Pay Up, Jason! General Hospital’s Serena Baldwin Lied To Joe For Creative Control And Took Credit For Carly’s Release

SERENA BALDWIN WANTS PAYMENT FOR A RELEASE SHE DIDN’T EARN

TL;DR: Serena Baldwin handed police a made-up hallway story, then marched into Jason’s kitchen to bill him for a rescue that General Hospital viewers watched Tristan’s statement deliver.

A Fib, A Kitchen, And A Bill

Serena Baldwin (Kelly Kruger) decided a murder investigation was the perfect place to open a tab. She gave Joe Fitzpatrick (Jonathan Bennett) a statement she knew was false, claiming she saw Valentin Cassadine (James Patrick Stuart) and Carly Spencer (Laura Wright) making out in a hotel hallway the night Jack Brennan (Chris L. McKenna) went missing. Take a moment with that alibi, because it parks both suspects inside the very hotel where Jack was last seen. Truly, a rescue plan for the ages.

The statement was only the setup for the payday. Serena barged into the kitchen where Jason Morgan (Steve Burton) was enjoying a quiet beer, announced that she had personally gotten Carly and Valentin set free, and sent him an invoice: hand over creative control of Deception to her and her mom, Lucy Coe (Lynn Herring). She said it with the thrilled energy of a woman expecting a parade, a tip and possibly a trophy.

The audacity is the best part, because the credit belongs to somebody else entirely. Tristan Roberts (Dean Geyer) told the cops he watched Drew Cain (Cameron Mathison) and Ava Jerome (Maura West) load something unwieldy from a laundry cart into Drew’s SUV in the Metro Court parking lot the night Jack was last seen. Carly and Valentin walked out on the strength of his word, with a warning that the charges could be refiled if new evidence surfaced. Serena’s contribution to their freedom was a hallway fairy tale. Jason’s contribution to the conversation was a glower.

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Jason Already Turned Down This Deal

Jason has heard this pitch before, and he said no. At Bobbie’s, Serena offered to tell the cops she saw Carly at the Metro Court around the time Jack went missing, but only if Jason gave Lucy creative control of Deception in return. Jason passed, because he wasn’t willing to risk Carly’s future on Serena committing perjury, and he asked her to stay out of it before he left the diner.

She stayed out of it the way a raccoon stays out of a trash can. The funny part is that Serena Baldwin begged Jason to prove he was a man of integrity back when the family voted on Deception, and he has apparently taken the assignment seriously. He voted with the family to make Deception a subsidiary of ELQ, he refused to help with the perjury, and now he is being billed for a rescue he did not order. That is a lot of integrity for one beer.

A Lie On The Record Has A Shelf Life

Here is where the trolling gets a little nervous. Serena Baldwin has put a false story into a murder case, and Joe is not a man who loses interest in a case file. After Tristan’s statement, Joe and the others at the PCPD decided to turn their investigation toward Ava and Drew, which means everything already in the file is about to be read again. A hallway makeout is exactly the kind of detail somebody checks.

Consider the version problem. Carly told Joe she was in her office when the hotel’s security system failed, while she and Valentin were actually snooping in Drew’s office. Now Serena adds a third version, with lips. If Carly and Valentin back her story, they have to explain the office. If they deny it, their rescuer is a liar. And the hotel cameras that could settle the question went dark thanks to a virus that traced back to Carly’s own office computer.

Tuesday’s preview has Joe hitting pay dirt and Ava coming face to face with Serena. We would love to know whether those two things are related.

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Who Pays The Tab When This Falls Apart?

Serena Baldwin walked into Jason’s kitchen expecting a check and may leave with a subpoena. Either Jason keeps glowering, or Port Charles finds out what a hallway story is worth when it meets a timeline. Something tells us this invoice comes due, and the interest rate is brutal.

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