Spencer vs Cassidine #24  August 24 - October 8, 2001 - 8 hour original edit

DVD #24A  Stavros warns his mother that the cat and mouse game she so enjoys playing with Jasper Jax could end up costing the Cassadines a bundle. Gia slips away from Lucky and hurries to consult with Elizabeth on the best way to handle their mutual problem. Gia thinks fast to prevent Helena from catching Elizabeth searching her suite for a second time, she slams a desert into Helena’s chest.

8/27 Stavros finds Elizabeth in his mother's room, although she didn't know he was Stavros. She came up with an excuse that she had been there earlier with Nikolas and lost her ring. He found it and looked at it disparagingly before handing it to her. Her cell phone rang and it was Gia warning her that Helena was on her way up. Elizabeth pretended it was Nikolas she was talking to. Helena came in and Stavros let Elizabeth go. She said they have to do something about Elizabeth Webber. They talked about how Stavros was going to destroy his brother and Helena said they should have it blamed on Jax. He liked that idea.

Lucky phoned down to room service to demand more ice for the cooler. He saw the big hunk of ice and it reminded him of the Ice Princess and he went out onto the ledge outside the room. He was fine and sleeping by the time Gia and Elizabeth got to the room. Elizabeth asked to stay with him for a while and Gia finally said yes. Elizabeth said that even though they aren't exactly friends, could Gia look out for Lucky while all this is going on. Gia agreed and asked if Elizabeth could do the same for Nikolas.

8/28 Elizabeth convinced Gia to let her stay and watch Lucky sleep. Gia gave in and went downstairs in the hotel. Elizabeth started to rub Lucky's head and awoke him. He immediately jumps to the defensive and asked about Gia. Elizabeth told him that Gia called her to prevent him from hurting himself any further by fast cars and ledges. Due to the erasing of Lucky's memory, Elizabeth had to go way back to the time when she was raped to get a reaction from Lucky. She talked about how he taught her how to trust again. 

Lucky remembered protecting Elizabeth and sleeping on her floor at night, but the love part was gone. Elizabeth then pleaded with Lucky to let her stay and watch over him like he did for her. She told him that it was not about love or their feelings for one another, but it was about returning the favor. Lucky finally gave in and allowed Elizabeth to stay. Lucky watched Elizabeth sleep on the bed and then he got up. Lucky walked over to the bed and put Elizabeth's arm around him. Elizabeth smiled. 

8/30 Stefan shows up at a church and sits down in the confession booth. He thinks this will clear him of his sins and he can begin life on a new path. What he doesn't know is that Stavros is in the next booth, impersonating a monk! As Stefan confesses that he has been a bad man and has lied and cheated, Stavros interjects comments that make Stefan nervous. He's thinking, "how could this person know so much of what I've done." Stefan asks how he will ever be good enough, to which Stavros (as the monk) declares, "You'll never be good enough!" Soon Stefan comes out of the booth shaken and runs into his mother. Helena tells him she's furious that he has been so cavalier with the Cassadine fortune and that it's rapidly dwindling and will soon be gone if he doesn't take better care of it. Stefan chuckles that his mother could insult him in one breath and ask for his help in another. Then he declares that he would sell or give away all of it piece by piece before he'd let it ruin Nikolas.

8/31 Closing his hands around Helena's scrawny neck, Stavros warns her he won't let her kill Stefan until he's through torturing his brother. Helena informs Stavros that he needs her alive and well if he intends to stay healthy himself. 

Lucky manages to elude Gia and Elizabeth and heads back to the boxcar. Ripping down the shrine he built, Lucky begins burning all his photos of Elizabeth. After bluffing her way past a hotel maid, Elizabeth steals the Ice Princess from Helena's suite. Elizabeth takes the Ice Princess to the boxcar and waves the prize in front of a dazed Lucky.

Later, Chloe is shocked to "see" the man she knows as "Lucien" promising Helena he'll kill Stefan that very night.  Chloe unearths "Lucien's" secret. 

9/3 Chloe puts the pieces together of everything “Lucien” had told her and grabs a family album and finds a picture of Stavros with Nik as a baby. She realizes that Lucien is Stavros! Unfortunately, Stavros saw her and came out of hiding. He toyed with her for awhile, not letting on he had seen her. She commented that Stefan and him were obviously more than business acquaintances since he knew about an accident Stefan had. He admitted they have known each other for a long time. He talked about Stefan, ranted about him sleeping with his wife. Chloe was shocked and he admitted he was Stavros Cassadine. He said he noticed her looking at the album and turned to the page with him and Nikolas. He talked about being frozen for twenty years. That part was easy, it was being thawed out that was hard. Chloe lifted her hand, as to touch his face. He encouraged her to touch him, he was real. He didn't anticipate her slugging him in the face instead. She said he was just like Stefan said. She said she had come to ask Stefan to go to Milan with her. They would go and she wouldn't mention seeing Stavros. He wouldn't let her leave. Not good for Chloe.

Helena was incensed in finding the Ice Princess missing. She screamed at one of her goons to come in and wanted him to find it. She was suspecting Stefan but not ruling out others. Outside her door she ran into Gia. They had their usual words. Gia certainly doesn't take any guff from Helena; she gives as good as she gets. Helena mentioned Elizabeth Webber and Gia told her as much as she hates Elizabeth, she hates Helena more. Gia told Helena that she might have thought that Gia wasn't good enough for Nikolas; the opposite was true; Nikolas wasn't good enough for her. She met someone new who's tall, dark and handsome, “Lucien Cane”. Helena smiles as she realizes that Gia is raving about Stavros!

