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From: rika1@mindspring.com (Rika) Subject: PC: Update, 9/25/97 Date: Sun, 28 Sep 1997 19:13:18 GMT X-Server-Date: 28 Sep 1997 19:13:50 GMT PORT CHARLES UPDATE Thursday, September 25, 1997 TODAY'S STORYLINES: ------------------- Today we've got trouble, yes sir, we've got trouble right here in Port Charles. With a capital T, and that rhymes with: * C, and that stands for Concussion * D, and that stands for Danielle * C, and that stands for Carbon Monoxide C, AND THAT STANDS FOR CONCUSSION --------------------------------- The episode starts where Wednesday's left off: Kevin lies unconscious on the floor in the ER, while Lucy kneels over him calling out for help. Eve and Scott are the first on the scene; soon Ellen, Karen, and Chris arrive too. They take Kevin away on a gurney while Ellen tries to get information from a near-hysterical Lucy: Kevin had lost consciousness before arriving in the ER, and he was irritable and not like himself. Lucy tries to follow after Kevin, but Scott and Eve manage to restrain her. Lucy cries to Scott: "I can't lose him. I've lost him already once tonight; I can't lose him again." Scott assures Lucy she won't lose anyone; Lucy, recognizing that Scott doesn't understand how she feels about Kevin, tries to explain Kevin's importance in her life. He is part of her, and he has helped her to become a better person. Scott suggests Lucy always had that inside her, but she denies it: "Not like this. He gave me that." Without Kevin, she is empty and scared. The doctors return with a still-unconscious Kevin on the gurney. Ellen tells Lucy they need further tests. Lucy kneels beside the gurney and reminds Kevin what he said to her about choosing to live life with her - she wants that too, so he has to fight for that. Lucy can't tear herself away from Kevin; finally Scott, at Karen's urging, pulls Lucy to her feet so they can take Kevin to get the tests done. Eve tries to reassure Lucy with no luck. Scott wants to take Lucy out for a "break", but Lucy refuses to leave the waiting area until Eve offers her beeper and promises to beep Lucy the moment they know anything. Lucy goes to get her purse; while Scott waits, he overhears Chris teasing Eve about "leaving with a Devlin and coming back with a Baldwin." Lucy and Scott go to the hospital roof. She tells Scott about Kevin's marriage proposal right before his collapse. This was supposed to be the first day of their future together. Scott assures her that it still is, but Lucy shakes her head. Kevin could be dying; she could lose Kevin just like she lost the baby. Scott tries to tease Lucy out of feeling sorry for herself, reminding her how tough she can be. She shakes her head again: "Not anymore, Scott. I never really fell in love like this before. I never really needed somebody like I need him." Scott reminds her that Kevin needs her now. He remembers the time when Dominique was dying: he was scared, but he had to fight for Dom, and now Lucy has to fight for Kevin. Lucy says that she can be tough for Kevin; then the beeper goes off and Lucy dashes for the door with Scott on her heels. Lucy rushes into the ER, where Eve tells her she can see Kevin now. Scott thanks Eve for helping Lucy; Eve assures him that it's the least she can do after he helped her. At the other end of the station desk, Karen spills part of a cup of coffee. Devlin berates her for it while Chris, Scott, and Eve looks on. Scott, furious, walks towards Devlin. In Kevin's hospital room, Lucy sits by his bed. She assures him he'll be fine. And then they will plan their wedding ("with Sigmund waddling down the aisle, and Serena looking so pretty"). And eventually he did promise her a baby, so he has to stick around. Ellen enters the room and tells Lucy that Kevin's test results are back. He needs surgery as soon as possible. D, AND THAT STANDS FOR DANIELLE ------------------------------- Upstairs on the surgical floor, Matt is on the phone with Joe, finding out about Frank's condition. Jake (hasn't it been almost 2 weeks since we saw him?) is annoyed that Devlin changed one of his patients' medications. Matt, the Lord of Exposition, fills Jake in on the explosion and Frank's problems. Jake, to his credit, appears to be the first person to recall that Cooper was a resident of Forrest Hills. Matt is about to leave the surgical floor without permission to check on Frank when Julie calls to tell them that Frank will be fine. Jake is relieved to hear it - "I don't think I could take another disaster". Matt asks what that means, and Jake flashes back to Danielle leaving and Rex threatening to kill Danielle. Jake explains that he broke up with Danielle. Matt notes that Jake seems pretty unhappy about the break-up. He encourages Jake to look for Danielle. Matt heads for the elevator; Jake heads for a pay phone, and books a flight to New York. C, AND THAT STANDS FOR CARBON MONOXIDE -------------------------------------- Mary is saying her rosary while Mike watches. She remembers the night her husband had his accident, and Mike reassures her that this is a different situation. Meanwhile, Julie examines Frank, who is experiencing SVT's (some sort of heartbeat irregularity). She bets him a month's rent that he can't stabilize. Joe calls the lab and yells at them for not having Frank's blood gas results available yet. Devlin arrives while this is going on, and congratulates Joe on his no-nonsense approach with the lab. Devlin says Frank's problem is carbon monoxide poisoning; he recommends that Frank be put in a hyperbaric chamber with 100% oxygen. Julie reassures Frank, promising to stay with him. Devlin reminds her she has other responsibilities, but she informs him that she is off duty now. "I'm going to stay with Frank until he can walk out of here. She reminds Frank that he won the bet - he stabilized, so she owes him a month's rent. Devlin leaves the room; Julie follows him and thanks him for his help. Devlin reminds her she needs to remain detached from patients; Julie protests that it was Frank, after all. He insists that emotion has no place in medicine. Eve overhears and asks pointedly, "Isn't pride an emotion, or is it one of the seven deadly sins?" Eve gushes about Frank's heroics (primarily to annoy Devlin), and asks Julie how he is. Julie and Eve walk off together as Devlin watches through narrowed eyes. After they leave, Chris approaches Devlin, volunteering his services with Frank's "follow-up." Joe is with Frank, teasing him. Frank pulls off his oxygen mask to respond, but Joe puts it back on his face and tells him to keep his mouth shut. Frank removes the mask again, asking Joe to tell their mom that he is okay, and he thanks Joe for helping to save him. Later, Joe teasingly asks Frank, "If you don't make it, can I have your room?" Frank assure him he would haunt it in that case (removing that mask again). Joe leaves, and Frank takes Julie's hand. He apologizes for their fight last night; Julie apologizes too. She tells him that she knows he'd never try to hurt her. He should just lie back and let her take care of him. She kisses his forehead and puts the oxygen mask back on him. Outside, Joe is filling Mary and Mike in on the details; Mary is thrilled at the news. Karen awkwardly tells Joe she's glad to hear about Frank; he notes that she seems exhausted and upset. After he leaves, she rereads a portion of Jagger's letter. Ellen comes up to Karen with a file of Kevin's test results, telling Karen, "You'd better get familiar with them." Matt arrives downstairs in time to see Julie, Joe, Mary, and Mike walking Frank's bed through the lobby. Matt teases Frank about collecting disability pay; at the mention of "pay", Mike suggests that maybe the hyperbaric chamber is big enough to host the weekly poker game. Frank asks Joe to let him know about Kevin's condition; then Julie, Mary, and Mike take Frank off to the hyperbaric chamber. Matt asks Joe about Kevin - he thought he was okay. Joe explains about Kevin's collapse. ------------------ by Rika, subbing for the Thursday updater
