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Subject:     Re: GH Update for Tuesday, 1/7/97
Sent:        1/9/97 1:58 PM
From:        wendy.doucette@octel.com

     GH Update for Tuesday, 1/7/97

     Today's Show:  "Weaving a Wondrous Web of Words"

     Appearing:  Carly, Tony, Justus
                 Edward, Ned, Alexis
                 Emily, Creepy Drug Kid
                 Monica, Alan, AJ, Keesha

     A Diatribe from the Scribe:
          Today's show contained something I've not seen in a long
     time:  well-crafted, tightly-wrought scenes that flowed without
     awkward juxtaposition thanks to superb writing.  No plot hinged
     on X gazing at Y upon emerging from the second-floor nurses'
     station elevator, nobody sat on the nurse's station couch, there
     was no montage of everyone in town staring out the window while
     music played in the foreground, there was *no* flashing back and
     nobody's presence was evoked by the mere mention of their name.
     Sheer bliss...

          At his and Carly's apartment, Tony rushes out on breakfast
     to see Justus about getting custody of Lucas.  Yet again Tony
     leaves Carly in mid sentence, and this time she throws a fit,
     accompanied by a box of doughnuts, on the floor.  Chez Q, Justus
     arrives per Edward's summons.  Edward is delighted Ned has chosen
     to blackmail Jax in order to get him out of ELQ.  Edward now
     hopes they can find something incriminating on Dorman.  Emily's
     Creepy Drug Friend (hereafter Creepy Kid or Kid) pockets a fine
     cut-class bottle of the Q's liquor.  Emily hides him behind a
     chair, and when Monica and Alan enter arguing, the kids sneak
     away unseen.  Monica wants Jason back, and says his accident was
     the start of all the year's troubles.  Monica [looking especially
     lovely lately, IMO] says she resents Alan for being Robin's
     doctor.  With a bond like that, Jason can never cut Alan off
     entirely.  Why is she the only one Jason shuns?  Ned and Edward
     usher in Alexis to talk about Dorman.  Justus meets with Tony in
     the other room.  Justus asks Tony to write down chronologically
     everything that happened in Tony and Bobbie's relationship.  At
     Jake's, Carly is looking for Jason.  Two grungeoids playing pool
     give her the once-over, which she enjoys immensely.  When she
     works the room with her bosom, swishing her hair walking over to
     the bar, they (surprise) follow her there, and tell a joke so
     tottering on the borderline of vulgarity I won't repeat it.
     Carly laughs.

     <opening credits roll>

          While one grungeoid is busy showing Carly the size of his
     "feet," Jason walks in.  The grungeoids leave, and Jason, reading
     my mind, asks Carly how much trouble it takes to put on a bra.
     Carly says she was enjoying being noticed.
          AJ and Keesha show up for the Dorman meeting.  Justus and
     Alexis trade intros.  Edward says Lila is at the doctor's and has
     to miss the meeting.  Emily slips out.
          On Emily's bed, Creepy Kid eats a big sandwich [I guess Cook
     allows take-out].  Kid says his family is all touchy-feely 90's,
     concerned about each other's "feelings."  Kid pulls out a joint,
     and Emily blows away the smoke, saying it's too early.  Kid says
     his parents don't care, and buy/give him everything.  He turns on
     her stereo loud so Emily has to yell over it.  Kid begins the
     process of taking her down the Bad Road.
          Alan, fed up with Dorman, wants him charged with assault for
     the bit in the parking garage.  Alexis says she can't do it
     without evidence, but will try to get a restraining order
     processed.  Edward wants to sue for defamation of Monica's
     character.  AJ goes crazy, saying if they take the lead in a
     counter-suit, Monica will have to answer even more personal
     questions.  Everyone shouts him down, and AJ and Alan square off.
     AJ wants to know why Alan isn't embarrassed about this, and Alan
     wants to know if AJ stole the vodka.
          Upstairs, Creepy drinks straight from the bottle, while
     Emily protests.  He asks why the Q's have liquor out and how much
     they drink.  Creepy says drinking is something friends do, and
     encourages Emily to try it.  She recoils from the smell.
          In the downstairs foyer, Alan apologizes.  AJ says he has no
     reason to stay sober.  Ned begins to taunt him.  [Ned is 100%
     jerk today].  Ned says Monica is crying in the other room and
     just told Alexis she wanted to resign from GH.  Alan goes back
     inside, and Ned leans on AJ even harder, calling him selfish, the
     center of attention, and an alcoholic.  Keesha defends AJ and
     says Ned is responsible for what happened today because of what
     he did to Jason a year ago.  Ned gives AJ the eye.

