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From: rika1@mindspring.com (Rika)
Subject: PC: Update, Tuesday, 8/19/97
Date: Tue, 19 Aug 1997 23:04:16 GMT
X-Server-Date: 19 Aug 1997 23:05:49 GMT

                                     PORT CHARLES UPDATE
                                     Tuesday, August 19, 1997

Today's Storylines:
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* Hangin' with Dr. Boardman
* Physician, Heal Thyself
* The Late Dr. Lambert
* The Late Dr. Devlin/Morris/whatever

HANGIN' WITH DR. BOARDMAN
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Frank comes into The Recovery Room, which evidently serves a huge
breakfast crowd.  He has just gotten off work, and wishes Joe good
luck on his first day in the surgical rotation.  Matt, Jake, and Karen
are there too, as is Chris, who is sitting alone.  Frank wonders where
Julie is.  Joe reports seeing Eve out jogging this morning, and he
figures she and Julie will come in together.  Chris smugly remarks
that it's lucky he was there to drive Julie home the night before.
Frank is about to pick a fight with Chris for getting Julie drunk, but
Joe restrains him.  The interns head for the hospital.  Karen
recalls how Eve messed up her first day of the ER rotation; Matt
pointedly reminds Karen that Eve's problem resulted from helping
Karen's father.

The interns arrive at the sixth floor for their surgical rotation.
(Have I missed something here?  Wasn't the sixth floor the place where
the Cooper hostage situation happened?  How come nobody mentioned it;
I doubt they've been back to this place in the interim)  They talk
about the Quartermaine Fellowship; Chris suggests that they all know
they want it, so they might as well cut out the pretense that they're
all "palsy-walsy."  Karen and Joe joke about this; Matt tells them he
wants to be a surgeon, so if any of the "able-bodied" interns get in
the way, he'll "run them down."  (This is said with a good-natured
smile).  Karen figures Jake is the lucky one - he doesn't want to be a
surgeon because he's a "research jock."  Jake is about a million miles
away and doesn't respond until they finally get his attention.

When we return to them, the gang has called Julie and gotten her
answering machine.  Dr. Boardman, the senior surgical resident, is
apparently late for rounds.  Ellen assures them that rounds start when
Boardman says they do, and not before.  But if Eve and Julie don't get
there in time, Ellen figures "they're toast."

PHYSICIAN, HEAL THYSELF
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Lee Baldwin and Ellen are talking about the Cooper case.  Ellen can't
give it her full attention today - it's a "huge" day for the interns
and they need her.  Lee admires this attitude - he thinks anybody else
would be "scrambling to save their own skin."  (Anybody else would
have the right idea....)   Ellen is concerned by Lee's pessimistic
tone.  He explains that Cooper's family won't settle the lawsuit
unless Ellen admits responsibility.

Lee wants to know how Ellen intends to handle the situation.  She asks
what happens if she refuses to admit responsibility; Lee explains that
the case will go to court.  Ellen wishes she had taken herself off the
case - that's what the rule book says to do.  She never breaks the
rules - but the one time she reacted emotionally, she's going to lose
everything she worked for.

Lee decides to give her some advice off the record.  GH isn't as
financially secure as it once was.  Because of that, the hospital
can't stand behind her the way they might have otherwise.  He advises
her to get her own lawyer.  Ellen tries to stay cool, but she is
brushing tears out of her eyes by the end of the scene.

Matt eavesdrops on the end of Ellen and Lee's conversation.  Lee
offers to get Ellen some time off (she refuses), and assures her that
the hospital will treat her fairly.  She knows, though, that she needs
to take care of herself (it's about time - Kevin, Matt, and probably
strangers on the street have been telling her that for weeks....).
Lee asks if Ellen knows a good lawyer.  Meddling Matt abandons all
pretense and wheels over, asking, "Why?  Does she need one?"  Matt
tells Lee his theory about Cooper; Lee is excited at the thought and
asks for proof, while Ellen tries to get Matt to mind his own
business.  Lee leaves; Matt points out that Lee's job is to do what's
best for the hospital.  Ellen again asks Matt to stay out of it; by
now you'd think she'd know to give up on that idea.  He doesn't see
why she doesn't want to prove that Cooper faked his own seizure.
Ellen, in a Bones McCoy moment, insists, "I'm a *doctor*, not Dick
Tracy!"  She thanks Matt for his support, even if he is "a lowly
intern."  She suggests that he'd better concentrate on his career,
while she works on her own.  Matt tells her they can do both - "it's
called multi-tasking."

Ellen talks to a nurse about one of her patients, and is stunned to
learn that the patient's husband transferred the patient to Mercy.
Ellen figures out it has to do with word of mouth about Cooper's case.
Meddling Matt wheels up in time to hear part of this exchange.  Ellen
tries to get him focused on his own career; she wonders what she
has to do to get through to him.  "I'm wondering the same thing about
you," he retorts, pointing out that if people are withdrawing patients
from the hospital, she can't afford to wait any longer to fight back.

Dr. Boardman walks up, and they abruptly stop their argument.
Boardman asks where the interns are - or was Ellen "too busy dealing
with her legal problems."  (Oh, my, we've got a real sweetheart here.)
That remark finally convinces Ellen that she needs to do something.
Apparently when Dr. Boardman talks, people listen....