Elizabeth was trying to get Lucky to look at the Ice Princess and follow her orders, not Helena's. He asked where she got it and she told him she stole it. He could follow her demands instead. He wasn't cooperating at all and managed to get it away from her. He was going to throw it away but she told him no. She wanted to take him to see Kevin; she didn't want to do anything wrong. He finally shouted that he didn't want to hurt her like he already hurt his dad.

9/4 Elizabeth does everything in her power to bring Lucky's feelings and love for her back, but nothing works. She goes on about how their love is stronger than Helena and the ice princess. Lucky searched deep and remember our love because I am not giving up on you. Lucky and Elizabeth spontaneously kissed and it brought back some of Lucky actual memories, but not the feelings. He told her how wonderful her lips felt and how good it felt to hold her, it was not love though and no feelings. Elizabeth was upset because it really felt like she could have been any other girl. Lucky apologized and asked her to leave him alone because he will never be able to bring back the love. Then Lucky took off and Elizabeth followed. 

They ended up at the pier where Lucky threatened to get rid of the ice princess. Elizabeth asked him not to and to remember that the ice princess was the key to releasing the programming. Lucky told her that it was too late and this is the only thing he could do to be free from Helena. He tossed the ice princess into the lake. Elizabeth asked if he felt different or better. Lucky replied oddly that I don't know what I feel. Then Helena's henchman found them and asked about the ice princess. Lucky told him he was too late because he had already disposed of it. The henchman left to go report to Helena. Lucky told Elizabeth not to worry because now you are fee to move on and find someone to love that will love you back. We can safely conclude that Elizabeth and Lucky are on Helena's not fond of you list.

Stavros had killed Chloe and was waiting for Stefan's return. Stavros placed Chloe's body inside some curtains in the study. Stefan returned to his office to find something not right. He looked at the bulk in the bottom of the curtains and walked over to them. He found Chloe just still. Stefan immediately called 911 and tried to revive Chloe Morgan, but to no avail. The emergency operator continued to say stay on the line sir, you must stay on the line. Jax and Alexis arrive to find both Stefan and Chloe on the floor. Stefan told Alexis that he could not save Chloe. Jax immediately blamed Stefan and went for his throat. Mac arrived with reinforcements and stopped the fight. Mac asked Stefan to go to the police station but Stefan reacted badly to his theory that he had something to do with the murder and punched Mac in the face. Jax and the other officers then restrained Stefan as they headed for the police station. 

9/5 Nikolas arrives on the docks to meet with Elizabeth. She says she has a diver looking in the lake for the Ice Princess. Nikolas lashes out at Elizabeth for her carelessness with both the Ice Princess and with Lucky. He is hurting his family and friends he tells her, and for what? Not only can't he count on her, but Lucky can't either. Nikolas strikes a low blow when he tells Elizabeth that Lucky certainly couldn't count on her love when Jason was around. Incensed, Elizabeth tells Nikolas that he won't act like a Cassadine with her. A chastened Nikolas apologizes. Gia finds Lucky in the Deception darkroom. She tells him that Elizabeth sent her out to look for him. Lucky says cryptically that soon no one will have to worry about him anymore.

Laura returns to PC! She and Scott arrive at Deception where it becomes obvious that Scott accompanied Ms. Spencer on her business trip. Laura says she needs to catch up on business. Neither is aware that Stavros is lurking in the building, in Laura's office. Lucky and Gia, who have come up from the darkroom, stop her from entering it. Scott tells Lucky to find Elizabeth and he will take everyone out for a catch-up dinner. Coolly, Lucky informs the two that he and Liz broke up. Then he walks away to grab some test shots for his mother. 

While he is gone, Gia fills Laura in on what has happened to Lucky while she has been away. Does Luke know what is going on Laura asks? A surprised Gia replies that Luke is gone. As she begins to fill Laura in on the happenings at the Cassadine auction, Lucky returns and says he needs to review the test shots with Gia before his mother can see them. As the two head towards the elevator, Gia calls out that Scott can fill Laura in on what happened at the auction...he was there. An incredulous Laura turns to Scott and blasts him for keeping quiet about Luke and the auction. She storms out of Deception with Scott following after her. An amused Stavros emerges from Laura's office and is spied by Gia. "You're busted," she tells him.

A belligerent Stefan is placed in the interrogation room of the PCPD. Alexis tells him that his actions in the police station are only making him look worse and tries to get him to settle down. When she steps out of the room, Jax confronts her. She says she is going to defend her brother no matter what. He says he didn't kill Chloe and that is enough for her. Upon reentering the interrogation room, she finds Taggert questioning him. She again tells Stefan to keep quiet and do what she says before he does something that he will regret. Because he continues to be hostile, Taggert decides to put him in a holding cell. Ned arrives at the PCPD and Jax provides details about Chloe’s murder. Ned turns, and upon seeing Stefan exit the interrogation room, immediately charges at him. Once they are separated, Stefan is taken to his cell.

