Jason is a bit banged up, but not badly. AJ's back is badly damaged. Monica is stunned that AJ shot his own father and kidnapped Michael. Sonny and Carly find Michael, but he hates them and won't go with them. He does consent to go with Reese. She plays him the tape AJ faked. AJ vows to make Courtney's life miserable and mouths off to Sonny. Michael continues to reject his parents. Monica tells both her sons she loves them. Alan asks Jason to not kill AJ, however everyone else does offer to kill him.
Jason: You want to shoot me? Make you feel like a man, like you finally won? Go ahead. A.J.: You don't think I will? You underestimate me. Jason: Go ahead. I'm willing to die if it means you never get near Michael again. Do it, A.J. Shoot me! Michael: No! Let me go! Monica: Oh, my God! Reese: Stop! Carly: Are you crazy? You could hit Jason! Michael: No! Carly: Jason! Sonny: No, Carly, Carly -- Monica: Sonny, stop. Reese: We need an ambulance at the Quartermaine mansion -- Monica: Jason, don't move. Reese: At 66 Harbor Road. Jason: I'm okay. Reese: Two men have fallen from a second-story landing. Sam: Here, I got him. Monica: Help him up. Okay. Sonny: You got it? Come on. A.J.: My back. That bastard broke my back. Monica: Don't move, A.J., don't move. An ambulance is on its way. Carly: Michael, no! A.J.: He's not coming back. [SCENE_BREAK] Emily: Okay. Okay, come on, Dad, stay with me here. An ambulance should be here any minute. Okay. Can anyone hear me? I need help! Okay, come on, Dad. Come on. [SCENE_BREAK] Monica: Just lie still, A.J. Any movement at all and you could suffer serious -- A.J.: It hurts. Monica: I know. Jason: I'm okay. Sam: Are you sure? Paramedic: Is this the gunshot victim? Monica: No, there's no gunshot victim here. My sons fell off the railing. Paramedic: We're responding to a 911 regarding a male, late 50s, shot in the back, ma'am. Monica: What? Oh, my God -- Alan. A.J., how could you? Come with me. Paramedic: All right. Emily: Somebody get down here! I need help! Okay, Daddy, you're going to be all right. Okay? Monica: Emily, we're coming! Emily: Mom, we're over here! Monica: My God, Alan. Alan. Alan -- Paramedic: Ma'am, we'll take it from here. Monica: What? Paramedic: We'll take it from here. Monica: All right. Oh, my God, are you all right, Emily? Emily: I am, Mom, I'm fine. He was shot in the back -- Monica: Oh -- Emily: Just below the ribs. I was staunching the wound and he got a pain in his chest and he passed out. Monica: Oh. You did just fine, you did fine, sweetie. Emily: Okay. Mom, he has to be all right. Monica: He will be. He has to be, Emily. He has to for us. Paramedic: Okay, we're getting a pulse. Monica: Oh, my God. Oh, God. [SCENE_BREAK] A.J.: Who are you? Reese: I'm a Fed. A.J.: How about a little help here? Reese: I'm sorry, I wish I could, but there's nothing I can do. The medical team, including your mother, have asked us not to move you because there might be spinal cord damage. So you just stay put. A.J.: I don't have a choice. Reese: Jason, I need you to walk me through all the events that happened leading up to the fall. Sam: Well, it's obvious what happened. A.J. shot his father and then tried to kill Jason. Reese: Sam, I would prefer to hear it from Jason, all right? Come on. Fine, you can wait for your lawyer. You can wait to talk to me. You know, I know this is really a difficult concept for you to grasp here, Jason, but you're not a suspect. You're actually the one that rescued Michael from the kidnapper. Jason: A.J., you are nothing. [SCENE_BREAK] Carly: Michael? Michael, we know you're here. Please come out. We want to explain what happened. Sonny: Hey. Sonny: Okay. You got to understand what's going on here, okay, buddy? A.J. and Jason were fighting because A.J. was trying to shoot Jason. Michael: Liar! Sonny: Jason was just trying to get the gun away. Michael: Jason's bad, just like you. He only tried to kill my dad because you ordered him to. [SCENE_BREAK] Jax: Hey, we just picked up your message. Courtney: Yeah, we were in the Dominican Republic. What's going