Daily Updates

From: Marina Wolf <fullsun@sonic.net>
Subject: GH:UPDATE Mon. 6/22
Date: Thu, 02 Jul 1998 00:08:08 -0800

Amanda asked me to post this update for her, since there was a power
outage in her town on 6/22. Sorry, it's a bit long.
-Lidia

GH - Monday, June 22

BALLROOM
Quartermaine Table

Edward asks Ned if  he is going to do anything about the power failure
at the hotel. Ned responds that ballroom lighting is not his area of
expertise. Edward tells him that since he is CEO of ELQ and ELQ owns the
hotel, it sure is his responsibility! Monica interjects that there is
nothing to fix - that someone has obviously cut the power backstage.
Edward wonders why someone would cut the power on purpose - Ned
replies: �To commit a murder�.  Edward thinks that his family has gone
off the deep end: first Alan can't finish his song, now they are talking
about murder �like it's the next course on the menu�. Monica fills him
in about the fact that in  Kevin's book a murder is committed at the NB
and since there have been so many similarities already,  it could
happen. Edward wonders if  Sonny couldn't be connected somehow. His
family just looks at him incredulously...

Jason's and Sonny's Table

Jason asks Robin how her song was. She tells him that Alan missed a few
lines and Ned stepped in to help her finish  the song. They both tell
her that they are sorry that they missed her performance;  she's just
glad that they made it to the ball and that she gets to see Sonny again.

Jax looks worried that Sonny's presence at the NB will upset Brenda. She
reassures him that she is fine and that what Sonny does and where he
does it does not matter to her. Jax tells her that he is glad to hear
this.

BACKSTAGE

Lucy is still recovering from the "Incredibly Shrinking Dress" (ISD).
Scott jokes that she is taking her clothes off a little early this NB.
He tells her he has heard about the Chorus Line being the usual method
of her ending up in her skivvies at the ball. Lucy tells him that there
will be no �Lucy in her skivvies� [my  own quote] at the ball this year.
Scott feels that,  with the power outage,  it may be dangerous for her
to stay and encourages her to leave as soon as possible.  Lucy tells him
that they are nowhere near their fundraising projections for the ball
and that she is staying put until they reach those projections. Scott
realizes it is no good to argue with Lucy,  when she gets her mind set
on doing something, so he asks her again if she is alright and then goes
back out to the ballroom. Lucy finalizes plans for the finale, the
Chorus Line, with the stagehand. She tells him that she is  not going to
be naked this year!
Kevin comes backstage and surprises Lucy. He tells her that the ballroom
is still packed - no one is leaving in spite of the power failure. He
asks her  if she has recovered from the ISD.  She tells him  that
everything is OK now - the murder attempt has been foiled - he and Luke
saved her - so now they must concentrate on making the ball a success.

There is a close-up on a noose hanging from the rafters...

BALLROOM
 Jason's  and Sonny's table

Luke welcomes Sonny back and tells him that Jason has been doing a great
job as Sonny's replacement.  Luke asks him if he is staying a while.
Sonny tells him he is not.

MAINSTAGE

Lucy asks everyone to be seated and tells them that the show must go on,
with or without electricity. She tells the audience that candlelight is
more appropriate for the next part of the program - the reading of
witness statements. She likens the candlelight to people - that one
candle by itself give off a little light, but a whole group of candles
can light up a whole room. That collectively, we can find a cure for
AIDS/HIV. Then several people read witness statements: Edward, Bobbie,
Jax, Ellen, Audrey, Nikolas, Monica and finally Robin.
Lucy then thanks Jax, Stefan and Scott for funding the NB this year.

JUST OUTSIDE OF THE BALLROOM

Stefan gets up from his table and notices Luke standing near the
entrance of the ballroom.  He confronts him about Luke's  attempt to
frame him for Katherine's murder. He vows to find her killer once he is
cleared of any wrongdoing. Luke sarcastically asks him if he has any
leads. Then he tells Stefan that he had no motive, except maybe to spare
Katherine a life with Stefan. He tells Stefan that Helena is the one
with the motive, though Stefan still believes that the trap on the
parapet was originally set by Luke for himself or Nikolas. Luke
replies:  �Blaming me is a habit you can't seem to kick.�

MAINSTAGE

Lucy introduces the next act in the program, Ned and Emily. She tells
the audience that the song was first performed for Stone Cates. Ned and
Emily sing  �Power to Believe�.

