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From: rika1@mindspring.com (Rika)
Subject: PC:  Update, Thursday, 3/5/98
Date: Fri, 06 Mar 1998 18:01:13 GMT
X-Server-Date: 6 Mar 1998 18:01:42 GMT

                       PORT CHARLES UPDATE
                     Thursday, March 5, 1998

TODAY'S STORYLINES:
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* "Welcome Home"
* "The Famous Lair of Joe Scanlon"
* Death Threats in Cyberspace

"WELCOME HOME"
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Lucy has evidently been discharged from the hospital, because we see
her by the nurses' station in a wheelchair, accompanied by Kevin.  She
and Kevin thank the assorted interns assembled there for their help,
though Lucy teases them about how long it took.  Chris suggests that,
if she has anything else nice to say about the interns, she should
make sure Dr. Boardman hears it.  Lucy suggests that, if Boardman
gives them any trouble, they should just remind him that he was wrong
about her.  Kevin reminds her that Boardman was just trying to give
her what she wanted - *she* was the one who signed the DNR.  Kevin and
Lucy get on the elevator just as two Federal agents get off (see
below).

Back at the lighthouse, Kevin carries Lucy into their bedroom,
welcoming "the future Mrs. Coe-Collins" home at last.  He lays her
down on the bed and joins her there, and things progress as you would
expect until we hear insistent quacking.  Kevin, recognizing that
Sigmund wants "equal time with the lady of the house," picks Siggy up
and places him in Lucy's arms.  She tells Kevin that she has
everything she wants - "my man and my duck" - and that it absolute
heaven.  Lucy tells Sigmund, "See you in a second," as she pulls Kevin
down on top of her; Kevin thinks it's a better idea for Sigmund to go
out for a walk.  Sigmund doesn't oblige them - at least, not
immediately - but Kevin and Lucy nonetheless go back to what they were
doing before Sigmund's arrival while Sigmund politely looks the other
way.

Later, we see Lucy sitting up in bed in a bathrobe with an
animal-print collar; Kevin, clad in a bathrobe and pajama bottoms,
arrives carrying a tray with two coffee mugs and a plate of cookies.
Lucy begins to devour the cookies, while Kevin remarks that her
appetite doesn't suggest someone so recently on her deathbed.  Lucy
enthusiastically remarks that she is ready to jump back into life with
both feet; she thinks that being so close to death makes one realize
how little time people have.  She notices that Kevin is gazing at her
pensively, and asks him what's wrong; he admits that he was thinking
how close he came to losing her.  He didn't, though, she reminds him -
and he never will.

Lucy wants to get started right away on wedding plans.  If they are
going to pull together a wedding by May (which, BTW, is the first hint
we've had of the wedding date they've evidently selected), they have
lots to do.  She starts running over the usual contents of the bride's
checklist - guest list, a dress, music, a celebrant - and when she
comes to the flowers, she recalls the florist she used for her
engagement party with Rex.  Kevin sardonically remarks that he didn't
even notice the flowers at that party, and Lucy realizes that using
the same florist would remind her of Rex, which isn't good.

Kevin goes to get Lucy's organizer book so that she can do her
planning without getting out of bed; while he is gone, she remembers
some of the many times when Rex made unwelcome advances to her.  By
the time Kevin returns, Lucy is quite agitated.  She tells Kevin that
thinking about everything Rex did to all of them has made her furious;
he recommends that she think of Rex in a jail cell "for the rest of
his miserable life."  (Yeah, Kevin, you should be so lucky.  Don't
count on it.)  Lucy doesn't think that is enough - she doesn't want to
carry around all the anger.  Kevin assures her that eventually Rex
will become just a bad memory, but that's not good enough for Lucy.
She wants to see Rex one more time, to make sure he knows that he
didn't win.

"THE FAMOUS LAIR OF JOE SCANLON"
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Karen comes to the Scanlon home to visit Joe.  They apologize almost
in unison, and Karen thanks him for the bracelet.  All is forgiven.
Karen learns that they are alone in the house.  "Don't tempt me," Joe
warns her, "because I'll give in.  They discover that they aren't due
back at the hospital for a couple of hours, which Karen remarks is
"just enough time," and they kiss.

After the opening credits, we see them entering Joe's bedroom; he
quickly grabs clothing off the floor and the bed, trying to clean up.
Karen imagined "the famous lair of Joe Scanlon" to be larger (which
might be vaguely Freudian, but never mind); Joe explains that Frank,
as older brother, got the bigger bedroom (which, if the former remark
*was* vaguely Freudian, might be an interesting comparison, but never
mind yet again).  Joe talks about pretending to be a cowboy sleeping
in a tent as a kid.  Karen sees a baseball trophy, and recalls being
at the game.  Then she notes his books - Joe, we learn, is a big James
Joyce fan.  They both love "The Dubliners."

