Blair is holding the gun on Eli and saying she doesn't believe, for a minute, the story he is telling about his brother Ross being responsible for all of the murders, etc. Eli lunges toward Blair in an attempt to take away the gun and they struggle. The gun goes off, and Eli is hit in the stomach. He stumbles back in disbelief, then falls against a table and knocks a lit candle onto the floor, setting the drapes on fire.
Blair appears to be in shock after realizing what has just happened, and even though she now knows that Eli is a serial murderer, she rushes over to him and tries to revive him.
Soon she sees that the fire is spreading throughout the room, and blunders around trying to figure out what to do next; throwing a container of water on the fire, to no avail, and then trying to beat the flames down with a towel. When the towel also catches on fire, she tosses it to another part of the room so that other items then ignite!! Good job, Blair.
To Blairs great surprise and relief, John McBain bursts through the doors like the cavalry, with his gun drawn.
Blair begs John to help Eli and refuses to leave him. John persuades her to get out of the house, practically dragging her out, then closes the doors behind them.
He then commences to chat with Blair about what happened (what?!?!) and then FINALLY decides to go back to try to rescue Eli. By that time, the roof and walls are falling down around Eli, so John gives up and goes back outside.
Ross Rayburn comes running into the scene and attempts to enter the house to look for Eli, but, he can see from the doorway, the situation is hopeless.
We didn't see ANYTHING more after that, and when the scene continues, Ross is in custody and Blair and John are in the police station waiting for the charred body to be recovered.
When the body bag comes in, Blair insists on viewing the body. She recoils in horror, but a few minutes later says to John, "His face was burned so badly, it could have been anybody."
Dun, dun, da.... Now, when lines like that are written into the script, soap fans know exactly what that means: With a small stretch of the imagination, the door is left open for the writers to bring back a "dead" character—alive and well. It may or may not happen, as I've seen this pattern before; and it can go either way. The writers drop hints about where the story may go eventually, but sometimes it never does. If they do revive Eli, it will probably be about the same time they bring Téa back, because, as we all suspect, that story is NOT over yet!! When Téa is found, Eli may still be pulling the strings. But if Dr. Greg Evans really believes Eli is dead, he might finally have a case of conscience.
Remember, yesterday, Greg called Eli and said, "Eli, call me back. We need to talk about Téa Delgado's ...... death."
A lot of other minor scenes were played out with other characters:
- Ford works his mojo on Langston and they kiss
- Starr and Cole argue and she leaves
- James follows Starr and they flirt in the park
- Viki questions Jessica about the Rh test
- Brody questions Jessica's doctor about the Rh test
- Gigi, Rex and Kelly are becoming entangled
- Destiny and Nate visit Dani and bring food from the diner that Greg pays for because he says "It's the least I can do." (guilty much)
- Shaun and his new doctor friend flirt at the diner (isn't that Greg's ex, before Rachel?)
- And, John calls Natalie to ask her to postpone her sonogram so he can be there for it
See ya Tuesday.
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