on? Ric: Yeah, my reasons for bringing you here are irrelevant at this point. The situation has dramatically changed in the past few minutes. A.J. is indeed alive. So is Michael. He's had him the whole time. They've been hiding out at the Quartermaine mansion. Apparently, A.J. went on some sort of a rampage, somebody was shot, and one person is critical. [SCENE_BREAK] Steven: Status. Paramedic: Stable. Pulse is steady, he's breathing on his own. Steven: All right, we're prepping a trauma room. It'll take a few minutes. Monica: You've had a rough hour or so, Alan, but you're going to be fine. You have to be or I'll never forgive you. Alan: I have to see -- Monica: No, no, you don't have to talk, don't. Alan: I have to see A.J. [SCENE_BREAK] Reese: Alan Quartermaine Jr., you are under arrest for kidnapping, conspiracy, attempted murder. Skye: My God, what happened? Jason: A.J. shot Alan and he tried to shoot me. We fought, we flew over the railing, and A.J. broke his back. Reese: You also have the right to an attorney. If you cannot afford one, one will be appointed for you. Do you understand these rights as I have stated them to you? Skye: You shot your father? Kidnapped Michael? You held that little boy all this time and made the people who love him think he was dead? A.J., my God, what happened to you? A.J.: What happened to you? I trusted you. You betrayed me. Skye: It's not betrayal to stop a monster, A.J. And that's what you've become. I don't even know you anymore. [SCENE_BREAK] Sonny: I swear to you, Michael, as God is my witness, I did not order Jason to kill A.J. Jason didn't have the gun. A.J. had the gun. You got to know how much A.J. hates Jason. Michael: A.J.'s not bad, you are! You stole me from my real dad! Sonny: I was trying to protect you, buddy. Michael: You hung A.J. on a meat hook! Then you made him sign me away, didn't you? Didn't you? Sonny: There was more to it! Michael: I hate you! I want my real dad! Carly: Michael, you don't understand. Reese: Michael. Do you remember me? Agent Marshall from the F.B.I.? Michael: My dad fell. Do you know if he's all right? Reese: A.J. is on his way to the hospital. He's alive, but he hurt his back. Michael: Does that mean we can't go on our trip? Reese: I don't think A.J.'s going to be traveling very soon. Michael: What's going to happen to me? Reese: I'll tell you what -- why don't you let me take you to the hospital, too, all right? You've been through a lot. I think you probably need to nee your doctor. Hey, and along the way we can talk and I'll answer your questions, okay? Michael: Okay, I'll go with you. I'm not going with them. [SCENE_BREAK] Reese: Hey. Dr. O'Donnell: Hi, Michael. Remember me? I'm Dr. O'Donnell. I'm going to take you for a quick exam just to make sure you're okay. Reese: You go ahead, Michael. I'll answer all your questions after Dr. O'Donnell finishes your checkup, okay? Ric: How is he? Reese: Traumatized, possibly suffering from Stockholm syndrome. Sonny: Is that where the hostage bonds with the kidnapper? Reese: Yeah, it's a typical reaction, especially in children. They're much more easily manipulated. Carly: God, I hate that psycho for what he did to my son. Sonny: What do we need to do for Michael? Reese: All right, well, at the moment, you need to give him his space. We have to debrief him. You know, we're going to present him with facts, we're going to try to lead him to the realization that A.J. tricked him, but you need to be prepared. It's going to take time for Michael to understand, and even longer for him to trust you again. [SCENE_BREAK] Steven: What have we got? Paramedic: Fall victim, trauma to the back. He's complaining of intense and constant pain. No known allergies. Steven: Okay. A.J.: Alan Quartermaine? Steven: Yeah. A.J.: My father? Steven: Yeah, he's stable. He's going to require surgery. The bullet lodged itself in a relatively low-risk place, there's minimal bleeding, so we can afford to wait. A.J.: I need to see him. Steven: Well, right now you have to remain immobile. Otherwise, you could hurt yourself. It's