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From: bv143@FreeNet.Carleton.CA (T.A. Murray) Subject: PC: Friday Update - 8/15/97 Date: 17 Aug 1997 23:33:44 GMT Port Charles - Friday Update - August 15th 1997 (posted and e-mailed) PORT CHARLES - THE PERSONAL ADS Matt asks Ellen if she's going to The Recovery Room. She has to work. She tells him that surgical rotations start the next day. He tries to bring up the Cooper case again, but she won't listen. Karen asks what the celebration at the Recovery Room is for and when Matt says it's for Sonny's return she isn't interested in attending. Karen thanks Burgess for giving her the time off to go to San Francisco. [Single black female: Looking for low-maintenance relationship. Must be interested in medicine and nothing else. Really like guys who know when to drop a subject.] Joe and Grace come into the Recovery Room. Mike says that drinks are on the house. Mary objects to her partner throwing away money, but Mike is too happy about Sonny's return to consider her measly 1%. Frank compliments Joe on his persausive abilities in getting Grace to leave the hospital. (Little knowing that it was the other way around.) Frank thinks he should try that. (Does he mean taking Grace out.... *yeah*... or being persuasive?) The person he wants to persuade, Julie, enters the bar. Frank gets up but sits back down when Chris enters after her. [Single white/asian female: Looking for a dynamic man who can give me what I want in a relationship... a storyline. Not interested if you're involved with a rich doctor, or a married woman.] Mike answers the phone. It's Danielle calling and wondering if Jake's there. Mike asks if she's the designated driver. Danielle says that Jake doesn't drink like that. But Mike is looking at Jake and Jake is drinking like that. Danielle, with Rex hovering over her, says that she doesn't want to talk to Jake, just see that he gets home okay. Danielle hangs up. Rex thinks that Jake is growing unreliable and that he may have to "rope him in", "Keep your boy on a tighter leash or I will have to teach him how to heel." [Single white female: Looking for someone to rescue me from my Uncle's evil clutches. Preferably someone good in bed. Should be understanding, to the point of idiocy, about past indiscretions.] Scott sees that Serena leaves the room so she won't hear Kevin, Lucy and he discussing the kidnapping. Kevin asks Lucy what she thinks is going on with Rex and Danielle. Lucy says she wouldn't use such a strong term as suspicion, but that there was something wrong between Danielle and Rex, as if the two had a fight. Kevin and Scott confess that they also think there's something wrong. Lucy asks why they're suspcious. Kevin wants to have Lucy elaborate on her impressions of Rex and Danielle. "Why?" Lucy asks bluntly. "Fresh perspective," says Kevin. She tells him that Danielle seems upset, and Kevin suggests that it could be the new city and the new engagement. That's what Lucy thought too, (she commences to give part of the Thursday update.) but Danielle had gotten a gift from her in-laws-to-be, and her weepy reaction had been all out of proportion. Then she had turned down Lucy's job offer, and been about to tell her something. Rex showed up, liked the idea of the job offer, and Danielle had done a turnaround and accepted it on the spot. Scott gets excited and says, he knew something was up. Lucy objects that Danielle is just a confused young girl and it's not like they caught her doing something. Lucy thinks that Scott is just paranoid about his money. But Kevin blurts out that they think Danielle and Rex had something to do with Serena's kidnapping. Lucy is stunned. [Single white male: I'm incredibly rich, if a little paranoid. Looking for a woman who doesn't want me for my money. Must be good at repartee and improvisation. Must love children.] Danielle asks Rex not to hurt Jake. Rex is upset that Jake has not come home, and may not go along with the game plan. Danielle says it's Rex's fault for telling Jake the truth. Rex says he had to do that, because the two of them were about to leave, and he had to punish her for that. Back at the bar Matt asks Jake if Danielle is coming by. "No," Jake says shortly. Matt speculates that Danielle must be busy with wedding plans. A sullen Jake throws down money on the table and leaves, growling at Mike, who has gotten him a cab, as he goes out the door. [Single white male: handsome young doctor seeks honest young woman not involved in federal crimes. Should at least know what DNA stands for. Bilingual Polish/English preferred.] Chris notices that Julie is worried that Frank is seeing them together. He offers to explain that they just bumped into each other outside. But Julie says no, she doesn't owe Frank any explanations. They sit down at a table and Chris goes to get some drinks. Frank takes the opportunity to approach Julie. He comments that it's "hot out". Julie agrees. He offers to get her a couple of fans out of the attic if they