It's been days since Liam left, and he hasn't been in contact. Fallon thinks that if she (and Liam) meet with some Hollywood marriage counselor that things will get back on track. Sam and Kirby decide to tag along on the trip to Los Angeles. She also puts Colin in charge of the office in her absence. I can't believe I just wrote that.
Amanda is the hospital's new counsel, and Adam is really bothered. He says she needs to stay out of his way, but she ain't bovvered. In fact, she advises the board to shut down Adam's drug study due to insufficient insurance coverage. He hits back by saying he can now see
why Alexis gave her away.
Jeff is more upset about Dominique's not-quite-ex husband than he probably should be. His hands visibly shake while he tries to drink something. They shake some more when he meets with Cristal, and he gets a sudden headache. Our local authority on sudden headaches that might be much more than headaches suggests he see a doctor. Jeff later has an odd conversation with Culhane that ends in an argument; Jeff's basically trying to sink his entire fortune into the space thing, and Culhane tries to get him to ease off--to no avail. It looks like Jeff is having a relapse of that whole neurotoxin reaction they claimed he conquered.
Blake enlists Culhane to help with a contribution Blake wants to make to his (Culhane's) old school. Culhane tries to throw the Clark County toxic waste spill from S1 in Blake's face, but Blake points out that the school really needs the money and
to grow up. At the press conference, another person brings up the toxic waste, but Culhane manages to deflect the question before Blake can stick his foot in it, in almost the exact same way Dominique saved his butt last week. The school was on the verge of being shuttered, so the Principal of the school was willing to play ball with Blake. 'Cause she
grew up.
Sam (in leather pants!), Kirby and Fallon arrive in LA. They stay at a hotel that one of Sam's hotelier friends owns. The friend is under the impression that Sam wants to buy her hotel so she can retire early. Has Sam been looking into leaving Atlanta for the West Coast? Next morning, he tells Kirby he's "considering" moving to LA, and she gets mad. But not mad enough to turn down Sam's invitation to attend a taping of
The Price Is Right. Fallon's marriage guru Anya has a lot of degrees and such, but even she can't get past the idea that Fallon has come ALONE to marriage counseling. Well,
according to Eva, Liam hasn't called her or returned any of Fallon's messages. Uh-huh. Anya wants to see BOTH of them, obviously.
Adam appeals to the Head of the Carrington Foundation (Cristal) to help with the Amanda situation, and plays the "I saved your life" card on her to get her to agree. Amanda agrees to change her mind, but then finds out that Adam's drug was actually the product of another doctor's work---a doctor that Adam got fired. So Amanda is still gonna make Adam's life miserable one way or the other.
Fallon forces Sam to impersonate Liam with the marriage guru person. Fallon tries to do all the talking, which goes about as well as one would expect. Sam sells himself in the role of Liam but the guru later confides to Fallon that the main issue in their marriage is that Liam is gay.
The threesome return from LA. Fallon is close to giving up; Sam has decided not to move to LA after all. He confronts Blake and Cristal about the article in the paper---turns out they DID plant it. He is angry, since he thought he was still considered a part of the family even though he and Steven are divorced (yes, he said the S word!!). They insist that he is, and that's just how the family treats one another....which is unfortunately true. To make it up to Sam, Blake holds a very visible press event at the hotel and gives him a very public vote of confidence.
Now Jeff is convinced Elon Musk sent Brady Lloyd to town to steal his ideas. Culhane asks if Jeff is still taking his neurotoxicity meds, because he sounds really paranoid. Jeff says he is taking his meds but he isn't.
Eva convinces Fallon that Liam has gotten a divorce attorney, and advises Fallon that she should do the same. Colin then miraculously swoops in as Fallon's alone in the office to put the moves on her. She plants a big kiss on him and clothes start flying.