From: Lisa Klobucar <klobuca1@pilot.msu.edu>

At 10:36 PM 4/7/97 -0400, you wrote:
>This was a kinda wierd episode.  Here's the highlights:
>
>Joe pulls a money switch and spends conspicuously, and Jake falls for the act.
>Rachel comes to a realization about her relationship with Carl while
talking to Felicia.
>Grant regains his grip on reality only to lose it again.
>"You Can't Hide Those Lyin' *Eyes*" - is Bobby really who he says he is?
>
>And now, here's the update [comments mine, as always]
>
>BCPD
>Neil looks throught the file on Gabe's murder.  [DIRTY COP!!! DIRTY COP!!!]
He then
>carefully leaves the office and goes back up to the offices of the Commish,
but he wasn't
>discrete enough to evade Jake's watchful eye.  Jake sneaks down and looks
at the file
>[which looks a bit thinner as if Neil perhaps removed something.  Hmm,
where have I heard 
>*that* before??]  
>
>CORY MANSION
>At the Cory Mansion, Carl invites Joe   He proceeds to request $100,000 and
no questions 
>asked.  Carl reminds Joe that he has always refused offers before, but
proceeds to write a 
>check.  I need it in cash, Joe says, and Paulina can't know.  Carl seems a
bit skeptical, but 
>Joe tells him he is not being set up in a clumsy sting operation; he just
needs some money to 
>repair the restaurant and cover some old bills.  Carl wonders how Joe will
explain where he got 
>the money, but Joe is confident he will come up with something.  When Joe
promises to pay 
>Carl back, Carl tells him not to worry about it, for now.  Carl then asks
Joe if the need for the 
>money is somehow connected to Gabe's murder, saying that as police captain
Joe will have to 
>deal with some less than noble characters.  Joe asks if Paulina has been
talking to Carl.  Carl 
>says she hasn't, but he tries to cajole Joe to level with him, even going
so far to offer his "other" 
>services to the cop if he should even need them.  Joe says he can't and
thanks Carl for the money.  
>He asks Carl not to tell anyone that the moeny came from him no matter what
he hears about Joe.  
>Joe picks up his garbage bag of cash and leaves.
>
>CARLINOS
>Jake bursts in and demands to know what Joe has been keeping from Paulina.
Information about 
>Gabe's murder case, the fact that the insurance wont cover the fire damage,
Grease Snyder, she 
>begins.  [Is there anything he *isnt* keeping from you, Paulina?  I think
it is a toss up between Joe 
>and Bobby as to which is the bigger cover-upper!!]  Jake goes ballistic,
but Paulina quickly reminds 
>him that he kept all sorts of things from her when they were married.  He
conceeds that point. 
>Paulina concludes that she was wrong to get Jake involved and asks him not
to look into anything.
>He protests, but her hug silences him.  Later, Joe stops by to talk to
Paulina.  He tells her to lock
>the doors and not let anyone in, not even anyone she knows.  Do you want me
and Dante to hide 
>in the cellar too, Paulina quips.  Joe tells her he knows she has been
going crazy, but he has "taken 
>care of it" so she will be safe.  He asks her to remember that he is doing
what is best for her and
>Dante, no matter what happens.  They hug and kiss.
>
>BACK AT BCPD	
>Jake is back at the station again, looking at the file again, but he hears
Joe coming, so he 
>sneaks out the other door.  Joe comes into his office and notices the back
door is open and 
>closes it.  He has a box of "contraband" under one arm.  He sets the box
down on his desk 
>and fishes out the bag of money he found in his car.  He makes sure he has
it all in the bag 
>[he dropped some of it on the floor], puts the bag in the box, and seals
the box up with some 
>packing tape.  He then takes the box out to Adams, who marks it to be put
in the inventory.  