     <ambulance races by>

          AJ is trying not to cry while Keesha keeps blaming Ned about
     Jason.  Alexis listens in for a moment, then ducks back into the
     library.  Ned holds it over AJ by *almost*, but not telling
     Keesha the truth.  Ned leaves and AJ tells Keesha he hopes she'll
     never find out he's not worth defending.
          At Jake's, the bartendress gives Jason a stack of messages.
     Carly says she and Tony didn't fight, but Jason guesses better.
     Carly says she has to be patient, or she'll blow it with Tony.
     Carly blames Bobbie for torturing Tony with Lucas.  When Jason
     says Bobbie isn't being unreasonable, Carly explodes.
          Alan finds Tony in the den and makes a dig about Tony and
     Bobbie breaking up their family.  Alan says he's still got all
     his hair and most of his teeth, but he's lost his tact in middle
     age.  Tony, on the other hand, woke up one morning and lost all
     his common sense.  Tony says Alan sounds like him, a big
     know-it-all, a few years ago.  [The Tony/Alan exchange here was
     delightful--just part of the excellent writing today].  Tony says
     Bobbie just wanted an imposing father-figure, and found one in
     Stefan.  Tony says he's barely grown up himself [here my eyes
     nearly rolled out of my head].  Alan says he's tired of feeling
     like the adult watching the parade of young bodies (Carly and
     Dorman) enter into the lives of the people he loves most.  Alan
     wanted Tony's confidence; Tony says he didn't give it because he
     knew how Alan would feel.  Tony says Carly has no friends and
     he's lost most of his.  Will Alan share his friendship with
     Carly?  He'd better, because if it comes down to it, Tony will
     leave everyone for her.
               Alan:  "Well, if you feel that way about it, bring the
                       little homewrecker to dinner."
     [See what a classy guy Alan is, substituting "homewrecker" for
     "tramp"?]  He and Tony smile.
          Back at Jake's, Carly asks:  "Am I trashy?"  Jason, maybe
     brain-damaged but no fool, says he doesn't know what "trashy"
     means.  He does say that going out in your bar clothes means
     you're "looking."  You should be able to be happy even when the
     Other isn't around.  The grungeoids leave and Jason goes to work.
     Carly stays to finish her sandwich.
          Monica yells at Ned to leave AJ alone.  Alexis got the
     retraining order signed.  Ned tells Alexis about Jason's
     accident, and that he did it.  He talks about what a cut-throat
     family he has.
               Alexis:  "My uncles tried to freeze the world.  Top
                         that."
     She says that the Cassadines box up their problems and ship them
     away.
               Ned:  "Not us.  The Quartermaine motto is nobody gets
                      out alive."
          Keesha can't take any more of Ned and leaves.  She asks
     Justus if Ned has a secret he's saving, then says Justus is one
     of "them" now.
          Alan berates himself for not having stopped Dorman from
     hurting Monica.  Monica says Alan is blaming everyone *but* her.
     Lovebirds, they head up to Emily's room.
          Both kids are drunk and Creepy grabs for Em's shirt.
     <grrrrr>  Emily is throwing up in the bathroom when Monica opens
     the door to Em's room.
          AJ fondles a bottle of X and a glass from the ever-present
     dry bar downstairs.
          Carly leaves and she's (surprise again!) taken for a hooker
     by the grungeoids waiting out in the alley.  [You'd think a
     former VR Trooper could kick a little a**, but Carly just waits
     to be saved.  One big guess on who'll come to the rescue...]

     <the end>