From: Lisa Klobucar <lisa@ah5.cal.msu.edu>

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Here is the end-of-May update for Another World for Friday, May 31, 1996 -
a rainy night in Bay City, a rather strange episode, IMHO (maybe it's the
rain), with a bit of a surprise for Sharlene... 



* John and Felicia go retro on moving day
* Maggie alienates everyone, in denial over flunking out
* Josie's success triggers Gary's self-pity
* Rita commiserates with Morgan
* Mike puts the moves on Sharlene
* Nick rattles Rafael's cage
* Donna draws suspicion
* Sharlene gets a rude surprise


MOVING DAY
John/Felicia

     Felicia's place - Felicia is helping John carry in boxes of his stuff
- she guesses it's medical books, but he tells her it's much more
important: his '60's record collection [note to you youngsters - records
were something we old people used to listen to music before cassettes and
cd's].  She assures him she's cleared out plenty of room in her closets
for his clothes.  He notes that it's starting to rain, she can hold the
umbrella while he brings in more boxes.  When she looks skeptical, he
decides they need some music to get them in the mood.  He pulls out some
Motown, puts it on Felicia's stereo, and they start to dance.  The
conversation turns to whether his moving in is really what they both want,
for the right reasons.  She wonders if they're so caught up in having fun
together that they aren't being realistic.  He assures her that a serious
commitment doesn't mean they have to wallow in life's problems, that he
loves his life and being a couple with her.  Your chance for a last fling?
Felicia presses.  No, a chance for the greatest love of my life, he tells
her with a kiss. 

     Later, lolling on the sofa sipping their sparkling cider, Felicia
confesses that relationships have been hard for her - after Luke died, she
thought she'd never love like that again, but she really feels like she
can be herself with him.  He wonders if she's afraid she won't like him
once she really gets to know him with all his flaws.  She reminds him
she's seen him in the drunk tank, and held him when he was burning up with
fever, and her love for him engulfed her totally.  He teases that "engulf"
is too sophisticated a word for him.  She slyly hints that there's another
side to her, just wait here.  She tosses her feather boa at him and leaves
the room.  While he's waiting, John digs through some of his boxes of
memorabilia, noting it's high time he got rid of most of this junk.  He
calls out to Felicia to hurry up.  She soon reappears:  barefoot, wearing
jeans, baggy shirt and hippie vest, a scarf tied like a headband and
glowing green peace-symbol earrings.  Say hello to Fanny Grady, she
smiles.  John is delighted at her transformation, and suggests they forget
unpacking for the time being (kiss-kiss).  I have something for you, he
says mysteriously, which I hope you'll wear for the rest of your life -
give me your hand... 



MAGGIE'S LATEST SCAM
Maggie/Sofia/Frankie

     Winthrop house - Maggie is gaily showing Sofia her latest haul from
the mall.  Sofia thinks they should get to work on Maggie's math studies,
and is appalled when Maggie admits she's hardly ever been to class.
[Flashback - remember when Tom'as helped the OLD Maggie ace calculus?   
How
times have changed...] Maggie hides a sneer (and a double meaning) as she
observes that she has no interest in school, Sofia's the one who should go
away to college [FAR away, she obviously wishes - maybe the U. of
Siberia?].  Can't afford it until the restaurant starts turning a profit,
Sofia replies ruefully.  Frankie hears voices from the other room and
enters.  Pausing to greet Sofia, she confronts Maggie: seems her school
counselor called - and what happened to the letter she sent us?  (Maggie
plays innocent, unconvincingly.) The counselor said Maggie's flunking out,
so Frankie called Cass at work and they decided she's going to summer
school.  No way, snorts Maggie.  But Frankie lays down the law: if her
grades don't improve, there'll be no more social life - between her
studies and her chores, it could cut into her shopping time, couldn't it,
she says sarcastically.  As she exits, Maggie snarls, I hate her, why
couldn't it have been Frankie who got murdered?  [Cheez - even Cecile was
never that vicious!] Sofia doesn't see why it's such a moral offense to
have to do a little studying, and advises Maggie to stop trying to snow
Cass and Frankie and just tell the truth about her grades, especially
since it's so easy to check out her story.  Maggie sneers about Sofia's
"honesty," rehashing the time Sofia and Nick pretended to be engaged to
fool Aunt Frannie so she could stay in Bay City, or the time they
pretended to be double-dating so Joe wouldn't know she was seeing Nick -
and what about that sleazy bikini photo in the paper - you're nothing but
a hypocrite!  Ya know, Sofia answers, her patience worn out, I think maybe
you should do your own homework.  Maggie tries to stop her, but Sofia's
out the door.  Maggie goes to her book bag and pulls out her copy of the
Herald with Sophia's photo, muttering about "Saint Sofia" and plotting her
revenge. 



