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From: bv143@FreeNet.Carleton.CA (T.A. Murray)
Subject: PC: Friday Update - 8/8/97
Date: 11 Aug 1997 03:27:22 GMT

Port Charles - Friday Update - August 8th 1997
(posted and e-mailed)

PORT CHARLES - FACTS AND THEORIES

Matt and Joe are having breakfast at the recovery room, and Matt
makes it more appetizing by asking Joe if he believes an overdose
of insulin can cause a seizure leading to a full arrest.  Joe agrees that
it could and asks if Matt is referring to one of his patients.  Matt
says no, and Joe catches on that he's talking about Cooper.  He
wants to know why Matt is interested in saving that creep's life.
And Matt says that he's interested in helping Burgess.  Joe says
that he should ask Burgess about it then. Burgess walks in.

New Fact: Matt's idol is Quincy.
New Theory: Joe got lucky with his date last night.

Scott and Kevin are both up early.  Scott pours Kevin a cup of
coffee.  He tells him that Serena is sleeping peacefully.  Scott
then asks Kevin what he was implying the night before.
Amazingly, Kevin knows what Scott is talking about, and tells
him that it was only a feeling, a hunch.  But Scott persists,
he knows Kevin doesn't think it's over with the kidnappers.
Kevin confirms this with a contrite look, and Scott says that
he and Serena are outta there.  No! Kevin says forcefully.

New fact: Scott can make coffee.
New Theory: Kevin using Mac Scorpio Private Investigation
Techniques.

Lucy tiptoes into Serena's room.  The little girl is still asleep
with her new stuffed tiger in her arms.  Lucy pulls the coverlet
more snugly over her.  She reminisces about carrying Serena
and how the baby was always kicking her, but she loved it.
Then Scott took her away, but now they were together and
no one would ever keep them apart.

New Fact: The Tiger has supplanted Dirty Kitty in Serena's
affections.
New Theory: It's not just Scott, Rex will have to worry about.

Danielle is sitting on the couch.  Jake clomps into the room and
sits down in the armchair to put on his socks and shoes.  Danielle
says mournfully, that her mother always used to tell her that
everything would be better in the norning and usually it was,
bu now it's morning and nothing is better.  She tells Jake that
she knows what they have to do.  She wants him to call the
police and turn her in.

New Fact: Danielle's mother was an optimist.
New Theory: Danielle's IQ doesn't even register on the scale.

Jake is angry.  Last night he found out that she was a kidnapper
and this morning she wants him to turn her in? (This would seem
to be a logical sequence of events, but not in Jake's book.)
What's next? (Conjugal visits?).  He gets up and pours himself
a cup of coffee.  She says that she's sorry that he had to find
out these things from Rex, and he snaps at her that it would
have been no better to find out from her.  "That's not what I
meant," she said.  "I wanted to tell you myself... that's not
what I meant." (We can't help it.  She said it twice.  The girl
doesn't know what she means.)  She's says that she's glad
that despite his anger he still stood up for her in front of Rex.
He says he's a chump.  She says no he's not.  Jake says, "You
could've fooled me." (Newsflash - she did fool him.) Danielle
says she proud of him for kicking Rex out. (Must have happened
off-screen, we just remember the headlock Rex had on him.) But
she's worried that Jake doesn't worry about himself so she has
to.  Rex isn't going to stop until he's ruined everything.  "For
better or for worse?" Jake asks, without relevance.  Danielle
ignores that and says Jake could lose everything including his
internship.  She insists he make the call.  He tells her to call the
F.B.I. herself if she's so set on it.

New Fact: Danielle can make coffee
New Theory: Writers cutting out every other line of Danielle/Jake
scenes so they fit in the half hour format.

