Ep. #10756

Reese is ready for a fight with Sonny but receives another surprise instead. AJ keeps playing mind games with Michael. Stan has information for Jason regarding Michael. Courtney informs Jax the truth about Rachel. Ric won't back Alexis' plan to get full custody of Kristina. Alan makes a confession to Ric and Alexis after speaking with Emily.

Ep. #10757

Sam and Jason look at the picture of the 'dead' Michael on Jason's laptop and Jason becomes convinced Michael is still alive when he notices that his eyes aren't completely closed, and his pupils aren't dilated. Ric tries to play peacemaker with Sonny, but when Alexis and Sonny run into each other, they can't keep the claws from coming out. Steven and Mac worry about Rachel's condition, especially since she hasn't woken up yet, as Courtney and Jax search lawyer Martin Roth's office for information.

Ep. #10759

Sonny and Alexis receive their psychiatric evaluations. The judge dismisses Alexis' appeal and allows Sonny continued access to Kristina. Alexis warns Sonny she'll stop at nothing to keep Kristina away from him. AJ comes across the letter Michael wrote to Carly. AJ convinces Michael that he gave the letter to the postman, but then destroys it without Michael's knowledge.
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Ep. #10761

Sonny makes the wrong conclusion about Reese but Carly later sets him straight. Sonny notices that Alan's drunk and acting very ungentlemanly towards Reese. Carly tells Alcazar she thinks Michael is alive. Jason and Sam are unaware how close Michael really is. Jax promises to expose Rachel's crimes and turns to Skye for help. Mac listens to Skye telling Courtney she won't say anything to the police.

Ep. #10762

Sonny's accusation hurts Reese. Sonny later thinks that maybe Reese has been trying to protect him. Reese discovers something startling about Durant, who catches her snooping. Michael calls AJ's bluff and goes to the car that's waiting to take him to the airport. Sam tells Carly that she and Jason know Michael is alive.
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Ep. #10763

Sonny lets Jason know he doesn't know whether or not he can trust Reese. Durant grows increasingly suspicious of Reese. Sonny apologizes to Reese, who then admits she has feelings for him. Reese tells him she is going to request to be transferred. She then gives Sonny the videotape incriminating Jason in the shootings.

Ep. #10767

Reese opens up to Sonny about the death of her son, Jamie, and admits to him that she has searched so hard for Michael because losing him is like losing Jamie all over again. Monica surprises her family by announcing that she is putting the house on the market. After finding a despondant Alan on the hospital roof, Courtney blurts out that A.J. is alive. Jason and Sam arrive at A.J.'s island home, and find one of Michael's videogames.

Ep. #10768

Jason and Sam continue to search A.J.'s home, unaware that he spotted them and has returned to Port Charles with Michael. Jason is horrified to read Michael's letter, realising how much A.J. has tried to warp him. Carly spies on Reese and Sonny about to make love and, in her attempt to flee the estate, trips the alarm. Unfortunately, Max reports her to Sonny. After talking with Courtney about why she believes A.J. is alive, Alan admits just how closer to suicide he actually came. Monica refuses to believe. Ric asks Alcazar to help him out by giving him any evidence he has that can bring down Durant.

Ep. #10769

Carly tries to convince Sonny that Reese is just using him, but he accuses her of being jealous. He initially resists when she tries to tell him Michael is alive, but finally accepts the truth and vows to bring the boy home. Alan is happy to see A.J. alive, and agrees to hide him and Michael in the attic. A.J. warns Alan that Jason'll kill him if he finds him, and begs Alan to help him and Michael leave the country. Georgie tries again to convince Dillon to go to film school. When Morgan is fussy, Reese takes him from Max and calms him down.

Ep. #10772

Things come to a head at the mansion. Emily confronts A.J. with her disgust at his actions and when he turns on her, Alan steps in, finally realising that A.J. needs help. When Alan tries to get him that help, A.J. shoots him in the back, then confronts Jason. The two brothers both go over the stairs. Carly and Sonny plead with Michael to believe that they love him and would never given him away, but Michael still insists that Morgan is more important, and takes off. Courtney is upset when one of Jax's former flings show up in the Dominican Republic, but his philandering ways help her get the divorce she wants.

Ep. #10773

The Quartermaines watch in horror as Jason and A.J. struggle for the gun then fall from the balcony. Paramedics arrive to help Alan, and Reese stays with A.J., who Monica fears has a broken back. Skye is horrified to see what A.J. has done and blasts him, leaving him believing she's turned against him. Michael won't talk to Sonny or Carly, whom he blames for A.J.'s accident, but Reese is able to calm the boy down. Sam worries that no one is taking care of Jason. Despite being warned that Michael needs space, Carly goes in to see her son at Courtney's urging. Monica reassures both A.J. and Jason that she loves them. Steven wants A.J. restrained after seeing him grab Rachel. Someone enters A.J.'s room, holding a pillow in their hands.

Ep. #10776

Carly tells Sonny how upset she is that Michael keeps giving her the cold shoulder, and her later attempts to make things right with Michael meet with strong resistance. Steven goes to see Mac with the D.N.A. results of the pillow used to smother Michael, and Ric, Reese and Mac prepare to make an arrest. Emily offers comfort to Alan and Monica to Skye, but the rift between Monica and Alan widens. Dillon and Georgie find Tracy, who was bound and gagged by Luke, aboard the Haunted Star but aren't sure if they want to release her or not.

