Power Play

Cole kämpft vor Gericht um das Sorgerecht für seinen Sohn. Mittels einer Intrige versuchen Melissa und Lance, den Prozess zu gewinnen. Sie täuschen eine Auseinandersetzung vor, bei der Lance angeblich von Cole verletzt wurde. Maggie zieht einen kompromittierenden Artikel über Jacqueline zurück. Aus falsch verstandener Wahrheitsliebe gibt Emma das Manuskript aber frei und bringt dadurch Maggie und Richard in Lebensgefahr.

Melissa and Lance resort to blackmail when Joseph's custody case goes to court. After enticing Cole into assaulting him in front of a witness, Lance shows up in court badly bruised claiming that Cole had beaten him. After hearing the corroborating story of the blackmailed witness, the judge dismisses Cole and Linda's suit. At the Gioberti's house, Maggie and Chase realize that Jacqueline's relationship with Johann Riebmann and Henri Denault made her a war criminal. Maggie decides not to submit her article to The New Globe, but Emma surprisingly turns out to be just as conniving as Angela when she has the story printed on the front page behind Maggie and Richard's backs. Richard fears for his life when Spheeris calls to convey the cartel's displeasure about the story.