Recap: In the hospital waiting room, Matt updates the Melrose Place gang about Jake's condition after being shot in the torso: he suffered internal damage and needs surgery asap. When Jo says she reaaaaally neeeeeeeds to see Jake, Matt tells her that Jake expressed a specific desire to not see her, but that he did ask for Amanda. Ouch. While Jake is being wheeled to surgery, he tells Amanda he's fairly certain that Jess was responsible for the shooting, and that he wants her to help him uncover proof of the allegation. Brooke arrives at D&D, uncrumples Alison's Dear Billy letter, and reads the contents...which mostly consist of Alison's declaration of love for Billy and her desire for them to be together - but that she's also totes fine if he doesn't feel the same way about her and would prefer to sever all ties. Either way, she's passively leaving their future in his hands. Brooke mutters, "This won't do at all" and shreds the letter, then types up a new version in which Alison tells Billy that long distance relationships never work out. Amanda is sitting by Jake's bedside when Sydney wanders into the room to get an update on how he's doing. Jake regains consciousness a few seconds later and looks happy to see Sydney, who assures him that no one else at Shooters suffered injury during the robbery attempt. Jake thanks her, but then makes it clear that he really only wants Amanda to keep him company. Back at D&D, Brooke delivers the rewritten Dear Billy letter and tells Billy it's from Alison. He eagerly opens it...and quickly looks disappointed when he reads that Alison thinks it's time for them to go their separate ways and remain platonic friends - but also understands if he opts to sever all ties. Billy shakes his head in dismay and calls it cold, but also "classic Alison", then heads outside for some much needed air. Over in the hospital's workout room, Matt tells Paul that his wife-beard openly threatened him and that he's extremely miffed to be positioned as the bad guy. Paul faux explains that Carol was angry, hurt, and wailing uncontrollably after learning that her husband bedded another man...and so he reacted by panicking and deferring all blame onto his sex partner. Matt declares that this situation isn't working out for him at all, but promises that he'll be there as a friendly only sounding board whenever necessary. At Shooters, Sydney wraps up questions from two detectives investigating the shooting, then ambles across the room and looks appalled when she sees Jess working behind the bar. She snarlingly tells him he doesn't belong here, and Jess counter-snarls that as Jake's next-of-kin he (presumptuously) re-hired himself. He then points out that she has even less business being at Shooters than he does, on account of 1) she no longer works at Shooters, and 2) Jake dumped her for cheating. He taunts her about how she only wishes she were part of the Hanson family, then sanctimoniously says he's doing whatever he can to keep his brother's bar up and running...and that she needs to stay the hell out of his way.
Across the globe, Alison is shown to her luxurious Hong Kong office with its spectacular view while her tour guide (Lin) informs her that the office used to belong to Pa Armstrong. She then tells Alison to spend the day getting acclimated to her new surroundings, and that tomorrow she'll give her a complete tour and introduce her to the various department heads. Alison thanks her, then seats herself behind the big wooden desk and places a call to D&D. Billy is on his way out of the D&D building with Brooke when the receptionist informs him he has an incoming call from Hong Kong. Brooke urges him to pass, pointing out that talking to Alison will only upset him on what should be a happy day. Billy chews on that advice for a few seconds, then tells the receptionist to tell Alison he's already left for the day. Ouch. Kimberly opens her locker in the doctors' lounge at the hospital and pretends to look horrified by the sight of a disembodied mannequin head sporting a brown wig with a knife imbedded in one eye and a sign reading 'You forgot something'. She shrieks, "Damn you, Michael!" while several colleague extras are in the room to witness the gruesome sight and hear her moan about how Dr. Mancini has been harassing her for weeks. A few seconds later, Michael saunters into the room...and as everyone glares at him in disgust, Kimberly admonishes his cruelty. He glances over at the mannequin head inside her locker, denies having anything to do with putting it there, and expresses disbelief that anyone would seriously believe he'd have the time or interest in doing such a thing. He then chuckles and tells Kimberly she should do something cleverer next time...and when she tearfully pleads with him to leave her alone, he chucklingly retorts, "Everyone knows I've been trying to leave you alone for months." After he and the colleague extras exit the room, a chagrined Kimberly yanks the knife out of the mannequin head and calls Amanda at D&D. She tells her that Michael has been gaslighting her by making her look like the crazy one, then suggests they meet up for dinner later to discuss it further...and Amanda agrees that, yep, the two of them need to join forces. Brooke phones Alison to tell her that after reading the [re-written] Dear