Lucy tells everyone that even though Stone is gone, he  still  touches
many people's lives. She announces the new Stone Cates  Memorial AIDS
Wing,  donated by Sonny.

next up...

The musical number �Thank Heaven for Little Girls� performed by Scott
(with Serena and Karen), Edward (with Emily) and Mac (with Robin and
Maxie).  This number segues into the next one, �Girls Just Wanna Have
Fun�.  This time it is Robin  and Emily (singing �lead vocals�),
accompanied by Maxie, Karen and Serena. Mac, Edward and Scott are
standing off to the side of the stage, watching their �girls� proudly.
Then the girls bring the men on stage and dress them up in hats and
feather boas as they finish the song.

As Lucy is about to announce the next part of the program, Tony comes on
stage and shocks everyone by says: �Thank heaven for hypocrites!� Lucy
pleads with Tony to get off the stage, but he takes the microphone from
her,   because, of course,  has some things to tell everyone.
(What Tony said - paraphrased) He berates them all for coming to the NB
only for show, all dressed up and looking like concerned citizens for
one night, in order to appease their consciences. He then (verbally)
attacks Jax - for the strike, for being a corporate raider, etc. Next in
the line of Tony's fire is Edward, Alan and the rest of the  Qs - he
calls them dysfunctional blackmailers, among other things. Next is
Stefan, though Tony does give him as bit of a break, since Stefan will
still have to face a trial. Next...Sonny and Jason, of course. He calls
them big spenders  - stating that they financed their table at the ball
with a little help from their �illegal� activities. He also remarks
that Jason would have trouble  counting  to ten, even if you spot him 1
through 9,  (again, Tony's words) To sum up, Tony claims that these
above mentioned criminals are trying to purchase respectability, while
everyone just blindly applauds their efforts. After listening to his
tirade, Robin finally speaks up and tells Tony to sit down and,  as far
as Jason is concerned, he came to the NB because he loves her, not to
win anybody's respect. Robin tries to make Tony understand that they are
all there at the NB  for a common goal - to help fight AIDS. Then she
tells him to take his hatred and leave.  Tony steps off the stage and
heads for the door, but not before he  gives Bobbie some grief about not
being able to see Lucas. Jerry suggests that he  keep on walking and
Tony comments to Bobbie that it didn't take her long to hook up with
someone new. Then he gives her the final blow: he tells Jerry that when
he gets tired of Bobbie to �try� Carly - that there is a �talent� that
runs in their family. [sorry, just had to scream about that last comment
a minute!!!!! OK..] And what does Tony get from Jerry for that last
remark: a [lovely] punch in the face.

Brenda knows why Tony has attacked Jason (for finding him in the cabin
with Michael and Robin, as well as smashing his hand), but wonders what
Jax has ever done to Tony. Jax tells her he doesn't care about Tony and
that he plans to double any donations the ball may have lost because of
Tony's little tirade. He tells her that he has been contributing to AIDS
charities for a long time, but now that he knows Robin, he has a
personal stake in the matter.

