In order to move things along, I have taken five episodes and condensed them into a summary format. For the future episodes, they will return to the regular format. Enjoy!

~Mac returns home from rehab. He reports to Alexis that he is a recovering alcoholic but that he would like to take his job back as Police Commissioner. Robert, who is tired of being Police Commissioner, is all for it. He happily relinquishes the job. Mac meets with Bobbie and thanks her for all her help. He asks her to dinner.

Jason visits Elizabeth and Ava often. He feels a pull towards Ava that he didn’t think was possible. He wants to be the best father that he can be. Jason feels that he isn’t being fair to Alison and breaks thinks off with her. Alison takes it in stride and keeps her job with Nikolas. Nikolas is also growing closer to Elizabeth and farther apart from Emily.

Emily visits Alan daily. She has poured her heart out as to what she has done. Alan, not being able to speak yet, just listens and expresses himself with his eyes. Emily is working on moving Alan’s legs and arms so that they will not apathy. Alan remains in good spirits as everyone, including Jason and Ava come to visit him.

Brenda meets with Scott about custody of James. Against Ned's wishes, Brenda and James have moved out of the Quartermaine mansion and into the rented house. At the same time, Ned, who was unable to convince Lucy to marry him, retained Ric as his lawyer. Ric, all too happy to go after Brenda as it would hurt Sonny agrees to take the case.

AJ and Sarah continue to live in newlywed bliss. They have moved into the gatehouse for the time being. However, Sarah is plotting revenge against Patrick. She is very angry about her past with Patrick and is plotting the best way to reveal it to Robin. Her one goal right now is to make Patrick suffer like she did. Patrick is getting increasingly tense and Robin is noticing it. Whenever she questions Patrick, he avoids it.

Alexis and Scott continue to date. Scott is campaigning to win the election, as is Ric. Ric refused to work with Scott regarding the election. Ric wants to win to further his agenda against Sonny, Scott just wants to beat Luke.

Robert keeps running into Tracy and ingratiating himself into her life. Whereever Tracy goes, he is bound to show up. Tracy, who was so very sarcastic before, has lightened up when Alan almost passed. She still has her edge, but she is realizing that she does need to let people in. Surprisingly, she is letting Robert in.

Brenda continues to spend as much time as possible with Sonny. She decides to surprise him on Valentine’s Day. Dressed in a rose colored negligee with cream colored lace, she waits for him to come into the penthouse. She has all his favorite foods cooked, romantic music playing and scented candles lit around the penthouse. She hears the door open and runs to the door. She stops in her tracks when she comes face to face with Carly!

Election Day is the next day. Laura, Ric and Scott are all busy campaigning. Meanwhile, someone is watching the MetroCourt very closely.....