Kevin tries to convince Scott not to leave town. "IF it's not over;
IF the kidnappers had more than ransom on their minds; IF whoever
did it isn't on the other side of the world right now; IF Stanton and
Danielle showed up in town out of anything but coincidence, do
you really think running away to Canada is going to stop anything."
Scott misses the point of worst case scenario, and says "I'm not
going to live in some little iffy world."  He says he and Serena
could disappear.  People disappear all the time and live happily
ever after.  Like Luke and Laura, Kevin suggests, apparently
unaware of what a sore spot they are with Scott... or maybe not.
He asks if Scott wants that kind of life for Serena.  Scott tells
him to leave Luke and Laura out of this.  "Fine," says Kevin
and brings up the next point in his argument, "What do you
think this would do to Lucy?"  "She'll get over it," Scott says
callously. Kevin shows a lot of restraint by not punching him.
"You wouldn't even have Serena if it wasn't for Lucy. You
never would have gotten her back if it wasn't for Lucy."
Scott knows that. "We've been over and over and over this."
"Sure," Kevin agrees, "You just don't give a damn.  How many
times does she have to lose?" "Do you know what you're asking,"
says Scott.  "If I thought running away was the answer I'd be out
on the tarmac fueling up your plane. Running away won't make
Serena remember." Kevin adds that the big wide world is the biggest
prison Scott will ever know.  Stubborn Scott pounds on the table
and says that he should have left town with Serena as soon as
he got her back.   Kevin uses one more argument. "Telling Serena
that Lucy gave birth to her was a lifeline to Lucy, and you can't
take that back now."  "Got me there," says Scott, finally giving
in.

New Fact: Kevin, like his brother Ryan, has the gift of rhetoric.
New Fact: Kevin knows how to fuel a plane.
New Theory: Scotty incapable of following sentences which contain
more than two clauses.

"Let's just tell Burgess what Burgess needs to know," Ellen says
referring to herself in the third person.  Joe tries to cover up the
conversation with a little out-of-character butt kissing. "We
were discussing how much we were growing and learning under
your inspired leadership." Burgess doesn't buy that for a splt
second. She hints that he should leave, "If your through poisoning
yourself with that power breakfast." (Looked like a bowl of
oatmeal to us.)  Joe willingly exits declaring that he wants to
start rounds early and that he loves the smell of ether in the
morning.  Matt objects to Ellen sending Joe away, saying that
Joe knows what the deal is and she didn't have to 86 him.  Burgess
wants to know what is going on, and Matt admits that they
were discussing the Cooper case.  Ellen is exasperated.  His
persistence might have served him well, but in this case it is
officious, presumptuous and profoundly irritating.  "And it's
not even nine o'clock," Matt quips.  She glares at him. "An
internship is difficult enough. You have to choose your battles
and make sure they are yours to fight."  He continues to ignore
her advice and direct orders. "Aren't you curious?"  She insists
that the review board will look into all the possibilites.  Matt
insists that the hospital will be trying to protect themselves,
and maybe they're just a bunch of nice guys looking out for
everyone, but maybe not.  On the other hand, what does he know,
he's just an intern.  And maybe Cooper did this to himself."

New Fact: Burgess not so bad with rhetoric herself.
New Theory: Matt too dazzled by Ellen's beauty to listen to her.

Karen arrives at her and Jagger's San Francisco apartment with
a bouquet of flowers.  No one is there.  The place is a mess with
an empty pizza box and soda cans on the table.  "Hi, honey, I'm
home," she says to the empty room.

New Fact: Jagger's housekeeping skills have not improved.
New Theory: Jagger must be up to something if he's not home at
six in the morning.

Matt spins his theory for Burgess.  Cooper knows the
contraindications of a seizure, he knows the results of an overdose
of insulin.  Burgess is reluctant to blame the victim for his affliction.
Matt, says, yeah, but this is Greg Cooper.  Ellen examines his
theory, if true, how did Cooper get his hands on the insulin, how
did he inject himself, and how would they prove it since they
can't do it with a blood test.  Matt thinks Cooper was very
maipulative and crafty and had all the details planned out.  He
faked the first seizure.  Ellen shakes her head.  The Coopers
attorney will argue that the second seizure was proof the first
was real and of her malpractice.  His theory isn't proof.  He
asks her if she wants to lose.  "Assumptions," she begins,
intending to finish the famous saying, but he interrupts her
with, "Don't you care?"  She retorts that he has got enough
to worry about. He is defensive, saying this is the second shot
of friendly advice she's given him, and would she care to clarify?
No she wouldn't.  And he says maybe he won't give her a
choice.  "That's a chair, not a throne," she shoots back. "Don't
be late for rounds, Dr. Harmon."  She leaves him and strides
over to the bar where she orders a "morning thunder to go."