THE LATE DR. LAMBERT
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Eve, dressed and ready to leave for the hospital, is tiptoeing around
the living room of the apartment while Julie sleeps sprawled on the
sofa.  Eve whispers to Julie to try - sort of - to wake her up.  Julie
groans, "Leave me alone," and Eve grins, responding, "You got it,
princess!"  She figures it's Julie's turn to mess up this time.  She
heads upstairs for breakfast, to find Scott Baldwin standing in the
Scanlon kitchen.

Eve orders Scott out of the house.  She figures that, since he ruined
her first day as an intern, he's going to do the same thing this time.
She thinks it's part of a plot to keep her out of the running for the
Quartermaine Fellowship.  He insists that she's being paranoid.  Scott
banters with her about her choice of breakfast, and then gets
to the point - he wants to know if she knows anything about Danielle.
Eve can't really help him much - "It's kind of hard to have an
intelligent conversation with the woman when she's hanging all over
Jake."  (And even when she's not, from what we've seen....).  He
offers her a ride to the hospital.  She laughs and says, "No way,"
but then she stops him as he's about to leave, explaining that she was
going to take the bus.  ("I haven't met my millionaire yet," she
explains.  Scott grins and recommends, "Keep lookin'."  Very cute.).
She decides to "let" him take her to the hospital ("I'm honored," he
responds), but hopes she doesn't regret it.  (You can almost hear the
Knell of Doom at this point....)

Sure enough.  We next see Scott and Eve in his car, which has
apparently broken down on the way to the hospital.  (At least, if
they're still sitting in the driveway at the Scanlon's, I don't know
WHY Eve just doesn't take the bus as she planned, instead
of sitting there freaking out at Scott.)  Scott promises he'll get the
car started, and he squints, bemused, at the instrument panel.  (Uh,
Scott, you put the key in the ignition, if that helps....).  Eve
figures now she'll never be a surgeon; Scott tells her it requires
a bit of selfless dedication, and "you might want to lose those fancy
fingernails of yours."  Eve can't see what a manicure has to do with
it; besides, why do people assume beauty and intelligence are mutually
exclusive?  Eve gets out of the car and shouts for help to no avail;
then she gets back in and honks the horn.  Scott stops her:  "Don't
ever honk my horn."  (Gee, is THAT what they're calling it these
days?)  Then get me to work, Eve suggests.  Scott claims to be working
on it (though as far as I can see he's just sitting there staring at
the instrument panel, perhaps willing the car to start with his mind).
Eve thinks Scott is bad luck for her; Scott bets her $50 that he can
get her to the hospital on time.

When we return to them, Scott is searching for the hood latch, and for
some reason he is looking towards the back seat to find it.  He
figures none of this would have happened if he'd had his truck - this
is a new car and he doesn't know much about it yet.  Eve wants to know
where the car phone is - he's a "zillionaire", so he must have one.
He doesn't, but Scott whips out his cell phone - and discovers he
doesn't have service.   (Sheesh - did they drive to the hospital by
way of Outer Slobovia?)  No owner's manual in the glove compartment,
either, says Eve - but Scott leans across and finds it.  Eve is
furious that "a rich guy like you" thinks her situation is so funny.
Scott remarks that she thinks a lot about money, and she assures him
that it's true.  She has struggled and worked to get where she is, but
he probably wouldn't know about that.  He assures her that he does
know what that's like, and he also knows what it's like to try to
forget the past.  But he thinks it's better to laugh about it than to
whine.  Eve insists that she doesn't whine.  "Whatever," Scott
responds, grabbing her chin.  He promises to get her to the hospital
on time, and if he doesn't, he'll build a new hospital and hire her.
"Trust me."  Eve tells him she'd be an idiot to fall for that line.
She gets out of the car, with Scott in hot pursuit.

THE LATE AND WET DR. DEVLIN/MORRIS/WHATEVER
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Frank runs downstairs to Julie and Eve's apartment and finds Julie
asleep on the couch.  He has a bag of ice which he places on her
forehead; she tries to get him to stop.  She wants to sleep - or die.
He pulls her to her feet; she feels extremely sick.  He gives an ice
cube to suck on and tells her she's hung over.  She sinks back down
to the couch; again, Frank tries to get her to wake up, reminding her
how hard she's worked to be a doctor, and how important the day is.
Finally he gets through by yelling, "Julie Morris, code blue, Room 5,
stat!"  She sits up and barks a medical order - and then lies back
down when she realizes it was a trick.

Frank has to resort to desperate measures.  He runs to the bathroom
and turns on the shower; then he picks Julie up off the couch and
carries her into the bathroom, subjecting her to a cold shower until
she agrees she's awake.  She wonders why she drank the martinis -
Frank suggests it was to forget what a jerk he was.  She insists that
she was drinking because she couldn't stand lying to him.  She
apologizes, and he apologizes for judging her.  "You don't hate me
anymore?" she asks, and he whispers, "Not even close."  Significant
kissing ensues - this might be a good time for someone to mention
"surgical rounds," because this isn't looking like it's going to help
Julie to be on time.  They both wind up in the shower, kissing
passionately (fully clothed, in case anybody's wondering).

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by Rika, 1/2 of the Tuesday Update Team