BAY CITY BLUES
Josie/Gabe/Gary

     Police Station - Josie tells Gabe about the chain the old man from
the docks found at the scene of Blair's shooting - it was ripped from his
neck in the ER, and he remembered seeing Courtney nearby.  The remaining
fragment could link Blair's murder to Courtney's, if Courtney saw the
assailant hanging around the old guy at the hospital.  Gabe orders a guard
on this witness in his hospital room [see below].  Gary arrives with a
delivery from the restaurant, and sees Gabe congratulating Josie on her
good work.  She spots him and greets him warmly, then excitedly fills him
in on the chain fragment and the man's story.  Find the chain, and we
could have our killer, Gary agrees.  Gabe intrudes and cautions Josie
about spilling police business to civilians.  Especially suspects, eh,
Gary sneers - don't worry, I have better things to do where they
appreciate my skills, like the pile of dishes I have waiting for me.  He
gives Josie a kiss and exits in a snit, and Josie shoots a glare at Gabe. 

Gabe wonders if her relationship with Gary could prevent her from being
thorough and objective - maybe she should bow out of this case.  Josie
objects, no way did Gary wear a chain like that.  Gabe warns her not to
rule out anyone with a motive to kill Blair.  What was the motive, Josie
asks, revenge? Gary had that motive - but so did I, and so did a lot of
people from Blair's past.  Gabe suggests maybe the motive was greed -
there was a lot of money floating around that night [Carl's payoff to
Blair to leave town], and someone knows more than they're saying [keen
grasp of the obvious, eh, Sherlock?]. 

     Washing dishes with one hand, Gary is on the phone with the other,
calling Josie to make sure she's not out in the field.  She assures him
she's busy investigating a murder, maybe two-for-one - she cuts herself
off guiltily, aware of Gabe's admonition.  Gary senses her dilemma and
assures her he's busy checking the paper for his next career: maybe a
Programmer/Analyst? or CEO of a small pharmaceutical company?  She  
laughs,
repeats that she loves him and has faith in him, no matter what he
decides, and rings off to get back to work.  Josie returns to the Courtney
Evans file, as Gary broods.  Sofia sees Gary brooding and tells him he can
head on home.  Gary protests that he's an ace at pots and pans, too bad
none of his skills pay enough to live on; then he confesses he just
squeaked through high school and he's not smart enough to get another
career.  You have street smarts, she points out, you know how to follow
through and get things done - you talked Tony into hiring you here - and
you'll survive this, too.  Gary thinks about this, and realizes that his
kind of smarts made him a good cop, you can't walk away from what you are
and I'm a cop, it's what I was meant to be. 

     Later Gary arrives home, drenched from the rain.  Josie, dressed in a
sexy black nightie, greets him with a fancy spread of hors d'oeuvres and
candles.  She tries to snuggle with him on the couch, producing a stack of
honeymoon brochures to choose from, but Gary is obviously distracted.  He
finally gets up, spilling the brochures, and pulls away from her.  This
isn't going to work, he tells her.  He's realized he's tired of pretending
he's o.k. washing dishes while she gets to be a cop, he feels totally
worthless.  She insists her feelings haven't changed, they'll get married
and be happy and find a way to work through the hard times, just have
faith.  No, he decides, I'm calling off this marriage... 



HOSPITAL STORIES
Rita/Morgan/Michael/Sharlene/Donna

     Bay City General - Rita tries to comfort Morgan as he clears out
Courtney's locker.  He shows her the thank-you card Gregory had made her,
a program from the ballet they'd gone to, and a photo of Morgan and
Courtney together.  In the photo, Courtney wears the purple scarf he'd
given her, her favorite [which looks like the one that showed up in
Donna's stuff - wonder if Fax planted it?].  Morgan wonders if Courtney's
killer might be a hospital employee.  Absolutely not, says Rita, these
things are more random than that.  Suddenly she clutches at her necklace,
then explains that she used to wear her late husband's wedding ring on a
chain around her neck - in time, a long time, you learn to let go, she
assures him.  When Morgan asks, Rita recounts (with difficulty) how her
husband died: he'd driven his red sports car back to his old neighborhood
to take his sick uncle to the hospital, when some kids carjacked him at
gunpoint.  Identifying Lionel's body was the hardest thing I've ever had
to do, she admits; she thought she and her son Chris would become closer
after that, but they just drifted farther apart.  Don't shut out the
people who care about you, she advises him.  She orders him to go home,
but he repeats that he wants to stay to be closer to Courtney.  There's a
better way, she suggests.  She gives him the hospital chaplain's card,
he's trying to start a women's shelter, they've lost their lease, he needs
all the help he can get.  Morgan takes the card, wondering if such a
shelter for Courtney might have prevented her death, and again vowing to
track down her killer. 