for your own protection, and I'm going to see about getting you a room. [SCENE_BREAK] Emily: Jase, are you okay? Jason: I'm just banged up a little bit. Monica: What about Michael? Has anyone seen him? Sam: Well, Carly and Sonny went after Michael, but I'm sure he won't get far. [SCENE_BREAK] A.J.: Hey. Orderly: Yeah? A.J.: Dr. Alan Quartermaine, he's my father. Orderly: Yeah, he's actually right over there. A.J.: Yeah? Could you take me to him? Orderly: Yeah, sure. I don't see why not. No problem. A.J.: Oh, thanks. Orderly: You bet. A.J.: Dad. I'm so sorry. Alan: Why, A.J.? Why did you shoot me? A.J.: I don't know. I -- I panicked. It was an accident. Alan: No, it wasn't. A.J.: Dad, Dad, don't do this, okay? Don't -- don't shut me out. I need you. Okay, I need your help. If the police start asking questions, just tell them Jason shot you. Alan: Emily saw what happened. A.J.: Yeah, but the police and everyone knows that she'll do anything to protect her golden boy. Hey, but if we tell the same story, the police will believe us and I could get this all on track and I can make this all work out. Alan: No, A.J. No more lies, no more covering. You did this. Face the consequences. [SCENE_BREAK] Courtney: They just admitted A.J. to the E.R. I'm going to go see him. Jax: Uh-uh, no, it's a bad idea. Courtney: Jax, A.J. deliberately set out to ruin my life. He has to answer for that. Jax: I know, but what do you expect him to do, apologize? Offer you some lame explanation? And then so what if he does. Does it really matter? A.J. has been rendered inconsequential. Okay, you maybe have to testify at his trial, but other than that, you never have to see him again. Courtney: Yes, I do, Jax, one last time. [SCENE_BREAK] Dr. O'Donnell: Physically, Michael is in good shape. Any drugs he may have been given are out of his system. There's no indication of bruising or any other trauma. Carly: No, A.J. didn't hit Michael. He just deliberately set out to break his heart. Dr. O'Donnell: I realize this is difficult for you to hear, but Michael's very confused at the moment, and I strongly advise you to keep your distance while he's trying to process what he's been through. [SCENE_BREAK] Reese: As a federal agent, it's my job to gather facts, so I'm going to give them to you, okay -- the facts. Michael: Okay. Reese: Okay, now, you already know that Faith Rosco kidnapped you, Morgan, and Kristina, right? But what we found out later was that A.J. paid Faith to carry out the kidnappings, and we have proof, Michael. We have bank records that show money transfers. Michael: A.J. rescued me. He was going to give me back to Sonny, but Sonny didn't want me. Reese: No, Michael, that's not true. Michael: I talked to him. Reese: See this tape? This is a copy of a tape that we found. The F.B.I. found it at A.J.'s house in the Bahamas, okay? It's Sonny's voice and he's saying some negative things, but he's not talking about you or to you. A.J. just made you think that he was. I'll play it for you if you want to hear it, okay? Sonny's voice: I thought this was settled. You deal with it. I don't owe him anything. I don't want to have to keep saying this. It's done. Go away. I mean it; I never want to see you again. Reese: Is that what you heard when you asked Sonny if you could come home? Michael: Yeah. Reese: It was a trick, sweetheart. Your parents never said that they didn't want you. Your dad and mom love you so much. They never stopped. [SCENE_BREAK] Carly: I don't care what Dr. O'Donnell said. We're Michael's parents. We should be the ones explaining it to him. Sonny: According to A.J., we're a bunch of thieves and liars. Hope to God that fall killed that son of a bitch! That way we don't have to think about him again. Ric: Sonny, if A.J. survives, he's going to pay for what he's done. I'll see to it that he's brought up on multiple charges and convicted. He will be locked away for the rest of his life. Sonny: I hope he will. Elizabeth: Excuse me. Ric, I thought you'd want to know A.J. survived the fall. He's downstairs in the E.R. and he's