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Excerps marked by * may not be included in the tape.
Jan 17, 2002
Sonny brings
Courtney to Kelly's where they run into Elizabeth on a date with Lucky. Sonny
supports Courtney when she admits that she stole money from Gia. Carly arrives
to learn that Courtney is Sonny's sister and Carly warns him that she spied
Courtney with AJ at Luke's. At the same time, Courtney comes across AJ in the
park.
Jan 18, 2002
Carly asks Sonny to
allow her to help him protect AJ from Courtney. Sonny does not want her involved because he does not want AJ to
hurt her again. He agrees to let her
help search for Courtney and the two separate in search of his sibling. Sonny arrives at the Quartermaine's looking
for AJ and Jax rushes to Skye's defense when Sonny retaliates for her brazen
words. Carly alerts Sonny to AJ's whereabouts in the park with Courtney and he
arrives to find Courtney developing a relationship with his nemesis.
Jan 21, 2002
Courtney causes
Sonny grief when she appears unwilling to leave AJ's side, and Carly makes
matters worse when she throws in her two cents. Sonny thanks Carly for her
help, and later an angry Carly corners AJ in the park as he waits for Courtney.
Sonny manages to convince Courtney to talk things through with him at dinner,
but she appears to have ulterior motives when she arranges for Mike to meet
them at the Port Charles Grill.
Jan 22, 2002
Sonny's emotions
reach a boiling point at dinner when Mike opens old wounds while discussing
abandonment issues with Courtney. Sonny informs Mike that he cannot make up for
his past wrongs. Sonny later chastises Courtney for forcing him into a less
than comfortable situation. Carly is
caught physically assaulting AJ, but AJ chooses not to press charges. Zander
applauds Carly for demonstrating her loyalty to Sonny. Carly asks Zander to
help Sonny by using his charm to turn Courtney's affections away from AJ.
Jan 23, 2002
Alexis urges Sonny
to open up to Courtney in order to develop a healthy relationship with her.
Jan 24, 2002
Courtney asks Sonny
if they can start over, and the siblings make strides toward developing a
relationship. However, Courtney upsets Sonny when she questions him about his
childhood abuse. Sonny tears into Alexis' penthouse and interrupts her about to
share her feelings for him with Kristina. Sonny accuses Alexis of betraying his
confidence. AJ works on gaining
Courtney's favor by explaining why Sonny hates him.
Jan 25, 2002
AJ traps Sonny by
pointing out to Courtney that Sonny hung AJ in a meat locker until AJ signed
over parental rights of his son. Courtney confronts Sonny, but Sonny remains
silent and only assures Courtney that AJ meant to set him up. Mike enters the
scene after Sonny loses his temper and smashes a glass and Courtney decides
that she wants to move in with Mike. Sonny provides an embarrassed Mike with
the cash to get a larger place and Mike warns Sonny to never take out his anger
on Courtney. Alexis does her best to comfort a conflicted Sonny and she
attempts to share her feelings for him. Carly continues pressing Zander to date
Courtney, but Zander remains opposed to the idea and ultimately admits that
Sonny instructed him to befriend Carly in order to keep an eye on her.
Jan 28, 2002
Carly's blood boils
after Zander reveals she was right -- Sonny hired him to watch over her and she
urges a conflicted Zander not to tell Sonny that he told her the truth. Zander
interrupts as Alexis is about to reveal her true feelings about him. Zander
admits he told Carly the truth. Sonny fumes and fires Zander and Alexis ends up
blasting Sonny for his behavior. Carly threatens to burn down her club in order
to get Jax's attention and Jax offers to handle Sonny after learning that he
continues to bother her as well as Skye. However, Carly assures Jax that she
can and will handle Sonny on her own.
Jan 29, 2002
Zander informs Carly
that Sonny fired him after confessing the truth, and Carly suggests that he
work for her at the club. A wary Zander shares his deeper feelings for Carly,
but she appears oblivious.
Jan 30, 2002
Sonny makes amends
with Carly and Zander, and Carly cheers when Sonny offers to give Zander his
old job back. Zander accepts and decides against declaring his true feelings
after noting Carly and Sonny's continued closeness.
