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From: pat@wesuckless.org (Pat Herman)
Subject: GH: Update, Wednesday 11/13/96
Date: 19 Nov 1996 05:36:49 GMT

General Hospital Update
Wednesday, 11/13/96

Today's Stories:

**  It's Over  **
**  Living In Denial  **
**  Do I Have to Fight For You  **
**  Drugs in Port Charles  **
**  Katherine Takes Up Tai Chi  **

**  It's Over  **
Back at the hospital, Tony runs into Bobbie while Stephan looks on.
Tony gives back his ring and asks if Bobbie wants the keys to the
Brownstone also.  Tony believes Bobbie acted too quickly in getting
the divorce, but Bobbie believes things were already at that point and
she just made it legal.

Bobbie and Tony continue to disagree about what's happened.  Tony
keeps emphasizing that Bobbie figured everything out on her own just
like she always does.  She responds that all three of them knew that
Tony was in love with Carly so what she did was the only course of
action.  Tony says that this is typical behavior.  Every time there is
a problem, Bobbie goes off on her own to solve the problem.  Bobbie
ends the discussion by giving Tony her ring.  Tony's beeper goes off
and he leaves.

Tony comes back to finish his conversation with Bobbie.  Tony wonders
if she'll ask to not be assigned to his cases.  She has no intention
of that, and suggests they just wait and see how it goes.  They start
to argue again, but tony stops it.  She wants them to tell Lucas
together about the divorce.  Tony agrees and they leave the hospital.

** Living in Denial **
Keesha pays a visit to Mac to discuss the drug problem and wants to
know what is being done to fix the problem.  Mac assures her that they
are trying, but Keesha says they have to do more.  Mac agrees and
Keesha leaves.  Miranda had overheard the conversation and is amused
by the fact that Mac is the Police Commissioner.

Katherine comes down while Mac and Miranda are talking.  Katherine
excuses herself saying she has business.  Mac wants them to all have
dinner together, but both women come up with excuses.  Katherine
leaves and Miranda asks if everything is all right.  Mac says that
everything is wonderful because she's alive and standing in his living
room.

Mac shows Miranda a picture of Robin and describes her.  As he goes on
about Robin, Miranda starts to laugh.  She wonders how Mac has landed
in suburbia.  Miranda asks him how he landed where he did.  Mac
replies, "It was you Miranda."

Miranda wonders what she had to do with Mac's transformation.  Mac
reviews their old times.  When Miranda "died" Mac wanted out of
Australia so he came to the states.  However, he never forgot her.
Mac says he needs to explain some things to her.  Miranda avoids the
subject saying she doesn't want to go back there.

Mac tells Miranda that there things that need to be said.  She tries
to assure him that she's fine.  She's been living in denial for years
and thinks it's a pretty good place to be.  Mac agrees, since he's
been living in denial ever since he thought she died.  Now he's got a
chance to come out of it and will understand if after it she never
speaks to him again.

Miranda assures Mac that nothing he could say could make her not want
to speak to him.  He tells her that he is the one who killed her.  "I
set the explosion," says Mac.

** Do I Have to Fight for You **
Brenda comes to the ICU where Jane and Jax are watching over John.
Jax tells Brenda he's been thinking all night about how his situation
with Brenda and his situation with his father are the same.  He loves
his father, but his father's lie has totally changed his life.  That
made him realize it's exactly what he's been doing to Brenda.  Jax
can't quite imagine forgiving his father and imagines that's how
Brenda must be feeling about him.

Brenda asks if it would be okay if she sat with John.  When Jax asks
if she's sure she wants to do that, Brenda replies that they're her
family too.  Jax is amazed that she still feels that way after
everything that's happened.  Jax takes Jane to the cafeteria while
Brenda sits with John.  John wakes up and Brenda says, "It almost
worked, didn't it."

John explains that he didn't want Jax hurt, or anyone else by sitting
on the truth.  He agrees that it almost worked.  He takes Brenda's
hand and tells her to "fight for him, Brenda.  Please."  Brenda
wonders is she's going to have to fight Miranda to keep Jax.  She asks
if Jax loved Miranda and he replies "he loves you."  John tells Brenda
that it doesn't matter about Miranda, but Brenda disagrees.  He starts
to say "Jax needs..." when he sees Jax in the window.  Brenda turns to
look at Jax then drops the conversation and tells John to get well.
John wants to sleep and Brenda leaves.  Brenda thinks that the best
thing to do is to take Jane and go back to the hotel so they can get
some rest.  Jax agrees and they leave.

Brenda and Jax arrive home.  Jax comments on how quiet Brenda has
been.  Brenda tries the "I don't have anything to say" routine, but
Jax doesn't buy it.  He hopes that if his father said anything to
upset her, she'd tell him.  She says she's not upset, but is
surprised.  She tells him about John telling her she should fight for
him.  "Was he right Jax?" she asks him.

Jax tells Brenda that his father was wrong.  She doesn't have to fight
for him, she has him.  "Do I really," asks Brenda.

**  Drugs in Port Charles  **
Jason tells Sonny about his being with Robin.  Luke comes along and
asks how things went down under.  Sonny replies that things were
highly productive and that he brought back the first Mrs. Jasper
Jacks.

Lucky comes to the club and tells Luke about the boy who died from the
drug overdose.  Lucky and Luke go off to talk about what's happened
and the whole drug situation at school.  The conversation changes to
the fake separation of Luke and Laura.  It's getting tough on Lucky,
but Luke tells him it's necessary because they are under attack.  They
just need to stick it out a little longer.

Jason and Sonny discuss the drug problem.  Keesha comes in during the
conversation.  Keesha confronts Sonny thinking that he would know
about the influx of drugs.  Luke tries to get her to lay off of Sonny,
but Keesha will not be put off.  She will not give up until the
situation changes.  Her words affect Lucky, and he agrees with her.
They wonder how long this has been going on, and Sonny guesses it's
been since mid-summer.  Luke wonders what's different about the
situation and concludes the difference is Stephan Cassadine.

** Katherine Takes Up Tai Chi **
On the dock at Wyndemere, Nicholas is practicing Tai Chi and he thinks
about being set up with the drugs.  He loses his concentration.  Nick
tells Stephan he was thinking about Luke and what he did.  Stephan
assures him that the situation will be taken care of.

Stephan assures Nick that he has "the power" within him and his Tai
Chi will help him unleash it.  Stephan leaves and Nick goes back to
his practicing when he notices that he's senses someone is out there.
 (that someone had been taking pictures of Nick.)

Nick helps Katherine up the dock.  She introduces herself and tells
her she's scouting locations for a PR shoot for Deception.  Katherine
asks what exactly Nick was doing and keeps rambling on.  Nick asks to
see her camera and promptly opens it up, takes the film out, and
tosses her camera into the river.  Nick gives her money to replace the
camera while Katherine demands to know who he is.  He tells her "I'm
Nicholas Cassadine, and you're trespassing."

Nick and Katherine trade barbs.  Eventually they both drop the
determined attitude and Katherine asks about Tai Chi.  They agree to
start over again and introduce themselves.

Nick has Katherine trying to do Tai Chi.  She doesn't quite get it and
wonders if it will help her understand someone else.  Nick tells her
it will give her the energy that will empower her.  Katherine likes
the idea, and says she should be going.  She tells him she's still mad
at him for trashing her camera, but Nick says she's not angry.  She
was angry before, but not now.  As she leaves she asks if anyone ever
calls him Nicky.  "Never," replies Nicholas.  As Katherine leaves,
Nick goes back to practicing and Stephan asks who was there.  "A
tourist, lost apparently" replies Nick.

THE END
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