The diver emerges from the lake and tells a hopeful Nikolas and Elizabeth that he found something. Unfortunately, it is not the Ice Princess. Nikolas sends the diver home. After the diver leaves, Laura arrives. Tell me what Gia said isn't true she begs. Tell me you didn't urge Helena to mess around with Lucky's mind again. Nikolas says he can't do that. He needed to get Helena to go after Lucky in his presence so he could see how the mind control worked. He will find a way to fix this Nikolas tells a distressed Laura as he embraces her. Nikolas then exits to give Laura and Liz some time alone. After he is gone Liz tells Laura that Lucky is worse than Nikolas thinks. "He has been trying to hurt himself to make up for something he can't fully remember, something he did to Luke," Liz sadly states.

Gia asks what "Lucien" was doing coming out of Laura's office. He lies that he hid when he saw her boss. He did not want Gia to get in trouble with Laura for having male visitors at work. He apologizes for disappearing on her and says he will start to make it up to her by taking out to dinner, now. Lucky reenters the lobby and sees the two together. He takes one look at "Lucien" and says "I know you." After reintroducing himself to Lucky "Lucien" says that Lucky has seen him out with Gia before. A tense Lucky tells Gia she needs to come with him now to talk about the Deception holiday campaign. Disappointed and annoyed, Gia takes a raincheck on dinner from "Lucien." After he exits, Lucky makes Gia promise to stay away from "Lucien." He doesn't know why, Lucky says, but he knows "Lucien" is dangerous. Stavros returns again to Laura's office. He leaves a vase of flowers with a note. "Can't wait to see you again" it reads. 

9/7 Laura asks Roy to her office wondering if he has seen Luke. She is worried because he always keeps in touch with her and she hasn't heard from him in a while. She asks Roy to try to find Luke and he agrees, espically after she tells him that she believes Helena used Lucky to hurt him. Just then Lucky shows up so Roy leaves. Elton comes in to tell Laura he has no idea who sent her the roses and she explains a Lucien Cane just called to say they were from him. She tells Elton that Lucien will be calling him to set up a business and Elton makes sure to mention how gorgeous he finds Lucien. While telling Lucky how much she loves him Laura begins to cry. She asks if he knows where his father is and he says Luke is gone but "he" is alive. When Laura asks who he is, Lucky says he meant Luke. Laura reminds Lucky of when he was a child and Luke would sweep the monsters out from under his bed and he would be safe. Lucky then said that Luke was gone but the monster was back. 

Liz and Nik discuss their shock at Chloe’s funeral. Nik laments that he can’t even visit Stefan or show him any compassion. Stefan shows up and Jax confronts him, he can’t believe he is there and accuses him, “You killed her!” Ned attacks him as well as Stefan insists that he loved her and he needs to pay his respects. Alan won’t let him anywhere near her. Nik grabs him and tells him that he is making it worse and takes him outside. Stefan is touched as its the first hint of caring he has felt from Nik, and is glad at least he knows that he didn’t kill Chloe. Nik, keeping his cover, says he didn’t say any such thing, that he destroyed himself and lied to the people he was supposed to have loved. Alexis promises Stefan that she will say goodbye to Chloe for both of them and asks Stefan to please wait for her.

Note: no episodes aired the following week due to 9/11

9/17 Scott and Laura heard a noise come from Lulu's room and rushed upstairs to find Lucky there telling her a story, trying to chase the monsters away. He got her to go to sleep and they left and went back downstairs. Laura asked Lucky about this monster he talked about and Lucky said the monster was gone, he killed him. She asked about the lab and he told her she couldn't go there. Laura asked Lucky if he could move into the house for a couple of weeks, help with Lulu. He agreed and went to get his stuff. Scott told Laura he would defend Lucky if he had done anything because he knows Lucky would have been under Helena's influence. Laura was afraid that Lucky did something to Luke. She asked why Scott would help, knowing he hates Luke. He said it was because he loved her.

Tony was working in the lab, not Helena's lab, trying to find an antidote to the antitoxin that Helena had given Lucas and Luke. Roy came in demanding answers that Tony couldn't or wouldn't give him. He was scared something would get back to Helena. Bobbie said if he wouldn't talk to Roy, he would talk to her. She guessed that Helena was using Lucas to get Tony to do what she wanted. Tony admitted that Lucas could get sick again and he was doing everything possible to prevent that from happening. He wasn't going to lose another child. Bobbie and Tony hugged.

9/18 Alexis followed Stefan to Wyndemere only to find him searching for his gun. She does not understand what he is doing. She tried to convince him that it is crazy to go after Helena in this fashion. Had all his love for Chloe been in vain? If he had really loved her then he would be continuing to be a better man. Then as Alexis was preaching to Stefan and she let something slip. She really could not retract it at this time so she said there is still hope for our family. Alexis told Stefan that if he could keep a secret then she would tell him. He promised and she took him to Jax. As you can guess this did not go over well with Jax although he held his composure quite well and did not have any outburst in front of Kristina. Kristina was very standoffish at first because she has only known Jax, but when Alexis chimed in and promised that Stefan had love deep inside Kristina relinquished and gave Stefan a big hug.

9/19 Jax returns to his suite after a jog and runs into Helena. She makes Jax aware that she knows Kristina is living with him (though Helena is unaware of her own connection to the girl). Jax tells her to stay out of his personal business, lest he cause her more trouble.