need them in the basement. She says okay. He starts to turn away, then turns back and begins to apologize, "Yesterday, I..." Chris comes up with the drinks, interrupting Frank. He sets down two martinis. Frank is angry again, "I see you won't have a beer, but you'll have a martini." Julie is offended. "It's what everyone at the country club is drinking." and takes a sip. Frank stalks away, and Julie gags on the drink, and tells Chris it tastes like paint thinner. Chris wonders what's going on between her and Frank and she admits they had an argument. And it turns out that Frank is a reverse snob, and he can't handle her being Bennet Devlin's daughter. [Single white male: Not a doctor. Looking for honest woman, who likes beer, baseball and has a good jump hook. Shouldn't be rich, or hang out with cute young doctors, or any men for that matter.] Joe says, facetiously, that Frank has driven Julie into the arms of another man. Frank mutters something about her just being crazy and Joe points out that it's perfectly normal to want to be with a charming, smiling man intsead of a grumpy Irishman. Frank mutters something else about it being the principle of the matter. The unusually perky Joe suggest to Grace, who has just returned to the table that when a Scanlon starts talking about principles it's all over except the shouting. Grace decides to ignore them and asks for a quarter for the jukebox. Frank and Julie gaze/glare at each other across the room. Joe tells Frank to lighten up, after all Julie is just out with a friend, not married. [Single white doctor: who looks like a bike messenger. Looking for unattached female, with red hair, medical degree and stripping credentials.] Back at the hospital, Karen vividly remembers Fran accusing her of being a bad wife. Burgess asks her if there's anything wrong and Karen says she is fine. Burgess says that first evaluations and surgical rotation is coming up and it's time to be on the ball. Karen repeats that she is fine. She tells Burgess that she hasn't asked yet about Scott representing Ellen. Ellen says it might not be necessary since it looks like they're going to settle. Matt complains to Mike that Ellen won't listen to his theory about Cooper. He's going to give up on her. (Yeah, right.) [Single white male: who uses a wheelchair, and is also a Doctor. Looking for someone who will listen to me say the same thing for hours on end and not grow tired of it.] Frank says Julie isn't married she's just a liar. Joe says Frank can't go ballistic everytime he sees Chris with Julie. They are just co-workers and friends. Frank says that Julie is a liar with bad taste. "Explains why she went out with you," Joe quips. Grace comes back to the table. Apparently having chosen "You Can't Hurry Love," on the Jukebox. (too subtle for Joe.) Joe points out that Grace is his co-worker and friend, so what makes her any different from Ramsey. Grace smacks Joe on the arm for comparing her to Chris. Joe apologizes but says he was just making a point. Frank says that he and Julie need a chance to talk. "Calmly and rationally," Joe suggests. Grace says that Julie and Frank both said things that they regret. "Put it behind you," says the unusally intelligent Joe. "Do we have a plan?" he asks Frank. "We have a plan," Frank agrees. "Right after she apologizes." Chris asks Julie if she wants another martini. She wonders that people ever have more than one. So Chris is about to order her a soda, but she stops him and says that she wants another martini, because otherwise Frank will think she ordered one just to prove something. Chris points out that that is exactly why she did drink the first one. The alcohol is already affecting her, because she thinks the second martini will prove that she's her own person. She drinks the last of the first one and wishes she could prove her personhood with orange juice. Chris mentions that they should turn in early because they have surgical rotation tomorrow. Julie doesn't hear him and just says that she thinks Frank is really sorry about what he did. [Single white female: rich, but don't like it. Looking for pleasant non-judgemental male landlord. Must play basketball, and write leases on paper towels. Only Irish need apply.] Scott wishes that they had even a shred of evidence to connect Rex and Danielle to the kidnapping. Lucy asks if that is why Scott met with Rex. Kevin asks Lucy about the Kidnapper, since she was the only one who was in the same room with him, could he be Rex? Lucy admits it's not impossible. The kidnapper had really been enjoying himself and he used the weird southern accent in the lab, and that great Irish accent in the confessional at the church. It could have been Rex. Except that Mac had discovered that Rex had been in Europe during that time, and that she had introduced Rex to Serena in the park and he'd been nice to her. Kevin points out that Rex could have planned all that. Lucy concedes the possibility of Rex being involved, but doesn't believe that Danielle