conscious. [SCENE_BREAK] Sam: You know what, Jason? This is ridiculous. You are sitting in here in pain and your wrist is probably broken. You could have internal injuries or a concussion, and nobody has even bothered to look at you. Jason: It's no big deal. The doctors will get to me when they -- Sam: No, it is a big deal, and I'm going to handle it. Jason: Sam -- I'm fine. Sam: Jason, when I watched you fall through that railing, my heart stopped. And it didn't start beating again until I saw you get up, and those were the most terrifying moments of my life so far. Thinking that I had lost you forever, I just -- Jason: I'm -- I'm not going anywhere. Sam: I love you, Jason. I love you so much. Courtney: Hey. Guys -- look, I know that A.J. was just admitted. Ric said that he went on some kind of a rampage? Jason: Yeah, he shot Alan and he tried to kill me. We fought, we went through the railing. Steven: Hey, I thought you might want an update on A.J.'s condition. There was a spinal fracture, but there's no indication of any spinal cord damage. He'll have to be mobilized during the recovery process, but I do anticipate a full recovery. Sam: That figures. Courtney: Does A.J. know it yet? Steven: I was actually just on my way to tell him. Courtney: No, you know what? I'll do it. I was going to stop in to see him anyway. Steven: It's trauma room one. Jason: How's Michael? Sonny: Doctor's checking him out. Physically he's fine. Agent Marshall is debriefing him right now. Mentally, though, you know, A.J. messed with his head a lot. They want me and Carly to keep our distance so he can process -- what's going on? What's going on here? Jason: Dr. Webber thinks that A.J. is going to make a full recovery. [SCENE_BREAK] Courtney: I just spoke with Steven. Says you're going to be as good as new. A.J.: What can I say? I'm resilient. Courtney: You are the same loser you have always been. A.J.: I didn't lose this time. I won. My son loves me, accepts me as his father. He'll step up in my defense. Then I'll be exonerated for whatever trumped-up charges you people are trying to bring against me. And then I will take my son, we'll go away, you'll never find us. Courtney: A.J., you are delusional if you think you're going to walk away from this. You faked your own murder and you tried to frame me for it. A.J.: Yeah, ingenious, if I do say so myself. Courtney: You hired Faith to kidnap three children! A.J.: I kept the one that's mine, the one who was stolen from me in the first place. Courtney: You know, you are going to just rot in prison at the very least. If there is any justice at all, you will get the death sentence that you deserve. And you know what? In the meantime, A.J., I am going to marry the love of my life. A.J.: Really? Courtney: Yeah, really. Jax and I just got back from the Dominican Republic. You and I are divorced for real this time. So it's just like I said, A.J. -- you are the loser. I'm free, Michael is back where he belongs, and you -- you are stuck here in this bed with a broken back with nothing to look forward to except the rest of your life behind bars. A.J.: Yeah, "free." You will never be free. You betrayed me by sleeping with my brother. As far as I'm concerned, you haven't even begun to pay for that. You will never live in peace, Courtney, ever. Wherever I am, as long as I am alive, I will find a way to make your life a living hell. [SCENE_BREAK] Reese: Is there anything else you want to know? Anything you don't understand? Michael: Is Sonny bad? Reese: No, Michael. Sonny is a good man and a fantastic father. He loves you, and so does Carly. You must be exhausted. I'm going to get out of here. Now, I'm sure you have a lot to think about, but get some rest, too, okay? Michael: Agent Marshall? Thanks. Reese: Anytime. [SCENE_BREAK] Carly: Finally. What happened? Did you make Michael understand? Reese: I think we made a start. Carly: I'm going to go get him. Reese: I would not advise it. Carly: I already got this lecture from Dr. O'Donnell. Reese: Well, then pay attention, because that little boy is in a lot