Some Ashes For The Mannings
Rex woke up thinking about his reunion with Gigi, thinking it was a dream. He then strutted over to the mirror and like Narcisis, glaring into the pool at his reflection, Rex found the love of his life.
He realized that it was not a dream when Gigi entered the room wearing nothing but a towel, which she promptly dropped to the floor. Yes! Rex and Gigi's reunion was made complete.
(Eat your hearts out Jolie and Todd and Blair fans as Ron gives you the middle finger treatment, yet again.)
At the police station, the second home to the Mannings, Blair visited her son, Jack, who was arrested for Gigi's murder (but Gigi's not dead, so WTF?) For the first time since last January (when Jack was another person) he showed delight in seeing his mom. He immediately told her that he was scared and that he didn't want to stay in jail. [I betcha Brad is feeling the same way!]
Most Manning fans are feeling sorry for his bad ass, but this Manning fan is not. This supposed bad-ass has been a true horror. He has sought after justice for the death of Victor, yet he continued to evade it for himself. He taunted his sister who was in jail. He ridiculed her in the papers and now, he's whining and pointing fingers at his Mommy because he didn't get enough attention. In the words of Victor Lord Junior, "SHUT UP JACK!"
[Now that I got that off my chest; I can say that I truly like Jack and I even liked him when many hated him and still hate him. He is Todd and Blair's son and that goes a long way with me.]
While Blair attended to her son and tried to reassure him that she and his father were doing everything that they could to get him out of jail, Todd was in John's office trying to get his son sprung.
Shortly thereafter, they were joined by Llanview's top-notch lawyer, The Widow Tea Delgado" who dutifully rubs her belly.
Tea is referred to as the best lawyer in town because she is obviously the only lawyer in town because she is a defense attorney, a divorce attorney, a child custody attorney, and she is an estate attorney. Tea demanded to see the evidence that John had and he informed her and Todd that they had Jack's confession on tape. That's when the best attorney in Llanview went to work. She informed John that hacking into a minor's cell phone was "no small matter to a judge." John assured her that the confession was not done through hacking or wire-taping. He said that it was a live confession as he showed Tea and Todd the tape recorder. Tea reminded John that he could not use the tape if a police officer got the confession through means of entrapment. John told her that the confession was voluntary and not gotten by illegal means.
Back at Jack's jail cell, he continued to lay the guilt on thick. He told his mother that the only person who ever gave him the time of day was Victor. (Huh?) He told her that she never had time for him, that she was too busy, worried about Starr, Hope or Sam. Blair let him have it. She told him that he was copping out of his own responsibility for what he had done. The one thing that Jack has always had was family, a family that loves him.
(I rue the day that Ron got the bright idea to make Jack Manning a sociopath in order to tell his "Bully" story, which ultimately became the catalyst for the Rex and Gigi tragedy/ reunion arc.)
On the other side of town, there is a celebratory atmosphere as Shane reads about Jack's arrest in the Banner. Natalie and Grandpa Clint congratulated him on his heroic efforts to get justice for his mother's death.
At the same time, Rex and Gigi made their way to Llanfair to reunite mother and son. Shane couldn't believe his eyes when he saw her. He believed that he was looking at his Aunt Stacy who had plastic surgery in order to look like his mom, but Rex reassured Shane and he responded with, "Mommy" as he went into his mother's arms
Back at the jail, Jack wondered who set him up as he stared at Neela through the bars of his cell.
Todd made a promise to Blair as she went into his arms that they would save their "little boy".