Billy letter, Billy decided he wanted to restart his life - but couldn't face saying goodbye to her directly, which was also the reason he declined to drive her to the airport [even though it was obvious that Amanda was the reason he wasn't able to get away from D&D long enough in order to give her a lift that day]. Brooke further explains that Billy needs to find his own niche in life...and so she just wanted to call and explain his state of mind so that there'd be no confusion as to why he's not phoning her in Hong Kong. Amanda enters the underground parking garage below the D&D building and hears ominous sounding footsteps behind her. She glances around suspiciously, then races to her red Porsche, which has 'Die bitch' spray-painted across the side. She climbs into the driver's seat and is squealing off when the person attached to the footsteps reveals herself to be Kimberly...wearing a pair of man shoes. Jess drops by Jake's hospital room, but Jake snarls at him to get out and outright accuses him of being responsible for the shooting. Jess calls the accusation crazy - just as Jo appears and corroborates that Jess was with her when the shooting occurred. Jess hands Jake an envelop with last night's Shooter's earnings...and when Jake barks at him to stay the hell away from his bar, Jess calls him an ungrateful jerk and reminds him he still has bills and salaries to pay...then vows to do everything possible to ensure that the bar stays afloat. Kim arrives at the restaurant late and apologetically fibs to Amanda that she was unexpectedly pulled into an emergency surgery. Amanda shares that Michael just stalked her in the D&D parking garage, no doubt 'cause he's sooooo angry about the lawsuit she just filed against him. Kimberly mulls over that theory and suggests he's probably more mad that they both dumped him [despite the reality that Michael unmistakably dumped Kimberly in full view of anyone who just happened to be in the hospital hallway that day]. Amanda admits that she's increasingly skeered about what horrors Michael might unleash upon her next, and Kimberly's like, "I hear that" and says they're going to have to get him before he causes either of them anymore harm...and so it's crucial that they stick together. Amanda agrees wholeheartedly, and makes it clear that she totally believes she (Kimberly) is the true victim of Michael's increasingly disturbing behavior.
The inept thugs (who shot Jake during the previous episode) show up at Shooters to demand the other half of their money. Jess points out that since they screwed the pooch by not murdering Jake as per the deal, he doesn't feel like he should have to pay. The dismayed thugs warn that, as long as the bill is outstanding, they'll settle the matter one way or another. Amanda drops by the beach house to haughtily inform Michael that she told the police about him stalking her last night in the parking garage, then gives him an estimate of how much it's going to cost to get 'Die bitch' scrubbed off of her Porsche. Michael stares back at her confusedly and says he was at the hospital all evening performing surgery, and that clearly Kimberly is filling her head with a lot of nonsense. Paul tells Matt he's legally separated, and that the papers are being served to Carol as they speak. Matt says he's happy that their budding romance now has a chance and gives him a hug. Paul says he could use a hand moving his things outa the house, specifically this evening at 7pm...but warns that since Carol could get extremely upset, he (Matt) should wait for him outside so that she's less likely to blow a gasket. Jess stops in at Jo's apartment to coo about how much he's missed her since the last time they bumped uglies, and then start smooching in earnest. During a pause in the foreplay, he hands her a jewelry box...and for a few seconds she's unsure whether or not it's an engagement ring - ack! - but quickly discovers it's a brooch that belonged to his now deceased ma. After he gushes about how much his ma would have liked her, the two start going at it yet again. Kimberly lays in wait under the beach house deck until Michael leaves for his nightly jog. She proceeds to sneak inside, fill her large purse with some household items, then mischievously decrees, "Let the games begin!" She starts smashing breakables and overturning furniture, throwing red wine bottles at the walls, and violently rips open her dress (!). Over at Casa Graham, a bemused Carol asks Paul if Matt is still parked outside their house, and Paul just shrugs and says he has no idea what in blazes Matt thinks he's doing out there. Carol hands Paul a drink and remarks on how weird it is that Matt just quietly watches the house, and suggests calling the police - but Paul points out that he's not actually breaking any laws. He tells her he'll talk to Matt at the hospital tomorrow and implore him to back off, then tells Carol how sorry he is for being seduced into indulging in a non-hetero sex romp [even though no one held a gun to his head and forced him to participate]. Carol smiles and says she's totally understanding about his infidelity - I guess in lieu of accepting the obvious reality that her husband should prolly come out of the closet sometime soon. Matt, meanwhile, gets tired of waiting for Paul to emerge and irritably drives off.
