Jason & Liz #8  August 1 - October 4, 2007 - 8 hour original edit

#8A  Liz paces in the witness room. Amelia mentions that the more nervous she looks, the guiltier Jason will look. Liz says she is just nervous because Lucky will be in there. Liz is called to the stand. When court begins, Ric calls Sonny to the stand first. Diane mentions that Ric and Sonny are half brothers, but the judge allows the witness anyway. Ric asks his questions, but doesn't get much out of Sonny as he pleads the 5th. Ric asks Sonny if he ordered the hit, and Sonny says no. Next, Kate gets on the stand. Ric asks the details of a phone call Sonny took while she was on the terrace with him. Kate makes a fool of Ric, though. She says yes she heard Sonny on the phone, but she doesn't eavesdrop. If she heard anyone ordering a murder she would certainly call the cops. Diane cross-examines Kate and asks her if she's ever made or received phone calls in front of Sonny and Kate says yes. Diane asks if Sonny has done the same. Kate says yes, and to her knowledge none of them has ever been to kill someone. Next on the witness stand is Liz. Ric asks Liz how long she's known Jason and what the nature of their relationship is. She says she's known him for 10 years and they are good friends. She says she did not overhear any part of his conversation when she was with him the day Alcazar disappeared. She assumed it was business, coffee business. He asks if she's ever been to the penthouse. She says yes. He asks if she's ever spent the night there. She says yes. He asks if she's ever had sex with Mr. Morgan. 

Ric questions Elizabeth on the stand about the history of her friendship with Jason. Diane continues to object to the judge about the relevance of her testimony on Jason's case. Ric argues that it is relevant to the case. The judge allows Ric to continue his line of questioning which starts to make Elizabeth and Jason more uncomfortable each moment Ric gets closer to asking her more personal information. Elizabeth admits that she dated Jason briefly years ago but that it didn't get serious and that they remained just friends. Ric asks her if she ever had sex with Jason back when she dated him. She tells him the truth, which is no. Ric asks her if she ever visited Jason at his own residence before alone. She admits that she did. Ric then asks her if she has ever had sexual relations with Jason. Jason jumps up and yells at Ric to leave Elizabeth alone. The judge orders Jason to sit down. Jason eventually calms down enough to sit after Diane talks to him. Ric suggests that it would be better if Jason is put in restraints for the rest of the trial to keep him from having more outburst. Elizabeth admits that she had sex with Jason. 

Diane keeps objecting to the judge who overrules her but he gets fed up and calls for a ten minute recess and asks for Ric and Diane to meet with him in chambers. Lucky approaches Jason and sits behind him. He tells Jason he is garbage because he only rescued her and his son to get closer to her because he wants her for himself. Later, when court reconvenes, the judge allows Ric to continue questioning Elizabeth about her relationship with Jason. Ric asks her when she had sexual relations with Jason. She tells him it was in late August. Ric asks her how old her baby is. She tells him that he is about three months old. Ric does the math out loud and tells her that based on the math she could have conceived her son while she was having sex with Jason. He tells her that it is possible that Jason could be the father of her baby. Lucky reacts as expected which is in disbelief but with some suspicion. 

Ric continues to badger Liz. She tells him that Lucky is the father of her son. She is friends with Jason and that's all. She tells the jury that Jason is a wonderful person and he is protective and kind. She tells Ric there's no way he can twist or change her testimony. Diane cross-examines her and only asks if Jason left right after he took phone calls in front of her and if she ever heard Jason say Lorenzo Alcazar's name. Liz steps down and court is adjourned. She walks toward Lucky, who walks out of the courtroom. Jason tells Sonny what happened in the court room. Sonny wants to know why Liz lied and denied Jake's paternity. Jason defends Liz, but Sonny tells him that Diane is going to get him out of this and he needs to claim his son. 

In the courtroom, Ric apologizes to Liz. She tells him he's not sorry. Everyone warned her to stay away from him. He's self-righteous. All he cares about is revenge on his brother. Ric tells her to stop blaming him. She needs to blame herself. He tells her that he loved her and always loved her. She says he doesn't love anyone but himself. She sees Sam and mentions how all this got started in the first place. She tells them there may be time for a quickie now. They deserve each other. Sam claps as she leaves. Liz leaves and goes into the interrogation room to talk to Jason. She tells him she's been lying for so long now; she doesn't know what's right or wrong. She doesn't know if Jake is safer as a Spencer or not. Jason tells her he will support her no matter what and they hug. Liz comes home to find Lucky with one of Jake's toys. She apologizes for what happened in court today. He asks her if Jake is his son or Jason's? 

Later, Ric visits Jason and offers him a plea bargain. Jason informs him that he will not give him what he wants and turns it down. Sam visits Jason and tells him to admit the truth about Jake once and for all, or she will. She warns him that Elizabeth is manipulating him as he can't claim his son publicly as Elizabeth will be charged with purjery. Jason reminds her that he will turn her in for being an accessory to Jake's kidnapping if she says anything. Sam says that Lucky deserves to know the truth and that although Maureen was crazy with grief she would have been a better mother than Elizabeth. Jason tells Sam that she likes to believe that Elizabeth is a horrible person but that is not true and that she is having a difficult time with everything as well. Sam tells him that he deserves every bit of pain that he has because he caused it himself. 

Once back home, Lucky asks Elizabeth if Jason really is Jake's father and Elizabeth says no. He asks her for details regarding her affair with Jason and she fills him in on everything that happened. He asks her if she is in love with Jason and she says no. She apologizes to Lucky for hurting him but also admits that she doesn't regret her night with Jason, because it helped her realize where she belongs and that's with him. Emily arrives to visit Jason. She tells him about the media coverage of the trial and of Elizabeth's testimony. She tells Jason she is sorry she has visited, that she has been extremely busy with school and the hospital. She arrives in her scrubs, so it is obvious to Jason who tells her that he understands. She tells him that she knows he will get through this and that she needs him. She also tells him that she knows Alan would be there supporting him as well. Later, Elizabeth also visits Jason. She tells him that she lied to Lucky again about Jake. Jason apologizes to her for having to go through everything at the trial and she says she would do it all over again if it meant he could go free. 

While visiting Jason in jail, Jason asks Liz what she wants. Elizabeth explains that she still thinks Jake is safer with Lucky than with him. She also does not want to risk Lucky relapsing and going back to popping pills. He asks her what she would do if Lucky left and she tells him that she would raise the boys on her own. He questions if that is what she really wants? Liz goes home and asks Sam to leave. Lucky defends Sam, and Sam apologizes to Lucky before taking her leave. Liz tells him that Sam only intended to make things worse with them. When she admits to having visited Jason, he walks out. Diane warns Jason that Ric might seek a paternity test. They discuss the case, and Diane reminds Jason that Ric did serious damage to their argument by showing the video of Jason defending himself against the men who tried to take his life. She tells him that a plea bargain may be their only option, as she cannot guarantee him an acquittal. 

Liz tells Lucky that she's being called as a witness again today. He wants to know if he has to go, too. He asks if there's any other secrets he needs to know about. She tells him no, and he decides to stay home with the kids. After she leaves, he smashes their wedding picture. Sam rings the doorbell and he answers the door. He asks if she waited until Liz left, and she says yes. She didn't feel like explaining why he invited her over. She asks him what he wants to know. He asks again if Liz is the reason why she and Jason broke up. She says yes. The secret Liz asked him to keep was too much for their relationship. Sam says it's partly her fault for sleeping with Ric, but Lucky doesn't buy that. She points out that Liz wouldn't have slept with Jason if he hadn't slept with Maxie. Lucky tells her basically that two wrongs don't make a right. He says it would be a lot different if that little boy upstairs weren't his. She asks him if he would leave Liz if Jake wasn't his son. 

Diane tells Jason that she's going to call Liz to the stand. She wants to try and regain some ground after Ric's cross-examination yesterday. Jason is against Liz going back to the stand. She went through enough already. Liz comes in and tells Jason that Diane wanted her to reassure him about her wanting to testify for him today. She wants to try and help him after yesterday. He needs to be selfish for once in his life. All that matters is getting him out. When Liz takes the stand, Diane uses Liz's testimony to point out Ric's goal of revenge on Sonny. Ric then cross-examines Liz and asks if she was married when she slept with Jason. She says yes. He asks if she lied to her husband, and she replies yes. Skye is sworn in to testify and after all the questions are said and done, Ric makes a valid point by asking if Alcazar would have knowingly abandoned his child. She replies that he would not. Next, a criminalist is brought to the stand. Ric plays the tape recording of Alcazar saying "Morgan" and then a gun shot being heard. The criminalist verifies that testing indicates the sound was a 9 mm gunshot. 

