Daily Updates

From: mtczajka@aol.com (MTCzajka)
Subject: PC: Monday Update 6/2
Date: 2 Jun 1997 16:53:11 GMT

[Let me start by saying that I am thrilled to see a wheelchair bound
actor in a soap, especially since he is treated as just another actor
and not a plot device who will miraculously be able to walk within
a month!!  Now on to my first update!]

The opener is very similar to General Hospital’s - pictures of each
actor with background scenes and ending with the group shot that
has been in all the commercials.

The show starts with Karen at the police station.  The cop interviewing
her is concerned and asks if she has someone to talk to - she tells him
that her husband will be thrilled to hear that she stripped her way
out of a hostage situation.  Joe (the doctor brother) tries to calm her,
but she leaves.  The EMT brother comes in and they chat.  EMT
asks if that was Karen Wexler he saw leaving and opines that she is
one tough cookie.  Joe thinks she just hides her fear - leading  him to
flashback to playing Marco Polo as kids and Karen being afraid
of the dark.  The bothers return home and are stunned to discover that
someone has been in their house.  It’s worse than a break-in - the
place is all...clean.  They both yell “Ma!” and she comes out.  She saw
it all on TV and is relieved that they are okay.  She tells Joe someone
is there to see Joe - it’s Alan Quartermaine.  They stare grimly at one
another.

Karen goes over to Gail and Lee’s who are very happy to see their grand-
daughter.  She tells them about Cooper and the hostage situation.  She
tells
them that she is the one who took his place and tells her grandfather that
he already knew that.  Lee tries to defend himself but Karen is not happy.
Gail takes Karen’s side.   Lee says that Cooper has a history of mental
problems and he would have cracked anyway.  Karen goes on about her
past as a stripper (seeming to equate stripping to psychopathically
holding
people hostage and firing off an automatic weapon at random).    They
call her  family - she says she’s a mistake that their son made.  She
tells
them she’s leaving PC, but hesitates when Lee tells her Scotty is in PC.

Scott is berating Lucy who is upset that he is accusing her instead of
looking for Serena.  The Feds want Mac and Kevin out of  the room,
Mac gets summoned by the Mayor and he and Kevin leave.  The Feds
let Scotty harass Lucy.  She tells him she can’t say where she was
because it’s personal.  Scott tries to appeal to sentiment, holding up
a blanket and stuffed toy of Serena’s, Lucy tearfully insists that
she doesn’t have Serena.  Scott gets a call from Lee who says that his
daughter is at their house, shaken from her ordeal but okay.  Scott tells
the Feds to hold Lucy while he checks things out and rushes off.

While Gail and Lee argues about his interference, Karen calls Jagger and
tells his machine that she needs to talk to him.  After hanging up, she
tells
them that Jagger is distant even when they’re together.  Scott arrives and
is
upset that they dragged him over there just to see Karen.  Karen is hurt
at
this reaction and he apologizes.  He tells her his other daughter is
missing.
Lee and Gail are alarmed, but Karen appears unconcerned about her sister
and tells him that she’ll never bother him again.  He leaves and is run
down
by a car while crossing the street.  Lee, Gail, and Karen hear the impact
and
rush out to an unconscious Scott  (Cliffhanger).

Lucy is hungry, but the Feds won’t let her get anything to eat.  They
accuse
her of panicking and dropping Serena at the Baldwin’s.  For some reason,
no one mentions that Lucy spent the last couple hours trapped in an
elevator.
After a while, the FBI’s get nicer and tell her it’ll be better for her if
she
talks.  She tells them that Scott will realize that she would never take
Serena
once he gets her from her grandparents.

Marguerite
marguerite.czajka@chicagoil.ncr.com