*Feb 1, 2002
Sonny and AJ feign
civility, but AJ sends Sonny to new levels of fury when he reveals to that
Courtney lives in his same building. Sonny interrupts Courtney trying to
orchestrate a peaceful meeting with her parents to blast Mike about putting his
sister up in AJ's hotel. Janine joins the fight between Sonny and Mike and an
upset Courtney runs away from the scene with Mike's car keys.
*Feb 4, 2002
Mac reveals to Sonny
that Jax has had Sonny's warehouse condemned. Skye interrupts a potentially
explosive moment between Sonny and Jax. Sonny notes Skye's suspicious behavior
as she runs to Jax's side and Jax questions Skye when she uses the truth to
further her plans.
Feb 7, 2002
Zander gives a
nervous Carly a driving lesson, but an oncoming highway accident shatters her
new found driving confidence and brings back bad memories. Carly tells Zander about the accident that
killed her best friend Carly Roberts.
Zander finds himself continuing to fall for her.
Feb 8, 2002
Zander wants to
share his feelings for Carly with her, but he ultimately focuses on boosting
Carly's self-confidence instead by pushing her to drive the car. Carly takes another stab at conquering her
fears and gets behing the wheel again.
*Feb 11, 2002
Sonny feuds with
Mike over Courtney's decision to disappear, and Sonny ignores Alexis' advice
and remains determined to search for Courtney. Janine berates Mike and Sonny
for "losing" Courtney and she decides to look for Courtney herself.
Feb 12, 2002
Carly overhears Jax
tempting Zander with a five million dollar proposition that would allow Zander
to get back at Sonny. Carly threatens to tell Sonny and Zander tells her she
will have to beat him to it. He says he would never go against Sonny but
letting Jax thinks he will is the best way to allow Sonny to flush out other
potential traitors.
Feb 13, 2002
Zander squelches a
passionate moment with Carly when he accuses her of still having feelings for
Sonny. Sonny alerts Alexis to Jax's intentions to shut him down due to his
relationship with her. Alexis and Sonny remember the good times that they had
on their first trip to Puerto Rico. Sonny sends Alexis white gardenias as a
reminder.
Feb 15, 2002
Carly interrupts a
sweet moment between Alexis and Sonny with her divorce papers in hand. She is angry and wants to know where in the
divorce papers it states that she is his property. Sonny says she isn't and she wants to know why he can move on and
she can't. She plants jealousy in
Sonny's mind, telling him a great guy kissed her and she kissed him back. She wonders if that is allowed. Sonny is cruel to her, masking his real
feelings and Carly angrily leaves.
Feb 18, 2002
Sonny goes to Jax
convinced he is the man who dared to lay hands on his wife. Sonny issues the unveiled threat, if Jax
doesn't keep his hands off his wife, life for Jerry will become very
uncomfortable, if not over. Carly goes
to Zander's above Jake's and extends an invitation to celebrate her divorce and
freedom from Sonny. Zander declines and
she leaves. Zander then gets an
unexpected visit from Sonny who wants an explanation of how Jax was able to get
so close to Carly. Zander confesses it
wasn't Jax who kissed Carly. Sonny
demands to know, who it was.
Feb 19, 2002
Carly saves Zander
from the wrath of Sonny by preventing him from confessing to kissing her. Carly
questions why Sonny cares who kissed her and she tells Sonny that she simply
met a guy at a bar. Zander realizes that Carly has used him as a tool to make
Sonny jealous and he throws her out.
Feb 21, 2002
Sonny pays AJ a
visit, and a frightened Courtney hurriedly tries to picks up her scarf and
hide. Sonny puts some pressure on AJ and scans the apartment. Sonny takes out
his frustration on Mike afterward. Mike warns Sonny against pushing away the
people he cares about. He wonders how
long before they stop coming back.
