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

At 12:11 AM 10/24/96 +0000, you wrote:
>Hello out there!
>
>Here's the scoop for today--Wednesday, October 23.
>
>
>SINCE WHEN IS LORNA SO NAIVE?
>Cindy goes to visit Lorna in her office at the hospital.  She hopes she's
>not interrupting (she is), but she wants to talk.  Lorna apologizes for not
>returning her calls but she's been mobbed with work.  Cindy practically does
>everything but get on her hands and knees, apologizing for the way she has
>intruded on Gabe and Lorna's life together.  The last thing Lorna needs is
>an ex-in-law hovering over them.  Lorna tells her it's fine, and that it
>hasn't been THAT bad, but Cindy just feels awful (Sure she does.)  Cindy
>throws the whole teary-eyed mask on, and says that the only reason she's
>been so leech-y is because she's new in town and Gabe is familiar to her.
>Lorna comforts her and they share in a great big sisterly hug.  Cindy leaves
>the office, and Lorna, although pleased, is a little stunned by what has
>happened.  Later in the hospital, Lorna tracks down Cindy and gives her a
>housewarming present.  Cindy opens it up and it's a crystal candlestick.
>Cindy is just SO touched, and says she'll use it every night at dinner, and
>think of Lorna and Gabe and the love they share.  (If that isn't a tip-off
>that she's looney, I don't know what is!) Lorna says there are no hard
>feelings, and Cindy will have to come over to Gabe's and have dinner with
>him and Lorna.  Cindy accepts with a great big smile, and Lorna walks away.
>The moment she does, Cindy's face turns serious.  She glares at Lorna as she
>walks away.
>
>
>OKAY...YOU CAN PICK YOUR JAWS UP OFF THE FLOOR NOW
>Picking up with the end of Tuesday's episode, Vicky playfully accuses Bobby
>of putting Jake's mug out on the porch.  Bobby tells her it probably got
>moved in the shuffle, or maybe Grant or Jake moved it.  Vicky is still
>suspicious though, and eyes him, impressed with "his joke".  Suddenly, the
>flower pot on the window sill floats through the air and crashes down on the
>floor.  Vicky sees it, and the two of them stare at the mess on the floor,
>their mouths wide open.  Bobby figures it's the wind, but Vicky is much more
>superstitious...maybe the house IS haunted.  Bobby comes up with every
>logical explanation in the book why a flower pot would float through the air
>and fall to the ground.  Suddenly, the windows in the foyer begin to open
>and shut, open and shut.  Vicky wants to know what kind of explanation he
>can come up with for this one.
>
>
>UP TO HIS OLD TRICKS
>Grant goes to see Gabe to find out what's going on with Cody.  Grant asks
>Gabe if he is in any danger, but Gabe doesn't think so....it's Josie who's
>in danger.  Grant leaves and brings Kirkland back to Vicky's house.  He sits
>with him on the porch and reminds Kirkland to tell his daddy everything that
>happens with Jake and Bobby in the house.  And he makes Kirkland promise not
>to tell his mommy about any of this.  "Us Harrison men have to stick
>together!", he says.  (Who is he talking about?!?!  Kirk's only a boy,
>Spencer's out of town and Ryan's dead...Grant couldn't seriously be thinking
>he's a real man, could he?)  He barges right into Vicky's house.  Vicky
>thanks him sarcastically for knocking first, which Grant just blows off.
>Vicky asks him if maybe he's been playing some Halloween tricks on them, but
>Grant (for the first time) admits he doesn't know what she's talking about.
>Grant and Vicky exchange a few insults and Grant leaves, infuriated.  Bobby
>follows him out and corners him on the porch.  He gets right in Grant's face
>and tells him that he better stop harrassing Vicky and he better start
>knocking and being more polite around her.  Grant eggs him on, wondering
>what Bobby's going to do to him if he doesn't.  Grant wickedly notes that
>Vicky has two watchdogs under her thumb now--Bobby and Jake.  Bobby doesn't
>let Grant's quick wit bring him down, and he tells him if Grant doesn't
>start treating Vicky with more respect, he'll have to 'teach' him some
>manners.  Intimidated, Grant walks away.  Vicky stands in the doorway,
>having heard the whole thing.  She walks up to him and thanks him for
>sticking up for her.
>
>STUPID, STUPID GARY...
>Josie walks in on Joe and Gary discussing Cody.  She asks what they're
>talking about, and Gary lies, saying it has to do with the wedding.  Josie
>falls for it.  After she leaves the room, Joe tells him to stop lying to
>her.  He reminds Gary what happened when he lied to Paulina about Jake being
>alive because he didn't want to hurt her, and in the end, it backfired on
>him.  Gary promises him that he will tell Josie and he will take care of it.