of pain. Carly: Which is exactly why he needs to see his mother. Reese: Michael formed an emotional attachment to A.J. It doesn't matter that it was based on lies. He needs time to think things through and to come up with his own conclusions. You need to give him his space. Carly: I'm not going to let Michael spend one more second believing A.J. is anything other than a lying pig. He never wanted him. All he wants is to spite me and Sonny, to punish me for taking Michael away from him. A.J. has to be stopped, or he's going to do the whole thing all over again. He doesn't care who he hurts. Even innocent children like Morgan and Kristina. All A.J. cares about is getting Michael. And Michael believed it all, all of A.J.'s lies. [SCENE_BREAK] A.J.: You got it all wrong, okay? I did not kidnap Michael. I got a call from Sonny, said he'd rescued his other kids, and he didn't want Michael so he sent him to me. Ric: Okay. You can sell that load of crap to a 9-year-old and expect him to believe it, but nobody else will, A.J., okay? Certainly not me. You paid Faith Rosco to kidnap three children so that you could camouflage your own theft of Michael. A.J.: Faith -- we went out a couple of times, but I never did any business with Faith. Ric: Yeah. A.J.: Look, Ric, I did not kidnap my son. The only reason we came back to Port Charles is because he was feeling homesick. And you know what? So was I. We were at my parents' house; Jason breaks in and threatens to kill me, so why don't you talk to him? I've done nothing wrong. Ric: Okay, I see what you're doing. You can put together your insanity defense all day long, A.J. You can pretend to plead diminished capacity and expect to get a slap on the wrist, but I'm here to tell you it's not going to happen. You are responsible for kidnapping three children, including Kristina, my niece and stepdaughter, and no fabricated insanity defense is going to keep me from making you pay. [SCENE_BREAK] Ric: He's going to try and build an insanity defense, make himself look like the victim. Sam: Well, yeah, that is such an obvious lie. Ric: Yeah, well, we all know that, but A.J.'s got a lot of money. He could put together a dream team of attorneys and expert witnesses. Sonny: Mm-hmm. Ric: He's had a history of emotional problems his whole life. He could pull it off. Reese: I think I may have gotten through to Michael. He's still fragile and confused. He's going to need some time to deal with what happened. What's going on here? Sonny: A.J.'s playing crazy. Reese: Insanity defense? Ric: Yeah. We need to start putting together our case. Reese: So that means we're going to need Michael's testimony. Sonny: Nope. My son's been through enough pain. Michael is not going to go through one more minute of pain. Carly: Reese and Dr. O'Donnell told me to wait, but I can't. He doesn't need time to process; he needs to know his family loves him. Courtney: Carly, look, you -- you have the best maternal instincts of anyone I have ever seen. I say trust them. Carly: Thank you. [SCENE_BREAK] Carly: Michael. It's okay. Mom loves you. [SCENE_BREAK] A.J.: Hmm. Well, must be my lucky day. The man himself. Hey, how's my son, by the way? Tell you to go to hell yet? He will. He knows the truth. I've educated him. Sonny: Is that right? A.J.: He knows what a piece of garbage you are, that I am his real -- his only -- father. Go ahead, Sonny. Kill me. Prove me right. Come on. Push Michael further away. Come here, come closer. Come on. Who's on the meat hook now? How's it feel? Sonny: A little boy is scared and confused upstairs in a room, crying his eyes out. You're proud of yourself? You think you beat me if all it cost was a child's faith and sense of security? Who cares, right? You got what you wanted, right? A.J.: I told my son the truth. Sonny: You mean my son? Is that what you're talking about? Named for me, raised by me? A.J.: Stolen by you. Sonny: I never stole him. I never stole Michael. I saved him. And I'll go on saving him, no matter what it takes. You are never going to go anywhere near my son again. I promise