Phyllis with Brad , asks him to be there for Sharon when she dumps Jack.
Sharon remembers her argument with Jack, cries, looks really sad.
Jack's interrogated by the FBI and Heather about the diary. He says "fire away, I have nothing to hide".
Tyra's staying with Neil while the power is out at her place. Gil comes to the door to take Tyra on their date. Olivia notes Neil's over-protectiveness of Tyra. Yappity yap about Thanksgiving between Neil and Olivia, Dru mention, Aunt Mamie too.
Nikki walks in on Ashley hugging Victor. Ashley leaves. Victor plops a photo copy of the diary down on the table, asks Nikki what she knows about it. She denies it, he persists, says she must have known about it, and BLAMES her for having to spend the rest of his life in jail if he can not prove this to be a forgery.
Jack handles himself well during the interview. Very well, actually.
Brad notes that Phyllis lies to Nick on the phone, then asks her why she's interested in what happens to Sharon, and she tells him that Sharon might go after her husband. GOOD scene!! He refuses to help. She says to think about it and when he changes his mind, call her and they'll talk strategy.
Yeah, Victor is really using Nikki as his whipping post. Blech for sure!!
Victor is horrible to Nikki and FINALLY she retaliates and yells back at him. GO NIKKI!!! He screams at her to get out and she tells him to go to hell, she has washed her hands of him.
Olivia asks Neil if he loves Karen. Yes, he does and shows her the engagement ring. She says he SHOULDN'T marry Karen.
Brad finds Sharon nursing a drink at GCAC. She says she needs a friend.
Nick confronts Adam, says he knows he and Jack cooked up that diary. Adam sticks to his story, as does Nick.
Nikki tells Paul about her nasty encounter with Victor, and that she is DONE with him. paul's proud of her,and she's proud of herself too.
(REALLY good epi today!!)
Olivia says Neil is settling for Karen, no chemistry, no passion that he had with Dru or the passion he could have with Tyra. Can't he see she's crazy about him? Enter Karen.
Flash over to Tyra with Gil.
Sharon and Brad again. She says she needs to figure out her problems on her own. He knows it's about Jack, he warned her so many times not to marry him. He offers her friendship, she's grateful.
Phyllis and Nick discuss Jack's probable involvement with the diary.
Adam turns up at Jack's, panicky about Nick's confrontation. Jack sticks to his guns, tells Adam to stop acting guilty and if they keep their heads, they'll get through this just fine. CHILL OUT.
Paul and Nikki again. She thanks him for being such a good friend, wishes Katherine had leaned on her as much as she has on him. Another good scene as he gets her to laugh. Kiss, kiss, kiss.
Ashley and Olivia chat and catch up. Nate is in medical school now, Johns Hopkins. Off they go for a drink.
Gil asks Tyra about her sister, Devon's mom. She tells him about her drug problem. Gil has no family at all left and this year he is on his won for Thanksgiving. She invites him to Neil's, insists.
Neil gives Karen the engagement ring, asks her again to marry him, make it official.
Adam with Heather over dinner at GCAC. She says Jack turned in a flawless performance at the interview but her radar alarms tells her that Jack is hiding something.
Adam attributes Jack being "off" to his marriage falling apart. She thanks him, but she's going to keep digging anyway.
Gil kisses Tyra goodnight and they make the date for tomorrow at 3 o'clock for Thanksgiving dinner. As Karen and Neil kiss, he gets a far- away look in his eye (probably thinking about Olivia's words to him).
Paul and Nikki in bed, chuckling comfortably with each other. Happy, happy.
Olivia is astounded that Ashley is back with Victor again. (Good for you, Olivia!)
Nick sees his father, tells him Jack hooked up Adam with the publisher and guesses he had more to do with this he suspected before. So does Victor.
Sharon tells Jack she is going to give this marriage ONE more chance, ONE more. She demands complete honesty from him, one get out of jail card free, one last chance. He says the Jabot secret was the one last one. He really wants this marriage to work. (Uh oh.)
Brad calls Phyllis. What is her proposition? Just be there when she calls him. Sharon and Jack's marriage is going to implode any day now. He will be there, for Sharon's sake. Phyllis closes her phone thoughtfully. (Is she going to expose Jack? Looks like it.)
Next:
Diner chef tells Marge/Kay to get it together or she's fired. She says she's doing the best she knows how.
Jill to Billy, with Chloe and Cane in the room "I didn't know you and Lily were close". He says yes, they are friends, shrugs. Chloe's jaw drops.
Victor, in jail, to Jack who is sitting there at the visitor's table, "I wondered when you would show up".
And once again it looks like Jack is going to lose. I wonder if Victor will ever realize that Nikki had nothing to do with the diary. So what did you think about Paul and Nikki? Any chemistry?
Paul and Nikki together was really nice, and I didn't think I'd like it, but I did. They were so natural and comfortable together. He got her to laugh and she relaxed. It seemed really natural for them to be together.
What I'm really curious about is what the heck Phyllis is up to here. She lied to Nick about where she was when she was at Brad's house, not that she could really tell him that she was there to enlist his assistance when Sharon dumps Jack, considering that she never let him know she saw him with Sharon in Paris.
And Jack!! Yikes!! You know how much we both want him to FINALLY prevail against Victor, but I don't know how on earth he's going to get out of this diary mess. And Adam!! OMG! It's really heating up now.
Victor was just plain vicious today. That was some scene with Nikki. I am so happy she let that ass have it. It was long overdue.