Liz arrives home and hears Lucky playing with the kids. She walks in and finds Sam holding Jake, while Lucky plays with Cameron. Elizabeth comes home to find Lucky playing with Cameron while Sam is holding Jake in her arms and playing with him. Lucky tells her he didn't expect her home so quickly. Elizabeth is very dismayed to find Sam in her living room holding her son. Lucky explains that Jake woke up while he was busy with Cameron and offered to stay and help out by feeding the baby a bottle. Elizabeth acts very territorial about Jake and takes him out of Sam's arms. Sam just watches amusingly. Lucky asks Elizabeth what she had to say on the stand again. Elizabeth tells him that it wasn't anything new and that Diane wanted to ask her a few things about her marriage to Ric. Elizabeth tries to avoid answering Lucky's questions. Sam picks up on that and decides to have a little fun with her discomfort by pointing out that after what happened, Lucky has a right to know what she said on the stand. Elizabeth explains to him that Diane just asked her about Ric and that she told the court about Ric's hatred of Jason. Lucky makes a comment about how it is already getting around town that she slept with Jason and that he was just wondering if there was anything else she said on the stand that would affect him. He heads upstairs which leaves Sam alone with Elizabeth. 

Sam tells Elizabeth that she should be more understanding about how Lucky must feel and how he has good reason to be suspicious of her since she lied to him for so long. Later, they have another run in at the courthouse. Elizabeth grabs Sam by the arm as she tries to walk by her without speaking to her. Sam tells her to keep her hands off of her. Elizabeth tells her that she wants her to stay away from her children and her husband. Sam accuses Elizabeth of hanging around the courthouse hoping to see Jason and show her love for him. Elizabeth accuses Sam of hoping that Jason gets found guilty of murder because she is spiteful and wants revenge. Later, Elizabeth asks Alexis to meet with her at Kelly's. Alexis asks her what she can do for her. Elizabeth asks Alexis if she can get Sam to back off and accuses Sam of trying to cause trouble for her because she blames her for the breakup with Jason. Alexis asks her what she thinks she can do concerning Sam. 

Skye hangs around outside of the courtroom in case Ric calls her back to the stand to testify against Jason. Sonny shows up and asks her what she is doing there. Skye tells him that Ric may ask her to get back on the stand again to testify and warns Sonny that she could very well testify that she saw Jason kill Alcazar if he doesn't back off and leave her alone. Sonny tells her he doesn't like to be threatened and reminds her that Jason wouldn't be in the situation he is in if they were able to kill Alcazar when they wanted to. He reminds her that she begged them to let Alcazar live until she got her baby back. Skye tells him that she doesn't like to be threatened anymore than he does and plans to testify that she didn't see Jason kill Alcazar. Meanwhile, in the courtroom Ric asks the judge if he can replay the tape of Alcazar saying Jason's last name and the sound of what seems like a silencer going off and a sound of someone dropping to the floor. The judge allows it but warns Ric to move on with his questioning. They replay the tape. Later, Ric questions Amelia on the stand about the incident when some men associated with Alcazar came into the television studio and shot at Sam, Jason, and herself. She tells the jury that Jason saved her life twice. Ric questions Amelia about her objectivity concerning Jason which makes Diane, Jason's lawyer laugh in disbelief while she is objecting since it looks like Ric is interrogating his own witness. Amelia tells the court what happened that day. Amelia's testimony unfortunately makes Jason look even more like a hitman. 

Later, Skye gets on the stand again to testify about Alcazar's lifestyle. Skye is very calm and tells the court that Alcazar never told her about his business and would leave town without telling her where he was going and what he was doing. Diane cross-examines her and asks her if it would be normal for him to disappear and not tell her like the night in question. Skye tells her that she wouldn't be surprised. Diane also asks her about an incident in the past when Alcazar hired a woman to look like Sonny's late wife during a vulnerable time in his life so it would drive him crazy on purpose. Skye admits that it happened. Ric objects to Diane's questioning stating that it is irrelevant to the case. The judge overrules Ric and allows it. Diane paints a picture of Alcazar as being someone who isn't above underhanded tactics to get revenge on his enemies. Diane asks Skye if it is possible that Alcazar would be capable of going so far as to say Jason's last name and shoot a gun off with a silencer and fall to the floor while recording it to make it look like Jason killed him. Skye tells her it is very possible. Ric plans to redirect his questioning of Skye. He asks her about that night again and insinuates that she may have been involved with Alcazar's murder. Skye vehemently denies having anything to do with Alcazar's death. Ric apologizes for accusing her but is pleased that he got a heated response from her and got her to admit that it was possible that Alcazar was murdered. Ric calls an unknown man to the stand. The man testifies in court that he works as a gardener in the neighborhood where Alcazar lived. He surprises everyone in court including Jason when he claims he saw Jason outside Alcazar's home and that he was putting a body inside a dark SUV. 

Diane does her best to discredit Ric's "eyewitness," who claims he saw Jason putting Alcazar's dead body in the back of an SUV. Diane makes a stunning announcement that she has proof that Alcazar is still alive! Sam plays on Lucky's sympathies as she continues to work him. Nikolas stops Lucky's harsh tirade against Elizabeth, but has little sympathy for Elizabeth himself. Elizabeth and Nikolas discuss the situation regarding Lucky and Nikolas tells her that Lucky has every right to be angry because she lied to him over and over again. He also says that she needs to give Lucky time to forgive her and don't force him to do it on her time-table. He uses Maxie as an example and says her feelings would be the same if Lucky was still visiting Maxie. Elizabeth says the circumstances are completely different, but also goes on to say she will do whatever it takes to keep her family together. Lucky confronts Elizabeth about her talking to Alexis about Sam's interest in him. He tells her she has no right to dictate who he sees. She tells him how much Sam hates her and Lucky says that she has every right to. Jerry and Carly show up at the courthouse and Jerry manages to get them into the courtroom. Diane has just announced that there is proof Alcazar is alive and requests that the charges against Jason be dropped. The judge orders a recess to review the evidence and allows it to be submitted but orders that the trial continue. After an outburst in the courtroom by Carly, Ric asks the judge to allow the evidence to be presented to the jury so that he can refute it. Diane presents bank statements and pictures of Alcazar from only days prior. The judge orders an adjournment until the next day so the jury can review all the evidence. Once the case is adjourned, Jason tells Carly he is angry at her for taking a risk with Jerry but admits that he is lucky to have her in his life helping him. Diane thanks Jerry for helping with the case and suggests that if he has anything else they can use, now would be a good time to use it. He tells her that he is aware of a specific time that Alcazar will be withdrawing money from the bank. 

Distraught over Lulu, Spinelli goes to see Jason in jail. He explains the situation to Jason, and asks for his help. Jason tells him to just be there for her. Using Carly as an example, he tells Spinelli that sometimes friends will do self-destructive things, and all you can do is sit back and watch. He is sympathetic, and reminds Spinelli that no matter what, he has Lulu's trust, and without trust there is nothing. Ric summons Sam to the courthouse and offers to recall her to the stand. He encourages her to remember anything Jason may have said about wanting to kill Alcazar. She appears ready to take the opportunity for revenge. On the stand however, Sam testifies that she has no recollection of Jason ever making arrangements to kill anyone. Diane tells Jason that she owes Sam for that one. 

Back in court, Diane cross-examines the coroner about whether or not he can say if a crime has been committed without a body. Next, Mac gets on the stand. She asks him if it's possible that Ric's personal vendetta against Sonny could be the reason why Jason has been arrested 32 separate times but never convicted. Next, a man from the bank gets on the stand and says that no one except Alcazar could have withdrawn the money yesterday. Ric also cross-examines the witness and asks if it's possible the system could have been subverted. Finally, Amelia gets on the stand. She tells the jury that Ric asked to have a camera crew there when Jason was transferred back because he was confident he would get a conviction. He knew this could make or break his career. He wanted to document convicting Jason Morgan. Ric gives his closing arguments and reminds the jury that they heard the testimony of Lorenzo leaving without saying goodbye to his only child and the testimony of a man who actually witnessed Jason disposing of a body. Ric says there is no proof that Alcazar is actually alive. Jason has never been convicted of his previous crimes because he had good lawyers, like Diane. When Diane gives her closing argument, she tells the jury that Lorenzo is alive. She asks the jury to look at the facts. Jason has been arrested 32 times with no conviction. This trial is about deception and mind games by the prosecuting attorney. She asks the jury to find Jason Morgan not guilty. While the jury deliberates, Epiphany offers to let Liz go home. She's not going to be any use there if she stays while waiting for Jason's verdict to come in. Amelia shows up and tells Liz that the jury has come back with a verdict. She thinks Liz should be there for him. She should take advantage of this opportunity or Sam will. Jason is brought back into the courtroom. Diane tells Jason it may not be a good thing that the jury came back so soon. Ric walks over and tells Diane she gave up an impressive fight. She reminds him that he hasn't won yet. The jury comes in and the judge asks Jason to rise. 

