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From: rika@netcom.com (Melissa Martin) Subject: PC: Update, Wednesday 7/2/97 Date: Thu, 10 Jul 1997 20:14:47 GMT PORT CHARLES UPDATE Wednesday, July 2, 1997 This episode was probably the most light-hearted one so far (aside from Rex threatening poor Danielle), with several good LOD can- didates and some wonderful visual comedy associated with Serena's game of dress-up. TODAY'S STORYLINES: ------------------ * Redemption and the Blarney Stone * Rex the Pit Bull (with apologies to T'n'T) * It's Raining Cash * Princess Jasmine and Mr. Magic Hat REDEMPTION AND THE BLARNEY STONE -------------------------------- Chris works frantically on an unconscious and barely-breathing child whose hysterical mother brought him into the E.R. He quizzes the mother on allergies while Julie ventilates the child. It turns out to be an allergic reaction to an antibiotic prescribed for an ear infection, causing anaphylactic shock. Chris orders epinephrine as Frank gently escorts the mother into the hall. Frank is comforting the child's mother when Mary arrives. Frank gives her the rent money, and they discuss the poker game planned for that evening. Julie and Chris come out with the news that the child is fine; the grateful mother embraces Chris and goes with him to see her son. Meanwhile, Mary invites Julie to join the poker game while Frank looks on, slightly embarrassed but not displeased. Chris walks up in time to hear Julie accept the offer. After she leaves with Chris, Frank takes Mary to task for her lack of subtlety. She cajoles him until he remarks, "Why do I get the feeling the Blarney Stone is covered with your lipstick?" Later we see Mary counting the rent money (which we found out, in another storyline - see below - is marked money) while Mike looks on. Frank arrives with groceries and can't believe that Mary made him lean on Julie's "evil roommate" for the rent just so she could gamble the money away. Mike swaps Mary 5 $10 bills for her $50 (and thus now has a marked $50 bill in his wallet). REX THE PIT BULL ---------------- In a continuation of their Tuesday conversation, Danielle is horrified to learn that Rex had Scott run over on purpose. No, answers Rex, "I was out of the country - you're the one who put Baldwin in the hospital." The car is full of Danielle's fingerprints. Danielle is in big trouble, he says - kidnapping, attempted murder... all the evidence points to her and not to Rex. He reminds her that "I am pretty good at covering my ass...ets". But if Danielle goes along with Rex and does what she's told, Rex will see that all the evidence against her goes away. Even the fingerprints don't have to be a problem, since her fingerprints aren't on file anywhere. She'll be fine - as long as Rex doesn't give the cops an anonymous tip. Danielle tells him he's crazy, and he proves it by swiftly grabbing her by the throat with one hand, making your updater shriek. He holds on, snarling through clenched teeth, "Don't you *ever* call me crazy." (Okay, fine, you're a great guy, Rex - just PLEASE let her go!) Rex wants Danielle to tell Jake everything. He explains that Jake has *always* been part of the plan - that's why he found him and arranged for Danielle to hook up with him. Rex congratulates Danielle on an acting job well done in hooking Jake. She insists that she is in love with Jake. Rex's reply: "Method actors. You just don't know when to give it up, do you?" Rex insists that Jake *is* part of the plot - he might not willingly work for Rex, but he'd do anything for Danielle. Rex leaves, warning Danielle not to do anything stupid, and your updater restrains herself from an all-too-obvious remark. IT'S RAINING CASH ----------------- At the Scanlon home, Scott is talking to Eve, who wonders how he found her. She thinks he has found out that she stole the ransom money, and starts to apologize, until she realizes that *he* thinks she is talking about illegally treating him after he left the hospital. Scott offers her money in payment for her medical services; Eve eyes his wallet speculatively. Scott offers her a check; Eve tries to refuse the money, but after a small amount of arm-twisting, Eve admits to a preference for cash. Scott doesn't have enough cash with him, and he needs to get back to Serena anyway; Eve asks if she can tag along because she lost an earring at the lighthouse. They head off in search of an ATM. PRINCESS JASMINE AND MR. MAGIC HAT ---------------------------------- Lucy and Serena are playing dress-up in the Lighthouse den; the room is strewn with glitzy clothing. They both wear tiaras, elbow gloves, and long strings of pearls. Serena wears a red sequin cape with red feather-boa trim