>Joe gives in.  Joe leaves for the station, and Gary and Josie share a
>romantic moment which is interuptted by a phone call.  Gary picks it
>up....it's Cody Mercer, who's in a bar in San Antonio.  He breathes havily a
>few times, and hangs up.  Gary lies to Josie again, saying it was a
>telemarketer.  Josie is a little suspicious, but they leave for Josie's
>therapy appointment.  Once they close the door though, the phone rings again...
>
>IT'S A SMALL HOSPITAL AFTER ALL
>After her therapy, Josie goes to visit John.  She vents to him, telling him
>that talking about Frankie, Fax, and Cody just makes her feel worse.  John
>tells her that sometimes you need that hurt in order to move past it--it
>took him years to deal with Vietnam.  Josie says she's sick and tired of
>Gary telling her she's paranoid.  Josie KNOWS through her gut that Cody will
>return for her.  John tells her that she should always rely on her intuition
>but that on the other hand, she should allow her loved ones to help her
>through this.
>
>Meanwhile, Grant goes to visit Sharlene in her office.  He tells her that
>Cody is back in the country, but he doesn't trust that the police will find
>him.  He has decided to call up some "private detectives" from his D.C. days
>to track down Cody and hand him over to the authorities.  Sharlene is
>thouroughly impressed that Grant would go to these lengths for her and
>Josie.  Grant makes up some crazy story about how Vicky tells Kirkland every
>day about how evil Grant is (Right...Vicky just LOVES to mess with Kirland's
>head, doesn't she?  Couldn't he come up with something better?) and that
>Sharlene should stop listening to Carl and Vicky and listen to her heart.
>Josie walks in on the conversation, and wants to know what is going on.
>Grant tells her that Cody is back in the states, which infuriates Josie.
>
>At the station, Gary, Joe and Gabe discuss how to deal with the Cody's
>imminent return.  John barges in, and scolds Gary for not putting Josie in
>some kind of safe house or something.  When he gives Josie away at her
>wedding, he wants to be sure that the man she marries is going to take care
>of her, and as far as he's concerned, Gary's not doing a very good job.
>Gary leaves, unsure of what to do, and goes to the hospital to pick Josie
>up.  She confonts him in the lounge about lying to her.  Gary tells her that
>he was planning on telling her about Cody, but Josie wants to know how he
>can expect her to trust him after this.  Gary tries to comfort her but Josie
>doesn't want to hear it.  The bottom line is, Cody Mercer is coming back for
>Josie and nothing any of them do can stop him.
>
>
>OUT OF THE MOUTHS OF BABES...
>Vicky thanks Bobby again for sticking up for her and not letting Grant get
>to him.  She goes to say that he acted just like Ryan, but he stops her
>before she can say it.  Vicky states the fact anyway...Ryan would have done
>the same thing.  Steven comes home, all excited about the upcoming Halloween
>party.  Kirkland joins in, and says how much he's looking forward to it.
>Vicky tells her boys how they're going to take the kids in the basement and
>play spooky music, and have them put their hands in spaghetti and say it's
>bloody guts and stuff like that.  Steven gets excited and adds that they
>should peel grapes, and when the kids touch them and squeeze them, they'll
>tell them that they are A DEAD MAN'S EYEBALLS!  Vicky laughs, but then
>realizes what Steven has said.  She gets very serious and exchanges looks
>with Bobby.  Steven and Kirkland convince Bobby to help them out with the
>decorations, when Bobby sees the dirt that he cleaned up from the flower pot
>that flew.  He wants to know how it got back on the floor, but no one knows.
>Vicky looks at him shocked, and says it must be that darned wind again.
>Steven laughs--wind in the kitchen?!?!  Bobby says they were wondering the
>same thing and they all stare at the dirt on the floor.
>
>
>DO YOU KNOW THE WAY TO BAY CITY?
>Down in san Antonio, Cody has a few drinks in a bar.  He smiles as he looks
>at his map, verifying the way to get to Bay City.  He smiles and with map in
>hand and a gleam in his eye, takes off for Bay City...
>
>
>That's it....ONLY 9 MORE DAYS TILL NOVEMBER 1st!!!  PMV'S ALMOST HOME!!!
>
>--T--
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>"The heart may freeze, or it can burn,                                    *
> The pain will ease if I can learn,
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> There is no future,
> There is no past...                                                      *
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> ...I live this moment as my last...                                      *
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>--Jonathan Larson, "RENT"
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Lisa Klobucar- 100% Diva material
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