The verdict is read at Jason's trial. He is found not guilty. Ric watches in disbelief that he didn't get a conviction. Jason hugs his attorney, Diane and thanks her for all her help. Meanwhile, Elizabeth and Sam come face to face outside the courtroom while waiting for the verdict to come in. Sam makes a snide remark about how Lucky wouldn't be too happy if he knew that his wife was waiting for Jason's verdict so she can be there in person. Elizabeth tells her she is a friend who is there to support him. Sam thinks Elizabeth is being insensitive to how Lucky feels and that he will be humiliated again by her being at the courthouse. Jason heads out of the courtroom and greets Elizabeth. He hugs Elizabeth in public and this catches the television news cameraman's eye and the press. Sam watches in disbelief as Jason hugs Elizabeth and thanks her for her testimony in helping him get his acquittal. Elizabeth tells him she is glad because she was afraid her testimony may have hurt him in court. Diane makes a statement to the press about Jason's acquittal in front of the cameras. Sam grabs Elizabeth as she is walking away from the cameras and warns her that this doesn't mean things are over yet for her. Elizabeth smugly walks away. Jason notices that Sam is in the courthouse and saw him hugging Elizabeth. 

Sonny listens as Spinelli takes credit with him for helping Jason get acquitted. Sonny tells him he doesn't like him and doesn't understand a word he is saying most of the time. Spinelli does agree with him about how Jason should claim Jake as his son. Jason shows up to talk to Sonny. Spinelli is very happy for Jason. Jason gets him to calm down and leave him alone to talk to Sonny. Sonny asks Jason what he plans to do next. Jason tells him he plans to move on with his life. Sonny tells him he should claim Jake as his son now. Jason tells Sonny that he can't do that. Later, Carly shows up at Sonny's office to see Jason after Max tells her about the verdict. Jason tells her that he couldn't have gotten an acquittal without her help. Carly tells him that she would love to take all the credit but it was really Jerry that helped him get an acquittal. 

Elizabeth returns to work and runs into Emily. Emily is pleased with the news as well as Elizabeth. Elizabeth thanks Epiphany for covering her shift so she could go see Jason at the courthouse in person. Emily thinks that Elizabeth should back off now that Jason is free and not see him anymore because it could hurt Lucky. Elizabeth doesn't see sleeping with Jason as being the same thing that Lucky did to her because Jason is a good friend who supported her unlike Maxie who was feeding Lucky pills. Elizabeth takes orders from Epiphany and offers to work late to make up for the time she missed earlier. Emily stops her and tells her she can't do that since they are suppose to meet Nikolas and Lucky at Kelly's later for dinner. Lucky and Nikolas come into Kelly's with Emily and Elizabeth. Elizabeth makes a comment about how they are understaffed right now at the hospital. Lucky makes a comment back about how if she worked more there instead of taking off to visit Jason they wouldn't be. Mike watches television coverage of Jason's acquittal at the counter. Lulu and Spinelli watch the footage and see Elizabeth hugging Jason in front of the television cameras just as Lucky walks over to watch as well. He sees Elizabeth hugging Jason in public and isn't happy. Elizabeth sees what is on the television and cringes. Lucky makes a comment about how she couldn't stay away from Jason. 

Jason returns home to his apartment to find the star necklace he gave to Sam laying on top of the desk. Sam shows up at his apartment and tells him she just came to get the rest of her things. Jason hands her the necklace to give back to her but she refuses to take it. She tells him that she can't wear something that reminds her of what will never be again. She takes the box that is sitting on the bottom stair and heads out of the apartment. She turns around and tells him she is glad that he was acquitted but feels that he paid too high a price for it by losing his son. Jason tells her he gave up Jake because he can't put his son in danger and give him the life he deserves and he can't understand why she can't accept that. Sam tells him that he is giving up his son because Elizabeth asked him to and that Elizabeth gets to keep her son and be with her husband while he gets to live his life alone. Jason defends Elizabeth which angers Sam more. Sam tells him that Elizabeth is afraid of him and that is why she is staying with her husband and keeping her son from Jason. Sam shocks Jason when she defends Lucky's right to know the truth and that maybe she should sleep with Lucky to even the score some. She tells Jason that he and Elizabeth deserve each other. 

Jason takes out his black keepsake box and puts his pictures of Liz and Jake in it. There's a knock at the door. It's Lucky. He wants Jason to stay away from his family. Jason explains that he and Liz just had a one night stand almost a year ago. Lucky says Jason has been trying to play the hero ever since then, though. If he's such a great guy, then how does he justify seducing Liz? Jason tells him that it wasn't planned and it didn't happen anymore afterwards. Lucky warns him again to stay away from the kids and Lulu walks in. She asks what is going on and Lucky asks her what she's doing there. She says she is there to see Spinelli. Lucky tells her to tell Spinelli that he should stay away from his kids, too. After Lucky leaves, Lulu asks Jason what he's going to do now that he's been banned from seeing his only child. She tells him she's apologizing for making obnoxious remarks about Jake. It was not her decision to make. She hopes that in time, everyone is okay with the decision that he and Elizabeth made. Someone will lose, though. Lulu asks if she can ask a personal question, and he agrees. Lulu tells him she thinks he bottles his emotions. She asks if he's in love with Elizabeth. She thinks Elizabeth is in love with him. He says he doesn't know. Spinelli comes home and asks what she's doing there and she explains. Jason tells them both that he appreciates their concern but he will do the best he can for Jake. After Lulu leaves, Spinelli and Jason talk about how empty the closet is. Spinelli suggests that maybe there is room for Liz and the boys. Jason says that Liz and the boys won't be moving in. Liz doesn't want to be involved with his dangerous lifestyle. Spinelli points out that Liz is no safer alone then she would be with him. He agrees that if Liz is willing to give it a try, he would be willing, too. 

Meanwhile, Sam runs into Liz at the park with the kids. Sam asks to hold Jake and Liz tells her that she has made her feelings known about staying clear. Liz says she has to go to work and turns to leave. Liz is going to work on foot because her car is in the shop. Sam asks where Lucky is and Liz tells her he is busy. Sam goes back to the Spencer house and knocks on the door. Lucky comes up from behind and tells her no one is home. She says he is and this is his home. They go in and talk about how they were deceived by Jason and Elizabeth and how their hearts have been broken. She apologizes for not telling him about Elizabeth and Jason's affair. He tells her it wasn't her fault. Sam says that Liz is the biggest loser here. She threw everything away. She wishes she had someone in her life to make a priority. They get closer and almost kiss, but she pulls away at the last minute. She apologizes and leaves. 

When Elizabeth arrives at work, Emily asks her if Lucky came home last night. She says no. She's beginning to worry about her marriage. Emily thinks Lucky just needs time to calm down after learning about her and Jason. Elizabeth tells her that Lucky saw the footage of her hugging Jason after the trial. He doubts everything that they've ever had together and now she is, too. Emily reminds her that every marriage has hard times. Epiphany interjects and says she doesn't know what the big deal is. She thinks Lucky is overreacting. Emily asks Liz what she's going to do if she and Lucky split up. Elizabeth says she will just be on her own. Emily says unless she ends up with Jason. Elizabeth says that maybe she and Lucky aren't meant to be. If this is really the end, then she needs to let go. She always wondered what would happen if she and Jason gave it a chance. Maybe now's the chance. Jason tells Spinelli that he would want Elizabeth and the boys to move in with him if she wanted to. He goes on to say that he doesn't know if that is possible and Spinelli references the situation with Sonny, Carly and their kids but Jason says that is different because Carly isn't afraid of their lifestyle like Elizabeth is. Emily goes to the penthouse to visit Jason and while there, tells him that she doesn't think things will work out between Elizabeth and Lucky and that she told Elizabeth she needs to make choices for herself. Emily implied that she believes Elizabeth will choose to be with him. 

Liz goes back to the park with the kids. She's getting ready to go to Jason's house when she is stopped by two men. They tell her they know she and the kids are linked to Jason Morgan. Elizabeth and her sons are held at gunpoint by two men in the park. Sam arrives with a gun pointed at them and demands that they leave. After they leave, Sam inquires as to what they wanted. She then suggests that they call the police which Elizabeth agrees to. When Lucky and Cruz arrive, they question both Elizabeth and Sam. Elizabeth says that Sam saved them. Afterwards, Elizabeth calls Jason and asks him to meet her at the overlook. Once there, Jason insists on speaking first and tells Elizabeth how much he wants to be a father to Jake and raise him and that he wants for her and the boys to move in the penthouse with him. He asks her if she wants to try and make it work. She tells him about the incident in the park and asks if it will make him change his mind, and take back everything he said. Meanwhile, back at the park, Sam is seen talking to the two men who held guns on Elizabeth and her children. She tells them what a great job they did at the park and how convincing they were. Lucky comes up to her and asks what is going on. 

