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From: bv143@FreeNet.Carleton.CA (T.A. Murray) Subject: PC: Friday Update - 1/16/98 Date: 22 Jan 1998 06:16:25 GMT Port Charles - Friday Update - January 16th 1998 (posted and e-mailed) Rex is having a glass of champagne with his lawyer Byron, who observes that Rex is in a very good mood. He correctly guesses that it's because of Lucy Coe. Rex admits that he is enamoured with Lucy, because of her mendacious. He is thrilled to think that he has found his match. Scott and Kevin go to the frontdesk at Oakwood Sanitarium. The woman there is, rightly, unwilling to give them any information at all. Scott gives out the spiel about being named gaurdian to his Uncle Rex and Kevin being his psychiatrist. The woman still refuses to hand confidential information over to the scroungy looking Scott. He takes an envelope out of his pocket and shows her a very small portion of what's inside it, saying that it supports his claim. She takes one look at it and declares it a fake. She picks up the phone and says. "Are you going to wait here for the police or should I just give them a description." Scotty takes the phone out of her hand and hangs it up. He assures her that he's a lawyer and the papers are real. She has his word. She is contemptuous of a lawyer's word. A phone a little ways off rings and she goes to answer it. Kevin criticizes Scott's approach. Scotty says he'll turn up the old Scotty magnetism. He approaches the desk again. The woman is not receptive. He starts to give her and insincere compliment on the color of her hair. But she cuts him off. Now she knows they're a couple of fakes. Kevin tries his approach... a joke. "Do you know what they call a thousand lawyers at the bottom of the ocean?... A good start." She laughs at that one. He tells her that he cares about his patient and would want to give him the wrong treatment because he didn't have the proper medical records. She is moved by his plea. (Or maybe his big brown eyes.) She'll see what she can find in the computer. While she does that Kevin looks over at Scott. "Scotty magnetism?" he says. Scott shrugs. "Well, I could have made a lawyer joke." (And remembered the punch line? We doubt it.) Joe is pouring himself a cup of coffee as Karen comes into the on-call room. He offers her a cup, but she says she's already had her ten gallons. They've been working a double shift. Joe notes how things haven't been going their way. There's a fiendish little leprechaun making sure they never sleep together. Karen objects to him defaming leprechauns. Joe has something special planned for that night. Their semi-private moment is shattered as Matt enters with a reporter-lady in tow. Chris also enters. Matt tells the reporter that they can do the interview in here. He requests that she stay away from any personal questions. She objects but he's firm. Chris looks perplexed about why Matt would want to keep his background a secret. Byron tells Rex that he thought Rex was just using Lucy, he's surprised to learn he's attracted to her. Rex declares he is defintely attracted. They've been playing games with each other and he doesn't want them to end. For the first time he envisage a future where he is not alone. "Oh, I've always been able to envision myself astride the world like some colossus, but now with someone by my side... Like Ceasar I've finally found my Cleopatra," he raves, (Beware the Ides of March, Rexie.) "Like Augustus, my Olivia." (Of course, he would see himself as a Roman') Rex then imagines himself as the Emperor, standing on a balcony with the sound of crowd cheering him coming from below. Lucy comes out onto the balcony wearing a sparkling yellow-green gown.Her arms are wide in greeting. "Ah, my sweetness," he greets her. "The Bacchanalia celebrating our union is prepared. Tonight we shall feast." His fantasy Lucy is more than willing. "Well, Ceasar, that you have chosen me above all others has filled me with such happiness and joy, I can't bear it." Eve dressed in a blue gown, enters, leading Serena by the hand. She clears her throat, "Excuse me" Lucy is disgusted. "Who summoned her?" "The high priestess of Vestal Virgins needs no invitation," Eve says proudly. (Bwahahaha.. Now we know Rex is completely out of touch with reality.) Rex reassures Lucy. "I asked her," He gestures at Serena. "I see you have the captive." "Yes," Eve replies. "I have brought Serena with me." Rex speaks to Serena. "The Triumvirate has now declared that you are in my custody. As such your wealth will be transferred to my coffers. You will be allowed to sudy for the priesthood. Take her away to be cloistered." "I don't want to go," says Serena. Lucy shoos Serena away. "Well, you have to go because your Emperor her has commanded it. Go! Ta." "As you wish," Eve says with a slight bow, and then leads Serena away. "Everything is as I wish," Rex says smugly. "The child had become somewhat tiresome." "No, no, no," Lucy assures him. "You were far too kind to her." Rex thinks no more about it. "And now, let the games begin. Bring on the Gladiators." "Oh, yummy," Lucy declares. "Oh, Emperor, mmm..mmm...mmm," she says as the gladiators, Scott and Kevin gallop in, accompanied by a guard. "The games my sweet," Rex tells her, "Are being held in your honour. The best, the finest, the bravest gladiators are to perform." Lucy is wickedly gleeful. "All right you little gladiators. I want a really big show tonight. No trickery, I want death. No mercy, I want blood and guts. Now go! Ta." Scotty raises his staff, which inexplicably has an apple on it. "Scotticles, thanks you for the honor." Kevin, who is carrying some trident/fork thing, says, "Those of us about to die salute you." They prance back out. Lucy languidly waves at the crowd below. Rex asks her what she has planned for the winner. "I got a new shipment of lions from ethiopia. They are famished," she tells him. "Lions, too? You spoil the masses." "Well, I want the masses to adore you, as I do Ceasar." They wave at the crowd again and Rex tosses a coin. There's a close-up of a torch flame that fades into Rex in the here and now. Rex looks very pleased with his fantasy and amazingly Byron has not run off crying, "Mad dog! Mad Dog!"The door bell rings as Byron asks if Lucy feels the same way. The subject