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Sent:        1/13/97 12:13 PM
From:        Jan Yarnot, jyarnot@netcom.com

The GH Update, Thursday January 9

IF SELF-PITY WERE PERFUME, SHE'D BE WEALTHY NOW
KatyWhine is talking to Tony.  He tells her she has to cooperate and do
the Physical Therapy (after all, she can have
Carly-with-all-the-experience!) but she would rather hope for a miracle.
She tells him about having felt something the other day, and he says this
could be good or nothing, but she must do the PT.  She exercises her
prerogative to have a nap instead.  Outside the room, Lucy runs into
Mac.  She's brought a gift for Katherine.  Mac, unknowing, tells her
Katherine is still in Physical Therapy.  Lucy can't wait, she's making a
special dinner for Kevin, "if you count calling a gourmet take-out."  Her
present is a calligraphy promise not to take Deception till Katherine is
back on her feet and ready to fight for it.  Mac doesn't think this is
enough to lift Katherine's spirits.  Lucy tells Mac to keep trying, as
she did with Kevin.  Get in KatyWhine's face. She reminds Mac that she
even proposed to Kevin. "You have to be persistent and you have to be
stubborn ... do anything, just Do It."

Katherine asks a nurse who the mysterious man in black is.  Then she asks
that the flowers be removed from her room.  Mac drops by and Katherine
feigns sleep till he leaves.  Felicia drags Mac off for a walk before her
dinner-date with Tom.

Katherine cries.  Mac peeks in, sees this, and backs out.  Later, she's
still crying (Go do the PT, girl!  Your recovery isn't going to just drop
in your lap, even if this IS a soap!) and goes for some tissue and drops
everything.

THE DEMONS COME OUT
Gail apologizes to Kevin for being late, but he's pleased he's no longer
top priority.  He talks for a while about being so much better.  She asks
what caused the breakthrough and he says it was Laura's funeral.  It's
when he saw his true feelings about his mother.  He wanted her dead.
Gail asks what about his father?  How does he feel about his father
taking him away?  Kevin explains that this was necessary, and Gail asks
"So you're saying he's blameless?"  Kevin breaks: "That's ENOUGH!"  Then
he apologizes.  But he blames only his mother.  He suggests he's so much
better he doesn't have to see Gail so often, and she points out his
sessions are court-mandated, "but nice try, Kevin."  He's ready to leave
and she assigns him to think about his father.

At the Lighthouse, Kevin comes in to Lucy emptying little buckets.
"Smells like Chinese gourmet."  He starts to fiddle with the computer.
Lucy asks how the session with Gail went, and Keving doesn't want to talk
about it.  He is deeply engrossed in the computer when she brings out the
dinner and dims the lights.  Suddenly he decides he's not hungry, and
he'd also like to be alone tonight.  She starts to be understanding.  She
whacks out the candles with a bread stick and starts to munch on it
absentmindedly out the door, when she turns and says "No!  You know what,
Doc?  I can't do this any more!"  She can not pretend everything's OK any
more.  It may work for him, but it's not working for her that he'd rather
spend time on Alexis' project than with her.  "What can I do?" a fearful
Kevin asks.  "You could stop ignoring the huge herd of white elephants
that are plonked down in the middle of this room!"  "Herd of white
elephants?"  "Yeah.  For starters, I proposed marriage to you not too
long ago and you have not mentioned that, not one time, since that day."
Kevin looks totally rudderless.

THEY'RE SPOOKY AND THEY'RE SCARY
[I missed the original Addams family posting, but so appropriate!  Thank
you, whoever!  And today will be a special day for Adrian: shall we just
say I was glad Bobbie widened her eyes, because if she'd inhaled instead,
she'd have been unsuitable for daytime tv! I thought her "day dress", the
little thing one runs about doing housework in, was going to be the
evening wear, since it was, shall we say, plenty revealing.]

