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From: Erika Beard <ebeard@ftc.gov> Subject: PC: Wednesday, May 27 update Date: Thu, 04 Jun 1998 17:46:16 -0700 My first try as an updater and I cannot get the damn thing to post. If, for some odd reason, it has posted and is hiding from me, I apologize. Anyway, onto posting attempt number 4: Matt and Ellen: Reunited and It Feels So Good Ellen is in her old apartment. Matt is at the door. She is pleased to see him, but he looks wary. His "welcome home" leaves her looking wary as well. She wants to know how he knew she was back in town. Eve told him last night. He's surprised that she's back. Her mother had another heart attack in San Diego. She (Alice) had gone to San Diego after the pipes burst in her apartment (nice plot-device continuity). She'll be fine, but it'll take some time since this is her third heart attack. Matt wants to know why Ellen didn't tell him she was back. She was going to call him but hasn't had time. She doesn't know how long she'll be around. Matt asks hopefully if she'll be around a while. Right on cue, Alice calls to remind Ellen of some things to do for her. Ellen is amused at her mother's kibitzing. Matt is happy to see Ellen but sorry about Alice. She's happy to see him but worried about how he's taking Grace's death. She meant to call sooner. He tells her that he dumped Grace right before she died. Ellen tells Matt that he shouldn't blame himself and that they should appreciate the good things they have. He tells her he wants her to go back to California. She misunderstands his reasoning and works herself into a Lucy-like snit explaining that she didn't expect a one-night stand to turn into a relationship. When he can finally get a word in edgewise, he explains that he wants her to leave to get her away from the killer. She melts. She tells him not to worry. She'll be fine. (Did her character die in the book? Did she even have a character in the book?) Now that he can see her, he wants to be with her and doesn't want her to leave. He wants to be with her. She kneels in front of him and tells him that she didn't let him know she was coming because she wanted to surprise him. Thinking about her is the only thing that gives him joy right now. She has missed him and been thinking about him. They kiss. [I loved this whole scene. It was the awkward morning after that they never really had since she left. She seems very human with him, not like the ice princess she is at the hospital. Also, has anyone pointed out that, based on their names, they are destined to be a supercouple: Eric (Matt) and Ellen. YFU, who also happends to be the founder of FPCO Matt and Ellen, is looking forward to more of them.] Kevin and Lucy and the Majorly Dumb Investigation (MDI) Kevin is reading a newpaper report about Katherine's death. Kevin has been trying to reach Mac. Lucy is in shock. This doesn't make any sense. He says that deaths never make sense, but she seems to have been happy when she died (if he only knew!). Lucy thinks they should have gone to the party. Then, Kat would have been showing off to her and wouldn't have been on that parapet. Lucy won't beat herself up because that's what Kat would have wanted. She starts to cry. Kat was important to her. Kevin points out that there is no General Homicide connection. Her character didn't die in the book. This makes you appreciate what you have. Lucy wants to stay home and appreciate each other. He thinks that is a grand idea. As he's telling her which of her body parts he plans not to take for granted, the phone of doom rings. No one in PC being able to ignore a ringing phone (except Matt and Ellen, who were punished by the answering machine), Lucy answers it. It's Munson the Pimp with an appointment. He sent the costume. She tries to get out of the appointment, but he threatens to fire her. The doorbell rings, and the costume is delivered. It's big and pink and includes a powdered wig (scary!). She gives Kevin her standard Nurse's Ball excuse. She wants to keep things fresh. Kevin responds with the LOD: "You're nothing if not fresh." he is surprised that she is acctually going to the fitting for this costume. She reminds him of his Jungian symposium that day. He is concerned about the killer. She insists that the killer is Eve. He gives her three options. They can: 1) stay home together, 2) do the Jungian thing together, or 3) go to her fitting together. I voted for #1. Lucy chooses option #2. After the break, Lucy has taken to her death-bed (actually, it was a death-couch) with Sigmund (!), claiming a headache. She convinces Kevin to go to the symposium without her. As soon as he's out the door, she grabs the costume and bemoans the fact that Siggy doesn't have thumbs to help her with the hooks. Lucy in her costume (a pink and black Marie Antoinette-ish number with feathers) arrives at the door of her appointment and is invited in by a high-pitched voice with a French accent (the voice is very deep once she gets inside). As she opens the door, the blade of a guillotine crashes down and a nefarious-looking chap whose face is hidden with a black hood closes the door and stands there looking menacing. Three guesses on the identity of Mr. X. Karen and Courtney Go to the Fair Karen runs into Neal and his mom Courtney on their way to have blood drawn. He can see the fair from his window. He and Courtney tell Karen about going to the fair last year. He got a squirt gun, but it broke. Karen is paged. Joe snags her by the phone and wants to go to the fair. Dr. May comes by and needs Joe to work, so Joe and Karen have to cancel their fair plans. He wants her to go without him. She decide to ask Courtney. After the fair, Karen and Courtney are at the Recovery Room eating ice cream. They both needed the break. Courtney talks about what it's like to have a kid with cancer. YFU wonders if there is a point to this. Neal is Karen's #1 fan and vice versa. Joe walks into the Recovery Room and sees Karen and Courtney. He and Courtney know each other. she looks pleased to see him. He looks wary (a lot of wariness in this show).