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From: jyarnot@netcom.com (Jan Yarnot)
Subject: GH: Update Thurs January 19, 1995
Date: Fri, 20 Jan 1995 18:25:27 GMT

It must be something in the water of good ol' Port Chuck, but there
were varying levels of (in)sanity today:

1. IF THERAPY IS GOOD FOR ME, WHY DOES IT HURT SO BAD?
Tony and Kevin are in K's office, but Bobbie isn't there.  Tony
discusses the previous half-a-session, and wishes Kevin luck with
Lucy (who doesn't appear in person on this show, but who is mentioned
by just about everyone in town but Foster. And he probably barked about
her during a commercial.)  Tony also speculates that Bobbie will sabotage
this session, just as she walks in the door.  She starts to apologize
for being late, and Tony jumps all over her:  "I thought you'd blame your
tardiness on Lucy... I guess we're making more progress than I thought."
Bobbie (understandably) gets defensive, and asks Kevin why he's allowing
this.  Tony says "Oh, now it's KEVIN'S fault!"  Bobbie says "Make him stop!"
to Kevin, and when that doesn't happen, she tells K. to drop dead and
walks out.  Tony looks smug.  "Session avoided, mission accomplished,
can I call them or what?"  Kevin confronts Tony with trying to make the
session end.  Why?  Well, Tony has three possible explanations... he was
hoping to score points by making a prediction and having it come true, or
he was hoping to score points by needling Bobbie, or perhaps he was avoiding
therapy himself by aborting the session.  Which one?  Well, maybe a little
bit of all three.  But Tony has decided to continue therapy, with or without
Bobbie.  Bobbie, meanwhile, goes to see Luke at the "hottest spot in Port
Charles."  She needs a hug.  She gets two.  [Look, I don't much like either
one of these characters, but this scene was a definite keeper.]  Bobbie
moans about Kevin seeing Lucy, and Luke, bemused, puts his finger right on
the truth... Bobbie was talking about "compromise" and how dull life was
with Tony before ever Lucy made the bet.  "Hmmph!" Bobbie snorts.  "She does
a puny little thing like save your life and now you're defending her too!"
Looks to me like B. is starting her own redemption.

2.  IF THERAPY IS GOOD FOR YOU, HOW COME YOU'RE RUNNING THE SESSION?
[These are my favorite two threads of the day, and it's sheer coincidence
that Jon Lindstrom is in both...]  ~eerie music~  Connie comes to see
a brooding Ryan.  He's decided to do the Popcorn Stitch.  This is a bit
hard [And it takes longer than the off-camera bit, too!] but "once I
set a goal, it's as good as done."  (Ominous Knell of Doom...)  Ah, but
Connie has no imagination.  Ryan starts to teach her about creative
visualization.  "Once you can see it, it's attainable."  He demonstrates
by doing the world's fastest popcorn stitch.  I guess he learned to ride
a bike and play the piano by thinking about it.  Connie is very impressed.
"What other things do you visualize?"  "You might not be ready for the
answer."
        Ryan has squirreled money away. [That *is* what I heard, right?
I was getting mommy points by making a poodle skirt while GH was on,
and I might have misunderstood this..]  He visualizes hiding away in a
small stone farmhouse in Provence [where was Kevin raised?] with his wine
cellar and his books and his perfect companion.  "She's strong, smart, sen-
sitive, beautiful, but not too much... very shy... most important, she's
completely dedicated to me." [There ya go, Lynelle..]  Connie gets morose.
She will live her life and die and no one will ever know she was there.
Ryan denies this.  They will work on the same image together... and report
to each other next week.  COLD SHIVERS DOWN THE SPINE!!

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Oh, goodie.  I wrote the first two pages of this update and LOST it.
I must be drinking PC water, because they are all in various stages of
(in)sanity...  Well, let's see what I can recover...
(Netcom decided to tell me at 11:30 last night how to get the file back.
I was NOT looking forward to doing that stuff again... now to finish,
quick, before the file is snatched away again...)
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3. MAYBE A KINDER,GENTLER MOB WOULD BENEFIT FROM THERAPY.
Luke confronts Sonny in the club.  How much trouble are they in?
Sonny assures him that he has it under control, and that NOTHING and
NOBODY will be allowed to hurt Laura, the kids, even Foster, or Luke.
Later Damian confronts Sonny on the street.  It appears the kinder,
gentler approach isn't working too well.  Sonny's temper (always just
below the surface) flares.  "I'm getting enough lip from people today."
Sonny will handle Cusack.  It's all under control.  Damian would like
Sonny to work on Lucy (Here, I thought Damian was more subtle and sneaky
than KatyBelle, but this sounds like Miss Subtlety's usual approach.)
Sonny refuses.  He doesn't pick on women, children, or animals.  Besides,
he likes Luke and Lucy saved Luke.  All things being equal, he doesn't
take orders from Damian.  Damian doesn't think all things are equal.
        Harry has news for Sonny later.  Someone has taken care of Cusack.
Someone has done their job... but who?

4. ONCE WE ARE THROUGH WITH LUCY, SHE WILL NEED THERAPY.

Mac is at the Outback when Stone comes in and asks if Robin is around.
She isn't, and Mac reverts to the heavy-handed uncle role.  He questions
Stone about the explosion and Sonny and says "if anything happens to Robin
I'm holding you responsible."   KatyBelle comes in and smoulders at Mac.
He had his chance while Damian was in the hospital and she had no friends
in the town.  He reminds her that he is the one who investigated her, and
he sees the same pattern over and over, what are they planning?  Katherine
insists she's changed.
        Damian comes in, after once more denying to a suspicious(!) Sean
any mob involvement, and reports that Sonny won't help ruin Deception.
He's brooding about what Sonny is up to, but Katherine doesn't notice,
she's come up with a plan to ruin Deception herself.

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