Stefan asks Alexis what's happening with Dr. Collins.  She's surprised he
doesn't know the answer to that.  "Meaning what?" he asks.  "Considering
all the time that you've been spending at the hospital hovering over Miss
Bell."  They argue again.  Bobbie comes in: "SteFAWN?" She asks about the
flowers for Katherine.  She says "You really should tell me when you do
these things.  [who IS this woman?  This paragon of virtue who always
told her spouse everything?] Why would you keep that a secret anyway?"
Alexis excuses herself.  Bobbie goes into oh-silly-little-me mode (been
watching too much 50s TV, I think!) about interrupting him when he's in
conference with Alexis.  She tells him Katherine's shooting wasn't his
fault. Then she looks sad.  He asks why and she widens her eyes [Adrian
***SPOILER***: she remains in her dress].  She's worried that Luke shot
Katherine.  If so, it was an accident.  Stefan apologizes about the
flowers: "I guess I'm fairly new at this sharing lives business.  I'll
have to try harder."  He tells her he invited Tom and Felicia for dinner,
and she panics.  He reminds her about Mrs. Lansbury, and Bobbie gets
downright dizzy with power.  They play a little game about "if I say
this, what will I get?"  Then they kiss, and Alexis and Nik come in.
Bobbie dances off with Nik to see Mrs. Lansbury.  Alexis comments: "She
seems to be a happy bride."  Stefan replies "Well, that WAS the Plan,
wasn't it?" [Aha!  There IS a Plan!  Do the writers know?]  They argue
about Katherine again.  He says it will all fall into place, and that
he's right on schedule.  (He says "shedule" like someone from Britain,
but never mind.)  Alexis says the dinner party is inspired.  He says he
hasn't forgotten his priorities. "What a relief," Alexis comments.

Bobbie is giddy with power.  She tells Nik it's so GOOD to be happy.  Nik
says he's thinking of going back to Greece, and she begs him to stay.
Back in the "living" room, she bubbles.  She used to wish someday she
could live like this.  She wanted a man to come sweep her off her feet.
Stefan must be Prince Charming.  She goes up to change.  Stefan already
has, and is now in a black suit identical to every other black suit he has.
He starts to call the hospital and Alexis stops him, and they argue
AGAIN.  [OK, Powers That Be, we get it.  Stefan shouldn't make his
interest in Katherine so apparent or People Will Suspect.]

Felicia and Tom approach.  Felicia theorizes that Stefan probably had the
fog flown in for effect.  She's suspicious.  She asks Tom where he was,
and he flashes back to talking to Luke about Leslie, who is still no
better.  Tom is convinced the real Leslie is in there somewhere.  We
learn Laura hasn't left her side.  Luke isn't too happy to hear about
"Mrs. Cassadine."  He looks uncomfortable.  He won't return to Port
Charles till he's ready.  Tom tells Felicia he was with a patient, a
difficult case.  She figures this is the perfect place to lighten up.
Stefan opens the door. "Welcome to Wyndemere."  He says that Barbara
misses her Brownstone friends.  Felicia whispers to Tom that there are
no mirrors.  Bobbie has changed and is now in a slinky black something.
She widens her eyes when Stefan says he likes seeing her in it.  Mrs.
Lansbury brings hors-d'ouevres.  Lucas pops in through a secret panel.
Nik takes him off to bed, with Tom looking after them.  Felicia talks
to Bobbie about Lucas adjusting.  Mrs. Lansbury removes the
tray before Tom can have a snack.  Spooky music plays. [This should be
there first clue!]  Alexis whispers to Stefan that Katherine's
condition hasn't changed. Felicia and Bobbie start looking for the
florist's card, and Felicia suddenly screams.  Tom looks over.

SUDDENLY SIDAR
In a scene that has no logical reason to be here, Jax is calling Mirander
to see her to do the divorce face to face, when Brenda and Sonny appear
at the door looking for Mac.  Yawn.