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


Hi everyone...the highlights of today's episode include a great scene
between Michael and Donna, Nick ranting on the roof, and Gary and Josie
sharing their first kiss....

WALLINGFORD'S

Felicia is unpacking books.  Josie comes into the store in full dress  
uniform.
She's graduating from the Academy today.  Matt is going with her to the 

ceremony.  They both congratulate Josie, who is all excited.  Gary  
comes
in and tells Josie he is happy for her...

CASS AND FRANKIE'S HOUSE

Cass is playing with Charlie.  Frankie comes in and starts cooing over  
her
daughter.  Cass looks preoccupied, and eventually blurts out that he  
can't 

pretend anymore that everything is fine between them....

HOSPITAL

Maggie is at the hospital to get a prescription for birth control  
pills.
She is worried about the examination she has to undergo first.  Tomas
does his best to reassure her that everything will be fine.

HOSPITAL

Vicky and Nick are waiting to undergo tests to see if either one of  
them is a
suitable match for a bone marrow transplant for Michael.  Vicky wonders  
aloud
where Michael is, and John comments that he is probably out working in  
the 

fields.  Nick expresses surprise, and John says that is the way Mike  
has 

always been;  he's just as likely to pretend that nothing is wrong.

THE STABLES

Michael is in the stables, looking for a horse named Honey. ( It turns  
out that
this is Donna's horse.)  Donna comes in, and Michael says  
good-naturedly
"We can't go on meeting like this."  Donna replies, more seriously,  
"No, we
can't."

THE STABLES

Donna seems uneasy, and Michael asks her what is wrong.  She says she's  
not
used to seeing him so often.  Donna has moved her horse to another  
stable, 

so she won't have to run into Michael all the time.  He is visibly  
upset.
Donna says that this is for the best, that she's very happy with  
Matthew and
doesn't want anything to interfere with that.  She tells Michael that  
they
shouldn't see each other anymore.  He is almost near tears at this...

HOSPITAL

Vicky does her best to reassure Nick, who is really nervous.  He is  
wondering
what will happen if all this comes to naught.  Vicky tells him she  
refuses to
believe that Michael won't make it, saying Michael is a fighter.  Nick  
is 

afraid that if Michael dies, he'll have no one.  Vicky tells him to  
think
again, and calls him "little brother."

HOSPITAL

Tomas tells Maggie about Michael's leukemia.  She worries about how  
Nick is
taking it.  Tomas gets angry that she would immediately think of Nick,  
and
complains that every conversation they have recently has Nick as the  
punchline.
Tomas leaves in a huff.  The doctor comes up and takes Maggie into her  
office.
She is very sympathetic and understanding, and Maggie tells her that  
she wants
birth control pills.  Dr. Sheridan tells Maggie to go into the other  
room for
her examination.  Maggie asks her if she could talk to her about some  
things 

first..

CASS AND FRANKIE'S HOUSE

Cass tells Frankie that he wants her to quit being a private  
investigator.  

She is adamant about refusing to do that, saying she can take care of  
herself
very well, if he hasn't noticed already.  They start to argue.  Cass  
asks her
what is that supposed to mean?  Frankie says that she doesn't want out  
of the
marriage, if that was what he was thinking, but she won't live her life  
for 

him, she has to be her own person.

THE STABLES

Donna tells Michael that she wants what they had to stay in the past.   
He is
still obviously upset.  She tells him that she has sensed a sadness in  
him 

lately.  She encourages him to look towards the future, not the past.   
They
agree not to cross each other's paths anymore in the future.  "It'll be 

awkward" Donna remarks, wistfully.  "Only for a while" replies  
Michael...

WALLLINGFORD'S

Josie and Gary talk about the upcoming graduation ceremony.  Gary tells  
her 

that he is grateful to her for being there for him during his drinking.  

He doesn't think of her as just another cadet, because they've shared  
so
much of who they are with each other.  "But I can't take it anyplace  
else,
Josie" he tells her.  She is obviously disappointed, but puts on a  
brave front.
Gary tells her she'll make a great cop, and ends by saying "See you at 

graduation."  Gary leaves.  Felicia comes up, and asks Josie if she'll  
be okay.
Josie says she will, and then she and Matt leave for the academy.

