This week in Port Charles, Sonny said the word murder out loud for what felt like the first time, Jason stood on a roof in broad daylight and had to stand down when Brennan walked into the line of sight, and Cullum went to Marco's office alone, in gloves, with a gun. Every scene Marco had felt like a goodbye. Britt confirmed Faison had four children, with the fourth still unnamed. Ric told Elizabeth she is the only reason he wants to build a life here, Lucas pulled her aside at dinner and encouraged her to follow her heart, and she went back to the table. When Ric started to tell her the truth about the detox, she stopped him.

Elsewhere, Stella pushed Jordan into a pregnancy test before she was ready, Cody showed up at Molly's with a basket after she asked for space, Olivia called a family meeting over Jacinda that Michael shut down in about thirty seconds, and Lulu's romantic dinner for Nathan ended with burned chicken and James mispronouncing charcuterie. Brook Lynn and Chase named the abandoned baby Phoebe and want to keep her, which is not how the system works. On Thursday we are starting our Ric and Elizabeth retrospective, Part One covering the end of 2002 through spring 2004. If you want to understand why we keep saying these two cannot simply pick back up where they left off, this is the episode.

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