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Subject:     GH:Update for Monday, 3/18/96
From:        Tahnda Bailey, tahnda@batgirl.water.ca.gov

General Hospital
         Update for Monday, 3/18/96
           by Tahnda Bailey

This episode is dedicated to the memory of Damien Smith, RIP, who
was DOA on 3/18/96 (sob, I've lost one of my FGCs).

Todays show was anti-climatic to say the least.  This update
is to be read to the tune of "Burn baby Burn".

Burn baby Burn, Ward house inferno....
As we resume today, we recap Friday's episode.  Laura is singing
a lullabye to the sick Ward House baby, while Lulu chortles in
the playpen.  Downstairs, a pre-toast Damien pours gasoline all
over the place, as he turns to light the match, he sees *SOMEOME*!!
Before he can gather his wits, he is hit over the head, and rendered
dead (or unconscious, who knows?).  The murder flees, leaving Damien
on the floor surrounded by flames.

Meanwhile, Luke returning from the pharmacy sees the flames, calls
for help to Justus, who is coming from goodness only knows and they
enter the building.  Luke is looking for Laura and Lu, Justus finds
Damien, post-toasting, and brings his body outside.  The fire
department arrives, a crowd gathers, and people begin lamenting the
loss of Ward house.  Bobbie and Tony arrive on the scene, and
Justus mentions that her entire extended family is in the burning
house.  Bobbie has to be restrained (this was a particularly lame
scene).  As they watch the house burn, Lucky arrives and he too
has to be restrained (a much better acting job by young Jonathan).
Firemen are forced out by the smoke and flames with little hope
for any survivors.  As Lucky tries to come to grips with the
possible death of his whole family (remembering that the last
time they were all together they were *flaming* him for his
mis-behavior), Luke stumbles out with the family in tow.  Lucky
runs to and is reunited with his family, with Luke saying, "I'd never
do that to you".  Keesha arrives and breaksdown as she realizes that
her whole past has just gone up in flames.  As she and Justus gaze
at the inferno tears streaming down their faces, they mimic the stance
of Mary Mae and her son (flashback of son holding MaryMae in his arms
as they gaze out the window).

Other filler stuff...
Tom  and Filly continue their arabian night fantasy.  They smooch,
they eat, they banter, they notice the flames, date is officially
ended.

Bobbie dreams......again.  This time, tptb have added a porcelan doll.
The doll is knocked over and the face cracks (the head may have fallen
off too, but I forget).  Bobbie is terrified, Tony is soothing.  He
opines that it may be that she hasn't come to grips with BJs death
yet.

Sonny visits Rivera and asks for his turf and stuff back, as per their
agreement.  He did his part, and is currently making Lily a very happy
person (Rivera concurs that Lily is ecstatic), and now he wants Rivera
to do his part (turn over the do-re-mi and the power, ASAP).  They are
interrupted by a call from Liletta, who informs Sonny that Garcia
wants
to talk to him since Damien bit the dust at Ward House inferno
tonight.
 Sonny asks Rivera if Damien had
mob help in his exit from this life.  Rivera reminds Sonny that his
word is gold, and that he told Sonny he would leave Damien alone.  He
does suggest that Sonny reconsider consolidating his power with Damien
being toast and all, but Sonny says to let him worry about the
happenings in PC.

Mac worries to Robin (as tho she hasn't got enough problems) that Kat
has been MIA for a whole hour (yes folks, sixty whole minutes).  Robin
thinks its sweet that Mac is so "into" Kat (I think its nauseating,
but
that's my problem).  She opines that Kat is going to show up any
second, unharmed.  Robin is proven right, and Kat gushes all over
Mac about her success (getting the job as Justus' PR person), and
her plans to rehabilitate his career.  Mac listens, until a phone call
comes telling of the Ward house inferno, and Damien's death.  When
Mac clues Kat in she LAUGHS.  She then wonders why Mac is looking at
her like she has lost her mind.  (Personally, I got the feeling Mac
was accusing her of something with that stare, but again, I could be
wrong).

Kevin and Lucy learn of the Ward House inferno on TV and of Damien's
death.  Lucy is surprised that she feels nothing.  Kevin says for her
to get a grip, Damien got what he deserved.  She agrees, tho she
does admit that there were times that she actually liked Damien.

Remember, to the tune of Burn baby Burn....
Burn baby burn, Damien is murdered, burn baby burn, burn this motha
out....

Sorry about all the editorializing, but it really was one of those
days...you'd think that Damien's exit would have been more exiciting,
but it really was quite boring, and anticlimatic.  As a matter of
fact,
most of the suspects seemed to have alibis.
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As always, a not so impartial update by.....Tahnda@water.ca.gov
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