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Subject:     GH:Update for Monday, 4/22/96 and 4/28/96
Sent:        5/2/96 2:27 PM
From:        Tahnda Bailey, tahnda@batgirl.water.ca.gov

General Hospital
Update for Monday, April 29, 1996
by Tahnda Bailey

**And the SIDAR goes on/As the SIDAR Turns/The Days of Our SIDAR/One
SIDAR to Live/All My Sidar/Another SIDAR/etc**
The SIDAR takes another ridiculous, improbable, agonizing, endless,
uninspired, unrelenting, unimaginative, incomprehensible, idiotic,
horrifying, nausea-inducing twist.  Brenda is caught in a blizzard,
hoping and praying that Sonny will rescue her (tho I though I heard
her call for Jax, the new player in the SIDAR since Miguel has been
kicked out, once or twice).  The ski patrol is looking for all lost
skiers, Brenda included, but she selfishly, and stupidly evades their
attempts to rescue her, holding out for Sonny.  The reason this makes
absolutely no sense is because earlier that morning she talked to
Sonny and he told her he and Lily were taking the first thing smoking
out of Ski Mountain.  Anyway, belying all the odds, Brenda manages to
find an abandoned cabin with a well stocked lantern and a book of
matches.  Fire-starter that she is, she gets the lantern going, but
is
unable to light a fire in the fireplace (apparently, the wood in the
cabin is just like the magical bat that was found apparently intact
and complete with only Laura's fingerprints after the fire).

Meanwhile, Lily, saint that she is, overrules Sonny's plans to head
for parts south, and tells the desk clerk to cancel their
cancellation
so they can await word of Brenda's whereabouts.  Sonny asks what on
earth is she doing, and she tells them that while she hopes that
Brenda will someday only be a footnote in their life stories (didn't
she steal that line from the Late Damien, when he told Justus the
same
thing about Ward House and Black History?), she (Brenda) currently
has
a starring role in their lives.  She realizes it and she doesn't
expect Sonny to feel otherwise.  Sonny hugs her for the saint that
she
is, and badgers the rescue team about Brenda's whereabouts.  Lily
reminds Sonny that Brenda has a HUGE survival instinct, to which
Sonny
responds that if her survival instinct could override her
stubbornness, he wouldn't be worried.  Finally, he can't take it
anymore and goes off to search for Brenda himself.  Altho even Lily
can't go so far as to give him her blessings, she does wish him
godspeed and a safe, quick journey.

**Carly, whom I hereby nominate as the most annoying creature in PC**
Carly is standing around, getting on Amy's nerves, attempting to make
light of the job she stole from Amy.
Bobby shows up late with Lucas in tow because Betty had car problems.
She asks Amy to keep an eye on the lad, and an annoying Carly
overhears every single solitary word.  Amy turns her back for a
nano-second, and Carly moves in for the kill.....again.  She totally
takes over Lucas' babysitting.  When Amy tries to intervene, Carly
bubbles how much she loves children, etc, and Bobbie is in her debt
as
she relinquishes her child into the hands of a virtual stranger (no
wonder Tiff didn't want her to have the boy).  Carly then pumps poor
Lucas for the family secrets, including asking him to draw a map of
the house (apparently she is casing the joint for some type of
heist).
 Amy seems to be the only one in town with an ounce of sense when it
comes to PCs newest citizen.

**The Fallout Continues or The BIG Lie"
Luke and Laura are devestated when the judge once again denies bail.
Luke, fed up with the shiester (sp) talking deals when he's
representing an innocent woman, fires Mr. NewYork Attorney.  He then
confronts Justus about letting the Spencer's down.  Justus disembles
that he is too close to the case, Luke tells him to save it for
Laura.
 Edward then comes over and tells Luke to give poor Justus a break.
The man is on the verge of a mental breakdown (to which I agree).
Luke gets a gling in his eye and wonders why EdQ is suddenly so
concerned about Justus.  EdQ claims simple emotions of a grandfather
worrying about a grandson.  Luke doesn't buy it (and neither do I).
Justus is left to ponder the fate of his friends, and tells EdQ that
nothing on earth will keep his mouth shut of Laura is convicted of
this crime.  EdQ says not to worry, he will play the red herring and
keep Luke off the scent of the real killer.  He also tells Justus
that
he has a few more lawyers up his sleeve for Laura's defense.

Dara Jensen, in a move that can only be described as fawning, tells
Justus how disappointed she is that she won't have a chance to go
head
to head with him.  She knows she can lick any old big city attorney,
but Justus would be something else.  In another obviously sparkless
pairing, she again asks why he isn't on the case, and again states
how
wonderful he is and what a great inspiration he is to she an all
other
lawyers from Charles St.

As always, a totally impartial update by.....Tahnda@water.ca.gov
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