around the edges. Lucy has a pink boa wrapped around her neck. Kevin walks up, pretending not to recognize the ladies. A giggling Serena identifies herself, but Kevin looks closely and insists, "You're Cinderella." Serena, astonished that Kevin couldn't tell, retorts, "I'm Princess Jasmine!" She gallops off, the cape flying around her, in search of a purple scarf, and Kevin sums up the scene succinctly: "Wow." Kevin is amazed that Scott actually left Serena with Lucy - and he is even more astonished to find that Scott actually *went* somewhere: "Incredible. I was beginning to mistake him for a piece of fur- niture." Serena returns with a navy blue knit vest and a multi- colored turban for Kevin to wear. Kevin, perhaps out of nostalgia for his days in a sari and a black wig, lets them bully him into dressing up. Serena declares his ensemble to be "perfect", while Lucy and your updater have a good laugh. Serena dashes off to get more clothes, and Kevin laughingly removes the turban. Lucy has a business meeting and asks Kevin to watch Serena; that's fine with Kevin if Serena approves, and Kevin figures Scott will be back soon anyway. Lucy remarks that Scott and Serena do seem to be attached at the hip, and Kevin points out that Scott is Serena's dad: "I intend to be pretty attached to our baby too, you know." Lucy is glad that their baby will have lots of attachments. She worries about Serena - a hermit's existence is wrong for a child, she says, and it's wrong that Scott isn't willing to share Serena. Kevin figures that the main problem is that Scott won't share Serena with Lucy. Lucy is having a hard time taking Kevin seriously. "Because you don't like what I'm saying," he comments. She retorts, "No, because you look pretty silly in that vest." Kevin puts the turban back on and asks, "How's that?" Lucy continues to talk about how Scott and Serena should stay in Port Charles, while Kevin tries to convince her that it's Scott's decision, not hers. When we see them again, Lucy has changed into a yellow suit and removed the tiara and gloves, but she has added a red feather boa for a festive touch. Mr. Magic Hat (aka Kevin in his costume) is apparently showing Serena a magic trick. Scott and Eve arrive. Lucy greets Eve, "Hello, Doctor." Eve is concerned that Lucy knows who she is - Lucy assures her the secret is safe. "And all this time I thought you were this money-grubbing cheap little hustler looking for a sugar daddy. Ha - silly little me!" Eve explains about the lost earring; Lucy doesn't believe her but tells her to go ahead and look. Agent Conklin and another FBI guy arrive just as Kevin and Serena, with perfectly matching Madame-Maiaesque accents, begin their act: "Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls....." Conklin, amused, apologizes for intruding; he's there to collect the money. They will count it and give Scott a cashier's check the next day. Eve, crawling on the floor towards the money bag while pretending to look for her earring, nearly reaches the bag, but Conklin gets there first. Conklin's partner picks up the bag as Eve looks on in dismay. Gail and Lee arrive - evidently Lucy called to invite them over. Serena runs to them enthusiastically, and Scott, Kevin, and Lucy cluster around them while Conklin and his buddy look on, smiling. Eve drops an earring and then "notices" it, asking Conklin to get it for her. While he's out of the way, she carefully drops a bundle of cash into the money bag and then leaves in a hurry. Scott takes Lucy aside and yells at her for inviting his parents over, while Serena places a tiara on Lee's head and declares him to be the king. Lucy interrupts Scott's harangue, saying she has to go to a meeting. She rushes off, kissing Kevin, who pulls the red boa from around her neck. Serena takes Lee and Gail out to see Sigmund. Scott, with the air of a child tattling on a sibling, explains to Kevin (who is still in his Mr. Magic Hat outfit, but also has Lucy's red feather boa draped around his neck) that Lucy invited Lee and Gail over without Scott's permission. Kevin narrowly wins the LOD award, mainly because of the accompanying visual: he wraps the boa around his neck, flinging it over his shoulder with great panache, and replies, "That *is* serious. Well, what should we do? String her up now or shoot her first?" Conklin returns to get Scott to sign for the money, and lets slip the fact that, despite the kidnappers' instructions, the money was marked. Scott is furious. Meanwhile, Lucy arrives at the airport. She approaches a man reading the Port Charles Herald, asking if he is Mr. Gustav Bausch. Indeed he is - sort of. It's Rex behind that newspaper. -------------------------- by Rika, subbing for Linda