Alexis and Stefan are getting to know Kristina better. When Kristina asks if there are other family members to meet, Stefan coldly says, "No." When Alexis mentions Stavros, Stefan becomes visibly agitated. Jax then enters the suite and becomes visibly agitated himself at seeing Stefan there. Kristina excuses herself, and once she is gone, Jax argues with Alexis over Stefan. Kristina needs to know her family she tells Jax. Jax feels otherwise. Stefan didn't kill Chloe, Alexis states, and he is not the enemy, Helena is. That is when Jax tells them both that Helena knows Kristina is living with him. Stefan and Alexis are stunned.

Stefan offers to protect Kristina. Jax will have none of it. He thinks that Stefan had something to do with Helena finding out Kristina is staying there in the first place. Their argument is curtailed by Mac's arrival. He's come to clear a few things up he tells the three and asks Stefan to submit to a DNA test. Over Alexis' strong objections, Stefan agrees. After Mac leaves, Stefan, Alexis, and Jax agree keep Kristina's heritage a secret from Helena. Stefan and Alexis leave.

Helena quizzes one of her men about Kristina. He says they are working on finding out more about her. "Work harder," Helena demands. Stefan bursts into the room with Alexis right behind him. You killed Chloe, why shouldn't I kill you he questions as he wraps his hands around her throat. Alexis tries to reason with Stefan, and, after a few tense moments, succeeds in getting him to back off. "You will pay for what you have done," he threatens as Alexis pushes him to the door.

9/20 Helena has Nikolas trapped and he can't seem to find a way around doing her bidding to prove his loyalty to her. Helena drops the bomb on him after she summons his to the restaurant to have dinner with her. Helena begins telling Nikolas that his girlfriend (meaning Elizabeth) was becoming a problem. She stole the Ice Princess and let Lucky dispose of it. Nikolas blasts his grandmother for not having the Ice Princess in a vault in the first place or for not giving it to him as he's asked. He tells her his patience is running thin and wants total access to the Cassadine fortune and to be included in her plans. Helena tells him she has one task for him to complete to prove himself to her and then she'll discuss his demands. Nikolas begrudgingly tells her okay and they leave the restaurant. Laura and Roy are there having dinner and Laura is worried about what Helena is discussing with her son.

Helena shows up at the police department while Stefan is telling Mac to arrest her for  her attempt to kill him. Helena walks in and declares that Stefan killed Chloe. She tells him that Chloe came to her three days before she was murdered and told her that Stefan was obsessed and was stalking her. When Mac asks if she has anything to back up her story, she informs him that she has a witness and turns to Nikolas! He is stunned and doesn't know what to do. Stefan looks him directly in the eye and asks him to tell everyone it's a lie and that Helena is forcing him into doing this. Nikolas stares for a while and you can tell he's afraid and doesn't want to hurt his uncle, but corroborates his grandmothers' account of what happened. Stefan is almost in tears and again looks directly at Nikolas and says, "God help you, God help all of us."

Stavros invites Gia to join him for dinner in his suite and proceeds to try to charm and romance her, and plies her with champagne, hoping to seduce her.

Jax arrives at the Grille for a meeting with the Qs. Then Stefan arrives and asks to speak with them. They all berate him for showing his face near them and tell him that he's not welcome. He then asks them for patience while trying to give them a check to donate in Chloe's memory. Jax grabs the check and rips it up while yelling at him. Stefan tries to stay calm and tells them that he voluntarily took a DNA test to prove he didn't kill Chloe. He looks at Helena and Nikolas and tells them that it will prove his innocence no matter what Helena makes Nikolas say. Mac and Taggert arrive on the scene and arrest Stefan for Chloe's murder. Stefan screams at him for listening to Helena's lies. Mac tells him that he's not being arrested based on Helena and Nikolas' claim but because the DNA results came back and they match his. Stefan is stunned and Helena looks somewhat confused.

9/21 In spite of the champagne, Gia refuses to fall into bed with Stavros. Lucky finds them together and attacks but Stavros gets the upper hand, almost kills Lucky and then disappears. Gia tends to Lucky who refuses her help and leaves.

Though Stefan denies killing Chloe, Mac and Taggert are forced to arrest him based on the preliminary evidence. After Nikolas presses her to believe that Stefan is innocent, Laura pays him a visit in jail. Helena congratulates Nikolas on his actions at the station house and compares him to his father. Luke calls GH and leaves a clue for Bobbie. Roy follows up on the lead.

9/24 Roy is searching the catacombs and heard a noise. It was Melissa, who had followed him from the hospital. She commented on his driving and he told her not to say anything about his driving skills. He asked what she was doing there and she said she might be needed. They looked around and found a drawing of a figure in a box. They were wondering what it meant. They heard a noise and Roy turned around to find Lucky. They tried to get some information from Lucky but unsuccessfully. He said it was too late for his dad. Melissa told him that his dad was alive, she had a call from him, that Luke led them there to the catacombs. Roy insists that the message means something and Lucky knows what it is! Lucky yells that it is the monster!

Laura continued to talk to Stefan in jail, and tells him that she believes he didn't kill Chloe. She said they could help each other. She felt Helena was trying to gaslight her by leaving reminders of Stavros around her house. She had even thought she saw Stavros, she told Stefan.

At the lab, Helena told Stavros to quit roaming around town as Lucien Kane, he will get caught. He mentioned the only one that had found him out so far was Chloe and look where that got her. Helena is unhappy that Stavros hasn’t yet killed Stefan.

