Daily Updates

Date: Mon, 19 Dec 1994 12:02:00 CST
From: U14780@uicvm.uic.edu
Subject: GH: Update for Fri 12/16/94

                            GH Update for 12/16/94
                            By John R. Andrews, UIC

It's a big day in PC. With Mae Mae providing some explosive testimony about
Bradley's murder.

Scene 1
Brenda questions Lois about her over scheduling of Ned. Lois counters he needs
to be taught who's boss.
Scene 2
In the courtroom, pandemonium [literary note: Pandaemonium was the name given
to the capitol of Hell by Milton] threatens to break out as Mae Mae interrupts
the proceedings.  After the judge removes the jury, Mae Mae tells him she knows
Edward could not have killed Bradley Ward.
Scene 3
The prosecution vehemently objects to her taking the stand, but the judge asks
that she and the two lawyers go into his chambers to hear her testimony.
Scene 4
Ruby brings groceries to Laura, and they banter about the missing Luke.
Scene 5
Brenda asks Sonny about Luke, but he knows nothing. Lois begins to rant a bit
about losing a loved one. Sonny defends Ned saying he's put himself through a
lot to get back with her. Lois, with eyes flashing, snaps back at him. He says
she just needs to get back at Ned to be even.
Scene 6
Sonny relates a story about how Lois got revenge on a school chum for a trick
he played on her. He says she's got to get even with Ned to be able to get over
it before it messes up her mind and L&B.
Scene 7
Mae Mae takes the stand to tell her story. She says she was a singer in a blues
club years ago where she met a young sailor. They grew close and briefly became
lovers, but he was shipped overseas. They corresponded for a while, then she
discovered she was pregnant with his child and sent him a letter explaining she
didn't expect anything from him.  He wrote that he would offer any help he
could, but she didn't answer the letter, though she kept it.  She raised the
child, Bradley, herself telling no one who the father really was.  The next
time she saw him face-to-face was the night of Bradley's murder. Much of the
rest happened as she had testified before, but when she couldn't sleep she went
to the Port Charles apartment of Edward Quartermain.
Scene 8
Ruby tries to reassure Laura that Luke is fine, and they reminisce about when
Luke and Bobbie came into her life.
Scene 9
Mae Mae says that at first Edward didn't recognize her. She told him she knew
all about what he and his friends were trying to do to Bradley and threatened
to reveal to everyone that Bradley Ward was his son unless he backed off. As
proof she produced the letter he had sent her years ago.  Lila watched looking
hurt and concerned.
Scene 10
Emotionally, Mae Mae continued to testify that she went home and heard Bradley
phone someone. Eventually, she fell asleep, but was awakened by the gun shots.
When she found Bradley's body, she assumed he had committed suicide.  After
burying the body, she returned to Edward's apartment and told him to see to it
that any investigation be dropped and that Bradley's reputation remain
untarnished by scandal.  On cross-examination, DA Schultz suggests that
Mae Mae, in telling Edward about Bradley may, in fact, have given him a strong
motive for murder.
Scene 11
In a scene which must certainly have been written to showcase Ricky Martin's
lack of acting talent, Miguel confronts Sonny about something bothering him but
due to his ineptness I was never quite sure what it was. [Note to GH writers:
never pair Miguel with anyone as forceful as Sonny. It only highlights his lack
of emotion. I suggest you start with someone less dynamic that he can out
emote, say, BJ Jones.]
Scene 12
Edward's lawyer gives his summation. He goes over the points in Edward's favor
and points a finger at Jack Boland as the real killer.  Most of it is just a
rehash of things we've seen in past shows.  In his closing arguments, DA
Schultz concentrates on Edward's possible motivations for the killing. He
reasons that they didn't really need to kill Bradley since they had evidence
that would certainly neutralize him, but when Mae Mae told him he was Bradley's
father, Edward could not afford the scandal for his family or the possibility
of years of blackmail by Mrs. Ward, so he removed the threat.  He concludes by
asking who had the strongest motive to kill Bradley Ward, and who had
repeatedly over the years showed that he would do what needed to be done to
protect his family.
Scene 13
Lois and Brenda bubble to Sonny about where to go for Miguel's next concert
(Hawaii seems to be the choice), but Miguel is closed mouth [or maybe the scene
just wasn't long enough for him to read his lines].
Scene 14
The judge gives instructions to the jury. He stresses that their deliberations
should focus on whether or not the defendant is guilty and not on the guilt or
innocence of other persons.  As everyone leaves, Lila asks Mae Mae if she,
Keesha, and Edward's new grandson will join them back at the Quartermain house
for some soul food. Mae Mae accepts, but says she'll bring the music.
Scene 15
Laura gets a visitor. It's a sunglassed Lucy Coe who whispers suspensefully
that she has news of Luke.