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From: maclatch <maclatch@unbsj.ca>
Subject: PC: Update, Wednesday, 25 February 1998
Date: Thu, 26 Feb 1998 09:07:49 -0400

PC
Update, Wednesday, 25 February 1998

Even though I was disappointed that Luke crossed over on a Tuesday, not
a Wednesday, I was *not* disappointed in the scenes amongst Kevin, Alan
and Lucy in their various combinations.  It was great to have Alan
playing the roles of ex-husband and doctor.  But Lucy and Kevin were
outstanding (again).  There is no way my update can do justice to the
raw emotion that those two actors are able generate on the screen.

Ellen tells Grace that Matt is on an extended leave.  Grace is
bewildered that Matt hadn't said anything to her.  Ellen flashes back to
their kiss (Monday?) in her apartment.  Grace wants to know if there is
more, but Ellen denies it.

Eve has the list of poisons that Rex used from the herbalist who made up
the potion.  She brings it excitedly into the lab.  Karen and Joe (our
supposed super sleuth biochemists) get started working on it.  Scott is
upset that he's left Lucy down by not getting the antidote sooner.

Alan visits Lucy.  Kevin is already there.  Lucy teases Alan about being
a granddad.  He teases back that if they were still married, she would
be a grandmother.  He teases her about costing the hospital a lot of
money, because they've had to keep the labs open 24h/day.  She better
get well soon, as the Cassadines hate spending money — they might have
to sell off one of their islands.  Lucy falls asleep, and Kevin and Alan
leave the room.  Alan tells Kevin that Lucy is going downhill quickly.

Alan wants to know if Lucy wants extreme measures to be taken to save
her life.  Kevin is upset — he wants the hospital to do whatever it
takes to keep her alive.  Alan tells him that it is not his choice.  One
of them has to ask her what her wishes are.  Alan offers to do it, but
Kevin says that he will.  Boardman comes up and tells Kevin that he's
sorry to hear about Lucy.  Kevin gets mad and tells him to save his
condolences, Lucy is going to be fine.  Kevin goes back to Lucy.
Boardman tells Alan that Kevin is obviously losing it again.  Alan
doesn't look impressed with Boardman.

Lucy is asleep in her hospital bed.  Kevin kisses her and hold her while
he chokes back tears.

Grace asks Chris if he knows that Matt has left GH.  Grace doesn't think
that it makes any sense.  He was happy, had friends, work was going well
and he was almost a shoe-in for the Quartermaine residency.  They agree
to tell each other if they hear anything.

Keith, the teenager who was paralyzed that Matt had taken such an
interest in, is wheeled by Grace and Chris on his way to his first rehab
appointment.  Chris asks how he's feeling.  Keith responds: "Paralyzed.
You?".  Chris: "Feeling sorry I asked.".  Grace tells him he can channel
his energy in rehab.  Alone, Chris is happy that Matt bought the
"threat" — hook, line and sinker.

In the lab, a plant alkaloid is found in the poison — the same one that
was found in their blood.  They are looking for others.  Scott wants
them to go faster.  Jake tells them they have to follow scientific
protocols.  Karen says that the main lab is duplicating their work to
confirm any findings, so they will be confident of their findings in the
end.  Eve goes off to find some hydrochloric acid.  Scott is edgy about
running out of time.

Keith is on his way back from rehab.  He wants to talk to Dr. Harmon.
Grace refers him to Ellen, who tells him that Matt is gone.  Keith
wanted to tell Matt about his rehab.  Grace offers to be his sounding
board.

Chris offers to Eve to come help in the lab when his double shift is
over.  He tells her that Matt is gone.  She wonders what he did to Matt
— she hopes he is still alive and well.  Did he kill him and bury him in
his apartment.  Chris has a funny look on his face, like maybe his
conscience is bothering him a little tiny bit — or maybe it's just that
he is a little fearful that Eve is so close to the truth.

Kevin keeps his vigil in Lucy's room.  She is still asleep while he
talks to her.  Thinking about letting her go is like asking him to stop
breathing.  He won't do it.  They have plans.  They have their
lighthouse home and babies to make.  He never wanted any of it before
her.  His life was devoid of joy.  She gave him laughter.  He flashes
back to when she had her toe caught in the tap in his hospital room;
another scene I didn't recognize the context (she was massaging his
shoulders and teasing him); their engagement scene when she at first
teasingly refused him, because he was unemployed and crazy.  She made
him fight back after the terrible time when he remembered his childhood
— she brought him back.  He flashes back to a scene where she told him
he had nothing to be guilty about for what happened to Ryan during their
childhood.  He asks Lucy to fight for her life like she had fought for
others — himself, Serena and Scott.

Ellen comes home to find Matt in her apartment.  She is surprised to see
him there.  He says he came back because he left something behind.  She
says she's been fielding questions about him all day.  He couldn't
leave, he says.  Ellen asks if he has a death wish.

The "kids in the lab" have identified six compounds in addition to the
original alkaloid.  All need specific antidotes.  Too much or too little
in combination could put her in a coma or kill her.

Lucy is awake again.  She's had some weird dreams.  Alan returns.  He
wants to know if Kevin has discussed anything with her.  He says no and
wants to take it outside the room.  Lucy wants to know what's up.  Alan
has what's called an advanced directive or DNR (Do Not Resuscitate) for
her to sign.  Alan tells her that it means no ventilation, no prolonged
CPR, no machines.  Lucy wants to know how she is probably going to die.
Alan says her lungs will fail first.  Kevin is trying to stop Alan from
talking so straight with Lucy.  Lucy doesn't want Kevin to fight her on
this and asks for time alone with Kevin.  Lucy asks Kevin if he believes
that everything happens for the best.  Well, she does.  She is going to
live or die.  Kevin wants her to buy time to find the antidote, even if
she falls into a coma.  Lucy says it is her choice to leave with
dignity.  She knows it is the right thing.  She is not going to be a
science project, with people coming to turn her over every day.  Kevin
says it would be enough for him.  Lucy doesn't want that for him.  Lucy
asks if he loves her.  If he does, he's going to hand her the paper and
help her with the pen.  She's doing this for him.  She signs.  It's
done.  Kevin puts his head on her stomach and sobs.  She comforts him
and tells him it's going to be OK.

Enough tears for one day.