Jason tells Liz that he will arrange for her to have protection, and that she is better off without him. He wants to give them a try but also wants to keep Jake safe. Jason makes her promise that she will call if Jake needs him. She apologizes for hurting him. They profess their love for each other, and tearfully say goodbye. Jason kisses her in a long lingering goodbye. Lucky is suspicious when he sees Sam talking to the men who harassed Elizabeth. She explains that they work on the set at her TV show. Later, Sam and Liz run into each other at the park. There is an awkward moment, but Liz thanks her again for saving her. Rick passes by and makes a snide comment. Sam tells Rick about the incident in the park, and tells him that it is his fault for exposing Elizabeth and Jason's affair in court. An argument ensues between the three of them, and Rick tells her that she is as bad a Carly when it comes to defending Jason. Jason tells Sonny that he will not see Liz anymore, as he thinks it is best for her and her children. Sonny does not share his opinion. Later, Jason runs into Sam and thanks her for helping Liz. She asks him if it makes up for watching Jake get kidnapped. He tells her that he is sorry they did not work out. Liz and Lucky discuss their chances. Lucky tells her that he is not ready to give up on them. 

Jason comes home and wakes up Spinelli to tell him about Liz and the kids being threatened. Spinelli tells him his heart has been shattered and now he knows the pain Stone Cold is feeling. He gets on his laptop to see if he can find video from cameras around the area. Jason tells him that he's staying out of her life for good. He thinks Ric might have set this up. Spinelli thinks Lucky may be behind it. Jason goes to see Sonny while Spinelli tries to find some images of the suspects. They don't understand why someone would threaten Liz and the kids in pure daylight. Sonny points out they're in a strong position right now. Jason tells him his thoughts on Ric being suspect. Sonny wants him to make sure they don't overlook any of their enemies. Sonny gets a call from Liz. She doesn't want Jason to know she's calling Sonny. He goes to her house to meet with her. She is concerned that Jason will take unnecessary risks right now. Sonny tells her that she shut herself out of his life for good. It's no business of hers what he does now. 

Sam pays off the thugs that threatened Elizabeth and tells them she'll kill them if anyone finds out she was involved. She tells them to leave town. Maxie sees the men as they are leaving and confronts Sam, who denies everything. Maxie warns her that if she can figure it out, Jason will figure it out, too. She goes to Jason's penthouse and tells Spinelli that she wants to help Coop with his case against who threatened Elizabeth and the kids. Jason comes home and kicks her out. At the Spencer house, Lucky comes downstairs and Liz asks him if he wants to go with them to the beach. It will be a special moment the first time Jake puts his feet in the sand. She says if she is pushing him too hard, just tell her. He says that he has a hard time believing anything she says or does. He wants to know if she's going to fight for him. She tells him that Jason is no longer in her life. Not because of him or the marriage, but because associating with him is too dangerous. Emily goes to see Liz and tells her she is glad everyone is alright. Liz tells her about the men trying to use her against Jason and her conversation with Jason later. She tells Emily that she's in love with Jason. If it weren't for the kids, she would try to be with Jason. She has no life with Jason and the kids, though. 

Ric shows up at Jason's place as Jason is watching Spinelli on the computer try to trace the license number of one of the men who threatened Elizabeth. Spinelli tries to kick Ric out and starts to threaten him to stay away from Jason. Jason refuses to talk to Ric. Ric questions Jason about what enemy of his would want to threaten Elizabeth in the park. He starts to try and get a rise out of Jason by referring to his one-night stand with Elizabeth. Jason doesn't take the bait. Meanwhile, Sonny continues to talk to Elizabeth about Jason in her home. Elizabeth tells Sonny that Jason decided to stay away from her and her children because his lifestyle is too dangerous for them. Sonny asks her to stay away from Jason if that is the case instead of always calling him to help her. Sonny shows up at Jason's while Ric is there. Sonny tells him to back off of Jason and have the guts to come after who he really wants to which is himself for a change. Ric leaves the penthouse after making sure to tell him that Kate will spend at least 6 months in jail because of him. Sonny yells at Spinelli for threatening Ric with his crazy talk. Jason tells Spinelli to go upstairs. Jason tells Sonny that if he finds out that Ric hired those thugs to threaten Elizabeth, he will make sure that Ric joins Alcazar in the bottom of the river. Sonny uses Jason's words against him when he reminds Jason about getting too emotional concerning Ric and warns him to watch out for him. Sonny also tells him about his visit with Elizabeth. He tells her that he is disappointed in Elizabeth for not having the courage to be with him and let him protect her children. 

Lucky comes home to find Elizabeth folding the laundry. She tells him about Emily's visit as well as Sonny's. Jason asks her why he was there. She tells him that she told Sonny that she would no longer be seeing Jason as a friend ever again because it is too dangerous to be around Jason. Lucky is suspicious about why she is telling him that because he can't totally trust her yet. Elizabeth asks him if he is trying to pick a fight with her. He tells her that he wants to work things out with her but that he can't trust her right now. Sam walks her out the door just as Lucky shows up again at her apartment. He tells her he will be her own bodyguard after all. Sam insists that she was considering anyone but Lucky to be her bodyguard as she knows he is trying to work things out with Elizabeth and she knows Elizabeth won't like him guarding her. He tells her that it isn't Elizabeth's Elizabeth shows up at Sam's apartment and Lucky answers her door for her to find her there. Elizabeth looks at them accusingly. Sam explains that since the goons in the park mentioned coming after Elizabeth to get back at Jason, that Sam feels threatened since she lived with Jason for THREE years (emphasizing the length of her relationship with Jason), so she asked Lucky to protect her. Later at GH, Elizabeth and Lucky clash over Sam. Elizabeth warns Lucky that Sam is using this situation to get back at Liz, that Sam is still upset with her because of Jason and wants to cause problems between them. Lucky shows back up at Sam's place and asks her what is wrong? She says after seeing the tension between him and Elizabeth that they should forget this whole bodyguard thing. He asks her if that is what she really wants? She responds, "No". He then pulls her into his arms and kisses her. 

Jason and Spinelli follow a GPS signal track down the thugs who attacked Elizabeth. Spinelli worries that they might have the wrong guys and he doesn't want to see Jason go back to prison. Jason beats the truth out of the goons and learns that Sam hired them. They plead that they weren't supposed to hurt Elizabeth but just to scare her. Jason and Spinelli head back to town. Spinelli suggests the possibility that the men were lying about Sam paying them. He says that what happened to Elizabeth and the boys was malicious and that he just doesn't feel Sam would be capable of that. He still thinks that Ric is behind it. Jason reminds Spinelli of the kidnapping earlier in the summer when Sam watched as Jake was taken and she did nothing to stop it. Jason stops into see Sonny and finds Zacchara there. He asks Sonny who that was after he leaves. Sonny tells him that he is Ric's father. Jason questions where the line is when someone you love is threathened? Sam opens the door to find Jason waiting for her in the dark. He turns the light on, is clearly very angry and tells her they need to talk. At the hospital, Elizabeth and Emily discuss Lucky. Elizabeth tells her that Lucky has accepted a job as Sam's bodyguard. Emily asks if she thinks Sam is coming onto Lucky. Elizabeth says that with everything that has happened, she is in no position to question it. Emily asks her if she pictures raising her family with Lucky and Elizabeth responds by saying that unless Lucky decides otherwise, she wants to try and keep their family together. 

#8B  Elizabeth and Emily find Amelia and Lucky together at Metro Court, Amelia invites them to join her. They politely refuse and leave. Emily tries to tell Liz to give Lucky time to work things out in his head. Liz talks about the mistakes that she and Lucky both made. Later, Lucky comes home and apologizes to Liz for his behavior. He wants to give their marriage another try, and she agrees. Jason confronts Sam about hiring the men to scare Liz. She not only doesn't care, but tells Jason that he should be thanking her for giving Liz a wake-up call. Jason is furious, and threatens to kill Sam if she ever hurts Elizabeth or the children again. Later, Lucky visits Sam and finds her crying. He tries to ask her why she is upset. She doesn't really answer him, but tells him she feels so much safer now that he is her bodyguard. Jason returns to the penthouse, and is questioned by Spinelli who is worried for Sam. Jason tells him that if he cares about Sam to keep her far away from Elizabeth and her chilldren, but he is not going to tell Elizabeth that Sam was the one who arranged the confrontation in the park. Alone, Jason sadly looks at a piece of Jake's clothing and puts back in a box. He gets a visit from Amelia, who tells him that Sam hired Lucky to be her bodyguard, and it's just a matter of time before she sleeps with him. She brings him this news telling him that Liz might need some comforting. He is grateful for her help, but doesn't want her coming by with this kind of information anymore. He asks her to keep quiet about Jake's paternity. Amelia agrees, but warns that Sam may not be as discreet. 