After receiving word of a supposed Courtney sighting on the docks, Sonny
and Mike venture over and find a conniving AJ with a person resembling Courtney
Feb 22, 2002
Carly tells Jax
about her upset regarding the animosity that has sprouted between him and
Sonny. Zander prods Sonny to keep after Jax and ends up rouses Sonny's
suspicions further. Sonny acknowledges Zander's loyalty to him, stirring Zander
to admit that he has something to confess.
Feb 25, 2002
Carly denies having
any romantic entanglement with Zander, but Kristina presses the issue and
reveals that Zander told Kristina of his feelings for Carly. At the same time,
Sonny pressures Zander for details about who kissed Carly. Carly tries to thank
Zander for lying to Sonny for her, but Zander angrily shrugs off Carly's
thanks.
Feb 26, 2002
Carly confides to
Bobbie that she tried to get back at Sonny and that Zander got hurt in the
process. Bobbie offers Carly a difficult plan of action in return.
Mar 1, 2002
Carly tells Jax
about AJ's intentions to use Courtney as payback against Sonny. Carly horrifies
Skye when she informs her that Jax is going to nail AJ. Carly and Skye get
embroiled in a catfight when Skye tries to leave. Zander catches Sonny off
guard when he quits, but Sonny offers Zander another chance to prove his
loyalty. Jax surprises Sonny when he arrives and informs Sonny that AJ has
Courtney.
Mar 4, 2002
AJ puts Courtney in
a disguise for their trip to New York, but Skye, Carly, and Zander's arrival
delays their plan. AJ throws them off the scent by leaving with Skye, while
Courtney stays hidden. Skye informs AJ that he needs to get Courtney out of his
place. Alexis convinces Sonny that Jax told the truth about Courtney's
whereabouts and a determined Sonny heads for AJ's. Alexis and Jax follow him.
Sonny arrives at AJ's and he kicks down the door.
Mar 5, 2002
Carly forces Zander
to accept her apology and to stop dancing around the subject of their kiss,
because she knows that they share a mutual attraction. Zander shocks Carly when
he asks for two tickets to her opening and announces that he intends to bring a
date. AJ faces Sonny's cold fury and denies he has Courtney. Sonny calls AJ a pimp, a man who hides behind women and uses little
girls. He dares AJ to shoot him. When
AJ stands frozen, Sonny accuses him of not being a man. Janine interrupts the
standoff with a call revealing that Courtney's with her. Sonny leaves to
reunite with Courtney.
*Mar 6, 2002
Courtney slaps Sonny
with the fact that AJ believes in her innocence regarding the accident, while
Sonny doesn't.
Mar 7, 2002
Alexis gives Carly a
nasty reception at Sonny's and Sonny rubs salt in Carly's wounds when he asks
her to leave so that he can talk with Alexis. Carly is forced to invite Sonny
to her club opening with an unwanted audiece and then leaves. (*Sonny confides to Alexis that he believes
Courtney and he asks for Alexis' advice. Sonny apologizes to Courtney for not
believing her.) Carly returns to her
club to prepare for a stupendous opening night.
Mar 8, 2002
*(Sonny invites
Courtney to join him at Carly's club opening.) Fearful of another gaffe, Sonny requests that Alexis stand by
his side at the event. Alexis gladly obliges, but she questions why Sonny wants
to attend at all. Sonny explains that
it is Carly's big night and if he doesn't show up, that would be taking
something away from her. He says Carly
wants to prove to everyone what she is capable of doing on her own. Carly nervously prepares for her big night
and makes ready to open the club with her partner Jax.
Mar 11, 2002
Alexis attempts to
digest Ned's latest news and wants to talk with Sonny before entering Carly's
Club. Carly grows upset watching Zander dance suggestively with his hot date,
while she waits for Sonny to make an appearance.
Mar 12, 2002
Alexis tries to
stammer out her true feelings to a perplexed Sonny. Carly tries to play it cool when Sonny enters the club and Zander
comes to her rescue. Sonny happens upon Gia and tells her that he believes
Courtney's version of the accident. Courtney agrees to AJ's plan and they shock
everyone, especially Sonny, when they enter Carly's club together.
