39 - Episode 253
Preview: Christmas brings traditions back to the hospital for the day. Preview: Edward grouses about having to attend the annual Christmas party in the children's ward at GH. Anxious to have his daddy back home, Michael pens another letter to Santa with a last minute Christmas wish. Meanwhile, at the precinct house, Marcus gleefully informs Sonny and Jason that they'll remain guests of the city for the holiday. Jax flies Brenda to a Caribbean island, where he reminds her they have some decisions to make about their future. Monica coerces her irascible father-in-law into playing Santa Claus for the kids. A drunken Skye passes out on a park bench as a light snow begins to fall. Through tears of joy, Alexis thanks Cameron for persuading the NICU staff to let her hold her infant daughter for the very first time. Courtney talks a reluctant Mike into visiting his son at the police station on Christmas Eve. Georgie grimaces when Felicia forces her to play elf for the kids' party but her mood
#32 - 12.27.02 - Friday
General Hospital - Season 39 - Episode 255
Preview: Brenda decides she won't let Sonny take the rap for Alcazar's death. Preview: Skye sheepishly admits to Coleman that she was too drunk to remember if she did in fact push Alcazar from the balcony. Felicia reports success to Sonny but reminds him that no harm must come to Ida. Meanwhile, Jason crouches outside the Quartermaine mansion, waiting to snap incriminating photos of A.J. with his bogus "eyewitness." Faith invites Ned up to her hotel room for further negotiations and the mood soon turns passioniate. Outraged to learn about A.J.'s latest slimy maneuver, Courtney yearns to help Jason but Carly advises her to steer clear and let her capable brother handle things. On the island, Brenda explains to an irked Jax why she can't dissolve her marriage just yet, being so she won't have to testify against Jax. Lucky meets Summer while contemplating enrolling in a class at PCU. Ric suggests to Carly that her husband could go completely legit and leave organized crime behind once and
#33 - 01.08.03 - Wednesday
General Hospital - Season 40 - Episode 5
Preview: Jordan tells Summer why she was arrested. Recap: Ric presses Carly to use her influence with his client to persuade Jason to break his silence and testify on his own behalf at the murder trial. Jason returns home to find Brenda in the middle of fixing breakfast, after spending the night with a grinning Jax in his apartment. Through his newly hired Private Detective, A.J. learns that Courtney is no longer sleeping in their apartment. Lucky and Summer are hauled down to the precinct house, where Scott informs young Mr. Spencer that his new friend is a common hooker. A shaken Skye reminds Coleman why they must shoulder some of the blame for Ida's death, and he denies any involvement, saying it wasn't their fault she commited suicide. With Elizabeth listening close by A.J. instructs his private detective to stick to Courtney like glue. Brenda announces to Jax and Jason that she's decided to have herself hypnotized in hopes that it will help find Alcazar's real killer. Although she
#34 - 01.13.03 - Monday
General Hospital - Season 40 - Episode 8
Preview: Ric announces to Carly that he won't work for her anymore. Recap: Brenda tells Jax and Jason that she now remembers seeing Ric down in South America more than a year ago and he was the gun-toting man she saw outside of Alcazar's suite the night he was killed. Meanwhile, when Sonny accuses him, Ric denies killing Alcazar and insists that he only saw the mobster fall from the balcony. However, he does confirm that he was in the building later that night and advises Sonny not to tell the police for fear of making things worse for Jason and Brenda. Sonny does order him to stay away from his family. After someone floods the basement of Kelly's, Faith hints to Carly about a curse. After Ric tells Carly he won't be working for her anymore, Jax takes him at gunpoint to see Scott. At the courthouse in front of a horde of reporters he called, Jax accuses Scott of not wanting to find the real killer in order to get even with Brenda. When Jason tells him about Jax, Sonny advises Brenda t
#35 - 01.24.03 - Friday
General Hospital - Season 40 - Episode 17
Preview: Recap: Scott attacks Brenda on the stand as the case goes to the jury.
#36 - 02.03.03 - Monday
General Hospital - Season 40 - Episode 23
Preview: Brenda explains to Jason her ideas about a future marriage.
#37 - 02.04.03 - Tuesday
General Hospital - Season 40 - Episode 24
Preview: Elizabeth's upset to see Jason and Courtney together again.
#38 - 02.05.03 - Wednesday
General Hospital - Season 40 - Episode 25
Preview: Ned hires Zander to cause more trouble for Carly.
#39 - 02.06.03 - Thursday
General Hospital - Season 40 - Episode 26
#40 - 02.07.03 - Friday
General Hospital - Season 40 - Episode 27
Preview: Cameron uncovers one of Alexis' secrets.