The big news first: Gemma lives! The Butler twins exist; they are ginger and adorable. NA Charlie's real name is John ICan'tRememberHisLastName. Bridget realizes she's falling in love with Andrew. Andrew seems aware that not all of Martin/Charles Financial's dealings are on the up and up, but now that his "wife" is nice, he's maybe ready to clean up his act. This displeases Olivia, who, against Andrew's wishes and behind his back, manipulates Henry, so she can get closer to Gemma's ailing dad's money. Also, when Olivia gets a moment alone with Henry's cell phone, she finds a tellingly cozy photo of Henry and Shiv, so she e-mails it to herself.
As for the rest of it? Well, NA Charlie is keeping Gemma bound, gagged and blindfolded in the basement of his real house. Remember how Bridget brought a jonesing Malcolm to Charlie's apartment? Well, that's his fake flat. Mal twigs to this early on, when he notices Charlie has alcohol-laden mouthwash in his bathroom (which people in recovery eschew). Additionally, Mal notices the TV remote hasn't been used. The batteries or battery compartment, or perhaps the remote itself (sorry my notes suck) are/is still wrapped in plastic. Malcolm lets Bridget know something's fishy with her new sponsor.
Bridget decides to go see Siobhan's therapist. She wants to understand why Siobhan killed herself. The therapist is surprised that "Shiv" booked her appointment under her real name. Bridget declares herself the new "Shiv" and manages to get the therapist to confirm that the alias Siobhan used was "Cora" (the name Tyler called her, when she met him at dinner last week). It is during this session that Bridget realizes she is falling in love with Andrew.
The therapist isn't nearly as talky as Shiv's lawyer was a few weeks ago, so later, Bridget sneaks back in her office, to take a look at Shiv's file. The therapist catches her in the act, but not before Bridget manages to swipe her patient notes. I'll hit those in the full weecap, but suffice it to say, Bridget learns Shiv was afraid someone was out to get her. She also sees a notation that Shiv found what she needed at some church.
Bridget finds the church, which is no longer a house of worship. In it is a bar, and guess who's sitting at the bar, swilling whiskey? NA Charlie, aka John. When Bridget reports this to Malcolm, they decide to investigate, further.
Bridget calls Charlie and requests some quality sponsor time, giving Malcolm the chance to go to John's house (they found the address earlier) and snoop. Bridget has a hard time stretching out her meeting with Charlie, though, so Malcolm never quite gets down to the padlocked basement to rescue poor Gemma, who even manages to tip over her chair. (How does she go to the bathroom?!) Anyhow, when Charlie leaves his meeting with Bridget, he calls Siobhan in Paris, and tells her that Bridget it onto him.
That's not even the half of it. I'll be back with the full weecap, tomorrow. In the meantime, please grade the episode at the top of the page and then join us in the show thread, where no one puts Gemma in a corner basement.