>Jake watches and strains to hear Joe [he even cups his ear as if that will
help, too cute].  Joe
>then calls Bobby and loudly [for Neil's benefit perhaps??] tells him to
start the repairs on the 
>restaurant and to spare no expense on materials.  Joe hangs up and then
loudly tells Adams
>he is going to a jeweler's to spring for a new watch to replace the one he
broke.  Jake watches
>Joe and is horrified.
>
>
>AN OUTDOOR CAFE [part of the new set I guess]
>Felicia and Rachel take a seat at one of the tables.  Felicia complains
that they went shopping for 
>Rachel's maternity clothes, but she didnt buy anything for Rachel.  Rachel
tells her not to worry 
>about it.  Soon the conversation takes a serious tone.  Rachel remarks that
life is fragile.  Her life
>is going well now that she and Carl are back together and expecting their
baby after months of pain
>and angush, yet Felicia and John seem to have hit the skids after months of
bliss.  Rachel asks about
>Lorna, who, Felicia says, threw her mother out, releasing her from sitting
at her daughter's bedside.
>Felicia tells Rachel about her failed attempts to make herself more in
John's image, trying to create
>a Martha Stewart look so she and John will be more compatible.  Rachel
doesn't think much of this
>plan.  [I tend to agree.  If John doesnt like her for what she is, forget
it.  People who try to tailor 
>themselves to please their mates are just *fooling* themselves.  OK,
enough, Dr. Hall, on with the 
>update.]  Felicia continues, telling Rachel how she and John were knocking
themselves out trying 
>to find a home that would please the other.  She says right now it seems
like they arent together
>anymore [like two ships passing in the night.....topic for Felicia's next
novel maybe??]  Rachel
>attributes this to their conflicting schedules, but Felicia disagrees.
When they first got together, it 
>was like the forbidden fruit - everyone was against their relationship, but
now the spark is gone.  
>Rachel questions whether Felicia thinks her relationship with John is based
purly on struggle.
>Felicia asks Rachel if she thinks Felicia and John's relationship can
survive the peace and harmony.
>Rachel tells Felicia that she needs to work on re-inventing her
relationship [and it ain't easy - I've
>been married only three years and I have gone through the inventing process
a few times already,
>but it's necessary if you want your relationship to last].  It then dawns
on Rachel that the home 
>she and Carl live in - the one he has just moved back into - is the home
she made with Mac.  She
>thanks Felicia for taking her shopping, in spite of the fact she got
nothing, because she realized 
>that she has some work to do on her own relationship wiht Carl.  They get
up to leave and run into
>Joe.  He greets them and asks if they know of a good jeweler.  They point
one out.  He says the name
>sounds expensive, and Rachel tells him it is.  Goood, you get what you pay
for, he says.  Jake,
>hiding in one of the potted plants, watches Joe intently.  Later, Joe is
walking away from the jeweler's.
>The jeweler (a man called Pierre) runs after Joe to give him his receipt
and tells him that if he ever has
>problems with his watch to please bring it back.  For $10,000, Pierre, I
hope I don't see you soon.
>Pierre returns to his shop and Joe leaves.  Jake, still hiding in the
bushes, chokes in disbelief at the
>amount of money Joe spent.
>
>BACK AT CARLINOS
>Paulina begins to write a letter to Eddie, telling him that Joe is hiding
things from her and she needs
>Eddie to talk to his son.  She realizes she cant send a letter like that
and crumples it up.  She then
>invites Eddie to come to Joe's inauguration.  Joe comes to get Paulina and
sees the letter to his father.
>Paulina says she invited Eddie to Joe's inauguration and hope his doesnt
mind.  Outside, Jake calls 
>Chris and tells him to investigate whether Joe is in the take.
>
>THE LOONY BIN OF BCUH, FORMERLY BCGH 
>[Incidently, when did it become BCUH??  Did GENERAL HOSPITAL threaten to
sue or something??]
>Cindy watches as Grant drinks the antidote, sayng that it will either cure
him...or kill him.  Grant
>proceeds to writhe and choke and gasp.  I guess I went a little heavy on
the arsenic, she muses.
