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From: jyarnot@netcom.com (Jan Yarnot)
Subject: GH: Update Thursday October 26
Date: Sat, 28 Oct 1995 21:18:28 GMT

I WANT MY MOMMY
Amber Tamblyn really truly shone in today's episode!
Emily, Lucky and Raoul are in the Quartermaine den, and Raoul has
mastered the "give me your paw" trick, but that's all he knows.  Lucky
demonstrates a backward somersault to encourage the dog to roll over, and
Raoul couldn't be more bored, but Emily laughs.  She misses her Mom, they
used to laugh all the time.  She asks Lucky if his parents ever had
affairs, and he says no, they find other things to fight about.  Emily
wonders what to tell the social worker.  Monica overhears her wondering
what it would be like to be a ward of the court.  "Do they still have
orphanages?"  She would miss Raoul.  And Lucky.  Lucky starts off home
and Monica smiles in, inviting him to dinner.  It's salmon.  No, he's the
man of the house and is needed at home.  He tells Emily that Raoul likes
it when she laughs.  He leaves, with Monica and Emily looking at each other.

After the commercial break, Emily tells Monica it was nice of her to
invite Lucky to dinner, and she starts to leave as Alan comes in and
insists that she sit down and discuss the adoption.  Monica has already
explained the procedure and Alan reassures Emily that it will be easy.
Monica says "If this is all happening too fast for you, Emily, please let
us know." Emily wants to know what kinds of questions will the social
worker ask, and Alan lists some: do you have your own room, do you like
school, are you happy here, how do you feel about us, do you want the
adoption.  Monica asks: "How DO you feel, Emily? Honestly?" and Alan
assures her: "you can talk to us."  And at this point if they had let
silence reign for more than 2 seconds, they might have actually managed a
conversation, but of course, Monica had to push and Alan had to needle
Monica, and soon enough they are in another Quartermaine fight.  "It was
NOT an affair!" "That's splitting hairs!"  Emily finally cracks.  "DONT!
STOP IT! Now you're fighting over me!  I don't understand this family!
You blame each other for everything! You have affairs with each other's
friends!  Sometimes even your own inlaws!  You bribe and cheat people to
get your own way, and if that doesn't work, then you bully them to death!
I *HATE* IT!"
        Edward comes in and says he's the only person allowed to talk
like that. [!]  This gives Emily slight pause, but HER backbone is quite
intact, thank you very much, and she turns on him: "That's about as
unfair as everything else around here!"  [I think Emily's been into the
Art Chick's supply of exclamation points, yes?]  Edward huffs: "See here,
young woman!"  Emily explains: "You know, you're not the only one who can
get mad & sad!! Other people have a right, too!" Lila has come in during
this, and says: "You tell him, Emily!"  Edward glares: "Now don't you
encourage this, Lila!" Lila says: "If you are demanding to be treated
with respect, Edward, I suggest that you refrain from using that
particularly haughty tone of voice with the poor child."  Alan jumps in
here: "Mother! Father! PLEASE! Emily is trying to tell us why she may not
want to be an official part of this family and I damn well think we
better listen."  AJ comes in at this point and helpfully says she should
jump on that offer, kiddo, and Alan reacts, and there's another grand
Quartermaine fight going, and once more Emily snaps.  "STOP IT!!  JUST ...
STOP IT!! LISTEN TO YOURSELVES!! HOW CAN ANYBODY WANT TO BE A PART OF
THIS FAMILY?"  She runs off.
        She's just won Edward's heart.  "Well.  She's beginning to get
the hang of it, isn't she?"  Monica exclaims: "EDWARD!"

The Qs wonder what to do now.  Lila wants to change Emily's mind. Monica
asks: "How?  We are what we are." and Edward agrees, raising his glass:
"And damn proud of it."  Lila turns on him [Real proud to have this lady
as my FGC today!] "Oh, don't be obtuse, Edward!"  Edward claims that
Emily is too young to know her own mind anyway, but Alan says she's more
mature than any of them [not too hard, that!]  Monica: "She thinks we're
all liars, bullies, and adulterers."  Edward, thinking what's wrong with
that?, laughs and says "Heheheheh.  that about sums it up."  Alan asks
Monica:  "What was that about affairs with inlaws?"  Monica: "Uhhhh
---throwing the whole kitchen sink at us."  AJ is deputized to go to Emily.

Emily is glad it's AJ.  "Face it AJ, I'm a misfit."  AJ assures her she'd
be a perfect little sister, and so Emily says now she feels ungrateful.
After all, the family "can't help being the way you are."  He says she
could be an inspiration and she says "I don't want to be an inspiration,
I just want to be a little girl."  "I want my mother." AJ leaves and
reports to Alan and Monica, who wonder where they went wrong.

Emily calls Lucky.  She wants some information on how to find her aunt.
Lucky tells her to sit tight till tomorrow, let him find out some things,
and then they will go look.  Emily says she doesn't feel so desperate any
more.

I WANT MY WIFE
Emily is a lot saner than Tom, who is beginning to sound more and more "off."
Steve and Audrey are wondering if they should go along to court to offer
moral support to Tom during the divorce.  "It's Tom's loss", Doc Steve
pontificates.  Tom stops by, refusing the offer, and he has plans for
dinner. After he's left, Steve remarks: "He's completely our of touch
with reality on this one."  At court, Tom is predictably nasty.  After
the divorce is done, he follows Simone and Justus to the Outback where he
glares at them till Justus is about to attack.  Simone advises ignoring
Tom, he can't stand that.  Mac defuses their table while Felicia lures
Tom off to dinner.  Simone can't follow her own advice and ignore him.

I WANT TO LIVE
Stone is much happier without the steroids, in fact he's nearly punchy.
Robin has brought scissors preparing for the surgery tomorrow, which Tony
has set up with their "top resident" Dr. Dornan. [Razz points out this is
the doctor they were so eager to get from New York: I say they should
ship Stone off to Chicago and let Dr. Greene handle him!] Sonny finds out
why the surgery is necessary.  Then Stone and Robin cut his hair with
"Changes" playing in the background.  He's still punchy when it's over,
and is that a song about "Miracles" in the background?  Nice haircut.

At the desk Tony and Dr. Dorman are discussing the case as Sonny comes
in.  Dr. Dorkman refuses to do the surgery.  "Why bother?"  "We both know
it's probably lymphoma."  "This is such a waste."  Tony says he'll do the
operation himself [Wow, that's a shocker!] and that Dr. Dorkman is
fired.  Dorky will take it up with Doc Steve.  [Yeah, right, and Doc
Steve will go against the last 30 years and agree with him, too.  Ha.]
Sonny thanks Tony.  Later, in Stone's room, Sonny says "You find out who
has guts and heart and who don't."  Robin asks who does, and Sonny
credits "Good old Dr. Tony Jones."

I WANT A LIFE
Laura has MaryMae over at the house.  Lucky comes in and gets told not to
spoil his supper, it's potroast.  He tells her he gave up salmon at the
Quartermaines. MM offers Laura the job with the Charles Street Foundation.
Laura is trying to figure out how to juggle it with school and kids, and
she'll need to talk about it with Luke [To see if he'll "let" her?] Lucky
is eavesdropping and looks worried about Laura getting a life of her
own.  He talks to Mary Mae when Laura's out of the room.  Mary Mae sees
"manhood peeking through the gates of adolescence."

--
Jan Yarnot, net.granny, RABbabe, Proud Mom to Stands-With-a-Book, the
        Booklist Boy, the IRS Guy, the Tycoon, and Sunbunny.
        Growing older is mandatory, growing up is optional.
jyarnot@netcom.com                It's turtles all the way down.