you that, on my mother's soul. [SCENE_BREAK] Sam: Hey, hey, is there anything I can get you? Water, something to eat or anything? Jason: I just -- I want to know how Michael's doing. Could you check on him for me? Sam: Yeah. Yeah, okay. Jason: Thanks. Sam: Okay. Monica: I realized something pretty awful tonight. Jason: What's that? Monica: I watched you and A.J. fighting, and then when you both sailed through that railing, it dawned on me that A.J. came back here mainly just to kill you. Jason: Well, he didn't. Monica: Jason, it just breaks my heart. All those years lost because of A.J.'s jealousy and because -- because your father and I have failed as parents. Jason: Monica, you -- you guys did the best you could. Monica: Well, thank you for saying that. I don't think A.J. ever quite understood that best went for him, too. But I want you to know I love both of my sons. I always have and I always will. [SCENE_BREAK] Steven: We're getting ready to move you up to a hospital bed. Monica: Steven, I'd like a moment alone. Steven: Sure thing. Monica: Thank you. A.J.: Mom, if you don't mind, I really don't want to hear about how disappointed you are. Monica: That's not what I came to say. I just told Jason that I love you both. And I do. Emily: Jase, have you seen the doctor? Jason: Ah, you know, they're busy. Some other people hurt a lot worse than I do. It's fine. Emily: Can you believe any of this? Yeah, don't answer that. I'm sure you can. You knew what A.J. was capable of all along. Jason: I believed that Michael was gone. Emily, it took me too long to find him. I gave A.J. so much time to tell his lies, and to hurt Michael. Emily: Dad had a heart attack, A.J.! Did you know that? After you shot him in the back and you walked away! Or maybe his heart just broke. Maybe you just truly broke his heart. Jason: Emily, don't waste your breath on him. A.J.: Ah, golden boy. Looks like you're losing your touch. I'm still alive. Well, maybe next time, huh? I'll tell you what; I wouldn't mind dying if I knew you'd spend the rest of your life in prison. Emily: Shut up, A.J.! I just wish you were dead! Monica: Okay, get him out of here. Get him out. Emily, Emily -- Emily, it's okay. It's all right. It's okay. It's okay. It's all right. [SCENE_BREAK] Sonny: It's okay, it's okay. Hey, buddy. Ah. You've been through a lot, huh? Must be scared, a little confused, huh? Sometimes -- sometimes when things are getting to you, you know, you feel it's a lot easier and safer to go inside yourself. Believe me, buddy, I know what that's about. So does your mother. But you know what? We're here, okay? We love you very much. And we're going to be here whenever you decide that you need us, okay? Okay? [SCENE_BREAK] Sam: How's Michael? Courtney: Not good. [SCENE_BREAK] Rachel: Could you just give us a minute? Thank you. Orderly: All right. A.J.: Rachel. Rachel: Hello, A.J. A.J.: Oh, it's so good to see you. Rachel: Well, I find that hard to believe, since I'm the one who told the police you were still alive. A.J.: You have a chance to redeem yourself. Rachel: Excuse me? A.J.: Look, just tell the police that you helped me fake my death -- because I was afraid of Sonny, I knew he was looking for me, and if he found me he'd kill me. Rachel: Oh, you can't be serious. A.J.: I'll make it well worth your while. Rachel: A.J., I almost ruined my life because of you, and now you want me to do it again? Read my lips, A.J. -- never. A.J.: You might -- [A.J. groans] A.J.: Want to readjust your attitude. Otherwise, I'll have to make a full confession, make you my accomplice -- not only with faking my death, but with the kidnappings, as well. Steven: Rachel, what are you doing? You're not supposed to be anywhere near this man. You're a doctor. You know that any excess movement, too much movement can cause permanent spinal damage. Mr. Quartermaine, when I said "immobile," I meant it. So I'm going to have to tie you down to the bed -- A.J.: Don't do that. Steven: For your own protection. You don't have a choice. If you're not immobilized, you could move the