would do such a thing. Rex continues to berate Danielle. "You and your little Polish Ken doll were about to run off on me." Rex claims Danielle let him down. Where were they planning to go, Mexico? She says they didn't leave. Still, he insists, they have to be punished. Danielle, shrugs and says that Jake may not care about her anymore. He might be planning to blow the whole thing out of the water. Rex tells her that he has a contingency plan. (Murder, we hope.) "You two geniuses couldn't even make your way out the front door." He instructs Danielle to make nice to her man and leaves. Chris again suggest they should leave because it's late and they have surgical rotation tomorrow. Julie is not listening to him. Chris says Frank will still be there tomorrow but that a surgical residency comes along once in a lifetime. Julie tears her gaze away from Frank and comments that surgery must mean a lot to Chris. (Yeah, where the patients are anesthesized.) Julie says she'll take her bike home. Chris is doubtful that the tipsy Julie can ride home. Julie blithely suggests that she will have Frank drive her home. Chris, clearly seeing his second string status, says that's his cue to leave. "If you wouldn't mind," says Julie, who apparently loses her tact after two martinis. "See ya tomorrow." As soon as Chris rises Frank gets up and joins Julie at her table. They both start to apologize to each other. Julie says she got a little defensive and Frank says that's normal for snooty upperclass girls. At her angry look, he explains that he's joking. Deadpan, Julie advises him to use another approach; like groveling. Frank looks chagrined and Julie breaks into a smile, "Gotcha." On the other side of the room Chris scowls at them and leaves. [Single white male: Gorgeous, rich, insincere. Seeks same in female, but with sincereity. Must like gourmet meals, red satin sheets and manipulation. Not interested in platonic relationship.] Joe looks at Frank and Julie and comments to Grace that Frank is "coming around". Grace hopes so since Julie deserves an apology. Joe tells her not to start, and asks her if she wants a ride home. Mike asks Matt if Burgess doesn't believe that the Cooper thing is a set up. Matt insists that he's washed his hands of the matter, It looks like their going to settle out of court, but someone will take the fall for it and Ellen doesn't know how big a drop that is. [Single white male: Divorced, older but still wildly attractive. Own my own business. Looking for woman with liquor license and poofy hair.] At the hospital, Lee comes up to Karen and Burgess. He greets his granddaughter warmly. He tells Ellen that it looks like things will be settled out of court, but that someone will have to make an "admission of responsiblity", probably Ellen. "What's that mean?" Karen asks. (Well, Karen it means someone admits repsonsibility.) "It means the end of my career," Ellen says pessimistically. [Married, soon-to-be-single, white female: Doctor. Looking for guy who won't cheat on me but has wavy dark hair and dimples, fondness for playing Marco Polo, out of the water.] Jake comes home to the apartment. Danielle comes towards him but Jake insists that he doesn't want a hug. He tells her he has one question. Did she come to Port Charles because Rex made her? He says that she had better tell the truth. She tells the truth, and says that Rex told her she had to. Jake slumps over to the couch and tells her to get out. Kevin and Lucy are seated in the den. Lucy worries that something might happen to Serena. Kevin guarantees that it won't. Lucy says he can't know that. Scott returns from tucking Serena in. Again he wishes for evidence and Lucy asks him if Rex knew that's what he wanted. Scott says, "No, I acted like Mr. Haney on the Green Acres." Surely he meant Mr. Kimball. Mr. Haney was very untrustworthy. Lucy asks him not to lump Danielle in with Rex. Scotty suggests that he won't be going to the police anyway. Kevin, catching his drift, says that he and Lucy don't wish to be the guardian for a child whose father is on death row. Scott contends they'd never convict him because there wouldn't be any body to find. Someone knocks at the door and Kevin opens it. It is the potential murder victim in question. Rex asks Dr. Collins if he is coming by too late. The trio of conspirators look at each other. [Single white male: Insane, but don't let that bother you. Great sense of humor. Looking for a woman who appreciates all aspects of me and has loads and loads of cash.] Director - Scott McKinsey ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ XXXXXXXX XXXXXXXX * !! ( |\ | ( !! * *!* !! | \ | !! *!* |~| !! | \| !! |~| | |"It's that twin thing."-Ryan Chamberlain"| | |_| twinsofevil@geocities.com*tntmur@aol.com|_| bv143@freenet.carleton.ca * ui220@freenet.victoria.bc.ca http://muppetlabs.com/~davidj/tnt/tnt.htm http://members.aol.com/tntmur/index.html http://members.aol.com/tntmur/port/chuckles.htm ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~