Jason is thrilled to see Carly arrive safe and sound. Carly talks to Jason about what happened with Jax and Irina. He is surprised when she tells him that Jax slept with another woman. She continues with the information that he was held captive, tortured, and raped. Carly explains that her biggest issue is with the fact that Jax left her for Jerry. Jason also tells her about Zacchara coming to town. He tells her that he's going to increase her guards. Meanwhile, Jax goes to the hospital to get checked out. Jerry meets him there and Jax tells him he is done with him. Jerry is dead to him. Jason meets Jerry in the park and threatens him if he ever hurts Carly again. He tells Jerry about Anthony Zacchara and tells him that he is giving him a heads up. A surprised Jerry asks if Jason is suggesting an alliance? Carly confides in Jason about her love for Jax. Jason refuses to wait for Jax to protect her and the boys as he went off to find Jerry and put her in danger. Carly doesn't know whether she can trust that Jax's love is strong enough for their marriage to survive. Carly asks Jason how Sonny is doing with Trevor Lansing in town and wants advice on how she should approach Sonny when she goes to pick up the boys at his house later. Jason warns her that Sonny is pretty wound up right now. Jason runs into Trevor Lansing for the first time. Jason tells Trevor to send a message to his client, Anthony Zacchara to tell him that Port Charles is Sonny's territory and to leave him alone and stay away if he knows what is good for him. Trevor tells him that he is in town to spend time with his girlfriend, Kate Howard and not to conduct business. Jason repeats the warning just the same. Trevor tells Jason not to make an enemy of him. 

Jax goes to see Jason to talk to him about what happened with Jerry and find out how much of a threat Zacchara is to Carly and the boys' safety. Jason explains to him that Zacchara has a history of going after the families of his enemies. Jax tries to reassure Jason that he can protect his wife and stephcildren without his help but Jason doesn't believe him and confronts him about what happened with Irina in Turkey. Jax defends himself and tries to assure Jason that he has no plans to leave Carly again to go help Jerry. Jason tells him that he has lost some of Carly's trust in him and will have to win it back if he wants to save his marriage. 

Liz is ironing at home when Sam comes by. They argue over Lucky working for her and how Liz thinks Sam is just trying to get back at her by seducing her husband. When Lucky shows up, Sam lies and tells Lucky that she was trying to make amends with Liz but all she is interested in is whether or not Sam and Jason are getting back together. Sam leaves and Liz notices that Lucky doesn't even question her about Sam. She asks if he is just going to automatically believe Sam now without even questioning her. Lucky tells her that Sam has never given him a reason to distrust her. She asks how he can not see what she is doing by trying to seduce him. He says maybe he does see it and he leaves. Lucky meets up with Sam in the park. She apologizes and says she thought she could make peace with Liz. They kiss and Jason walks up and sees them. Sam sees him also and asks if he has a problem with it. Lucky says he's probably going to rush off and tell Liz so he can rescue her yet again. Lucky tells Jason that he may get Liz, but he'll never get his boys. When Lucky leaves, Jason tells Sam that Lucky doesn't deserve this. She explains that this is all for revenge on Liz. She's repaying her, unless Jason kills her first. She reminds him of his threat. He tells her that the anger she is carrying around will hurt her more than he ever could. She says she never thought they could hate each other this much and walks off. When Lucky comes home, Liz is on the porch. The boys are asleep and she wants to finish talking without waking them up. She knows he is angry and has every right to be. But all this fighting is hurting the boys. She's not going to let them grow up in a house with their parents fighting all the time. If he can't stop all the anger, they need to end the marriage. Jason goes to see Sonny, who is already disturbed by the events at Kate's house. Jason wants Logan off the payroll and explains the situation to Sonny. Sonny tells him not to get so involved with kid's arguments. A year from now they will forget about each other. Jason asks what is wrong and Sonny explains that he just saw Ric's father stick his tongue down Kate Howard's throat. He didn't think she had changed deep down. She's not Connie or even Kate anymore. She's Trevor's mistress now. He doesn't realize that Kate is in the background listening. 

Elizabeth and Lucky remain at odds. Liz gives him an ultimatium that if he can't get over her sleeping with Jason that she will leave him. She is tired of defending her decision not to tell him and blames all of their problems on his drug use, including his affair with Maxie (she doesn't yet know he is carrying on with Sam behind her back). She tells him that if they can't resolve this that it is time for her to leave before this strain between them hurts the children. Lucky accuses Elizabeth of settling for him because she can't have Jason. When Jason gets home, Spinelli tries to get information from him about Logan. He's worried that Jason might have already killed him. Jason tells him that he did not kill Logan. He's busy right now and wants him to focus on getting information on Zaccara to protect Carly and the kids. He takes a moment to call Emily about Liz, though. He wants to talk about Sam and Lucky but he promised not to contact Liz again. When he gets done leaving the message for Emily, Jason notices that Spinelli is happy knowing that Logan will be okay. He explains to Jason that it was just jealousy that caused him to tell Jason about Logan's behavior earlier. Jason understands that Spinelli just doesn't want Lulu to be mad at him. Jason changes the subject and wants Spinelli to find out whatever he can about Zaccara. Spinelli does find something very dark, though. There are no facts and nothing solid, but it is "the darkest of all". 

Leticia called Jason from the mall when she realized they didn't have a guard. Carly doesn't know why Jason is so upset and wants to know what's going on? Jason tells her about Zaccara and what Spinelli found out. He tells her that her and the children have to be guarded at ALL times. Carly is surprised at how cautious Jason is being and asks what is going on? When Zaccara was in a territory fight with someone in New York, Zaccara tracked down his enemy's long lost son and executed him and his entire family. Jason calls Sonny to let him know that no one was guarding the boys and Sonny throws the phone. Sonny reams out Logan who was supposed to be guarding his children. Logan excuses that something came up. A furious Sonny tells him that if anything had happened to his children that he would have killed Logan, and then threatens that maybe that isn't a bad idea! Sam shows up at Lucky's to tell him she can't use him as her bodyguard anymore because she can't let him get involved in a war between Sonny and his new enemy, Zacchara, who likes to target the families of his enemies. She tells him she couldn't forgive herself if something happened to him and his family because he was protecting her. She tries to leave but Lucky stops her with his hand and tells her she needs protection too. Elizabeth watches them from the top of the stairs and suspects Sam is up to something again with her husband. 

Carly asks Jason how much danger she and her family is in with Zacchara after Sonny's territory and Ric's father supposedly here to represent his interests. Jason tells her that he doesn't have proof yet that Trevor Lansing is in town to represent Zacchara and is after Sonny. Carly gets more scared by what Jason is not saying and fears for her and the boys. Jason tells her he wants her to have added bodyguards to protect her and the boys and makes it clear to her that the decision is hers to make regarding how much protection they need. Carly talks to the boys about not taking off from their bodyguards by playing games with them like hide and seek and that they need to stay by them all the time. Logan shows up at Carly's house. Carly sends the boys upstairs with Leticia while she talks to Logan alone. Logan apologizes to Carly for not showing up when he was suppose to guard her kids and tells her it won't happen again. Carly doesn't like it when he mentions Lulu's name as if he expects her to excuse him because he is dating her cousin. Carly tells him that she doesn't trust him and that Jason doesn't like him. She warns Logan that Jason has a way of getting rid of people he doesn't like. Alexis heads over to see Jason to find out about how much of a threat Zacchara is and if Kristina is in danger. Jason tells her about Zacchara's threat to Sonny and tells her that they believe that Trevor is working for Zacchara as his attorney. 

Trevor tells Sam that she looks very familiar and asks her if they have met before. Sam tells him they haven't but explains that he may have seen her on television since she hosts a program called "Everyday Heroes." Trevor tells her he doesn't really watch much television and then remembers seeing her in court testifying against Jason. He asks her if Jason is as cold-blooded as he is known to be (Sam has the good sense to look a bit nervous during his questioning). Jason asks Spinelli to go on his computer and try to find out what Zacchara's business is and why he is after Sonny and to find out how Trevor Lansing fits into all of this. Trevor shows up while they are home working on the computer. Spinelli tries to get rid of Trevor for Jason but Jason sends him upstairs to his room so he can talk to Trevor. Trevor asks Jason if Spinelli is mentally ill and if they are related. Jason doesn't respond to Trevor's insult and asks him what he wants. Trevor tells him that he represents a third party who is interested in making a deal with Jason. 

Trevor suggests that Jason meet with his client. Jason tells him that he doesn't meet with anyone that he doesn't know who it is and he opens the door so Trevor can leave. Jason warns Trevor with a message to Zaccara. Trevor scoffs at Jason trying to intimidate him and tells him he might be able to with Ric, but not with him. Georgie comes bounding up to visit Spinelli, who hurried tries to usher her out. Trevor menacingly points out that Jason has a lot to lose, looking pointedly at Spinelli, and suggests that he rethink taking that meeting. As they bound up the stairs, Trevor points out that an effective enforcer is a loner and doesn't allow himself personal attachments Sonny and Jason realize that Zacchara is trying to force their hand. Jason and Sonny go to see Carly at the Metro Court Hotel where Jax has installed her and the children for extra security. They insist that Carly move to Sonny's for increased protection. Sam continues to try and work Lucky. She expresses her fear of Zaccara coming after her. Elizabeth sees right through Sam and knows exactly what she's up to. Liz points out that Sam is no longer with Jason and wouldn't be a target. Lucky believes if Zaccara is as dangerous as everyone says then Sam is in danger. Lucky seems oblivious to the game Sam is playing and asks Liz to trust him as that is the only way their marriage is going to work, they talk and commit to making their marriage work. 