wrong way and you could paralyze yourself. [SCENE_BREAK] Jason: Monica said you wanted to see me. Alan: I want to apologize to you for helping A.J. It was wrong and I'm terribly sorry. But he's my son and I love him. I don't want him to die. Jason: What do you want from me? Alan: You were my son once, as well, Jason. I want you to promise me that you won't kill your brother. [SCENE_BREAK] Carly: I was so pleased to hear you're going to live. A.J.: Yeah, right. Carly: No, I mean it. Now I'll have the satisfaction of killing you myself. Carly: There's nothing lower on this earth than a child abuser, and that's what you are, A.J. You tortured my son and you broke his spirit. A.J.: I told him the truth. Michael is my son and you stole him from me. Carly: You stole him. You kidnapped him, you sick freak. And Michael has the strength of both his mother and his father -- and that's Sonny, by the way. And no matter how many times you knock Michael down, he's going to get back up -- just like me, just like Sonny, unlike you. Because you know what, A.J.? You're not going to get out of this bed. A.J.: Doctors say I'll make a full recovery. The first thing I'm going to do is petition the court for visitation. I'm back in my son's life, and I'm not going anywhere. Carly: You are so pathetic. I mean, you're inflicting your twisted self on my child? A.J.: Our child. Carly: He's not your child and he never will be, and I'm going to make sure of that. You're going to lie here in the middle of the night, and I'm going to come in here and I'm going to end it once and for all. You're not going to cause any more damage, A.J. You're going to die here. And no one's going to miss you. Least of all, Michael. Elizabeth: A.J., I have an -- A.J.: Liz, is that you? She just threatened to kill me. Carly: No, don't believe him. I was actually just thanking him for having a change of heart and bringing Michael back to us. Elizabeth: Yeah, well, either way you're going to have to leave because Dr. Webber has ordered an injection for A.J. to sleep. A.J.: No, no, no. Liz, no. No sedatives. Elizabeth: Sorry, doctor's orders. Carly: Sweet dreams, A.J. [SCENE_BREAK] Monica: Alan? Monica: I see A.J. in you when you're sleeping. Our son was such a beautiful little boy. [SCENE_BREAK] Elizabeth: Hey. Emily: Elizabeth, how's A.J.? Elizabeth: Well, he's sleeping with the help of a sedative. He didn't want it, but Steven insisted. Emily: Yeah, well, I know I'm supposed to love him, but after what he did, I honestly wish that he'd died in that fall. [Pager beeps] Elizabeth: Em, I don't have to take this if you want to sit and talk. Emily: No, no, no. No, no, it's okay. You go ahead. I should probably get back to my father anyway. Elizabeth: Okay. [SCENE_BREAK] Courtney: He was smiling, Jax. I mean, gloating about framing me and stealing Michael, threatening me even now. He's just -- he's evil. He is. He should be put down like a rabid dog. Jax: All right, you know what? There's -- there's no point in hanging around here, hating on A.J., so let me take you home, okay? Courtney: No. You go. I'm -- I'm going to go sit with Michael. [SCENE_BREAK] Jason: Hey, what happened? Sam: Hey. Jason: What? Sam: Michael is totally withdrawn, Jason. Sonny and Carly were in there with him and he was just staring. It's terrible. It's -- Jason: You know, I -- I think I could use some water. Sam: Are you okay? Jason: Yeah, yeah. Could you get it for me? Sam: Yeah. [SCENE_BREAK] Sonny: I know what it's like to get trapped inside yourself, in a place of fear. That's where Michael is now. And A.J. put him there. Reese: Well, we're going to do everything we can to build a case against A.J., Sonny, despite this insanity nonsense. Sonny: It helps to know that. [SCENE_BREAK] A.J.: I've got something I want to say. [NEXT_ON] Emily: I just got this terrible feeling that something bad had happened. Sam: You went to see A.J.? Jason: I don't want to talk about A.J. again. Jax: I thought you went to see Michael. Where'd you go? Reese: You feeling better now? Sonny: Yeah, I got it under control.