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From: jyarnot@netcom.com (Jan Yarnot)
Subject: GH: Update Insane Thursday October 10
Date: Wed, 16 Oct 1996 20:43:42 GMT

Thursday was See-Who's-Craziest Day, and Tom and Kevin weren't even on!

Bobbie finally listens to her answering machine and Tony's lie.  Felicia
comes in asking about General Hospital.  Then she asks about Tony, and
Bobbie doesn't know where he is, Bobbie feels like her life is out of
control.  Felicia gets a maniacal gleam in her eye as she smiles: "ALL
our lives are out of control!"  [I had the feeling Kristina didn't have a
grasp on this acting: she does fury well, and ditzy OK, but this just
didn't gel, as near as Your Fearless Updater could see!] Maxie had
reminded Felicia on the phone (right, sure!) to put flowers on BJ's
grave.  Felicia has come to realize that she can't be paralyzed by events.

Alan comes into the mansion.  He's irritable.  He didn't sleep well, due
to the pain.  Monica says he should have stayed. She tells him what he
really needs is to take better care of himself.  He's feeling badly about
General Hospital, and Luke the Paranoid comes right in.  He wants to know
how come the hospital closed.  "Luke, it's none of your business."
"Well, that's never stopped me before."  He wants to know if the lawsuits
against Kevin had anything to do with it.  He claims there's a noose
tightening around the whole town.  Monica's staring at Luke like she's
wishing SHE were a psychiatrist.  Luke says that "Mercy is the least of
your worries" and "Being paranoid doesn't mean people aren't following you."
He leaves.

The phone rings and Monica finds out that a long-term patient is at
Mercy, and has been assigned to an HMO doctor.  She's annoyed.  Alan
apologizes.  She says it's not his fault just as Dr. Dorman comes in.  He
came to see Alan's hand, and to say he is now at Mercy, and Monica should
apply there, too.  He leaves, Monica goes off to see this former patient,
and Alan loses his temper and knocks his briefcase off the table.

Carly wakes up and Tony's gone and she panics, again.  He's found a box
of sporting goods and yearbooks and they look at them.  If he didn't have
to, he'd never leave at all.  Carly is surprised by the all-boys'
school.  He says, taking her words, that he's "a Kindly Interesting Wise
Old Guy."  He wants to see HER High School mementos.  She keeps thinking
she can tell him everything and he'll still like her, but as she's about
to 'fess up (maybe) he says he has to get back.

Tony goes into the Brownstone, and Bobbie tells him GH has closed.  She
is "understanding" [Which I find more annoying than suspicion:  she just
doesn't think he's interesting enough to be having an affair.]  She has
"missed him terribly" [Yeah, that's why she went to Luke's before she
came home!]  He leaves, and Bobbie gets some forget-me-nots from Stefan.
Monica comes by: "My husband is sleeping in a hotel and I am raising
Emily [who?] in a house of horrors" and she feels her life is out of
control.  Too bad Felicia isn't there to smile insanely at this!

At the Outback, Katherine asks about Mac's visit to Kevin.  He hasn't
escaped yet, maybe she should bake him a cake with a file in it.  She
misses Mac, and has very little sympathy for Felicia.  Jason comes in for
a letter Robin "misaddressed."  Katherine points out that Robin's no
dummy and leaves for an interview about St. Sonny.  Mac and Jason talk,
about Robin and about GH closing.  Felicia comes bouncing into the
Outback.  She's been thinking about her life.  She's going to take her
life back.  She rattles on at Mac, and Katherine comes to the door and
sees them together.  Meanwhile, Carly comes in and talks to Jason.
She is so happy.  She calls Florida collect again.  Later, she is sitting
on a park bench and Tony comes up.

Jason goes to the Mansion to see Alan.  He talks about Robin.  He wants
to pay for her medication if she decides to take it.  "What's the use of
money if it's not for something like this?" [Definitely not a
Quartermaine!]  He tells Alan thank you for treating Robin so well.  Alan
gives him a ride to GH.

Nik is upset to see the suitcases Stefan has packed.  Stefan looks calm:
"Nothing has changed, our strategy remains the same.  We leave Port
Charles when we've accomplished what we came for."  Stefan tells Nikolas
it's like running, you keep one eye on the goal and another on the
obstacles.  So Nik goes up to pack, and there's a knock on the door [!]
and Stefan says "on your way up, let Mr. Spencer in."  [When did Luke
start knocking?]  Luke notes the portrait is gone, does not believe the
Cassadines are actually leaving.  He mentions "Timoria" and isn't sure
who's supposed to be "atoning."  Stefan gets a sly smile on his face.
Stefan again mentions the bone marrow transplant... Luke isn't buying it.
As Luke is leaving, he sees Nik on the dock, and Nik tells him he's
trespassing.  Luke remains, lights a cigar, and sees Bobbie coming.  He
asks her what she's doing there, and she widens her eyes.

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