Jason and Carly find Leticia has been murdered and they jump into action. Elizabeth is on pins and needles after learning of what happened. While alone in the house, Elizabeth retrieves the gun to protect herself. Liz becomes frightened when she hears a noise outside, and takes Lucky's gun from the closet. She opens the door to find Lucky standing there. He is perturbed that she is carrying his gun, and questions why she did not call him first. She tells him that when she called the station, she was told that he was with Sam. She is not happy with the attention he is giving Sam. He apologizes and acknowledges that she could be in danger by her involvement with Jason. He tries to kiss her but she pulls away. As Lucky is sleeping on the couch, he dreams about Sam in the hot tub and is awaken by Liz and the kids. They get ready for the day, and Lucky offers to drive her to work. She says she'll manage on her own. She doesn't want to make him late for work. Later, Lucky shows up and tells Liz that her grandma is going to watch the boys tonight so they can have some alone time. She tells him she doesn't think that is a good idea right now. When Emily shows up later, the two women talk about the Spencer's current relationship. Liz tells her that she knows Lucky wanted to have sex tonight, but she's not ready yet. 

Jason tries to get Spinelli out of his depression to start looking for information on Trevor. Lulu barges in and starts yelling at Jason about Logan losing his job. She says she has done favors for him, so he owes her. She asks for some privacy and Spinelli leaves to sit in the coffee shop. Logan shows up, and Spinelli blasts him for sending Lulu in to defend him. Logan is stunned, though. Meanwhile, Lulu tells Jason that Logan's error in showing up late to watch the kids was just a mistake. Jason points out that it was a mistake that could have gotten the kids killed. He tells her about Leticia being murdered. Lulu explains that Logan has done tours in Iraq and knows how to handle dangerous situations. Jason says that doesn't mean he can be trusted. Lulu vouches for Logan and says that he can be trusted. Jason says the decision is Sonny's, not his. Lulu tells Jason that no one could have prepared for Leticia being murdered, not even him. He's blaming Logan for something know one else knew of, either. She storms out and then yells at Spinelli for using his friendship with Jason to get Logan fired. Logan interjects and tells her she had no right to go behind her back. He appreciates her effort, but he doesn't need her help in getting his job back. Spinelli runs back in the office to tell Jason something, but he gets cut off by Diane. She storms in to see Jason and throws a restraining order on his desk. She tells him to make sure Trevor is the right man he's after, because she won't be able to get him out of jail if he violates the restraining order Trevor got against him. As they argue, the phone rings. It is Sam. She desperately needs his help. 

Jason shows up at Sam's new place after she calls him to tell him she is in danger and needs his help. When he gets to her place, he realizes that she lied to him about it. She tells him she asked him to come by so they could talk and leads him to her hot-tub outside her apartment. She tells him she plans to seduce Lucky and she wanted to let him know. Jason tells her he doesn't care what she does and now he realizes he can't trust a word that she says to him anymore. Sam can't believe he wouldn't help her if she truly was in danger. Jason tells her he would help her but he would have to see her in danger with his own eyes to trust it since he can't believe her anymore. Sam tells him that she hates him and that she wouldn't even call him to save her if she was crawling naked over a floor of broken glass. Jason leaves her alone. 

Elizabeth confides in Emily about the lack of intimacy in her marriage to Lucky and how she doesn't know how to get back the connection they once so easily shared before Lucky got addicted to pills and slept with Maxie. Emily asks her if she still is attracted to Lucky. Elizabeth doesn't have an answer and evades the question. Later, she returns home to find Lucky has lit some candles around the house with a nice romantic evening planned. Lucky comes downstairs and tells her he brought the kids to Audrey's because he felt it was important for them to spend some time alone. Lucky reminds her how they once couldn't keep their hands off of each other and would spend weekends in bed together. Elizabeth tells him a lot has happened since then and pushes him away. Lucky finally loses his patience with her and asks her how she thinks he can remain faithful to her and their marriage if she continues to push him away. 

Sonny has his goons bring Jerry into his office. Jerry tries to be entertaining with his dry wit. Sonny ignores his comments about Max and Milo and asks him point-blank what business does he have with Anthony Zacchara. Jerry explains to him that he wanted to meet Zacchara personally for a meeting face to face after Trevor Lansing approached him about making a deal. He tells Sonny that he isn't interested in doing business with a third party and so he set up the meeting, unaware that telling Jax would be such a mistake. Jax tried to intercept the meeting and his car blew up. Jerry points out that he wants to make sure that Jax and his family stay out of danger and that Sonny wants the same thing. 

Jason pays Kate a visit out on her patio after she conducts business on the phone. She is scared when he comes over to her quietly and she doesn't hear him approach. Jason asks her to tell him everything she knows about Trevor Lansing. He asks her to tell him if he ever mentioned anything about his business to her. She admits that he told her that he represents Zacchara but insists he had nothing to do with the murder of Leticia. She tells Jason that she has recently found Trevor to be more sinister than she thought he was and warned Jason to be careful around him. Sonny has Trevor brought to his office. Trevor reminds Sonny that he has a restraining order against him and he will have him arrested for ignoring it. Sonny demands that Trevor tell him about what Zacchara is up to and what he wants from him. He accuses Trevor of having his kids' nanny murdered. Trevor denies having anything to do with the nanny's murder. He starts to bring up the past again about Sonny's mother to trigger Sonny's temper. It works but Sonny tells him that he can get a message to his client about watching his back because there will be payback for what he has done. Trevor warns him to watch out. Jason shows up at his office to talk about what he found out from Kate. Jason wonders if Zacchara was responsible for Leticia's murder after all and if Trevor was behind it. Sonny insists that Trevor is behind it and reveals that this is more than just business when he tells Jason to kill Trevor for him. Jason realizes that Sonny has emotional reasons for wanting Trevor dead and asks Sonny if Kate has something to do with it. 

Nikolas shows up at Liz's and apologizes for coming over so late. He tells her that he went to Sam's to get her to back off of Lucky. Lucky showed up, though. When he left, Lucky was still there. Liz guesses that they are "going at it". Nikolas is surprised that she sounds so calm about it. She's not surprised at the news, though. She just has to figure out what to do now. Later, Jerry pays Jason a visit and tells him not to kill Trevor. Jerry tells Jason that Carly, Jax, and the kids are a priority to him, too. He wants Trevor to remain alive, though. Sonny can't see past his emotions right now. They need Trevor alive to get information on Zacchara. If Trevor is killed, Carly and the kids will be a target. He warns Jason that Zacchara will strike and go for the jugular, and he walks out. Sonny comes home furious from Kate's. He tells Jason that he wants Trevor dead now. Jason tells him that Trevor must remain alive for now. He explains that Trevor has information that they need. Sonny says he's not going to ask again. Do what he says. Jason says fine. He will start setting it up. He will let Sonny give the final word. Jason leaves. 

Elizabeth tells Nikolas she believes her husband is being unfaithful to her even as they speak. Across town, Lucky and Sam begin to make love. Robin points out to Jason how ironic it is that they're both alone again. Patrick is irked to see Robin arrive at the hospital on the back of Jason's motorcycle. Elizabeth admits to Emily that she cares for Lucky, but the love they felt for each other is no longer there. Sonny berates Jason for listening to Jerry instead of following orders. Emily urges Jason to go be with Elizabeth now that the Spencers' marriage seems to be over for good. Lucky comes home and asks Liz if she wants to know where he was. He goes ahead and tells her that he was with Sam. She doesn't say anything at first, but then wonders why he insists on bringing up Sam's name. He questions if she has a problem with his friendship with Sam and Liz tells him she's just tired of fighting with him. He tells her that since they have an open marriage, she should feel free to see Jason as much as she wants. When she responds that it's not safe to be associated with Jason, Lucky accuses her of only being with him because it's dangerous to be with Jason. She tells him that she wants to give their marriage a try, but wonders if it is too late. He tells her that he is willing to give it a try, although it's going to take time to get back to where they were. 

Emily visits Jason and tells him about the Spencer marriage that is on the rocks. She encourages him to go to Elizabeth. When he is hesitant, she asks him what he wants. He responds that he wants what he cannot have. He cannot be sure that Elizabeth and the children would be safe with him, as Michael and Morgan were kidnapped and lost their nanny because of the violence that surrounds them. Jason comes home to find Spinelli making a cocktail. Jason tells him you can't bury your pain in liquor. Jason tells him sometimes that there is no cure for a broken heart. He tries to tell himself that Elizabeth and the kids are better off without him. He gives Spinelli a pep talk by telling him that Logan is a screw up. In time, Logan will hurt Lulu and Spinelli needs to be there to stand by her. They are interrupted by Logan, who is looking for Lulu. Spinelli freaks out and wants to know what to know what Logan has done to her. He finally tells them about the fight, and Jason tells him to stay away from Lulu. 