Joe remarks that, for all the years he's known Karen, she's never been
in his room.  In fact, he's never had a girl in his room.  Karen
teases that girls used to wait in line.  Joe insists that his parents
were too strict to permit that, and Karen counters with the name
"Sally Massler."  Joe reluctantly admits that once he tried to "coax"
Sally up to his room, under the guise of geometry tutoring.  Karen
says that Sally told a different story.  Joe, by now, is sitting on
the bed; Karen shuts the door and attacks Joe, pushing him flat on his
back on the bed and jumping on top of him.  She thinks the bed is much
too small; he thinks the bed is "perfect for two."  Karen:  "IF you're
lying on top of each other."  Joe:  "Exactly."  They kiss, and then
suddenly the bed breaks, causing the mattress (with Karen and Joe on
it) to drop down about a foot.  They laughingly agree that it's a
perfect bed, and go back to kissing.

Later, Joe remarks that he doesn't want to go back to work; Karen
insists that they are NOT going to play hooky again.  Besides, being
in his bed makes her feel like she's making love in a shoe box.  She
apologizes again for standing him up for their date.  She talks about
the passion she is developing for research.  Joe thinks research is
okay, but he likes surgery better.  Karen reminds him that her
research could affect his surgical procedures - perhaps they can be
partners some day.  He asks her, some day when she accepts her Nobel
prize, to wave to him in the audience.

DEATH THREATS IN CYBERSPACE
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The Federal agents that got off the elevator just as Kevin and Lucy
got on (see above) approach Matt, who asks them to keep it as low-key
as possible.  Yeah, right.  First they take Chris to the OCR to
interrogate him about the threatening e-mail message Matt received.
Chris asks if he's going to get the "good marshall/bad marshall
routine," and one of the men proves that Federal marshalls DO have a
sense of humor by replying, "Well, we're BOTH bad, Dr. Ramsey."  Chris
denies sending the e-mail, explaining that someone else could easily
have gotten his password.  He tells about the previous day, when Joe
guessed his password, and explains that he didn't change it until
later because he was busy with an emergency.  The marshalls ask for
the names of everyone who overheard his password.  Chris asks why
Federal marshalls are involved in an e-mail problem; they offer the
lame excuse that tampering with mail - even e-mail - is a Federal
offense, and they advise him to get a lawyer if he did in fact send
the message to Matt.

At the nurses' station, Julie and Eve are speculating about the
Federal marshalls, and why they would be involved in Matt's case.
Nearby, Matt tells Grace that this is exactly what he *didn't* want -
people speculating about him due to the visit from the marshalls.  The
guys come back out and report on the conversation with Chris.  They
then take Grace back to talk to her.  Chris angrily accosts Matt,
denying that he sent the e-mail.  Chris offers Matt his help; Matt
says he needs the truth, "and I don't think I'm getting it."  Matt
leaves, and Chris smirks that "old Matty is getting paranoid."

We see snippets of the interrogations of Grace, Julie, Eve, and Jake.
Eve remarks that, although it is a competitive environment, she can't
think of anyone who would resort to violence against Matt.  Grace
tells the marshalls that Matt did confide in her about the threats
against him.

The marshalls tell Matt that he has a problem, but they're not that
interested in helping, because he isn't cooperating.  Matt points out
that he asked them to keep a low profile, and they didn't.  They
remind him that two marshalls died protecting him; they want to find
out who did it, but protecting Matt isn't part of it anymore.  Matt
told two people who he really was (Ellen and Grace), which he wasn't
supposed to do.  They wonder if he blew his cover *before* going to
Philadelphia, and if perhaps that is why the bomber knew where he'd
be.  Since then, he has refused to leave Port Charles.  They suspect
that perhaps he has changed sides; if they find out that's true, they
warn him that he'll have bigger problems than the Mancusis.

Meanwhile, we see the Mancusis - Bobby and (I assume) Salvatore -
discussing their search for Matt.  They aren't giving up.

Matt tells Grace that, because of what she told them, the marshalls
suspect him of working with the Mancusis.  He assures her that it's
not her fault, but now he has a big problem - the Feds won't protect
him anymore, and the Mancusis won't stop looking.  Grace offers her
help; Matt is worried that things have gotten too public.  He trusts
Ellen and Grace, but if other people figure things out, he could be a
dead man.

Out at the nurses' station, Joe and Karen arrive back.  Chris and
Julie tell them about the visit from the Federal marshalls.  Joe
wonders why it's a Federal investigation.  Chris asks Karen if she
recently mentioned something about Federal marshals being killed; of
course she says no.  Chris just happens to find, conveniently placed,
a magazine with an article about "Federal marshalls killed in bomb
blast."  Chris points out that it happened right about the time Matt
vanished, and that Matt returned injured by an explosion.  Karen reads
the article and finds out that the marshalls were protecting a witness
who escaped the bombing.  Chris asks the $64,000 question (whose
answer he already knows):  "Do you think Matt was the witness?"

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by Rika, Thursday updater