CASS AND FRANKIE'S HOUSE

Cass tells Frankie that he loves her too much to risk losing her.  He  
accuses
her of putting their family at risk, and says that she can't chase  
after
criminals and be a good mother at the same time.  She reminds him that  
she 

was a PI before she met him, and he retorts by saying that he chased  
women
before he met her, and HE stopped.  She is exasperated by the  
inappropriate
comparison, and says it's not even remotely the same thing.....Frankie  
says 

that what Cass is really afraid of is the baby growing inside her, and  
how
he doesn't want anything to further imperil their perfect life  
together, a life
that he never had when he was growing up.  Cass reminds her how fragile  
and
unpredictable life is, and says that they are not exactly the typical  
ordinary
family, considering the heart disease gene that runs in his family.   
She 

reminds him that life is always scary and unpredictable, but you can't  
live
each day like a disaster is bound to occur.  Cass gets frustrated, says  
he
can't talk to her about this, and leaves the room.

HOSPITAL

Maggie tells the good doc about her boy troubles.  The doctor says that  
perhaps
she is on the fence and doesn't know exactly what she wants yet, and  
maybe is
not ready to be having sex with anybody.  Maggie protests that she  
loves Tomas.

THE STABLES

Donna tells Michael that he wouldn't be surfing through his past if he  
had 

someone new in his life.  He has nothing to say to that.  "I feel like  
we're
saying goodbye" Donna says awkwardly.  "Maybe that's because we are,"  
Michael
replies.....

HOSPITAL

Vicky tells Nick a little about her past as the Bad Girl from Lassiter,  
and 

comments how they're really a lot alike, he and she.  John comes up and  
tells
them it's time for them to undergo the tests....

HOSPITAL

John tells Vicky that they'll know soon if she's a compatible donor.   
John 

leaves and Tomas comes in.  Tomas expresses his condolences about  
Michael's
condition, and Nick overhears and snarls at Tomas to mind his own  
business.
Nick stalks out...

HOSPITAL

Dr. Sheridan listens sympathetically to Maggie, and tells her that  
sometimes
sex doesn't do much to simplify a relationship, just the opposite.   
Mags thanks
the doctor for her help, and leaves.  Outside the door she runs into  
Tomas,
and tells him she has the prescription for the birth control pills.   
They make
a date.

POLICE ACADEMY

Gary gets up and makes a speech to the roomful of cadets.  He talks  
about how
tkey are now taking on a responsibility to the community.  He says,  
talking
to them all, but looking at Josie all the while, "Teaching you has been  
a 

pleasure, and knowing you has been an honor."  They all rise and take  
their
oaths, and Gary finishes off by saying "Welcome to the Force!"

POLICE ACADEMY

Everyone is in a festive mood.  They all leave eventually, except for  
Josie.
Preoccupied, she wanders to the front of the room, and when she turns  
around,
Gary has come back in.  They exchange a long stare.....

HOSPITAL

Maggie tells Tomas she loves him.  Nick overhears.  Tomas leaves.  John  
comes
up -- he is looking for Nick.  Nick goes up on the roof and lets loose,  
starts
talking to God, saying God goes after every person Nick cares about --  
his 

mother, now his father, and besides which Maggie is in love with  
Tomas.....
Nick begs God to let him help Michael:  "Show me there's just a little 

something left to believe in."

POLICE ACADEMY

Gary and Josie slowly approach each other and end up by exchanging a  
long, 

passionate kiss.  "You take good care of yourself" Gary says, and  
quickly 

walks out.....

HOSPITAL

Maggie overhears John tell Vicky that Nick is a match for the  
procedure.  She
goes up on the roof looking for Nick.....

THE STABLES

Michael asks Donna if they're being too hard on themselves.  Donna says  
they're
being realistic.  Michael tentatively asks her if he can kiss the bride 

goodbye.  She smiles her assent, and just as their lips are about to  
touch,
Matt comes into the stable, sees them and says one word:  "Donna!"    
...FREEZE
FRAME







