OLTL—Tuesday–10/12—"Eli, you're an Angel"

Today's action was a non-stop, heart-pounding, hold-your-breath, bite your fingernails, tear jerking, and frustrating drama all rolled into one episode; focusing primarily on the abduction of the Manning children, Starr, Hope and Dani by Elijah Clarke.  But to be fair, there were several other very poignant and emotional interactions worth noting.  I'll highlight a few, then get onto the main story.

• Greg tells Natalie that Téa is alive, but she doesn't understand why he is saying that.
• Cole tells Hannah his family will always come first, then leaves her to go back to his apartment.  He accidentally leaves his cell phone behind.
• Natalie tries to interact with Marty, but doesn't realize no one has told her about Starr and Hope
• When Marty learns the news, she rushes to Cole.
• Todd finally returns home, and finds that Blair has been brought there by the police but doesn't know what is going on.
• After he tells her, they have no choice by to console each other.  Blair comforts Todd and reminds him that he is a father that is always there for his children, and they have the greatest kids possible.
• Bo and Matthew have some time together in Bo's office.  Bo is starting to see that Clint has already influenced Matthew's thinking.

Now, onto the big story:  Starr, Hope, Dani, Eli and Téa.

Starr tells Eli she needs to change Hope's diaper and then gets Hope a safe distance away from the car.  Starr can see that Eli is semi-conscious and barely holding onto his gun.  She tries to reach for the gun, but Eli reacts quickly and grabs her arm.  Starr gets away from him and starts to run, but Eli gets out of the car and picks her up, kicking and screaming.  He gets her into the car, but she fights back and gets away.  She grabs Hope and starts running up the stairs.

In the meantime, Téa was gotten herself together, robe and slippers, and starts down the stairs from the 5th floor.  She is very weak and her steps are unsteady, so she is taking it slowly.  She makes it as far as the 3rd floor when she hears, and then sees someone coming up the stairs.  She can't see the person, but it is Starr.  Tea enters the 3rd floor and hides behind the door while Starr passes.  Starr goes to the 5th floor and enters.

Téa continues her escape down the stairs.  Dani is also on the 5th floor looking for medical supplies for Eli.  The orderly stops her once and she tells him she is just leaving, but then slips into the nearest room, which happens to be Téa's, but Téa has already made her way into the stairwell.

Dani gathers up anything she can find and heads out, but encounters the orderly once again.  This time, she explains that her sister needs medical care but doesn't have insurance and she begs him to let her leave before he calls the police.  He agrees and she runs for the stairs.

When Starr reaches the 5th floor, she enters the first room she finds, which again, turns out to be Téa's room.  She looks around for a phone, but doesn't find one, so goes out into the hallway to call for help.  She remembers that Eli has warned her about calling the police, so she calls Cole.  Hannah answers his phone, since he left if behind, and Starr tells Hannah where she is and to tell Cole to come and get them.  She then barricades herself inside Téa's room.  When she hears a knock on the door, she opens it and sees Hannah. Hannah says, "Cole couldn't make it."

Téa makes it to the parking garage, just as Eli opens the door to chase after Starr.  They both look at each other in shock!!

Téa is SO happy to see Eli and starts telling him her whole story about St. Kitts and then Cherryvale, etc. and that Greg has not let her call her family and she's been in bed for longer than she knows.  Eli is delighted to hear that her family doesn't know she is alive and just plays along, as thought her ordeal is a big surprise to him also.  He tells her he is going to take her back to her family and she says, "Oh God, Eli, you're an angel."

The next thing we see is Eli closing the trunk of the car and a corner of Tea's robe is sticking out of the trunk.  Just then, Dani finally returns to the garage and Eli tells her to get in the car.  When she asks about Starr and Hope, he tells her they got away.

I still haven't figured out how Dani got down to the garage without passing Starr on the way unless there were two sets of stairs, but I don't think so—the scene shows everyone going up and down the same stairs marked "Area B."  I went over the videos again, but no clue.

Back in Llanview, John McBain is starting to put some of the pieces together, and after thinking about what Detective Price told him about Greg having a patient in Cherryvale, he thinks that possibly Eli is heading there also.  McBain arrives at the parking garage, just as Eli peels out.

Dun, dun, da.....