>He falls to the floor and accuses her of trying to poison him.  I thought
you didnt care if you lived 
>or died, she tells him.  He informs her he changed his mind, and Cindy
tells him the mixture wont 
>kill him, but it may not restore his sanity either.  Isn't science fun, she
cries.  A nurse comes over
>and attends to Grant.  Ah, Grant, Cindy rants, it's *so* good to see you
this way.  Later, Grant
>returns.  He has apparantely regained his sanity.  He begins to remember
the things he did while
>he was drugged [the Senator in the government think tank crap, Cindy trying
to kill him with the 
>scissors, etc.]  He claims that he was half asleep and couldnt concentrate
when he was under the 
>influence of the drug.  Cindy wants to know who slipped him the drig that
made him wig out.
>Grant concludes it was Carl.  Cindy says she gave Grant the antidote
(apparentely she has a
>friend in South America who is some sort of specialist botanist), but she
warns him that his 
>condition is only temporary: he needs more than one dose or he'll lose his
marbles again.  
>Grant believes she is bluffing.  Cindy warns him if he tells everyone he is
sane he will stand trial
>for murder.  Later, after a writing a letter to Kirkland, Grant begins to
stutter and lose his sanity
>again.  He begs Cindy for the antidote, saying that he needs his son.
Cindy wants to see him 
>suffer.  He pleads, but she says she first wants to see how long before he
loses it again.  Grant
>swears to her he did not kill Gabe, his oldest friend, the man who got him
reinstated to the bar,
>but Cindy believes that he killed Gabe because of what Cindy told him about
Grant's plot to
>kill Vicky and Bobby.  Grant didnt care what Cindy said, no one would
believe the ravings of a 
>scorned, mad woman, and if anyone had he would have killed her.  He says
that if he could have
>stepped in front of the bullet that killed Gabe to save his friend, he
would have.  He has lost
>everything, except Kirkland.  He admits that he is guilty of some of the
things Cindy has 
>accused him of [a big confession, coming from Grant], but Kirkland deserves
to have a father,
>and if Grant loses Kirk, that's the end.  He has his mother, Cindy retorts,
no thanks to you.  
>Grant admits he made mistakes in trying to get custody away from Vicky
[anyone got a tape
>recorder handy now?? He actually sounds sane at the moment!!!], but he
wasnt thinking straight.
>[Gee, I thought he was pretty with it when he cooked up the scheme.]
Forgiveness isnt that 
>simple, Cindy tells him.  He was obsessed, he claims, with Vicky for taking
Kirk from him, 
>but then, Cindy knows about obsession: she was obsessed with Gabe.  Cindy
gets visibly upset
>as he reminds her of that fact.  I'm not a murderer at heart, Grant says, I
feel, I love, I care just 
>like Cindy.  Cindy concludes that Grant is obsessed with Vicky: he loves
her so much, but he 
>can't have her, so no one else can.  That is why he wanted to kill her.  I
know what that is, to want 
>some one so much, it hurts, and it hurts so much that you have to hurt
back.  I understand you very, 
>very well, Grant.
>
>VICKY'S HOUSE
>Vicky gathers things and gets ready for her trip to Texas with Bobby.
Bobby comes 
>in and kisses Vicky, saying he never knows when he will be able to do that
again.  
>She asks if he is ready.  He says he has to wash his hands because they are
greasy.  
>He very meticuously washes, obviously stalling for time.  Then he dries his
hands 
>meticuously.  They get ready to leave, but then he sits down, complaining
about a
>pebble in his boot.  She asks him if he thinks he is very clever trying to
get them to
>miss their flight.  Then the phone rings.  Bobby quickly answers the phone.