Ep. #10777

After learning that the funds A.J. made are being frozen, Alan realises that E.L.Q.'s best hope may actually be Tracy. Luke's plot to use Tracy as bait for Helena works as the other woman shows up to aim a gun at Tracy. Jason and Sam manage to keep Carly safe as the police search for her, and sneak her into the hospital to see a comatose Michael, who cries as the police come to arrest his mother. Mike isn't sure what to make of Lorenzo's suggestion that one of the Quartermaines killed A.J.

Ep. #10778

Michael comes out of his catatonic state long enough to panic as the police lead Carly away, calling his parents 'Mommy' and 'Daddy'. Sonny is worried that this will just set Michael back further, but the child psychologist believes that there is a deeper, more disturbing memory that is causing Michael's problems. Edward begs Tracy to help E.L.Q. out with some of her newfound wealth, but she refuses. Ric is saddened to learn that a pregnant Alexis has left the country with Kristina, and in a quandary when Sonny issues an ultimatum -- get Carly released or he'll charge Alexis with kidnapping. Flashbacks of the rape have Emily in a panic when she misreads a passionate moment between Luke and Skye. Helena confronts Skye and Luke on the Haunted Star.

Ep. #10782

Alexis is pleased to learn that Michael was a witness to Carly murdering A.J., but Ric doesn't want to make his half-nephew testify against his own mother. Nikolas is devastated as Emily recounts to him what Connor did to her then flees. Carly pushes Sonny to tell her how close he and Reese are, and Sonny reminds Carly that Reese has been there for Michael. Helena takes Emily hostage as she attempts to flee.
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Ep. #10783

Michael wakes from a dream to realise that he was the one who smothered A.J., then confides in Reese some of the feelings that have been troubling him. While Durant pushes Alexis to push Ric to prosecute Carly, Sonny tries to convince Ric not to put Michael on the stand. Nikolas' attempt to escape Pentonville nets him a term in solitary confinement. Skye is grateful when Lorenzo agrees to provide Luke with the ransom Helena is demanding before she would release Emily.

Ep. #10784

Monica confesses to Jason about what she saw the night A.J. was died. Carly and Michael make up, and Michael expresses his love. Jason lets Michael know that he has the letter he sent him, and that he will always be there for him. Reese explains to Sonny why she's concluded that Michael is the one responsible for AJ's death but Sonny refuses to accept her theory, despite her compelling argument. Luke assures Mac, Lucky and Skye that Helena hasn't escaped. Emily and Helena fight. Alexis convinces Ric to continue working on a case against Carly. Lorenzo gives Carly papers and a new identity, but she is reluctant.

Ep. #10789

Sonny and Carly agree that the best thing to do is for Carly to leave town with Michael and Morgan, but Michael refuses to go, until Sam convinces him to. Ric informs Sonny that there will be a trial after all, and then Alexis threatens to leave Ric if he let's Sonny go free. Tracy refuses to return the money she stole, so Emily dumps a vase full of water on her. It seems like Nikolas and Emily will finally reconnect, but the moment is over when Emily remembers the rape. Skye refuses to help Luke, so Luke turns to Dillon to help him recover the money Tracy stole.

Ep. #10790

Carly is furious when Reese tries to change her testimony to help Sonny at the trial. Alexis continues taunting Ric to charge Sonny, and he wants to know if she had something to do with Durant being appointed as his co-prosecutor. Jason learns Sam isn't pregnant, and then he makes her happy by saying he wants to have a child with her as soon as possible. After postponing her wedding with Jax due to Sonny's trial, Courtney is worried that something might happen to prevent the wedding. Luke, Dillon and Georgie work together on discovering where Tracy hid the money she stole.

Ep. #10794

Alexis wants to try to make their marriage work, but Ric is convinced she cannot let go of her vendetta against Sonny. Carly is furious to find Resse and Sonny in bed together, leading to Reese deciding to leave town. Brook Lynn is devastated to see how much fun that Diego and Maxie are having together. Carly decides to break up Jax/Courtney and Jason/Sam to reunite Jason/Courtney.

Ep. #10795

A drunken Ric and Reese fall into bed together, but when Sonny comes by to ask her not to leave down, Ric and Reese decide their one-night-stand has to stay between them. Jason agrees to try for a baby with Sam, then does his best to convince Michael that despite what he did, he is not a horrible person. After being accused of trying to steal Jax away from her by Courtney, Rachel receives an offer of help from Carly. Maxie's family is thrilled to have her back home.

Ep. #10796

Nikolas is ready to walk away from his marriage after telling Lucky about what happened with Emily, but Emily wants to give their marriage another chance. Maxie offers her sister counsel on her relationship with Dillon, but when the two sisters spar over Diego's attraction to Maxie, Maxie collapses. Carly rationalizes her plot to break up Jax and Courtney to Rachel by saying she's trying to stop Courtney from making a mistake. Tracy refuses to allow Dillon to have a birthday at the house, prompting Luke to offer the Haunted Star and to ask Skye to chaperone.