DVD #24B  Melissa managed to draw him out and he talked about coming to Port Charles and hiding down there, waiting for his mom and dad to find him. He was supposed to go to Aunt Ruby if they didn't show up within four days. They left and Roy and Melissa followed Lucky back to Laura's house. They went in and Lucky went to check on his grandmother and sister. They didn't get any new information.

Stefan told Laura about this guy that had told Chloe he knew Stefan, mentioning a word, caricos, that was a word Stavros used to call Stefan. They got interrupted by Alexis a couple of times. The second time she told Stefan that the DNA could only be from a full-blooded relative, a sibling, if it wasn't his. After she left, he thought more about what Laura had said and what he said and whispered Stavros' name.

9/25 Laura went back to the jail to see Stefan. He was quite upset over his sudden epiphany. He told Laura to listen carefully although he might sound mad. He told Laura that Stavros was alive and that Helena had brought him back from the dead. Laura told him that Helena was doing this to them just tormenting them. Stefan asked why and why now? Stefan pointed out that they had both watched Katherine Bell fall to her death and month's later Helena had saved her and she walked into a courtroom. Laura started talking to herself and saying that it just can't be possible, she saw him die, and he was a monster. At that moment, it hit her that Lucky had told her on several occasions that the monster was back from the dead. At first she thought it was Helena but she never left then Laura became afraid and terrified. Stefan held her up. Laura immediately wanted to get to Lucky because she knew he was part of the plan. Stefan told her to be safe.

Melissa was trying to add the pieces of the puzzle together but nothing really added up for this situation, she says there is something wrong with Lucky. She asked Roy to tell her what is going on?

Roy found Lucky at the Port Charles Grill in a heated discussion with Helena. Helena was drilling Elizabeth about the Ice Princess. She accused her of stealing it and demanded its return. Lucky came in and told Helena it was him who stole the precious diamond and she could no longer hurt him or his family. Lucky told he she was going to pay for all that she had done to his family. Helena stood in shock and reiterated that she and Lucky were friends. Nikolas jumped in the conversation and defended his grandmother. Gia also jumped in and tried to get Lucky away from this bad situation. Then Roy yelled out, “Lucky I need to talk to you right now”. Lucky stopped and went over to Roy.

Roy quietly removed Lucky from this dangerous situation. Lucky told Roy that he was not finished with Helena and she had to pay. Roy told Lucky that he understood, but now is not the time. Do not under estimate Helena. Lucky said he knew that because Helena had already hurt his father. Roy told Lucky again that his father called today and spoke to Melissa and that he is still alive. Lucky said but he is not well. No but he is alive and we can help him. Lucky think some where in the back of your mind you know where you dad might hide? Think about it. Lucky came up with a place but doubted it. Roy reassured him that whatever you are thinking about is worth a try to save your dad's life.

9/26 In Helena's room, Nikolas demands that Helena give him his birthright. Helena protests that she needs to make sure he is prepared to handle it first and proceeds to question Liz's loyalty to Nikolas. He replies that if she is worried about his relationship with Liz, he'll end it with her just like he ended it with Gia. "That was too easy," Helena answers.

Downstairs in the PC Grill, Gia quizzes Liz on her relationship with Nikolas. Liz tries to stonewall her, but Gia insists that Liz tell her what she and Nikolas are up to. When Liz tells Gia to mind her own business, Gia angrily walks out of the restaurant.

Roy and Lucky arrive at the cabin. They call out for Luke, but no one answers. The two decide to search the woods, but are unsuccessful in locating Lucky's missing father. Lucky knows Luke was here at one point he tells Roy because he left a Spencer omelet sitting on the counter. When Roy questions why Luke would come here anyway, Lucky fills him in on why the cabin is an important place for him and his dad. Luke and Roy continue to consider other places Luke might be hiding when suddenly, Lucky tells Roy his mom is in danger and they must go to her immediately.

A clearly frightened Laura sees Stavros' reflection in the mirror. She grabs a baseball bat, cautiously unlocks her front door, and steps outside only to sense a presence behind her. She whirls around with the bat and almost knocks Scott's head off. He takes Laura back inside and tries to find out what has her so rattled. He loves her and is worried about her he says. Laura does not tell him about seeing Stavros. The two are interrupted by Scott's cell phone, the caller has a lead on Luke. Laura begs Scott to follow up on it immediately. He consents and leaves. Meanwhile, Stavros continues to lurk outside the house.

Nikolas demands Helena tell him what she wants from him. Helena feels he doesn't have the sensibility to lead the family she replies. As the two continue to argue, Gia creeps up to their hotel room door and overhears Helena tell Nikolas she must think of another way to test his worthiness. Gia hides when Helena leaves. Just as she is about to sneak away, Nikolas appears. "What are you doing?" he angrily asks her. Gia tells Nikolas she is heading to her room. She tells Nikolas that she tried talking to Liz at the Grill. She lies and tells him the two could not have much of a conversation because the bartender kept hitting on Liz. When Nikolas shows no reaction to this, Gia definitely realizes something is up.

As Helena is exiting the PC Hotel, she and Liz run into each other. "You win," Liz tells Helena. As a puzzled Helena listens, Liz explains that all Helena's machinations have worked, Liz is committed to Nikolas and will even try to get along with her for Nikolas' sake. As Liz retreats, Helena eyes her pensively.

