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From: kbarry@cts.com (Kate Barry)
Subject: PC: Update: Thursday, 4/23
Date: Sat, 25 Apr 1998 06:35:43 GMT

Port Charles update for Thursday, April 23:

[Kate here subbing for Rika.  Be warned that I haven't
watched this show in weeks.]

Scene #:

1) Dead Benny Devlin lies in a tiny trickle of his own blood
with a preposterously pert pen protruding from his left pec.
Erstwhile badboy Baldwin kneels over Ben blandishing a bloody
bracelet which he pockets, then he makes a wary exit.  Lark
emerges from hiding and also beats it.

2) In the O/C Room Chris tends to Eve's burgeoning black eye.
She flashes back to: Ben threatens to tell the world she was
a high-class hooker rather than a waitress during her college
days if she doesn't withdraw her complaint.  "Liar!", she
accuses, before slapping him.  Hard.  He slugs her.  The sound
effects reverberate with surrealistic human grunts.  End FB.
As Doc Chris doctors some more, Eve angrily plans a lawsuit.
Joe enters and, upon learning what happened, advises a calm and
rational approach.  [Just kidding.]  Hothead Joe threatens to
kill Devlin.  Karen dashes off to stop him.

3)  Lucy & Victor are waiting for Kevin by the elevator.  Kev
claims he was waiting for them in the lab.  They all squawk a
lot about the mixup.  [No wonder K gets migraines.]  Victor's
got blood on his shirt and blames the clumsy lab guy.  In utter
frustration he caterwauls to go home now.

4)  Karen finds Joe over the corpse.  They'd better call security,
but hesitate because maybe Eve did it.

5)  Chris takes leave of Eve, bumping into Scott, who does not stop
staring probingly at her for the rest of the episode.  Sez he couldn't
find Ben.  She explains she'll need her lawyer 'cuz she's suin' Ben
silly.  Scott inquires after her bracelet.  She nonchalantly says she
lost it.  Where?  Dunno.  Perhaps she should retrace her steps?
[At no point does she demand to know why he's acting like a freak.
I assume we are supposed to think she is nervously hiding something.]
Chris returns to announce the murder.

6)  Garcia questions Karen & Joe.  Eve rushes out and cutiepie Chris
thoughtfully wonders where Julie is.  Garcia asks about Eve's eye,
but is interrupted by Frank & Julie.  The Detective breaks it gently
but matter-of-factly to quavering Julie.

7)  Garcia wants Julie to formally ID the body.  Throughout all,
Frank stands by her side and says little except to challenge the
necessity of Garcia's every request.  Julie agrees.  Garcia wants
to question Eve, but Scott says no.  Garcia gives him an eyebrow
raise that would make Jerry Jacks snot-green with envy.  She needs
an alibi.  Chris steps in and makes one up, which she hedgingly
affirms.

8)  At home [new decor?] Kev tells Lucy he had a good seesion with
Gail.  Luce worries about his migraines and prepares to suggest
moving Victor out when Vic bounces in.  He was going to throw out
his shirt, but Lucy & Kevin protest that cold water or saliva would
remove the blood.  Vic insists upon doing the laundry out of happy
gratitude for living there, kissing Lucy's cheek.  K & L agree they
cannot ask him to leave.

9)  Julie ID's the stiff, cluing Garcia in to the fact that half of
GH wanted Benny dead.  Long curly brown hair is found caught in
DeadBenny's cufflink.  Garcia urges F & J to go to the Station.

10)  Kevin channel-surfs disgustedly, asking Victor if he missed his
soap that day.  "No, I taped it."  They learn of the grisly murder
from a news bulletin.  Lucy & Kevin realise they were all at GH
at the time.  Victor dismisses it calmly, saying Devlin deserved
it.  K&L worry that the murder happened just like that in Kevin's
book.  Again, Victor is non-plussed.  "Life imitating art."

11)  Julie wants to make funeral arrangements but must wait until
after an autopsy.  She should call her mom, but Nicole's out of
the country.  Garcia wants hair & blood samples, but Julie refuses,
sending Alejandro's sinuous left eyebrow once more skyrocketing
to the heavens.  She'd better get an attorney.

12)  Scott refuses a drink when harried Eve busts out the brandy.
She sez he must think she's weak.  "Not weak", he thinks aloud.
I was not kidding about the probing stare stuff.  It's damn creepy.
After a couple of pointed remarks he produces the bloody bracelet.
She's bloody well surprised.  Why is it bloody?  Because, (probing
stare), he found it next to DeadBenny.  She stares inscrutably,
maybe in shock, maybe biting her tongue to keep from pointing out
that there's more blood on the bauble than on the body.

And they all lived happily ever after.

-Kate
Substitute updater for hire.