of the dscussion is let in to the room. Byron excuses himself. Rex offers Lucy champagne. It's a special evening. He toasts to Destiny and to "Us". She echoes him on the first but not the second. Karen dumps the contents of her purse on the on-call room table, searching for change. She needs a sugar fix to deal with an upcoming consultation. After a little teasing Joe lends her a quarter, and says it reminds him of lending her lunch money, way back when. Way back when reminds her of unpleasant things. She asks that he wish her luck with the consult with Dr. Drummond. Karen leaves. Chris comes in, looks at his watch and sits down with a crossword puzzle. Matt comes in from the direction of the bathroom. Joe uses the phone to call a hotel. He asks their room rate for a suite and is shocked at the price. He reserves a regular room. The reporter enters, from the direction of the bathroom. (And, no, we don't know what they were doing in there, but she did write an awfully nice article about him.) He reiterates that she can ask him about his work but not his personal life. Chris comments, "Yeah, that's Doctor Matthew Harmon, International Man of Mystery. What deep dark secrets are you hiding." Matt responds in kind. "Oh, Chris, the world will never know." "Well, you got me curious," Chris admits. Matt is still in the mood to play. "All right, well, there was that thing about me murdering my family and then eating the remains, but that's nothing to get excited about." "Oh, no," The reporter teases, "I'll quote you on that one." Chris looks at Matt with intense curiosity behind his bland expression. Lucy and Rex are still drinking champagne. Lucy offers a toast to "getting exactly what we want". He leans in for a kiss but she pulls away. She complains about the security camera taping them. He goes to turn if off, but the phone rings. He tells her it's his Chemist in Amsterdam. She tells him she's going to go freshen up, and he directs her to the bathroom down the hall. The clerk at the mental hospital turns back to Kevin and tells him that the name Rex Stanton is cross-referenced with the name Gustav Bausch, and does that ring a bell. He was a patient here but the family transferred him out. Kevin asks what disorder he was being treated for. It doesn't show that in the computer. "You would be the most incredible girl in the world if you could find out what it was," Scott tells her. She rolls her eyes. "Is he always this full of bull?" She asks Kevin. She doesn't have access to patient care files. Doctors keep their own records on patients. Is Rex's Doctor still on staff? Yes, but he's in bermuda. They'll have to come back on Monday. Apparently she and Kevin made a date while we watched a commercial, because she suggests that would be a good time to deliver on the lunch he promised. He thanks her and says he wants to make sure Mr. Stanton gets everything he deserves. Lucy sneaks into Rex's bedroom. She fumbles with her purse getting the keys out, hastily opens the safe and puts the papers back in. (Boy, we hope she made copies. Rex must have locked them up for some reason.) She closes the safe and heads for the door, turning off the light as she leaves. Chris pours himself a cup of coffee. Matt asks the reporter if they're about done. She asks him about coming up against patients who don't want to be treated by him. He thinks that most people appreciate having a Doctor who understand how it feels to have experienced a major medical trauma and is therefore able to empathize with them. And if they still refuse? It's ultimate their choice in a non-emergency, but most people are more rational than the media gives them credit for. The reporter begs him to tell her just one personal fact, where he grew up. He tells her Detroit Michigan. She asks what that was like. He tells her to say he was "like any other kid in Michigan with a dream." (We hope she didn't quote that!) He glances at his watch and says he has to leave. He thanks her and goes. Chris joins the reporter at the table. He asks her if she got anything good. (Like he wasn't two feet away the entire time.) She admits it was like pulling teeth. Well, Matt is modest, Chris tells her, but don't be fooled by that he's an incredibly gifted surgeon. She asks Chris for his name and permission to quote him. He provides one. "If I was going under the knife I'd want Dr. Harmon of the business end." She says that Matt must be grateful for his colleagues support. (Yeah, that and a quarter and Mike might give him a cup of coffee in the morning.) They both get up to leave. He asks her if she found any skeletons in Matt's closet as he holds the door for her. Joe comes into the on-call room and checks to see if the coast is clear. Then he pulls Karen in. They're off in ten seconds and count down to the time. They kiss as the time expires and then Joe's beeper goes off. Reluctantly he calls in for the message. He asks if anyone else cover. Karen takes the phone and says he'll be there and hangs up. She says she'll wait for him but he doesn't know how long he'll be. He remembers he'll have to cancel the reservation at the PC Hotel. They agree to meet at her place Scott looks at the pictures on the Sanitarium walls, various patients in outdoor scenes. "They must let the loonies out in the summer," he comments. Kevin asks him not to use that term, at least not while they're in a mental hospital. Kevin looks at one picture and recognizes as a younger Rex, but he wonders who the man with him is. Scott thinks he looks familiar. Lucy comes back into the den. Rex declares that he was about to send out a search party for her. She explains that his house is so big she practically had to hitch a ride back. He give her a present, though she insists she doesn't deserve gifts. She opens it up and there's a bottle of stress pills inside. Though not terribly impressed she guesses that these are the pills with the new ingredient. He agrees with that. She opens the bottle and pours them into her hand. Out falls a large emerald ring. She asks what the occassion is. He tells her he wants to spend the rest of his days with her as his wife. "Will you marry me?" Director - Andrew Lee ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ XXXXXXXX XXXXXXXX * !! 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