Mar 13, 2002
Sonny's anger mounts
in reaction to seeing AJ with Courtney, but Alexis helps him control his
temper. Sonny grows further frustrated after Courtney refuses his dance
request. Observing the tense moment, Ned suspects that AJ has signed a death
warrant for taunting Sonny. Carly,
Alexis, and Bobbie corner Courtney in the Ladies Room to warn her about AJ's
manipulating ways, but AJ counters by giving her a passionate kiss.
Mar 14, 2002
Sonny fumes when he watches
AJ kiss Courtney, but his mood brightens quickly when Zander suddenly tackles
AJ to the ground. While Taggert realizes AJ's devious intentions, Sonny almost
convinces Courtney that AJ means to cause trouble. Courtney ends up staying by
AJ's side when he fakes a collapse. *(AJ gets Alan to admit him to the hospital
for the night and ) Sonny enlists Mike's help to stop AJ.
Mar 15, 2002
Carly focuses on
punishing AJ for all of his past misdeeds and she informs Edward that Skye
aided and abetted AJ in his evil plans.
Janine shocks Sonny with the news that AJ intends to marry Courtney.
Sonny storms off to confront AJ. Mike shares Sonny's sentiments regarding the
AJ and Courtney fiasco. Sonny warns Mike that they must enlist wisdom and good
planning in their attacks against AJ. However, Mike sets off with his own plan
in the hopes of gaining Sonny's approval. AJ hatches a new scheme to get at
Sonny. Mike arrives upon the scene to
talk to Courtney, leaving AJ unsettled.
Mar 18, 2002
Trying to gain Courtney's
trust, Mike admits Sonny encouraged him to get her away from AJ. Sonny threatens AJ about marrying Courtney.
Carly breaks in to keep Sonny from doing something foolish, but AJ taunts her
until she lunges at him. AJ (pretends to?)
find vodka in his water pitcher, and Alan angrily accuses Carly and
Sonny of planting it. Outside, Carly
insists AJ set the whole thing up and Sonny admits he never suspected her. . Courtney believes Carly and Sonny set AJ
up, and Courtney agrees to go away with a jubilant AJ.
Mar 19, 2002
Sonny believes
Carly's explanation for the vodka and they agree to work as a team to expose
AJ. Sonny's anger toward Mike flares
because his father has chosen now to be honest with Courtney. Sonny explains to Courtney that he only
wants to protect her because he loves her.
He explains how he and Carly lost their child and says he does not want
AJ to ever hurt her like he has hurt them.
Sonny stations henchmen around the hospital when Alan insists Carly,
Sonny and Mike leave the hospital.
Mar 20, 2002
Carly
and Sonny find themselves drawn closer together as they join forces against
AJ. Alexis interrupts their renewed
closeness and comes close to suggesting that Sonny and Carly should consider
letting AJ have access to Michael if they want to protect Courtney from
him. Sonny and Carly put an immediate
stop to her train of thought and are adamant that AJ gets to be nowhere near
their son. While Sonny is upstairs
taking care of business, Carly and
Alexis come across an envelope delivered to Sonny from AJ.
Mar 21, 2002
Sonny's dark
response to AJ's note alarms Carly and Alexis and Sonny declares war on
AJ. Sonny pays Skye a surprise visit as
Skye wraps up a business deal.
Mar 22, 2002
Carly tells Zander
to put the squeeze on Skye to get AJ's attention, but Zander tells Carly to
show Sonny some respect and to let him handle the situation in his own way.
Zander realizes how much Carly loves Sonny. Sonny presents Skye with AJ's note
and he makes her an offer she can't refuse. Sonny promises not to harm AJ if
she can orchestrate Courtney's return. Jax arrives upon the scene and tells
Sonny to back off. After Sonny departs however, Jax advises Skye to take
Sonny's offer and Skye lashes out at him. Later, Skye visits Carly's Club in a
search of Jax, and Carly catches Skye off guard when she extends a warm
welcome.
Mar 25, 2002
Carly
warns Skye not to mess with Sonny and Carly storms off when Bobbie tries to
talk sense into her. Afterward, Bobbie shares her concerns about Carly with
Scott. At the boathouse, Carly locks an
oblivious Skye inside the boat shed.