After Scott leaves, Laura hears noises both inside and outside her home. She sees that one of her windows is open, and frightened, begins to move away from it. What she doesn't see, as she looks frantically around, is Stavros, who has entered her home and is heading towards her. All of the sudden, the lights go out and Laura lets out a piercing scream. Roy and Lucky rush to her aid. "He's here!, You've got to find him!" she shrieks as Roy races off to search the house. When Lucky questions who "he" is, Laura breathlessly replies, "The monster," as she grabs hold of him. Lucky tries to comfort Laura. Roy returns and says that whoever was in her house got away. However, he dropped this he says and opens his hank. Laura and Roy realize it is a Cassadine medallion. When Roy shows her the markings on the back of it, she is shocked. "It's his, Stavros."

9/27 Laura visited Stefan in jail again. This time she told him her horrifying story of what had happened to her the night before. She told him she saw Stavros in a mirror standing in her window. Then she found a window cracked open and the lights went out. She said she felt someone breathing on her neck and knew that he was there but then Lucky and Roy crashed through the door and whoever it was got away. Stefan was thankful she wasn't hurt but told her that since he can't get out to protect her she must take her mother and daughter and leave the country. Laura refused and then showed Stefan the Cassadine medallion Roy found on her living room carpet. Stefan warns her that Stavros is still alive. He utters the word "awaken" and it clicks with Laura that that was a password on one of the discs that Luke had stolen from Helena. Stefan asks if she still has the discs or can get them to him right away. Laura knows of one person who may have then or know where they are and she leaves telling Stefan she'll be right back. 

Laura shows up on Felicia's doorstep asking for her help. Felicia wants to know whats going on because it must be bad if she's asking for her help. Laura tells her that she's trying to find Luke since he's been missing and Felicia realizes that Helena must have gotten to him and that's why he acted so strangely toward her before she left town. She locates the discs and gives them to Laura. Laura then asks to borrow her laptop and Felicia gives it to her but asks her to let her know if she can be of any help. Laura brings the discs to Stefan in jail and he gets to the point where Luke and Laura hit a wall and he thinks of a word that could break the code "Lazarus." Suddenly something opens and the both gasp. As Stefan works his way through the codes they realize it's medical terminology and then the dreaded words appear "Cryogentically frozen." Horrified they realize that Helena has done it. She has brought Stavros back from the dead!

Gia breaks into Nikolas' room intent of searching it when she hears Helena coming. She ducks behind a bar and listens as Nikolas and Helena go at it, each with the intent of breaking the other. Gia is blown away by the things she hears Nikolas say such as "no woman is worth losing his fortune or place in the family", and that he'll dump Elizabeth if that's what Helena wants, claiming that he just wants what is his and that women are for pleasure only

Elizabeth and Lucky discuss their past. Elizabeth tells him that she'll stick by him no matter what he says and they'll be together forever. Just then Lucky whispers under his breath "Unbreakable lock" which elates Elizabeth. That's what they used to say to each other and it gives her some hope that he's slowly remembering their time together. Lucky then tells her that because of what he's feeling he cannot be with her and she needs to go. Elizabeth still says that he loves her and she loves him and that will never change and that it's because of that love that he's protecting her. She turns and leaves and Lucky starts to run after her, but stops on the porch. You can see the hurt and mixed feelings he's having watching her leave.

9/28 Stefan and Laura were stunned when they realized Stavros was alive. Stefan then realized that Stavros was the one who killed Chloe and became enraged. He begged Laura to take her family and hide but she refused stating she wasn't going to scare her anymore.

Back at the Spencer house, Lucky got a call from Luke who told him to find Roy and relay the message that he had to hustle and that there wasn't much time. As Lucky was leaving to find Roy, Scott arrived at the house. He asked Scott to stay with LuLu until Laura got home. When she returned she was relieved to find Scott there.

Nikolas arrived at Liz's and told her of his final test. She was horrified to learn he was to kill her but then realized they could use it to their advantage; They would find a way to make it appear to Helena that that he had done as she asked. Reluctantly Nikolas agreed to the plan.

Gia ran into Stavros and relayed to him how she overheard Helena tell Nikolas to kill Elizabeth. She said that though Elizabeth is not her favorite person she doesn't want to see her dead. Stavros convinced her not to go to the police with what she knows as she never heard Nikolas say he would do it. Later, Gia arrived at Liz's place and told her they needed to talk immediately.

10/1 Laura came by to ask Bobbie about a drug that could simulate death; make it look like someone was dead when they weren't, just long enough to fool someone. Bobbie said there was and went and got it. She told Laura more than the regular dose and the person really would be dead.

Scott dragged Nikolas into the living room, saying he caught him sneaking around. Nikolas said something about his father and Laura slipped and said "so you know already." Nikolas made a comment about Laura only remembering him when it suited her. Scott told him to give Laura respect. Laura told Scott it was okay, she could handle it. Nikolas told Laura he needed to speak to her alone and Scott went to make himself a sandwich. Nikolas told Laura that Helena had given him one final task to prove his loyalty and that was to kill Elizabeth. He knew that Laura had faked her death before so figured she could help. Laura said she would and Nikolas left. Scott told Laura he should move in for the duration and Laura had to think about it. She did tell him she had to go out and would feel better if he was there with her mother and Lulu.