As Liz and Lucky get the boys ready for the day, Jason shows up. He wants to talk to Lucky alone. Liz tells them to step outside. Jason wants to know if Lucky has heard from Lulu. Lucky asks if this is what he's using as an excuse to check on his wife. Jason explains what happened between Lulu and Logan. Lucky doesn't understand why Jason is so involved. Liz comes out and asks if something happened to Lulu. Jason explains again, and Lucky says he will call in a few favors to see if they can get started on a search for her. He goes to the station, while Liz gets on the phone trying to get more information. Emily shows up and reminds Liz that she and Lucky used to live on the streets. Lulu will be fine. Liz points out that she and Lucky had each other. Lulu is all alone. She tells Emily about Jason showing up. Emily wants to know how Lucky dealt with that. Liz says it was uncomfortable because she had put all her faith and trust in Jason for so long. She married Lucky when she was in love with Jason. Liz says that she misses the way she and Lucky used to be. Emily tells her she needs to take the final step. 

Jason returns home bearning food for Spinelli. He is excited to see the chips but Jason tells him that he also has to eat the sandwhich. Spinelli is having a meltdown and Jason assures him they are doing everything they can to find Lulu. Spinelli says it's not enough. He calls himself "the Grasshopper" and Jason tells him to stop and speaking Spinelli's lingo tells him he is "the Jackal" and Jason likes that term (not the grasshopper). This seems to focus Spinelli and reconfident he returns to track Lulu. They look for a security camera that might have footage of Lulu. They find an image of her crying on camera. She's hitchhiking. A car stops, she gets in, and they speed away. Jason runs a trace on the license plate. While they wait for the results, Jason tells Spinelli that Lulu and Carly are a lot alike. They both do bad things when they're upset, but there's nothing you can do to stop either one of them. The results from the license plate trace come back. The car is registered to Johnny Zucchara. Jason and Spinelli show up at Sonny's office to see him while he is talking to Diane about Kate's case. Spinelli goes off about Lulu being in danger from Johnny Zacchara and they need to find her before harm comes to her. Sonny can't understand what he is saying and asks Jason to translate for him. Jason tells him that Spinelli hacked into some surveillance cameras on his computer and they traced the car Lulu got into as belonging to Johnny Zacchara and they need Sonny to tell them what he knows about him. Sonny only knows that Johnny is Anthony's son. Diane reminds Sonny that Kate is going to be arrested soon and he will have to go now and see Kate before that happens. 

Meanwhile, Diane asks Epiphany, Elizabeth, and Emily to run interference with the reporters so that Kate can be released from the hospital and arrested without them seeing her. Diane notices Elizabeth is out in the hallway waiting for her cue to run interference. Diane raises her voice to be heard and yells at Mac for making Kate be escorted out the front entrance where all the reporters will be to harass her. Elizabeth, Emily, and Epiphany hold the reporters off by having all the breakfast trays and gurneys block the front of the elevators to keep the reporters from seeing Kate be escorted out by the police to the elevator. Their plan works. Emily and Elizabeth discuss Lulu's disappearance. Emily thinks that Lulu just took off because she is just like her father, Luke. Elizabeth is worried that Lulu will do something reckless and get herself in trouble. Elizabeth tells Emily about how Jason showed up at her house to talk to Lucky about Lulu's disappearance and how he got upset over Logan. She tells her that Lucky was very hostile toward him. Emily brings up the possibility that Jason may have wanted to have an excuse to come by the house to see her. 

Jason shows up at the police station with Johnny Zacchara's license plate number written on a piece of paper to give to Lucky, who is very hostile toward him and resents his involvement in searching for Lulu. Jason asks him if he wants the information or not. Lucky doesn't take it and tells him he will find the information on his own. Lucky gets into Jason's face about how he doesn't trust his motives in finding Lulu. Jason tells him that Lulu is his friend and wants to help find her. Lucky sees Sam walk into the police station and then he looks at Jason. He tells Jason that he and Logan have a lot in common, they both like to love them and leave them. Jason sees Sam when he leaves the room. He glares at her. Jason drags Trevor into Sonny's office at the coffee shop by gunpoint. He orders Trevor to tell him everything he knows about Johnny Zacchara. Trevor tells him that Johnny is crazy and that he witnessed his mother's murder at a young age. He warns Jason that if anything bad happens to Johnny, no one in Jason's family will be safe because Anthony cherishes his son very much. Jason really starts to worry about Lulu's safety. 

Jason shows up and grabs Logan and pulls him away from Spinelli. He yells at Logan to leave right now. Logan tells him that he can kill him if he wants to but he is still going to go look for Lulu. Spinelli gets a lead on Johnny's car. A cop finds the car abandoned off the highway and issues a parking ticket since the yellow car is parked in a no parking zone. Spinelli finds out about the ticket being issued to a car with the same license plate as Johnny's. Jason and Spinelli head out to find the car. They find the car abandoned also, however, Spinelli recognizes Lulu's necklace is lying broken on the passenger seat inside the car. Jason checks under the hood to see if the car has been disabled. They both hear Lulu's scream and run toward the source. Lulu runs into the barn and hides up in the hayloft. Johnny chases her inside the barn and notices a movement up in the hayloft. He smiles and yells to Lulu that he knows where she is because he can smell her. Johnny heads over to the hayloft and is ready to climb up it when Jason comes into the barn and takes his gun out and points it at Johnny and tells him to stop and put his hands up where he can see them. Spinelli runs into the barn and jumps in front of Jason and yells at Johnny to leave Lulu alone. This distracts Jason enough to give Johnny time to pull out his own gun. Jason tells him to drop his gun or he will shoot. Lulu jumps down from the hayloft and pleads for Jason not to shoot him. 

Lulu tells everyone to stop and Spinelli pulls her back with him. Jason holds a gun on Johnny. He tells Jason to go ahead and kill him. Lulu tries to reassure them that Johnny didn't do anything to her. They just broke down and spent the night there. Johnny called for help as soon as he found a phone. Johnny's guards show up and tell him that his father wants to see him now. Lulu is shocked to learn that Johnny has mob ties. He tells her it's his father's business, not his. Johnny tries to scare Jason by pulling a gun on him, but he's pulled off by his men. When Lulu, Spinelli, and Jason get back to the penthouse, Spinelli and Jason explain how everyone was looking for her after Logan's betrayal came out. She's mad at them because they embarrassed her by revealing her foolishness to everyone. Jason is concerned and asks for more details about her time with Johnny. After finding out that Lulu was back, Logan tries to visit her at the penthouse. Spinelli and Jason stop him from coming in. Lulu tells him she doesn't want to talk to him right now. After Logan leaves, Jason decides he wants to go back to the barn to check it out. While Spinelli and Lulu watch TV and eat cereal, she apologizes to him and thanks him for finding her. When Emily and Liz are about to get off work, they meet up to see if either one of them had heard from Lulu yet. Liz checks her messages and finds out that Lulu is in a barn. Liz decides to go get her. She shows up as Jason is there looking around. He apologizes for showing up at her place earlier. He comments on how big Jake is getting. He asks how she and Lucky are. She says that Lucky is sleeping with Sam. He apologizes and tells her that Sam knows he is Jake's father. Lulu decides to move in with Jason and Spinelli. Tracy and Edward try to bring her home, embarrassed to have her living with Jason. Edward would rather see her living in a room over Kelly's rather than get shot while living at Jason's. 

Jason informs a stunned Elizabeth that Sam and Amelia have both known for months that he is Jake's real father. Jason reveals to Elizabeth how Sam witnessed Jake's kidnapping and later hired the thugs who menaced the Spencer family in the park. Jason assures Elizabeth that Sam has been effectively muzzled. Later, Elizabeth and Jason exchange declarations of love. Robin confides to Elizabeth how much she misses Patrick since they broke up. Lucky and Elizabeth consider calling it quits. 

September 25 - Lucky tells Elizabeth that although he always believed that love would conquer all, it should not be this hard. He tells her that it's time to end their marriage. She agrees, and takes the blame for their problems. She admits that she re-married him even though she knew that what they had was over. He tells her that they will always be connected because of the children. Emily goes to see Elizabeth. When she suggests that Elizabeth and Jason now have a chance, Liz tells her it is not an option because of their incompatible lives. Later, Diane visits Liz in response to her message. She asks Diane to handle her divorce from Lucky. Spinelli tells Jason about the text message that Sonny received about Leticia's murder. Carly learns about Lucky and Elizabeth's divorce. She storms over to the penthouse and demands that Jason stay away from Liz. Lucky returns to the house, and Elizabeth tells him that Diane will be handling the divorce. She tells him that she and they boys will leave the next morning. 