As Michael jogs back to the beach house, Kimberly has bloodied up her right cheek with absurdly huge scratch marks that make it look as though she's just been attacked by a wild animal...and is calling 911 to shriekily report that her husband started beating her when she stopped by their beach house to pick up a few things. She then hangs up the phone and flops atop the couch...and when Michael enters the beach house a few seconds later, he's stunned to see the living room in such disarray, then hovers worriedly over a lifeless looking Kimberly. She suddenly grabs him by the shirt and wrestles with him while simultaneously begging him to not kill her...and when two police officers burst in, they immediately pull Michael off of her and put him in handcuffs. Michael reacts to the obvious set-up by glaring at Kimberly and unhelpfully threatening, "I'm going to get you!" while the police officers steer him out of the house. Across town at Melrose Place, Billy and Brooke are canoodling in bed together after having dining with Pa Armstrong and his newest squeeze. Brooke sheepishly apologizes for dragging him to dinner, but figured it was better than him spending the evening stewing about his failed relationship with Alison. Billy chews on that before declaring that he's done running from relationship to relationship...a few seconds before Alison calls from Hong Kong. Alison gabbles about how fantastic her new job is, but that she left certain things (e.g. them) unfinished in L.A., as she indicated in her Dear Billy letter. Billy sourly references the out-of-context "sever all ties" line...and instead of Alison clarifying that her letter mostly expressed her fervent desire for them to get back together, she sadly tells him she understands his need to move on and wishes him good luck with that. The next morning, Paul fibs to Matt that Carol was inconsolable last night...and that while he hasn't changed his mind about wanting to leave her, he needs to be understanding towards his wife-beard and hopes that Matt can be understanding as well. Jo drops by Jake's hospital room with a bouquet of flowers and proudly reports that Jess has been working fourteen hour shifts at Shooters. An unimpressed Jake grimaces and mutters, "He's workin' for something", then once again accuses Jess of trying to kill him. He notices the brooch Jo is wearing, angrily explains that he bought it for his ma on her birthday before Jess hid it soon after her death, and snarlingly yells at Jo to get the hell out of his room. Michael, who's now clad in an orange jumpsuit, is brought into a courtroom for his bail hearing. He sees Amanda in attendance and happily assumes she's there to help him...but when she makes it clear that she's on Team Kimberly, he self-piteously mumbles, "Why didn't she kill me the first time?" and correctly assumes he's totally screwed. He insists to the judge that he didn't lay a finger on Kimberly, while the opposing attorney claims that Kimberly is deathly afraid of him...and the camera pans over to where she's sitting and looking comically meek and defenceless with a sling on one arm and a bandage across the side of her face. The judge weighs both arguments for a nanosecond before setting bail at 200K, prompting Michael to wail that he doesn't have that kind of dough and pleads, in vain, for the court's mercy.
Billy and Brooke are back at the Santa Monica Pier, playing air hockey and having a light-heartedly lovely time. Brooke breezily points out how awesome it is to just enjoy life in this type of carefree manner, then jokingly [though: not] proposes that if she wins the next air hockey match, they should get married. When she scores the winning goal a few seconds later, Billy says he's totally willing to honor the bet...and after the two exit the arcade, he non-jokingly asks, "Will you be my wife?" [despite the idiocy of him even contemplating marrying someone he's known for less than a month.] Brooke - who somehow fails to grasp that she could do a whole lot better in the husband department than a blank-faced nitwit like Billy - happily chirps, "Yes! I'd loooove to be your wife!" before the two lock lips in a celebratory smoochfest. Kimberly returns to her motel room, examines the ridiculously large scratches on her cheek, then hallucinates a sinister looking goateed man staring at her from the other side of the mirror, warning her not to run away. When Kimberly stares back at him in horror and begs him to leave her alone, he taunts, "I'm inside you. We have so much work to do together" ... and she responds by clutching her head and repeating, "I'm not crazy. I'm fine!" followed by, "No no no no no!" Oh boy. Thanks for reading! If you are enjoying TVofYore's recaps, consider thanking me by buying me a "coffee"!
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