Roy and Lucky found a clue that led them to a bar. On the outside was another drawing of a coffin, this time without the stick figure inside. They went inside the bar and Roy managed to get some info out of the bartender; he had to pay him, of course. The guy told them about Luke hitting on his girl. Lucky went and talked to the girl and found another clue that took them to a cemetary, where they found the place Stavros was presumably buried. There was a hole punched out where Stavros' name was and Lucky found Luke lying there instead.

Gia came to see Elizabeth and tell her to quit seeing Nikolas. Of course she didn't tell Elizabeth about overhearing the plot to kill her so Elizabeth just figured she was jealous and wanted to get Nikolas back. Gia asked Elizabeth if they could be friends, hang out together. She didn't want her with Nikolas since she knew Helena wanted Nikolas to kill Elizabeth. Nikolas came by and he told Gia to let it go, he was with Elizabeth; they were going away together for a few days.

10/2 Lucky, Roy, and Melissa were lucky today because they found Luke. In all the irony they found him in Stavros' tomb. Lucky was spooked when he shined the flash light inside. Roy calmed him down and asked Melissa to help pull Luke out of the tomb. To Lucky's relief Luke was only sleeping. He was still alive but not in good condition. Upon talking to Luke, Roy discovered that Luke thought it was 1979. Luke went on for a while about him and Roy working a deal for Frank Smith. In a matter of seconds Luke was saying he did not know any of the people surrounding him and that he was not going anywhere. Roy asked Lucky and Melissa to step out of the room for a moment while he talked to Luke. Roy tried to explain things but Luke was not responding. Then Roy found the magic word Laura. A light came on in Luke's eyes, he responded immediately to the sound of her name. 

Roy promised to bring Laura to Luke if he would leave with him. Luke agreed. Lucky and Melissa rushed in and informed them that Helena's henchmen were roaming the premises too. The group agreed to split up and also Roy told Lucky that he could not know where his father would be kept because they did not want to risk Helena extracted this information from his brain. Roy took Luke to this cabin in the woods. He explained to Luke that he had called for his sister's help. At that moment there was a knock at the door, it was Laura. Roy prepared her prior to entering that Luke was in and out of time, date, and place. As Laura walked in the room Luke stood up and smiled. He was just so joyous to see her. They hugged each other close and Laura thought was has Helena done to you.

Gia was trying everything under the sun to get her old Nikolas back. She tried to woo him. She explained how he changed her life from being so superficial to having meaning. She told him he taught her how to love and she wanted him back. Gia pleaded with Nikolas saying that it was not to late for them. She pulled Nikolas closer and began to kiss him. Nikolas kissed and hugged back. They started to kiss repeatedly. You could tell that they both still loved one another. Then Nikolas pulled back and reminded Gia that she was only setting herself up for the fall. Nikolas told her that he did not want to hurt her, but it seemed to be the only way. Gia was exhausted by this point and Nikolas had begun to yell it is too late and he cannot go back on what his grandmother has asked. Nikolas walked out. Later at the docks Nikolas ran into Helena and confirmed that he had accepted her final test. Needless to say Helena was quite pleased by the news. She reached out to Nikolas and they hugged. Unfortunately Gia had followed Nikolas to the docks and overheard everything.  Gia is headed straight for danger now. 

10/3 Nikolas tells his delighted grandmother he's decided to poison Elizabeth. Meanwhile, Gia turns to "Lucien" for advice on how to save Nikolas' latest flame from his murderous intentions. Laura reassures a weeping Luke, who believes he's seeing her for the first time in years. Helena invites Elizabeth to a cozy dinner for three aboard the Cassadine yacht. "Lucien" again advises Gia to let him handle her difficult and dangerous problem. Laura manages to jog Luke's memory about their reunion almost twenty years before, then cautiously reveals that Stavros is once again in their midst. 

10/4 Laura continued trying to get through to Luke. His memory is still stuck back in 1979 and the disco days. Seeing Scott enraged him and he told Laura to go home with her husband and leave him alone. Laura tried to convince Luke and Scott that she was staying and tried to get Luke to focus on the here and now. Scott was desperate to take Laura home and feared that Luke would hurt her like he did back then. He insisted that she leave with him now and told her that Luke was like a rabid dog and was not well. Laura told him to wait outside then she continued grilling Luke on where Helena's lab is. 

It seemed for a second that Luke was remembering a little bit and then Bobbie walked in. Luke was happy to see her and threw his arms around her. Bobbie talked Laura into going home with Scott and she would try to get through to Luke and take care of him for the night. Scott was frustrated that Laura still will not tell him what's going on but he took her home and Bobbie started calming Luke down. They talked about the old days as if they were yesterday and Bobbie told him about Lucas and how she named him after Luke. She tried to jog his memory by reminding him of when Lucas got sick because Helena poisoned him and told Luke that he had to remember where her lab was. He became agitated so Bobbie gave him a sedative and had him lay down. Eventually, he fell asleep while talking about Ruby and his baby sister.

