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From: chips@eskimo.com (:crp:)
Subject: GH: Update 01-17 Tues
Date: Wed, 18 Jan 1995 03:03:13 GMT

                           General Hospital Update
                               Tue Jan 17, '94

Yeah, NO MIG!!! A day without Mig is like a day without canker sores.

Laura is packing up some stuff with LesLu when Luke enters, checking up on
the progress and LesLu. Lucky comes in with only his school backpack. He
tells him he thought about Texas and decided to stay in PC with Luke. This
leads to a full scale argument [with raised voices!] between parents and
child. At his wits ends, Lucky suggests that he will be just as safe at
Ruby's as Beechers Corner with Foster. Luke buys into that argument, that
either way Lucky will be out of the house and Luke's hair. So he is willing
as long as nothing further happens. Laura agrees with the condition if
anything happens Lucky will get on the next plane with no argument. Luke
sends junior off to school and then Laura heads off, as they hug with tears.
For once, Luke is tired and worried.

Ned enters the studio all full of vigor and vim, and singing away. Lois
trails slowly after, once again suffering hangover like symptoms. Lois acts
cooly toward him and is looking over messages while Ned talks on. Ned is all
ready to start going over some of the stuff he and the band, after Lois had
pooped out, jammed till 4AM when the hotel closed down the lounge. Lois says
                        L I N E   O F   T H E   D A Y
           "What are you, that battery bunny or something?" and No, he should
save his voice, besides there's a meeting with Sonny et al about Mig's video.
[Yes, i know i didn't get the flow of conversation quite right. Anyone who
wants can post the correct dialogue flow. But this is the gist of it.] Lois
lays down on the couch and Ned offers to bring the luggage to her bedroom.
She says its ok, just leave them there. He then offers her the services of
the Q hot tub, she demurs and tells him that she just needs lots of coffee
and he needs to hold off on the caffeine. She puts her head down but he gives
her that puppy dog look. She asks what does he need, he says her. To be
specific, he and she needs more of the same kismit that they had going the
previous two gigs. Lois says no, things will be going back to normal in a
copule of weeks [Ned's leave of absence will be over from ELQ]. Ned insists
that they give it a go, treat it like a roller coast. And perhaps, just
perhaps, a solution to the Ned/Ed & Lois will make itself apparant.

MaeMay and Keisha get into a tiff over the board makeup. MaeMay can't believe
that Keisha got involved with Jason and AJ getting together on the company.
Keisha feels that she calmed troubled waters, MaeMay that the waters got
muddied. Keisha admits to the sibling jealousy over her, but insists that her
diplomacy smoothed things over and the three of them will lead to better
things. MaeMay hotly debates this premise, then tries to calmly explain to
Keisha that often its better to stay out of others family problems since one
good deed often leads to several bad ones. Keisha protests against that
philosophy and MaeMay lets it rest. She then tells Keisha about the club.

Sonny is being questioned by the insurance agent & cops as to who might have
wanted to bomb the club. Garcia tells him that the incidiary device was a
professional job. Brenda and Stone full of worry and concern for Sonny.
Brenda starts throwing a fit and ranting and raving at Sonny (within earshot
of the others). Sonny brings them upstairs and tries again to calm her down.
She keeps asking who did it and why, he says don't know.  He asks about
Buffalo, she tells him it was great and how is this club fire-bombing going
to affect L&B. He tells her it won't and asks her to tell Lois in person.
Also, it would be best if Brenda stayed over at the studio for a couple of
days. Brenda is still put off and gives him a cold shoulder. She gets her
stuff together, calms down a bit and they kiss goodbye as Luke enters.

Luke is to the least, po'ed at Sonny. Luke thought the legit and mob arms
would be kept totally apart. Sonny says that was the idea. Luke asks what
happened to the idea of being non-violent? Sonny replies that the drugs and
prostitution were sold to Detroit and he kept the numbers, protection, etc.
And Kusak went for this? Nope, and thats why he was kicked out. Sonny
maintains that the streets are paved with gold and doing it his way will let
everyone be happy and peacefull (on the mob side). Harry comes in and he has
bad news: the bombing was Kusack. Luke leaves in order to maintain his
seperation from Sonny's illegit side and Harry talks Sonny into getting rid
of Kusack. For good. Oh, and Harry unretires to help Sonny.

Luke goes down to finish things up with the insurance agent when The Big
Idiot arrives. For a change, Luke is serious when he talks to TBI. Luke
maintains he has no knowledge of the who or why. TBI warns him about Sonny
and when Luke starts defending him TBI says he is not speaking as a cop but
as one who owes Luke his life and as a friend: Sonny is poison. Luke turns
jocular and they go back to their usual banter. TBI goes up to see Sonny.
MaeMay arrives and asks Luke the same question everyone else is: Who/Why ?
The two chat amiably a bit, and Luke seems relaxed for the first time.

Brenda goes to the studio and tells all to Lois and Ned. Lois is worried and
sympathetic to the situation. Ned is outraged and says 'I told you so'.
Brenda keeps on saying 'Shut up Ned' so he finally gives up and leaves.
Brenda is desperatly trying to keep her faith in Sonny and is hoping that an
old neighborhood pal of his is going to back her up. Unfortunately, Lois has
no faith in Sonny. She will only go along for the ride because there is no
choice. In the meantime, Ned goes to Mac and hires him to dig up the info on
Sonny. Thing is, it has to be done very discretely so that Lois will never
find out that Ned went behind her back and didn't trust her judgement. They
decide the best way to go is to Lois' parents. They are from the neighborhood
and probably know all about Sonny's old time connections and activities. In
the eventuallity that there is a PC wedding and they bump into Mac, Mac will
say he was looking into Sonny because of the Robin-Stone connection.