     Meanwhile, Donna shows up on foot outside the hospital with a
splitting headache.  What's wrong with me, she mutters, holding her head. 


     At the same time, Michael and Sharlene are going over the Trauma
Center plans in an empty O.R., and Mike suggests they continue over dinner
at Carlino's.  Sharlene thinks it's a really bad idea, but Mike wheedles
and cajoles until she reluctantly agrees.  They look up and see Donna
stumbling down the hall.  Mike goes out to her and observes that she looks
terrible.  She tries to get him to take her home, maybe they could have
dinner and spend some time together until she feels better.  He tells her
if she's too ill to drive she should see a doctor.  I don't need a doctor,
she snaps, I don't need anyone.  He watches as she continues down the
hall, but doesn't try to stop her. 


     Later, a mystery person observes a nurse checking on the old
guy/witness in his hospital room.  When the nurse leaves, the observer
starts to enter, then spies a police guard sitting just inside the door
and quickly veers away... 


     Sharlene tells Mike she's going home, he should look after Donna
who's obviously fragile right now.  Mike protests that he's been looking
after his ex-wife for years, and if I didn't know better I'd think you
were trying to give me the brush-off.  Extracting a promise that this is
strictly business, she agrees with a sigh to a quick working dinner.  She
exits; Mike smiles smugly and follows [see below]. 


     Morgan is walking down the hall when he sees Donna sitting dejectedly
in an examining room and asks if he can help.  Dr. Newman already examined
me, she says dully; my pulse and blood pressure are still too high - might
as well let me die, no one cares about me anyway.  You're lucky to be
alive, Morgan retorts unsympathetically - I told the cops you were on the
docks the night Courtney died, McNamara will question you soon.  He sweeps
out, leaving Donna even more depressed [see below].


ACTION AT THE RESTAURANT
Rafael/Tony/Nick/Michael/Sharlene/Donna

     In an undisclosed location, a mysterious figure wearing multiple
rings moves away some stone slabs from a set of steps and reveals a
briefcase concealed inside.  He opens the case, which is filled with cash,
takes out a bundle, and returns it to its hiding place.  What do you know
- it's Rafael. 


     At Carlino's Ristorante, Nick is hanging around chatting with Tony
when Tony points out a wealthy customer as a possible source for their
$50,000 loan, I think he's a banker.  Nick decides to try his luck, making
up that he's a young entrepreneur with an investment opportunity, even
dropping Michael's name.  I'd love to do business with your father, sneers
the customer, but I don't lend money to teenagers.  He walks out.  Nice
try, Tony tells Nick. 

     Rafael struts into Carlino's wearing a new pair of alligator boots. 

Nick notices, remembers Rafael's new watch and designer sneakers, and
wonders where he's getting that kind of cash.  Rafael insists that Carl is
a generous employer.  Nick teases that he thought maybe Rafael was
boosting cars like in the old days.  Rafael takes this as an insult and
storms out.  Nick starts to follow, but runs into Mike and Sharlene on
their way in.  As Sharlene finds a table, Nick snidely advises Mike to
find a more private place for their rendezvous, then exits.  What was that
about, Sharlene asks.  Nothing - being a bad role model is hard work, Mike
jokes grimly.  Same here, Sharlene sympathizes, I'm not exactly a poster
child for marriage where Josie is concerned. 

     Later trying to work, Sharlene recommends they add someone with
technical expertise to their Trauma Center team.  Mike keeps flirting with
her, reminding her of the feel of each other's skin, how can they
concentrate.  She insists he cut it out, and they return to their
blueprints.  Donna enters and interrupts them, frantic that Jake has left
town again and she can't find her grandsons.  They're at Rachel's, Mike
reassures her, you're in no shape to care for them.  Donna whines that she
needs to see them, then again asks Mike to drive her home, the roads are
wet and slippery.  He offers to call her a cab.  No thanks, thanks for
nothing, she snaps, I'll take my chances.  She exits, and Mike sighs in
exasperation.  Sharlene wonders why he didn't just drive her home. 

Because, he answers, in all these years, I'm still never sure what's
REALLY going on with her... 

     Their business concluded, Mike helps Sharlene on with her coat.  The
rain has stopped.  She refuses his offer to walk her to her car, takes her
umbrella, and exits.  No sooner does she get outside, however, then a car
comes towards her, tires screeching on the wet pavement.  She screams in
terror, raising her arms against the impending crash.  FREEZE FRAME. 





Yikes!  Some cliffhanger, eh?

Until next time,

Vicky (vkorosei@sinclair.edu)