Kristina shows up at the jail wearing a baseball cap and jacket. Alexis and Stefan berate her for going out like that without protection no less and tell her it's not safe. Kristina isn't interested in hearing it and abruptly asks Stefan if he killed Chloe. He, of course, says he did not. Kristina wants to know why Jax thinks he did. Stefan tells her that he did hurt her in the past and he has done some awful things to try to win Helena's approval but that is over and he loved Chloe.  Jax arrives and asks Kristina what she thinks she's doing. She tells him that she had to see her brother and ask him some questions. Stefan tells Kristina that he wants her safe and so does Jax so leave with him and stay out of sight. Kristina reluctantly agrees and she and Jax leave. Alexis wants to know what is going on with Stefan. He lets Kristina leave with Jax and now he's basically giving her his power of attorney and wants her to go to Wyndemere and open the safe and take all of the stocks and money that's there. He wants her and Kristina to be safe and cared for. Alexis wants to know what he's planning and if Laura is involved.

Stavros is still playing with Gia. This time though Gia overhears him talking to Helena on the docks but not enough to hear that he's her son. She becomes suspicious though and dodges his invitation to dinner. She asks if he got any information from Helena on whether Nikolas was going to kill Elizabeth. He tells her that he didn't get the impression of that and that he thinks maybe she didn't hear correctly. Gia makes a hasty exit with Stavros hot on her trail. Gia arrives at Laura's to speak to Lucky. She asks Lucky why he reacts so strongly when he sees "Lucien Cane"? Lucky just says that he's bad news and that his blood runs cold when he's in the same room with him. Gia digs further and asks why he feels that way? She wants specifics. Outside, Stavros is lurking on the porch listening. Gia takes Lucky's hand and says that they need to go somewhere. Stavros hides but again follows them to the docks. There, Lucky tells Gia that he's positive Nikolas wouldn't kill Elizabeth. When Gia agrees that maybe he's right but Helena would, Lucky tells her to stay put and he'll be back. After he leaves, Stavros confronts Gia and says that he can't trust her anymore.

Back on the yacht, Nikolas and Helena are discussing the dinner tonight with Elizabeth and she gives him her "special" powder for him to put into her drink. She tells him that it's odorless and tasetless and that she won't know what hit her. Painless. Nikolas is obviously having a hard time with all of this and is having second thoughts because when he was practicing putting the drops that Laura gave him into a bottle, he messed up and put too many. He's not sure if this is the right thing. Elizabeth arrives after saying her farewells to Lucky and tries to make nice with Helena. They sit down to dinner and are ready to make the toast and just as Elizabeth puts the glass to her lips, when Lucky comes to the rescue! Elizabeth and Nikolas take a deep breath and exchange glances. Their plan is interrupted. 

10/5 Gia was confronted by Stavros in the dock but managed to make him believe that even though she told Lucky about what was happening with Nikolas and Lucky, he wasn't going to do anything saying that he didn't believe her. Meanwhile Lucky showed up at the yacht and tried to convince Liz to leave with him. He claimed her food was poisoned by Helena and promptly threw her plate to the floor. He then did the same with the glass of wine she was holding. Nikolas knocked him unconscious after he refused to leave and Helena called her henchman to take him from the yacht why Nikolas told them to take him somewhere safe.

Alexis showed up at Laura's demanding to know what had Stefan so scared. Scotty also wanted to know but she told him he had to trust her and said that she wasn't going to involve him in her problems. After he left Alexis again demanded to know what was going on and Laura told her that she and Stefan believed Stavros was alive. She told her about the disks explaining how to bring someone back to life, but Alexis believed that it was just Helena playing with their heads.

Jax arrived at the jail to see Stefan, wondering why he would trust the man he despised. He wanted to know what Stefan knew, but he would only tell Jax if he would help him break out of jail with Jax refused to do.

On the Cassadine Yacht, Nikolas poured a new glass of wine with the sleeping drug after giving Elizabeth one glass then switched his with hers. Helena worried that he took the drugged one but then Elizabeth started to sway on her feet. She cried that Nikolas had killed her and he cried and stroked her hair until she closed her eyes. Helena went to call her henchmen but Nikolas told her he would take care of Liz himself. After Helena left Nikolas tried to wake Liz and grew frightened when he couldn't. Back on the dock, Stavros ran into Helena's men with Lucky. He told the men to go and then after waking Lucky told him that he would never interfere with the Cassadines again and threw him, bound and gagged into the river.

Laura arrived at the jail telling Stefan they had to break him out before Alexis put her guards on to watch him. Alexis went to confront Helena but when she arrived she heard Helena talking to Stavros and realized Stefan and Laura were right. 

10/8 Nikolas was trying to get Elizabeth to wake up when Lucky walked in, soaking wet after his dunk in the river. He told Nikolas to get away from her and Nikolas tried to tell him it wasn't what he thought. Lucky went over to her and he was telling her how it was his fault that this happened. He believed Elizabeth was really dead. 

Alexis was listening at the door and heard for herself that Laura wasn't crazy when she heard Stavros’ voice. She backed up in shock and knocked into a table, making a noise. Helena came to the door and found her. Luckily she had no idea that Alexis heard Stavros' voice. Alexis came in commenting that she thought she heard an intruder but it was just a vulture, referring to Helena. Helena asked Alexis to join her in having a glass of champagne; she hated to drink alone. Alexis declined and said she would have more friends if she didn't keep killing them all. She went to look in the safe for some papers pertaining to the estate. Helena said it was open. The papers Alexis was looking for were gone and Helena said that, of course, Stefan was two steps behind himself. 

Alexis left and Stavros came out of hiding. They talked about all the Spencers soon being a bad memory. Stavros insists that there is the little matter of Laura still to be settled.