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From: maclatch <maclatch@unbsj.ca>
Subject: PC: Update, Wednesday, 03 December 1997
Date: Thu, 04 Dec 1997 10:39:38 -0400

PC Update, Wedenesday, 03 December 1997

The Port Charles Grill — *the* place to be

At the lighthouse, Scott, Kevin and Lucy discuss that Rex will be eating
at the PC grill that night.  Seems the *loss* of his cook forces him to
eat out more often (they chuckle over just why the cook is gone).  Kevin
and Lucy are to go to the Grill and get into a fight, something that has
to be about "basic differences".  Lucy and Kevin tease each other —
there can't be anything about her he doesn't like, is there?  Kevin
loves everything about Lucy.  Scotty says that this shouldn't be this
difficult, Lucy is an old hand at fighting.  Kevin thinks they still
need to rehearse.

Jake is in his apartment on the phone.  He is trying to buy a gun out of
state (shorter waiting period).  No luck — you need to be a resident of
this other state.

Karen and Joe are discussing a catheter removal from a patient. Jake
calls Karen about a patient that came in with a superficial gunshot
wound.  His name is Beau Green.  Jake says he wants to know because he
needs to get back to him with an answer to a medical question.  Jake
says he is doing OK, and Karen offers to come over and drop off some
food.  Jake declines the offer, he wants to be alone.

Grace and Matt's shift is over.  Matt asks her to go to the Recovery
Room to get a bite.  Grace would prefer a home cooked meal, but hasnt't
the time.  Matt still wants to try her veggie lasagna; with her schedule
she doesn't think she'll have time to ever make 4h-lasagna again.

Karen and Joe discuss the catheter patient again and her pain
management.  Speaking of pain management, Karen's divorce papers came.
She hasn't signed them yet — needs a ceremony, like a wedding, but she's
not in mourning.  Wants to celebrate this positive step.  Joe is all for
that.

Jake calls Beau Green.  Remembers he collected guns.

Lucy and Karen are trying to fight.  Scotty says they need some triggers
— how about Lucy dresses like she should be in a window in Amsterdam?
how about she is kooky about her ducks?  Lucy starts in on Scotty.
Kevin thinks this is great <sarcasm>, Kevin and Lucy are the ones who
are supposed to be fighting, not Scott and Lucy.  Lucy says she'll look
forward to the days when she is to be fighting with Scott.  The whole
town will soon think all three are fighting.  They need someone to act
as a liaison, a communicator amongst them.  What about Karen? No, she
would take Scott's side.  Jake? He's too emotional.  Need someone Rex
wouldn't suspect, and who they can trust.

The handy-dandy PC transporter comes into action.  Scott is immediately
seen at the hospital, speaking with Eve.  Scott wants to know if he can
trust her, it's about the custody battle.  Eve promises not to tell.
Scotty tells her that Lucy and Kevin are going to pretend to break up so
that Lucy can get close to Rex.  Scott and Lucy are going to have a
breach as well.  Eve is the only one who knows.

[OK, I'm all for Eve getting involved in this plot, as an unofficial FPC
Eve; however, if they can tell Eve everything, why couldn't they tell
Karen everything, which would mean that she would have known not to take
Scott's side?  This was an obvious plot device to get Eve involved, even
though Karen was a more natural choice as liaison (if the object was not
to rouse Rex's suspicions).]

Eve is to carry messages back and forth.  Eve is excited; this is like
WWII spy stuff.  Scott warns her this could be dangerous.  Eve is
pleased — nobody's ever trusted her like this before.  She would be
honoured to help get Serena back.  Scott will spring for dinner for her
and a friend at the Grill; he wants Rex to get used to seeing her
around.

At the Port Chuckles Grill, Julie, Frank and Nicole are having supper.
Nicole tells Frank she is a marketing consultant with her own business.
She is impressed that Frank is both a teacher and a paramedic.  Nicole
thinks that teachers are underpaid in the US.  They have to work for
love.  Julie says her mom is always on her soapbox.  Frank also coaches
baseball, so he must be crazy about kids (meaningful glances from Nicole
to Julie).

Lucy and Kevin enter the Grill.  They pretend to be upset Rex is there,
and that there is no table far away from him.  They are seated.  Lucy
says she wants to sue for custody of Serena if Scott is found guilty of
kidnapping.  Kevin says Rex has already sued, what would be the point?
Lucy has a connection with Serena.  Kevin's zinger: he wants to have his
own children with Lucy, not raise Scott Baldwin's child.

The server tells Nicole her credit card doesn't work — it's been
cancelled.  She gives him another card.

Chris and Eve enter.

Nicole's second card is cancelled.  She pays in cash.

Lucy and Kevin continue to fight.  Kevin thinks Lucy is obsessed with
Serena.

Rex is enjoying this brouhaha (he tells his lawyer, with whom he is
eating).

Kevin and Lucy continue fighting.  Lucy says he is selfish and leaves on
her own.

Rex comments that there seems to be trouble in paradise.

Jake is at the Recovery Room alone.  Karen and Joe enter, but he doesn't
want to join them.  He meets with Beau Green, who has information on a
non-traceable 45.

Mike tells Joe that Jake has been cut off, he doesn't want to lose his
liqour licence over him.  Jake gets a gun from BG, under the table, and
puts it in his pants.  Joe comes over to Jake, BG leaves, and Joe offers
to take Jake home.

Lucy is at Scott's.  She tells him she really enjoyed the evening, it
reminded her of the old days.

[This is a great way to get some of the *old* Lucy and Scott back.  Make
it part of the plan, so that the growth of the characters is still
present, but we can get back to some of the fun and games and scheming
of yore.]

Eve calls and tells Scott that everything is perfect (code speak).  Lucy
feels guilty about leaving Kevin that way in public.

Kevin is at the hospital.  He thanks Eve for agreeing to act as a go
between.  A nurse interrupts.  When she leaves, Kevin says they need to
find a way to meet without chances of being overheard.  Eve is to
schedule some "therapy sessions".  She doesn't really need, she says, to
be psycohanalyzed. [Methinks Kevin and Eve might be heading into some
interesting and revealing All About Eve talks.]

At the hospital, Julie and Frank agree not to go out with either of
Julie's parents again for a while.  Nicole confrots Bennett — why was
her credit cut off?  Bennett says he needs to protect his credit now
that she has applied for a divorce.  Nicole says she will get her own
cards.  Her mind is not changed about the divorce, and won't be.  She
leaves Bennett.

Nicole runs into Chris.  She wants to apologize for taking her anger at
Ben out on everyone else.  She knows why he didn't mention Eve.  She
offers to give him a "real apology" in private.  She leaves. Chris
smiles. [It wasn't goofy, it wasn't sinister — I couldn't really read it
at all.]

Joe has brought Jake home.  The place is a mess.  Jake wants to be
alone.  He yells at Joe, and the gun falls out of his pants.  Joe sees
it and looks shocked.

End of Wednesday!