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Date: Mon, 11 Nov 1996 10:01:55 CST
From: John R. Andrews U14780@uicvm.uic.edu
Subject: GH: Update for Fri 11/08/96

    The General Hospital Update for Friday, Nov 8, 1996

                   Written By:   Kathy Ellington
                   Reply   To:   kathy@gundog.lbl.gov

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It's the aftermath of the wedding...

Those Incredibly Wacky Quartermaines!
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Dorman and Monica have a mini-confab about his sexual harrassment suit.
He claims that Monica pursued him for sex then, after she broke off their
relationship, used her wifely influence on Alan (as chief of staff) to
block Pierce from being rehired at GH.  Monica takes the lawsuit papers
home and comes clean with Alan about Pierce and the whole darned mess.
Alan is hurt by her infidelity but eventually he and Monica admit that
they love each other. Alan takes the papers from Monica, tears them up,
and says the lawsuit is bogus and that he'll handle Dr Dorman!
Unfortunately, Emily had eavesdropped outside the door at the beginning
of Alan and Monica's conversation. She heard Monica confess to having sex
with Dorman. Emily looks shocked. She creeps silently away and out of the
house. She winds up on the docks, walking and brooding. She tries to call
Lucky but the kid blows her off, he's too busy being duped by Stefan and
the Timoria game to have time for little Emily. She's sitting on a bench
when some kid she knows from school joins her. He assumes she's been
waiting to buy marijuana from another lurking kid. Emily looks confused
as the kid drops a bag of grass on her lap.

Flukeman and The Hardy-Boy Unite against Batman
Lucky is Swept into Timoria
Laura and Nik Share a Meal
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Luke and Laura have another public argument at GH. Luke finds another
Stefan-hater in Tom Hardy.  Later on, Tom is sitting in front of a PC
with a stack of diskettes at his side. He is looking for information.
[This updater thinks they were Steve's diskettes.] Tom pops in a disk
and the screen fills with figures; the heading is "Timoria Grant"!  Tom
mutters something like "that's not what I'm looking for" and ejects the
diskette.  Meanwhile, Nik has sought out Laura and returns her earring.
She persuades him to have dinner with her since they're both alone that
night. He agrees.
Lucky is at home, playing the Timoria game. He defeats the fire-worms on
level 1 and reaches level 2, then decides to stop the game for awhile.
He exits the game and a page prints out. It is some landmark and he
thinks he recognizes it. He takes the printout to the front porch of the
Spencer house and peers into the distance.  Excitedly he runs back inside
and grabs his coat, "That's it!" he exclaims, "Timoria is Here!" [in Port
Charles].  He runs off into the darkness.

Bobbie Cuts Herself Loose, Unkie Stefan offers Solace
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Bobbie has flown to the Dominican Republic to obtain a quickie divorce.
She's on the phone with Tony and informs him of her intended actions. He
is stunned that she would act so precipitously but she is fueled with anger.
She does, however, give him a chance to tell her not to go ahead with the
divorce. Alas, he doesn't say the words she wants to hear. She makes him
admit their marriage was over before he slept with Carly. Later on Bobbie
wearily returns to her hotel room. She has an official-looking envelope in
her hand and we can only assume it's the divorce decree. She enters her
room and it's filled with exotic flowers; Stefan steps in from the balcony.

Sonny, King of Denial
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Mike rags on Sonny about bringing Miranda to wreck Brenda/Jax's wedding.
Sonny tries to justify his actions by claiming he was only interested in
finding out Jax's deep, dark secret in order to oust him from the ELQ
board. Mike's not buying it, though, and keeps hammering away at Sonny.
The mini-mobster denies that his feelings for Brenda are ruling his actions.

The Jacks Family Starts to Come Unglued -- Where is Jerry??
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Jax is at Papa John's bedside in GH's emergency room. John tries to make
Jax see his point of view in keeping Miranda's condition from his son. Jax
has big problems in believing that Miranda went along with the deceit.
Jax exits his room and Miranda comes in. Outside, Jax and Mac have a few
words. Mac tells Jax to let him (Mac) explain to Miranda the details about
the explosion, especially who set the charge.  A bit later on, Miranda and
Mac are joined by Jane and Jax. After saying something tactless about
Miranda surfacing at the worst possible moment, Jane leaves. Jax accompanies
her but returns later.  Miranda tells Mac that Jane and John think she
purposely went back on their agreement to keep her existence a secret. Mac
bitterly explains what a sack of sh*t Sonny is.   Now that they're alone,
Miranda asks Mac to tell her the background on Sonny and Brenda.  Later on,
Mac gets at call at GH about the boy who died of the drug overdose. He has
to go and see the kid's parents and takes leave of Miranda.  Jax comes up
then and wants some facts from her. He says that Jane and John said it was
Miranda's idea not to tell Jax she was alive. He demands the truth.

Poor Little Brain-Dead!
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In their suite at the PC Hotel, Brenda wearily sits down, still in her
wedding gown. In the pocket of Jax's tuxedo coat she has found her wedding
ring and a folded piece of paper. She reads it and realizes it is the vow
Jax wrote for her to recite at their wedding. She smiles tenderly and reads.
Then she replays the last tender moment they shared before going downstairs
for the ceremony. She lovingly puts her wedding ring back on. The doorbell
rings and she answers it.  It's Sonny -- she glares at him.

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