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Sent:        9/26/96 1:40 PM
From:        Jan Yarnot, jyarnot@netcom.com

THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 19 was all about poisonous relationships: Tony-Bobbie,
Edward-Tracy, Tracy-Lois, and even a bit about Sonny-Brenda (in that
theirs had reached this point, but is better now that there *is* no
real relationship.)  There were good relationships shown, as well...
Gloria-Lois, Brenda-Lois-Ned, Sonny-Justus (respect, and a possible
friendship, I think), Sonny-Lois, Sonny-Gloria.

1. NO MORE MR. NICE GUY

Peyser and Carly meet in a stairwell at GH.  She gives him an envelope of
money: "everything I have", and he threatens to come back for more.
(Setting himself up as the next murder victim.)  Carly then goes back to
work and Bobbie spots her.  Bobbie comes over and asks where Carly has
been.  She says "if you don't improve your attitude, you could find
yourself out of the program."  Tony, in an echo of two weeks ago, comes
up and says "Excuse me?  What's going on here?" He tells Bobbie (in front
of Carly) "You sounded very punishing just then."  They start bickering.
Carly excuses herself, and they continue to fight.  Bobbie complains
about the tuition again, once more conveniently forgetting that she tried to
get the money herself for her own thing (and how ironic: Peyser gets it
after all!).  "But it's not really about Carly," Bobbie says.  She asks:
"Where's all this anger coming from?"  She says SHE'S not looking for
excuses to get angry [A first!]  "Most couples haven't been through what
we've been through."  [Yes, thinks Your Fearless Updater: all the lies,
the affairs, the anger....]  Tony says "I don't believe in replacing one
child with another."  Bobbie mentions adoption again, and just as Carly
gets into eavesdropping position, she overhears Tony ask "You want ME to
have an affair?  THAT really solved everything!"  Bobbie asserts "I
suffered for that!"  "Not that much," Tony replies, "You just tried to
have an affair with Alan Quartermaine.  What was the excuse for that?"
[Your Fearless Updater is delighted that Tony is finally addressing
this guff that he's been swallowing and "rising above" for so long!]
Carly has heard enough, and leaves in tears.  Meanwhile, Tony continues
to vent: "You are awfully self-righteous to keep such a big secret for so
many months" or did she think he'd forgotten her bad dreams and her troubles?
"I don't want to fight with you, and you lay off Carly."  [There's a
smutty pun just dying to come out, here, but I'll leave it to Kathy
Ellington!]  Tony finds out Carly has gone home, and he follows.  He
tells Carly that the fight was not her fault.  She plans to leave the
nursing program.  She tells him about giving the money away, but she
can't tell him why.  She starts to cry and he holds her, and, well,
things start to develop.

Meanwhile, Bobbie is in tears.  Later she goes to her locker, sees the
picture of Caroline, and [wait for it, Adrian!] widens her eyes!  She
calls Luke to get Mrs. Benson's address.

2.  NO MORE MR. BAD GUY
Edward and Ned are at the ELQ office in New York City.  [?  It's always
been in Port Charles before, if not the Q living room! Plot device to make
Nedly harder to get hold of, but it makes the separation to Bensonhurst
look even MORE ridiculous!]  Edward wants Ned back, but for 3 years.  He
sort of brushes the fact that he made a Big Mistake aside.  "ELQ needs you."
"So do my wife and child." "We're your family!" "LOIS is my family!"  The
phone rings, it's Gloria telling about Lois.  Ned is on his way. Edward
shouts after him, "Give Lois my best!"

Meanwhile, outside Kelly's, Sonny and Justus meet.  Sonny remarks that
being near the Quartermaines has "entertainment value" and Justus agrees
"There IS that."  He wants Sonny to agree that Ned should return as CEO
and Sonny smirks a bit about Edward's mistake.  He finds out that Tracy
and Jax are teamed up against the rest of ELQ.  Edward has another offer,
too: "What, he wants me to become CEO if Ned refuses?"  No, he wants to
buy Sonny out.  Sonny has no intention of letting go of his legitimate
business, especially now that it's getting so interesting.  He calls
Edward to speak to him in person.  He asks Edward if Ned has signed on.
When Edward wants to know if Justus has mentioned the buyout, Sonny says
"Edward, it worries me that you don't realize that I'm the least of your
troubles."  He will stay on to protect his investment, and can he talk to
Ned?  When Edward tells him about Lois, Sonny abruptly says "Gotta go",
hangs up, and rushes off.

3. NO MORE A QUARTERMAINE

[Lois should just read RATSA: she'd then know that Tracy won't be a
problem for long... she'd also know to stay WELL away from New York City!]
[I'd like to give Tracy to MY daughter-in-law.  They deserve each other.]

Gloria is comforting Lois and assures her that Ned will be in touch... maybe
his beeper batteries just went dead.  Lois figures it's all her fault for
having gotten angry at "that terrible excuse of a human being."  She
never should have felt hatred.  Gloria figures it's probably just
Braxton-Hicks contractions [how I spent ALL my pregnancies!] and they
reminisce about Gloria's false labor. Gloria hands Lois a Rosary before
going out to try to reach Ned again.

Brenda comes running in and talks to Gloria, and then ducks the
empty-gurney race and darts into Lois' room.  They hug.  Lois frets about
feeling hatred and how Brooke was "trying to run away from home by coming
out too soon."  Brenda talks to the baby and tells her not yet.  Lois
remembers how Carmine used to read proverbs out of the Bible to them and
how her favorite was "Pride goeth before a fall."  She was too proud, she
thought she was better than Quartermaines, and look what happened.
Brenda attempts to calm her down by telling her about a large green
giraffe she plans to mail the baby in L.A.  They talk about the Tracy-Jax
plot and their friendship, and Lois vows never to confuse her priorities
again.

Ned comes running in, at which point the doctor decides to appear.  The
baby is fine, it was Braxton-Hicks contractions, go home and try to avoid
stress.  There's some dithering as to whether Gloria will stay, and Sonny
comes in.  Once he's talked to Lois (big smiles all around!) he and
Gloria talk.  "You look a little thin."  "I'm eating."  [But not her
pasta, that's the trouble.]  She expresses sorrow about Lily.  "You're a
good boy, Michael, you always were."  Gloria leaves for the airport, and
Ned and Lois go home.  This leaves Sonny and Brenda together.  Yawn.  A
super-couple whose time has passed.

At home, Lois sends Ned upstairs and grabs the tape of her conversation
with Tracy.  She wants him to listen to it, but first he tells her about
Edward's offer.