New Fact: Recovery Room doing a brisk morning business.
New Theory: Matt did it and he's just putting up a smokescreen.

"Lucy went through every kind of hell while Serena was away.
The stress couldn't have been good for her and it sure wasn't
good for our baby," Kevin says continuing to press his argument.
"Dammit," Scott says, because he knows that's true.  Kevin says
he wants to nail these people as much as Scott does.  He asks
Scott to give him time to find out what's going on. "If there's
a chance Serena is in danger..." Scott begins. "Then I'll drive
you to the airport myself," Kevin finishes.  They go over
to sit down. ( Kevin on the couch, Scotty in the armchair.) "Hear
me out; if something we're going to happen to Serena why would
the kidnappers have returned her."  "They want something else,"
Scott concludes.  "And maybe Serena knows what it is," Kevin
theorizes.  Scott agrees and thinks that maybe it would be a good
idea if Kevin talked to Serena.  Lucy comes in wearing some blue
satin loungewear and a lacy white apron, looking domestic but
still distinctly Lucy.  She's holding a spatula and asks them if
they know where the chocolate chips are, the ones she wasn't
supposed to eat so... she and Kevin say together, "we put them
in the back of the freezer."  Having retrieved the memory, she
turns her attention on the duplicitous duo. "What is going on?"
"Nothing at all," Kevin says far too innocently.  She isn't fooled.
"I'm keeping my eye on both of you," she says, and then heads
back to the kitchen.  "You do that." Kevin says cheerfully.  As
soon as she's out of earshot, he says to Scott, "We're only keeping
this from her right now, because she's fragile.  As soon as she's
stronger we'll tell her everything."  "Fine," Scott says. Then he
tells Kevin he's got to go out and take care of something, and
he's leaving Serena with Kevin.  Before Scott leaves, Kevin
cautions him, that he doesn't want Lucy upset right now, and
he knows Scott is worried about Danielle, but Lucy has grown
quite attached to her.  Nevertheless, Scott is hostile towards
Danielle, and says, "Don't worry, I got plans for her later."

New Fact: Scott not a good team player.
New Theory: Lucy was making Chocolate Chip pancakes.

Danielle tells Jake what her tentative plans were. "I was
going to call the police or leave while you were sleeping."
"I didn't sleep last night," Jake informs her.  "Rex meant
what he said," Danielle tells him.  "If I even look at him
wrong, he'll take it out on you.  Turn me in," she insists.
"And if I back you up, I think you'll be okay."  Jake rejects
this ingenious plan. "I said I won't turn you in, and I
won't." He delcares.  "But Rex said..." Danielle starts.
"These are the threats of an insane man," Jake says, as if this
made them less dangerous. "What's he gonna use for evidence?"
Danielle neglects to mention the briefcase full of irrefutable
evidence that Rex once showed her. "He'll make the proof
against you, and he'll never leave a fingerprint."  Jake is not
convinced, "Rex can't do anything unless we let him."  He
tells her that Rex just has her running scared.  She says she
spent the night trying to blame Rex, but that really it was
her own fault. How could she have been so stupid? (Too
easy, we'll let it slide.) Jake asks where Rex came from.
"Nowhere," says Danielle.  He just showed up one day, saying
that he was her Uncle.  He brought flowers, took her to plays,
bought her groceries and helped her pay her rent.  He told
her the Stanton's owed her and hadn't treated him well
either.  Her mother had just passed away when he showed
up.  Rex didn't care about her, but she hadn't realized that
until she was in way too deep.  Jake only has one question.
Danielle grovels a little bit and says she'll do anything for him.
"Why didn't you come to me?" "When?" she wondered aloud,
"and say what?  That I'd set it up from the beginning.  I didn't
want to lose you." She tells him she's already lost the way he
used to look at her.   He tells her to turn it around. "What
are you going to do?" she asks him. "I'm going to make Rex
sorry he ever met you." (Like, he's not now?)  He puts
his coat on. "Are you going to work?" she whines.  He tells
her that they have to make sure everything appears normal,
and that she should unpack her things and get rid of the CDs
and anything else Rex gave her. (Why particularly the CDs?
Why not the fruitbasket?").  Jake tells her that there can't be
any more lies.  She has to tell him everything that Rex does
or says.