Septemver 26 - Liz brings home boxes to pack up her things. When she sees Lucky, she tells him that she's leaving some clothes and toys for the boys when they come over. He's surprised that everything is moving so fast. She says their marriage has been over for awhile. They decide to talk to the boys together about the divorce. Liz tells him she's only going to take what she brought into the marriage, and he can see the kids any time he wants. Lucky holds Jake and talks to him, and Liz tells him she knows how much he loves the kids. She tells him she'll only be staying at Audrey's until she can find a place of her own. He tells her he will help her with alimony and child support. She says she told Diane that she doesn't want any money from him. He asks what kind of man he would be if he didn't take care of his boys. Liz goes to get Cameron and they both talk to him about mommy and daddy not living together anymore. He claps his hands when she tells him they are going to live with Gram. Lucky tells him he will always be loved, no matter what. 

Liz tells Emily that they broke the news together to Cameron. She doesn't know how much he understood. Emily reassures her and tells her that he knows both of his parents love him. She asks what is left to do. Liz tells her there's still the closet to clean out and she needs to decide what to leave there for the boys. Emily asks her if she's having second thoughts. Liz says she just hurts right now. She's packing up all the reminders of the dreams she and Lucky used to share. Its better that they're ending things now, though. There's nothing worse than lying to yourself that everything is ok when you know it's now. Emily decides to use that opportunity to talk to Liz about Nikolas. They both comment on his moodiness and anger. It must be the Cassadine genes. Liz tells him that Emily's love will get him through it. Emily says that it's important to have someone to rely on. She asks if she will be alright at Audrey's. Liz thinks Lucky will be keeping an eye on them. She's going to get her own place soon, though. It will be hard, because she doesn't have very much money. Emily offers to help out with money, but Liz declines. She tells her that she and Lucky already had that argument. She hopes that once the divorce is final, Lucky will stop feeling guilty and they can be parents together. Emily leaves to take a load over to Audrey's house. Lucky comes back and asks if there's anything he can do to help. Liz tells him that she left a pan in the oven for making brownies when the kids come over. He says it won't be the same. She says they won't know any different. He didn't think she would be gone so soon. She says she hopes he spends lots of time with Cameron. He will be confused. She asks to keep a set of keys if that's ok. He tells her no. He says don't go. 

Spinelli has prepared a strange breakfast, but doesn't let Jason have any of it. He explains that it's for Lulu. When Lulu comes downstairs, she opts for just coffee. He starts to get it for her, but she tells him to stay and talk to Jason while she gets it. Spinelli tells Jason that Lulu just isn't used to being pampered. Jason says that maybe Lulu just doesn't eat breakfast. Jason wants Spinelli to focus. They need to find out who killed Leticia. Spinelli mentions that it may be hard to do from the text messages. Lulu walks back in and asks if they're really getting text messages from the killer. Spinelli starts to talk, but Jason interrupts him and says that this doesn't concern Lulu. Lulu wonders aloud why the cops aren't involved. Jason says that Lulu is welcome to stay there but she can't ask any questions about the business. He also says that Spinelli can't tell her anything that will put her in danger. Spinelli tells Lulu to not ask questions and to not eavesdrop and she won't have to pay rent or go back to the Quartermaines. Lulu tells them they should know by now that she can keep her mouth shut. If she hears anything, her lips are sealed. When she leaves, Spinelli tells Jason that he traced the text messages back to Mike's phone. Jason leaves to go talk to Sonny and Spinelli sees that Lulu gets a text message. It's from Johnny. "You don't get rid of me that easy." Spinelli is stunned that she's still in communication with Johnny Zacchara. Jason won't be pleased about this. Lulu begs him not to tell. He says he can't let her charms get to him. He must tell Jason. It's too dangerous. She says she can't live there if he doesn't respect her privacy. If he doesn't promise not to tell Jason about the text messages, she's going to move out. 

When Jason gets to Sonny's office, he tells him about the text messages coming from Mike's phone. Sonny thinks Spinelli is on drugs. Jason explains that it's piggybacking. The messages didn't actually come from Mike's phone, but when traced, it appears that way. They talk about who it could be. Jason says that Johnny acts like he has a death wish. Sonny thinks it could be Trevor. Jason goes home and tells Spinelli to keep trying to find out who is responsible for the text messages. He tells him to hack into whoever is close to Zacchara. Spinelli hesitates, which causes Jason to get suspicious. Spinelli won't spill Lulu's secret, though. She comes in and tells Jason that she has been texting Johnny and that she asked Spinelli to keep it a secret. Jason tells her that she doesn't get to use Spinelli's feelings against him. Jason takes the phone and asks Spinelli if Lulu's text messages are from the same phone the messages about Leticia were from. Lulu asks if they think Johnny killed Leticia. 

Lucky has second thoughts about the divorce and suggests to Elizabeth that she and the boys stay. Elizabeth is surprised by his change of heart and tells him that she doesn't think it is a good idea for them to stay and work on a marriage that is over. Lucky tells her that he can move out and she and the boys can stay and live in the house. Elizabeth turns down his offer and tells him that this home belongs in his family and he should live there. Lucky tells her that he has always wanted her to be happy. Emily shows up and asks Elizabeth if she is done packing and ready to leave. Elizabeth tells her she is ready and they drive off. Lucky watches them leave and can't help but be sad. Emily helps Elizabeth with her things and getting moved in with Audrey. Elizabeth is still sad about the divorce and feels like a failure. Emily tries to reassure her that she isn't a failure because her marriage to Lucky failed. Elizabeth can't believe that she has so little belongings left from her marriage and doesn't know what she is going to do next. Emily tells her that she should think about being with Jason now that she is divorcing Lucky since he makes her happy. Elizabeth tells her she can't be with Jason because it wouldn't be safe for her children. Elizabeth plays with the baby and tells him she will take care of him from now on and make sure he is always safe. 

Spinelli obsesses about why Lulu wouldn't eat the breakfast he made her. Jason tells him that he doesn't want him to get hurt by hoping that if Lulu lives with them long enough she will fall in love with him. Spinelli tells him that he hopes that would happen but that he is happy with her just living with them. Sonny shows up at Jason's place and orders Spinelli to leave the room. Spinelli tries to tell him he is working on the text message for him. Sonny doesn't care and tells him to leave. Spinelli refers to Sonny as the "Godfather" which irritates Sonny, who asks him not to call him that ever again. Spinelli leaves the penthouse. Sonny tells Jason about his argument with Carly and how she is being really stubborn about leaving her house to take the boys with her to live with him. Jason tells him that Carly has a right to decide how she wants to be protected and that she knows she needs to be safe. Sonny disagrees with Jason and tells him that he may want to keep his son away from him to keep him safe but he wants his boys with him right now. 

Carly gets scared when she comes into the living room and finds the front door is ajar. She closes the door and locks it and jumps out of her skin when she sees someone in her house. She realizes it is Jason but gives him hell for scaring her like that. Jason tells her he was doing that to prove a point to her, that she isn't safe at the house. Carly guesses right when she tells him that she figured Sonny would go running to him to complain about her and how he would order him to come talk some sense into her to persuade her to move herself and the boys into Sonny's mansion. Jason asks her how she thinks she is safe. Carly tells him that Jax is going to take care of her and the boys. Jason tells her he doesn't see Jax around so he wonders how he is protecting her and the boys. She tells him about how Jax sent a message to Zacchara, threatening to get the IRS involved in investigating his shady business. Jason points out that Jax's plan will only anger Zacchara more and won't hold him off for long before he targets her and the boys again. Carly tells him she is staying at home. Jason tells her he will come around more often and check on her and the boys. Carly tells him he can come over and hang out at the house anytime he wants to. However, she gets him angry when she tells him that if he comes to her house more then Elizabeth won't get the chance to come to his penthouse and try to claim him now that she is divorcing Lucky. Jason keeps his mouth shut at first until Carly goes on about how Elizabeth will try to use her baby to get to him. Jason yells at Carly to shut up about Elizabeth and to never talk about Elizabeth like that again. He tells her that he would love it if he could have someone like Elizabeth and her boys to come home to but he can't because he could never put them in danger like that. Carly is left speechless after hearing Jason reveal his feelings for Elizabeth. Emily accompanies Elizabeth as she goes hunting for a new home. 

Trevor stops by Carly's house to warn her to keep Lulu away from Johnny Zacchara because he is very unpredictable and dangerous. Jason shows up at Carly's house and tells Trevor to talk to him or Sonny if he has any questions or concerns about Johnny and leave Carly out of it. Trevor tells Jason that he just came by to warn Carly to keep Lulu away from Johnny because of his unpredictable behavior. Jason tells him he understands his concerns about Johnny and they will keep everyone away from him. After Trevor leaves, Jason asks Carly what she did to bring Trevor over to her house to warn her. Carly denies doing anything but Jason doesn't quite believe she is telling him everything. (This confrontation is continued onto the start of the next edit, Jason & Liz #9). 

**The End**