ON THE TERRACE

Nik is outside getting some air, as Emily joins him. He complements her
on her singing and she tells him that she thought he did a good job on
his witness statement. Nik then asks Emily if she has ever been in a
situation where she felt so connected to someone, if given the chance,
she knew she could be important to them. Emily says yes (talking about
Nik, of course).  Then he asks her what she would do about it. She gets
a bit flustered and tells him that she did something, but that the
person (Nik) doesn't know about it. Nik decides that what they should
both do is take their chances and tell these people how they both feel.
Emily thinks that is too risky, but Nik comments that, sometimes,  the
only way to get something that you want is to take a chance. So Emily
decides to do just that, only before she can really tell Nik anything,
Liz and Lucky come walking out to the terrace and interrupt them.
Their interaction begins with Lucky saying hello to Emily and Nik saying
hi to Liz and complementing her on her singing. He tells her it is too
bad that Sarah isn't there to see her performance. Liz is angered by his
sudden interest in her sister, since he did break up with her.  Nik
can't understand where Liz's attitude has come from, all of a sudden,
and Emily jumps to Nik's defense, telling Liz that Nik was just trying
to be polite. This only angers Liz more. She wonders why he wants to be
polite now.  He treated her sister badly, in spite of his wonderful
�manners�. Now Emily is very upset: "Well , maybe if  the two Webber
girls hadn't thrown themselves at every guy in this city, Nikolas would
have realized that he didn't want to date your sister in the first
place. � Now Lucky is angry at Emily's attack on Liz and yells at her to
back off, that she is starting to sound like Nikolas - a spoiled rich
kid. Then Nik jumps in to defend Emily. He tells Lucky, � I don't care
what your girlfriend has been through, Lucky. That doesn't give you the
right to insult Em...� Just then Nik's first sentence registers in
Lucky's mind and he physically goes after Nikolas. Jason comes outside
with Robin just then and breaks up their fight.  Jason  asks Em how she
is and then tells Lucky that this isn't the place to fight with Nik.
Nikolas then goes back inside with Emily.  Lucky collects himself and he
and Liz leave the NB.

Robin thanks Jason for coming to the NB, for staying despite Tony's
ranting and raving and lastly, for stopping the fight.

BACKSTAGE

Jax is looking for Lucy and runs into Jake Marshak. They introduce
themselves, then Jake asks Jax if his company could possibly give him a
grant to help him fund his medical research, since his funding will be
ending soon. He tells Jax a bit about DL-59 (the nerve cell regenerating
drug he is working on). Jax tells him to submit a proposal and tells him
someone will get back to him. Jake asks how long it might take to
approve it and Jax tells him that his company doesn't do this sort of
thing very often, so it could take a while. Jake leaves, feeling
dejected.

BALLROOM

Jason thanks Robin for defending him and Sonny to Tony.

Mike comes over to them  and asks Jason if he was with Sonny the entire
time he was gone. He wants to know if Sonny asked about him. Jason tells
him Sonny did ask and that he told him that Mike missed him. Robin tells
Jason that Sonny really hurt Mike, especially because Mike can't even
know where Sonny is.

Taggert walks toward them and starts making snide remarks to Jason,
calling him �anger boy� , �Quarter-brain�, etc. Taggert wonders if Jason
has been demoted to �messenger  boy� now that �Mack Daddy Sonny� has
returned to PC. Unfortunately for Taggert, Dara overhears his  remarks
about Jason and warns him that he shouldn't be harassing him.  Taggert
tells Dara that they are on a moonlit terrace and all she can think
about is business. He tells her that she is badly in need of a
distraction and tries to kiss her, then reconsiders. He tells her he
doesn't want to be accused of harassment twice in one night. Dara is
left standing there alone.

BACKSTAGE

Lucy (in her underwear)  and Eve are looking for Lucy's costume for the
Chorus Line. Eve tells Lucy that it is probably in the metal wardrobe
with the other costumes.  They open the wardrobe, then Lucy starts
berating Eve for her behavior, threatening to tell Scott, then Eve
shoves Lucy into the  wardrobe and locks it. Lucy is inside screaming
for help, while Ned is announcing the final act of the NB - the Chorus
Line . The music begins. (�One singular sensation...�) Eve appears
on-stage in Lucy's costume and does the finale. Lucy somehow gets the
wardrobe (which is conveniently on wheels) to roll  toward the front of
the stage, all the while yelling  �Get me out of here! I am not going to
miss my encore! I'm not missing the Chorus Line!�  The act ends to
applause, then Lucy screams as she falls out of the wardrobe.  She is
mortified, of course,  and she is still in her underwear,  of course!
While finishing dancing the finale, Lucy looks up and screams --  she
sees a body hanging in a noose from the rafters.

**the end**