New Fact: Jake enjoys the forceful guy role.
New Theory: Jake does not enjoy Rex's taste in music.

Karen wanders around the apartment looking at photos of
her and Jagger, sighing and looking forlorn.  A key rattles
in the lock and the door opens.  A blonde woman comes in
and looks surpised to see Karen there. "Hi, Karen," she says.

New Fact: Jagger still looks like Antonio Sabato Jr.
New Theory: Jagger thinks a blonde might be closer to his
intellectual level.

Matt confronts Burgess at the sixth floor nurses station.  He
asks her what she meant by her earlier statements.   She says
she thought she made herself clear.  He says no, he wants to
know what she meant by saying that his internship was too
difficult, and hopes she wasn't alluding to his chair.  She says
that she meant his handicap.  He objects to the term, and she
says he can choose his euphemism, but the fact is that he's
different.  The intern program is an obstacle course and no
one was going to put out a welcome mat.(or is that "Welcome,
Matt")  That whether he liked it or not there were different rules
for him, and that others would consider him exceptional or novel
and that was not a good thing.  He starts to interrupt her but she
won't allow it. "You'll know when I'm finished. I didn't get where
I am by having my battles fought for me.  So if you want to save
somebody there is a vast array of patients at your disposal." She
starts to walk away, and Matt, completely unable to understand the
instruction  mind your own business' calls after her. "I'm glad
you're not a jerk.  I've never known anyone so smart could be so
wrong, but hey at least you're not a jerk." She glares at him and
continues to walk away.

New Fact: Matt can't tell when Burgess is finished.
New Theory: Doctors neglecting patient care at GH.

At the Lighthouse, Serena and Kevin are seated at the table
involved in an art project.  Serena holds up her painting of the
vase of flowers on the table.  "That is gorgeous," Kevin tells her.
"Now yours," she says. "Promise not to laugh," he says.  She
promises. "Cross your heart?"  She crosses her heart.  He holds
up his, which is not quite up to his usual artistic standards.
"Doesn't look much like a still life with flowers, does it?" he
says depreciatively. Serena tips her head and studies it. "Maybe."
"But you wouldn't want to eat it, would you?" She laughs at
his non-sequiter and then covers her mouth and says oops, for
having broken her promise.  "That's okay," he says, "I'll draw
something else." "Like what?" she asks.  "I'm better at drawing
things I remember, like feelings." "You can't draw feelings,"
says Serena. "Sure you can," Kevin tells her, "If you start with
something real.  Like if I wanted to draw hate I'd start with
broccoli."  Serena grimaces and says she hates broccoli and Kevin
says he hates broccoli. (PSA - Broccoli tastes good and is good
for you. Brought to you by the broccoli growers of America.)
"If you wanted to draw afraid," he tells her, "you might start by
drawing a picture of the lady."  "What lady?" says Serena. "The
lady who took care of you when you were away."  (That's no lady;
that's Danielle.)  Serena looks very displeased to have the subject
brought up.

New Fact: Serena hates broccoli.
New Theory: Serena's going to be a tough nut to crack.

Jake has left and Danielle is alone.  She is moving things around
the table, either unpacking or determining what things Rex gave
her.  A knock comes on the door, and she freezes, probably
afraid it's Rex.  "Who is it?" she calls. "Lucy."  Relieved, yet
still anxious, she opens the door.  Danielle lets her in.  Lucy
notices her surly manner, and Danielle says she's not a morning
person. She asks how Lucy is and Lucy says she's taking things
one day at a time.  She's there to apologize for Scott's behavior
the day before.  Danielle says she didn't mean to barge into their
lives and that Scott was right to have questions.  Lucy says that
she has some of her own.

New Fact: Danielle not a morning person.
New Theory: Danielle would have made it to Mexico if she could
pack faster.

Rex walks into the recovery room.  He tells the bartender that he
had gotten a message to meet Lucy Coe here.  "Uh, nope," says
Scott from his corner table.  "Your date's with me."  Rex looks
surprised.

New Fact: When Lucy calls Rex (here boy) Stanton comes.
New Theory: Scott is  hard up for a date.

Director Scott McKinsey
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