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Port Charles Update for Friday, 3-Sep-1999

And now, a show summary from an actual 42 year old male human being.
For those of you who are unfamiliar with the concept, such as advertisers, these are men who have the audacity to be soap opera fans and rowdy football fans at the same time.

Perish the thought!

So if you see an opinion here you might disagree with ... well ... hey -- don't worry about it! We male guys don't count!

We open today's episode with Karen and Joe. Joe threatens to speak Italian for the rest of the show, but luckily, he came to his senses, and after hearing Karen worry about DV, promises to be Mr. Big Macho Protector-Man, and that's that. Never mind if Karen thinks she'll be just fine; there's no holdin' back a Macho Wannabee.
(42-year-old male aside: You know, we could see a little more Karen couldn't we? I mean, no no, I didn't mean, we should see "more of..." Karen, I mean, we need to.... oh never mind....)

Meanwhile, Scott and Rachel make us a little nauseous as they get to know each other a little better. Even Chris gets a little queasy. We all know by now that giving Rachel ANY information is a bad idea, but Scott doesn't know that, and talks about his life with Dominique.... which of course is WAAYYY too much information.

As Scott and Rachel disappear around the corner, a puzzled Matt picks exactly the right people to have a conversation about the sudden departure of Ellen. Eve, Kevin and Matt find it way too coincidental that Ellen knew ... something ... about Rachel, and then Ellen suddenly has to go, and then Rachel is living at Ellen's.
Incidentally, Eve and Kevin are GREAT together, and they can be a couple as long as they want as far as I'm concerned! (...Now now, remember... 42 year old male..)

Back to Karen and Joe. Uh oh...where's Karen's KEYS???! As all males laugh hysterically (I mean...as IF losing your keys was anything abnormal), Joe decides that he, the Mr. Big Macho Protector-Man, will protect her both night and day. Never mind this Bordisso fellow! If he was REALLY all that dangerous, everyone would have spelled his name the same by now!
(And we'd love to see more of Karen now, wouldn't we? Couldn't we??..)

Back to Matt, Eve and Kevin. Matt brings up the letter he got from Ellen. Kevin's not buying any of Matt's interpretations of things, and when Eve's suggestions of what Ellen might have done fall flat with Kevin, the PC audience gives a sigh of relief: not only may some people actually believe Kevin's suspicions of Rachel, but Matt might be involved in an actual storyline. As Kevin helps Matt up the steps, and out the door...uh....well, I guess Kevin's front door doesn't have any steps, right?.... now I forgot what I was going to say.

Meanwhile, Karen and Joe talk about forgiveness. I know you ladies out there just get all goose-bumpy and gaga over this "will you forgive me COMPLETELY??" stuff, but for this guy, it was an excellent opportunity to go to the kitchen and start the dishwasher. Yeah, we men just can't get enough of this virile stuff to do!

Scott rather gingerly comes over to Eve and Kevin's to talk about Victor, and a couple of things he finds a bit odd. While describing the help Victor gave him, he mentions his other life, which Scott thinks is almost full time, but he was afraid to say. In the midst of all this, the word "COBRA" comes up. Saturn and Jupiter collide, several suns collapse, President Clinton goes to heaven, and Eve, Kevin and Scott suddenly realize that they have much more to discuss than they ever would have dreamed.

Now we see Joe on the chair trying to be comfortable. Karen turns in her bed, smiles at Joe, and tells him, that maybe, just maybe, it would be better if he stays in bed next to her. After Joe's initial resistance (VERY little resistance), Joe does the half lap around the foot of the bed and lies down next to her, and strokes her hair. (All males raise their eyebrows at once as he strokes the hair only, but never mind that.)
And during all this, Karen is FULLY CLOTHED! Oh, awright, awright....)

Back at the hospital, Chris is with Rachel. Rachel (who seems to have some kind of hyperspace vehicle, she seems to get around unbelievably quickly), assures Chris that whatever might happen with Julie (which probably won't be all that bad in Rachel's eyes), he'll have nothing to worry about with Scott. As she says that, her eyes narrow almost imperceptibly and a small menacing gleam appears for just a second. (I live for these moments of great acting.)

Back at Kevin's, Scott discusses in detail what he saw Victor doing...all of that espionage stuff... including a call about a strange agent in Algiers. After talking to Scott, Kevin is more convinced than ever that something more happened in Italy than what he was recalling.

Now we see Rachel - back with Victor. No COBRA memories for Victor if she can help it! Victor struggles in bed. Rachel's gleam returns as she promises to take good care of him.....

Next morning, Karen and Joe wake up and the subject turns briefly to Courtney and the baby Joe/Courtney should have to (hopefully) save Neil's life.
This despicable story of Courtney's betrayal of Frank's fatherhood in the attempt to steal Joe from Karen is not exactly a proud moment in soap opera history. It doesn't help, that the subject came up after a particularly nice bedroom scene with Joe and Karen. I am pleased to report that Karen and Joe have agreed to trust and support each other through whatever that may happen, and that Courtney may eventually have to get even more desperate to pry Joe from Karen and into her claws.

In the meantime, we male guys certainly won't mind seeing just a *little* more of Ms. Wexler!! (No, we aren't talking airtime here!)

That's it from this 42 year old guy!! Now that wasn't so bad, was it??

Scott
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