Mar 26, 2002
Skye
believes Sonny locked her in the boathouse and Carly reinforces this by
slipping a note under the door threatening AJ's life. Carly realizes that Jax
has serious feelings for Skye. Bobbie forces Carly to come clean about what she
did to Skye. Scott makes Carly nervous when he points out the legal
ramifications. Carly returns to the
Quartermaine’s intent on freeing Skye.
She finds Alexis there instead.
Mar
27, 2002
Sonny
enters a church to pray and he tries to bargain with God for Courtney's safe
return. However, a priest advises Sonny to quit making deals with God and to
start changing his life. Carly and
Alexis have words and then agree to split up to search the grounds for AJ and
Courtney. When Carly returns to the
boatshed to let Skye loose, she believes someone else has set Skye free when
she enters and finds Skye gone. Carly returns to Bobbie and informs her that
Skye is no longer in the boat shed, but Bobbie continues to worry about Carly.
Mar
28, 2002
Carly
finds Sonny with Michael sleeping on his lap and Sonny shocks Carly when he
asks for her help. He tells Carly they have to leave Skye alone if they want
her help. Later, Carly covers a sleeping Sonny with a blanket and watches him
as he finds rest at last.
Mar
29, 2002
Carly
enjoys Sonny's company, but Zander arrives and almost puts her back in the
doghouse. Carly admits to Zander what she did to Skye and Zander suspects that
her actions will eventually blow up in her face. Furthermore, Zander expresses
his disappointment in learning that Carly still cares so much about Sonny. When Sonny returns home, Alexis mentions
that she saw Carly at the Quatermaine's, and a snitch from the phone company
interrupts the scene to announce that AJ's hideaway has been found.
Apr
1, 2002
Sonny's
plans to charge off to rescue Courtney from AJ's clutches when he arrives with
Taggert and accuses Sonny of pulling a stunt on Skye. When Skye arrives to give
her statement against Sonny, Alexis realizes Carly locked Skye in the shed and
informs Sonny. Zander helps Carly prepare for her driving test. After she has gotten her license, they rush
to the police station when they hear a report on the radio about Sonny’s
arrest. Skye tells Taggert that Sonny locked her in the shed, but Carly arrives
in time to confess that she is the one responsible.
Apr
2, 2002
In
an effort to keep Carly from admitting she kidnapped Skye, Sonny takes Carly
into his arms, stunning the onlookers. Sonny suggests that Carly is protecting
him. Taggert asks Alexis for verification of Sonny's story and Alexis goes
along with Sonny's version of events. Taggert places Sonny in lockup for Skye’s
kidnapping until the ADA Jensen arrives and is able to review the case.
Apr
3, 2002
Carly
and Jax exchange heated words about Sonny. Jax infuriates Carly with the
admission that he knows Carly is telling the truth. Carly implores Jax to be fair – if wants to take Sonny down, it
should be with a crime he actually committed, not something she did. Jax enrages Skye when he asks her to inform
the police that Sonny didn't commit the crime. Sonny and Carly arrive just as
Skye begins her statement to Dara.
Apr
4, 2002
Skye
refrains from lying about Sonny under Jax's watchful eye, but she goes
ballistic when she sees that Sonny remains free to kill her brother. Sonny leaves and Carly chases after him
intent on explaning herself. Sonny does
not want to listen to anything she has to say and leaves. Zander fails to keep Carly from follwing
Sonny to finish what she started.
Apr 5, 2002
Carly
confronts Sonny, but he turns the tables when he suggests that Carly's actions
have put Michael in jeopardy. They conclude that they are even now and don’t
owe each other anything. They can both
walk away, free and clear. Carly
interrupts Jax unloading his angst upon Kristina, and Carly suggests to Jax
that he follow her lead and rid himself of Skye like she has rid herself of
Sonny. Jax departs, but Carly appears less than alone when Skye emerges from
the shadows.
Apr 8, 2002
Skye
and Carly continue to spar, but Carly ultimately impresses Skye despite her
continuing animosity.