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From: jyarnot@netcom.com (Jan Yarnot)
Subject: GH:  Update Thursday Mar 14
Date: Thu, 21 Mar 1996 00:03:29 GMT

Well, I've read a lot of the reactions, and all I can say is, if
we all thought the same and liked the same things, what a peanut-
butter shortage there would be.  I, for instance, have generally
liked Lily well enough, but I didn't like her actions today at all.
I also didn't like Laura's reaction: granted, she may have had an explosive
temper in the past, but she's had 20 years to mellow, and she seemed
to be taking Mary Mae's lessons to heart.  And her anger was more
directed at preserving her own Mommy-of-the-Year reputation than her
family's safety.

That said, on with the update for March 14.

OUT AND ABOUT IN PC:
1.  The Spencer's house, about noon.  Foster is begging a snack and Luke
shoos him away from the table.  Laura comes in.  They discuss Lucky.
It's a half-day at school.  Laura wants Luke to pick up some sporting
goods for the Ward House babies (sorry, I've only seen babies and
preschoolers there!)  She's taking them on an overnight field trip to
Rochester tomorrow (more SORAS going on, I suppose.)  Lucky comes in and
attempts to avoid being seen by his folks.  When they see his battered
face, he lies, saying it was a skateboard accident.  Then he lies about
needing to do homework ("if that's OK") rather than go to the sporting
goods store with his father.  They know he's lying, but Luke thinks maybe
the trouble is a female.  [Yep, Lady Luck]

2.  Kelly's.  Ruby is pouring coffee for Bobbie.  Sonny and Lily come
in.  She feels like she's playing hooky to be with her lover, even though
school is out and Sonny is her husband.  Bobbie says goodbye to Ruby, and
Veronica Bowles comes over to talk to her.  She's planning an interview
with the Soon-to-be-Late Damian Smith and wants a different perspective.
Tony comes in, Bobbie tells him she's had no nightmares, Veronica is "no
commented" by Sonny.  Lily asks Sonny why they go to Kelly's, it's really
OK, he doesn't have to prove anything to Br-anyone.  They will NOT go to
dinner at LUKE'S, but go somewhere else to get away from Br-people.
        Outside Kelly's, Lucky runs into the Soon-to-be-Late Damian, and
assures him he'll pay back every penny.  StbL Damian says "we're pals, eh?"

3.  Gatehouse/Outback. Lois is trying to work when Corporate Mogul Brenda
dashes in and convinces her to go to dinner with them (Jax and Brenda.)
[I think FGC Brendas are going to have a hard time convincing me of her
maturity, stability, intelligence, and general competence: she's behaving
more and more selfishly and all to get Sonny "he loves me I know he loves
me he told me so"]  Lois tries to convince Brenda that Jax is a great
transitional lust object.  Brenda [for a change, yeah, right] doesn't
listen.  Lois is worried about Brenda, who states "This is not about
jealousy any more.  This has now become about revenge for me.  And I'm
going to make damn sure that Sonny sees exactly what he's lost out on up
close and personal."  [Hide the pet bunnies!]  She doesn't want Sonny to
think that Jax abandoned her.  Ned comes in and Brenda dashes off.  Lois
talks Ned into this ridiculous dinner.
        Dinner at the Outback is chilly, with the women bored and Jax and
Ned clashing antlers.  Sonny and Lily come in.  Sonny keeps staring at
Brenda, which displeases Lily.  She goes to the table and confronts them,
thanking Jax for the oysters "for me and my husband" and wishing them all
a pleasant evening.  Brenda just looks at her.  Lily goes back and tells
Sonny "she is SUCH a bitch" and they laugh.  Brenda, stricken, asks Jax
to dance and they kiss passionately.  [In my opinion, both women made
idiots of themselves this night, but it wasn't Brenda's fault.  After all,
she was there first.]

4.  LUKE'S.  NewJason, %, comes in.  Mike introduces himself.  % wants a
job, and Mike hires him as a valet.  Luke comes in and "meets" %, who
will start "tomorrow."  (Later he says he has no sense of time, and since
he actually starts the day after tomorrow, I guess this is so. Couldn't
be a continuity error.)  % leaves, and Robin comes in with fliers for
Justus.  She asks about Lucky.  Laura comes in.  She and Luke go in back
to hit the phones.  Robin leaves and Veronica Bowles and the Soon-to-be-Late
Damian come in.  Mike wants to throw them out but Veronica persuades him
to let her do her interview there.
        StbL Damian starts speaking badly about Justus, just as Luke and
Laura return and Bobbie comes in.  Luke wants to stop the interview but
Bobbie says not to, it'll be worth it.  She gets into the interview and
compares the Ward House to a toxic waste incinerator, and the CS Emporium
to the Foundation.  Damian then talks about their having been lovers and
her obsession, and how Bobbie tried to kill him, and Bobbie says she
wishes she had.
        Amy has tuned the hospital into this, and Tony teleports to
LUKE'S to support Bobbie.  Damian threatens a lawsuit against Bobbie for
slander (though why no criminal charges are talked about escapes me!)
Luke offers him a cigar, trying to kill him slowly.  Damian overhears
Laura tell Bobbie that no one will be at the Ward House in the morning.
He goes up to Luke and Laura and tells them about Lucky.  In a grand
confusion of pronouns, Damian says: "If you were half the mother that
you pretend to be I would think I would at least know what my child is up
to."  Laura, whether baffled by the pronouns or enraged at this denial of
her parenting skills, grabs the baseball bat Luke is conveniently
holding, and attempts to smash in Damian's skull.  (Where are the TV
cameras when you need them?)  "Easy, gumdrop!", Luke says, grabbing her,
"for the pleasure of bashing him in the head remember Lulu's going to
have to visit you in the slammer till her Junior Prom."  Laura allows
herself to be soothed... "I won't let you get to me" and then, in a scene
that was supposed to be humorous, I guess, she says "like Hell I WON'T"
and clobbers Damian, to her husband's great joy.  The Soon-to-be-Late
Damian is laughing as he leaves.

5.  The bridge of night. (this place doesn't exist in the daytime.)
Robin is looking sadly into the distance.  She hears a noise and it's
NewJason, %.  She tells him he doesn't have to go.  He asks "Did we know
each other before?" and she admits to the crush she had on him when she
was 13.  % says "This is the first thing I've heard that Jason
Quartermaine didn't do right."  He says to the Quartermaines, "compared
to St. Jason [the writers read RATSA, right?], I'm the devil or
something."  Didn't Jason ever do anything bad?  Well, Robin remembers
one time he got his hair cut really weird.  [Must have been about the
time of the eartucks!]  "That's IT?  I'm desperate to nail this guy and
all you can come up with is a bad hair day?"  % likes that Robin doesn't
act like she's missing Jason while talking to %.

[Best scene of the week, in my opinion, and almost makes up for some of the
Really Stupid Thursdays I've had!]
--
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                 Putting the fun in "dysfunctional."