It's 
>Daniel.  Bobby proceeds to talk as if he is talking to the airline.  Man, I
just dig being 
>used this way, Daniel complains.  Bobby continues to talk, complaining that
the 
>airline has cancelled the flight.  He hangs up and tells Vicky that there
are thunderstorms
>over Texas and they can't fly out, which she buys.  [Duh...]  She then goes
up to talk to
>Etta Mae to see if she can stay another day.  Daniel calls Bobby back.
He's mad at Bobby's
>stupidity and slams the receiver against the pay phone a few times [I think
he would have
>rather banged Bobby's head against the wall].  He tells Bobby that if he
loves Vicky, he 
>should tell her the truth.  Bobby replies and says he can't and Daniel
knows why he can't.
>[Insert what fellow Friday AW updater Vicky Korosei calls the "look guilty
direction" here].  
>Vicky comes down and asks who was on the phone, and Bobby quickly tells her
it was a 
>wrong number.  Since Bobby has the day off, and Vicky has a babysitter for
the kids, why
>don't they go out?  Vicky agrees and they head for the Jazz Club.
>
>THE CLUB
>The Jazz Club seems to be more of a country music club now [ever since the
actor who played
>Dustin died, I guess.]  Vicky and Bobby sit and listen to a guy sing and
play the guitar.  He
>finishes the set and walks towards the bar.  He gets a good look at Bobby
and stops.  Shane,
>he says, been a long time, I haven't seen you since Dallas.  He reminisces
a bit [I couldnt really
>make out what he was talking about, something about the two of them and
some other guy causing
>trouble for a bunch of cow pokes], but Bobby says the man must have him
confused with someone
>else.  The man [I thought he said his name was Doug, but later he calls
himself Henry] seems
>pretty sure of himself, although he is drunk and falls off his stool a few
times.  He asks who the little
>lady is.  Why dont you introduce us, Shane, Vicky asks acidly.  Bobby tells
the man once again that
>he has him confused with someone else.  The man sits down between them and
reminisces some
>more.  Bobby tells the man his name is Bobby Reno, not Shane.  Vicky
introduces herself and asks
>when the man will start his next set.  He says in about a half an hour,
after he gets a drink.  The guy
>stumbles over to the bar.  Vicky glares at Bobby, who tells her everyone
has a double.  She asks Bobby
>if he wants to stay.  Bobby replies that they will do what she wants, but
it is pretty clear that he wants to
>go so they leave.
>
>OUTSIDE THE FRONT OF BCUH
>Bobby and Vicky walk along still arguing about whether the guy in the club
was telling the truth or not.
>Bobby feels that Vivcky doesn't believe him.  Vicky says she is cranky: all
packed up and no place to
>go, she claims.  [This from the Queen of Spontaneity???  Herm...]  She
presses him for information 
>about Crockett.  She doesn't get much: its flat, dry and empty.  He left at
17 because he was bored.  He
>lied about his age and enlisted in the Air Force where he drove maintenance
and fire trucks.  He says he 
>never learned to fly, but a pilot once took him up in an F16.  Then he
started babbling on about something
>called "the zone."  He and Vicky sit down on the bench with their legs
outstretched (simulating sitting inside
>a race car).  He holds her body rigid to simulate the inability to move in
the car.  Then he describes how you
>have to block out all the useless information being thrown at you and slow
things down so you can see them.
>Then you're in the zone.  [I didnt understand the meaning of this scene at
all.  I think the writers just wanted
>an excuse to have Vicky and Bobby close together.  *shrug*]
>
>LATER BACK AT VICKY'S AGAIN
>Vicky again presses Bobby for information abot Crockett.  He says it's a
dead town: no jobs, no hospital, bad
>schools, one church.  It cant be that bad, she insists.  Bobby tells her he
will pick her up tomorrow and leaves.
>>From the window, Vicky watches him leave.  She then calls the airline and
inquires about the cancelled flight
>only to learn that Bobby lied to her.
>
>THE ROOMING HOUSE
>Vicky walks through the open door of Bobby's room only to find the place
empty.  Bobby flew the coop.
>
>FADE TO BLACK.
>
>
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