Common Hospital‘s Elizabeth Webber, performed by Daytime Emmy nominee Rebecca Herbst, is a delicate soul and a loving mom, however she’s additionally a reminder that kindness ought to by no means be mistaken for weak spot. Armed with the data that her near-fatal automobile “accident” was brought on by Kristina’s (Kate Mansi) tampering, Liz summoned the wire cutter to her house for a chat.
The request for Kristina to come back on over wasn’t a request in any respect. The tone of voice Herbst infused her character with made the summons sound like a command.
Common Hospital’s head nurse didn’t play cat and mouse together with her assailant when she arrived. As an alternative, she acquired proper into the matter. “I feel you understand,” Liz firmly acknowledged when Kristina requested what the assembly was about.
Liz works within the medical subject, however she maintained the command of a talented district legal professional who had a witness lifeless to rights on the stand. “Fortunate informed me you prompted the accident,” Liz knowledgeable her visitor, laying out the details of her case. “You tried to kill Ava… as an alternative, you almost killed me and Ric.”
Not surprisingly, Kristina tried to flimflam her manner out of accountability, however Liz wasn’t shopping for what Kristina was peddling.
“I do know you meant to harm Ava, or, extra precisely, you meant to kill her,” Liz identified as if Kristina’s need to commit homicide one way or the other justified the entire mess.
Regardless of what number of instances Kristina tried to clarify away her actions, if not justify them, Liz saved going at her. She wasn’t impressed by Kristina’s declare that she would have confessed all had Liz and Ric (Rick Hearst) gone to that nice cleaning soap opera within the sky.
“Ric and I might be lifeless so we wouldn’t be impressed by your grand gesture,” Liz justifiably snarked. “Since we had been simply severely injured, you determined to remain quiet… and also you let Fortunate cowl for you.”
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At this level, Kristina most likely would have most well-liked to be again on the witness stand being grilled by Ric, or operating into Ava at a Port Charles eatery and having one other showdown with the girl she blames for the demise of the child she was carrying for her sister, Molly (Kristen Vaganos).
“The one motive I didn’t,” Liz mentioned about contacting the police, “was that Fortunate would have been charged as an adjunct. Now that Fortunate’s in another country…” At this level, Kristina had motive to concern she was going to get a Pentonville storyline.
Luckily, Kristina wasn’t going through Ava or Ric or the authorities; she was in entrance of Liz, who confirmed Kristina some mercy – after making her sweat profusely.
“I’m not going to show you in, Kristina,” Liz mentioned, letting her attacker off the hook (for now). “Your loved ones’s been by sufficient after shedding Sam. Molly could be devastated to know you nearly killed her dad.”
Then, Ric, sarcastically, arrived, which prompted Liz to finish her assembly with Kristina. As she made her manner in the direction of the door, Herbst had Liz actually stand in Kristina’s pathway. Bodily blocking a scene associate from exiting a room is a delicate (however very efficient) transfer. Liz doing this and obtrusive at Kristina intently had been robust reminders to her that she was not off the hook.
Kristina’s been coddled over her reducing the brakes on Ric’s automobile by not solely Fortunate but in addition by her mom, Alexis (Nancy Lee Grahn), who paid out tens of millions to Ava to maintain her daughter out of jail.
Viewers have been ready for somebody to completely lambast Kristina for her actions and threaten her with accountability. The writers tasked Liz with that task and Herbst shined within the scenes. Kristina would do properly to heed Liz’s warning that she higher not pull something like this once more or else Liz will go to the police. Given Herbst’s performances, we imagine her!
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