From: Susan Richmond <susan@WEBSPAN.NET>

Hi everyone and HAPPY NEW YEAR!

As The City came on today, there was a little symbol in the upper left 
hand corner which said TV PG. At first I wondered what it was, but then 
I realized that it must be the new TV rating system they've been talking 
about. I wonder if the rating changes daily, would Tony and Ally in the 
darkroom(or Maggie and Max on OLTL Tues.;-) get a PG rating? Guess we'll 
have to wait and see. And now, on to The City.....



				THE CITY UPDATE
			  Thursday, January 2nd, 1997

*Tony's walking around the streets of Manhattan and a song is 
playing (I've never heard it before, but the title is probably "I Think 
About You") With the same song playing in the background, the scene 
shifts to Carla walking out of The City Bar into the hallway and 
remembering Gino's announcement that Tracy has agreed to marry him. 
Tracy must have spotted Carla leaving, because she and Gino follow her 
out into the hall. Gino apologizes, he would have told her first if he'd 
known she was there. "Like that would have changed anything!", Carla 
yells. Tracy suggests they go upstairs and discuss it, but Carla doesn't 
want to go anywhere with Tracy. Gino grabs her arm and leads her to the 
elevator, they're going to talk about this right now. 

*Alex and Jocelyn are walking out of the bar toward the door to the 
hallway. Alex doesn't think that they should leave Ally alone and Joc 
agrees, especially now that she knows Carla's pregnant. They step out 
into the hall and spot Gino, Tracy and Carla by the elevator. Joc 
suggests she and Alex take the stairs, "I don't like small spaces, 
especially ones with snakes in them".
 
*Upstairs in Ally and Joc's apartment, Danny is still watching Ally 
sleep. He wakes her up when she starts talking in her sleep. Ally gets 
up off the couch and says she should get to bed, she promised Tyler a 
big day. She goes over to make herself a pot of tea, but drops the 
teapot as soon as she picks it up. She starts crying and Danny rushes 
over to her. Ally goes upstairs to lay down while Danny makes the tea 
for her, he thinks she needs a little TLC.

*Up in Ally's bedroom, Ally has changed into pajamas and Danny brought 
her cup of tea up to her. Danny tucks her in and wishes her pleasant 
dreams. "I hope they're better than last night", Ally replies. Danny 
kneels down by the bed and suggests she tell him about the bad dreams, 
that way, she won't have them again. Ally dreamed she had fallen into a 
river and she was drowning. Tony was standing on the shore and she was 
screaming for him to help, but Tony couldn't hear her. He was standing 
there talking to Carla and holding their baby. That's really wierd, 
Danny says, pretending not to know about Carla. Carla's pregnant, Ally 
tells him, and Tony's the father. Danny says nothing, just caresses her 
cheek and holds her hand.

*In the stairwell, Tony's coming back from his walk, climbing from the 
4th to the 5th floor. Meanwhile, Alex and Joc are going into Joc and 
Ally's apartment. The lights are off and Joc decides not to go check up 
on Ally, she must be asleep. Tony walks up behind them. He tells them he 
went out to get some air, then asks how Ally is. Alex thinks that Ally 
is asleep and he and Joc should get going, but Joc insists that she 
wants to talk to Tony about his being "a complete and total idiot".  

*In Tracy's penthouse, Gino insists that Carla is not leaving until he's 
had a chance to explain. If he knew she were in the bar listening, he 
never would have announced his engagement the way he did. That's not the 
point, says Carla, she didn't even know that Gino was still dating "this 
woman". Gino asks if Carla can't be just a little happy for him. "I'm 
ecstatic", Carla replies unconvincingly. If Gino's so happy, why did he 
keep the engagement a secret from Carla? It's because of her, Carla 
accuses, pointing at Tracy, she wanted it kept quiet because she knows 
I'm on to her. 

*Tracy warns that she's not going to be insulted in her own home. Gino 
tries to tell Carla that keeping the engagement a secret was his idea, 
but Carla doesn't believe it. Tracy goes to get everyone a brandy, and 
Carla mentions rather loudly to Gino that she can't drink because of her 
'condition', which Tracy, of course, overhears. Gino tells Carla he was 
planning to tell her about the engagement yesterday, but when Carla 
broke the news that she was pregnant, he didn't want to upset her. He 
would have found the right time and place to tell her, but he swears 
Tracy never told Gino not to tell Carla. Tracy comes back with brandies 
for herself and Gino, and Gino begs them to try to get along, "is that 
too much to ask?"

*Ally doesn't feel that there's anyone she can believe in, except Danny. 
Danny replies that there are a lot of people she can believe in, Alex, 
Jocelyn. Danny always seems to be around when she needs him, Ally says. 
Anytime, Danny promises. Danny turns off the lamp, and suggests she go 
back to sleep by thinking of something peaceful and calm. What does he 
think about, Ally asks. Danny, sitting down on the side of the bed, says 
to picture herself in a place she really loves. The beach, Ally decides. 
Danny starts talking about how warm it is, how she's lying on a towel 
right by the water's edge, etc. until Ally finally falls asleep. Danny 
kisses her hair and leaves. 

*Out in the hallway, Joc asks Tony what the heck he was thinking and 
they go inside Tony's apartment. Joc isn't trying to jump all over Tony, 
she's just trying to figure out what happened. Tony's known Carla longer 
than anyone, couldn't he smell a set-up? "I was an idiot", Tony replies.
Carla's bags were packed and by the door and Tony thought that Carla was 
out of his life. He didn't see the harm in having a good-bye drink with 
her. Joc is upset because they were so close to having what they want, 
and now both Ally and Tony are miserable, all because of one night Joc 
is sure that Carla planned. Joc wonders if Carla is really pregnant, but 
Alex tells her Tony had it confirmed by his own doctor. Tony's 
responsible for the baby now, he wishes he could go back and change 
things, but he can't. Alex tells Tony they'll be behind him, but he and 
Joc are going home now, he's very tired. Jocelyn agrees to keep an eye 
on Ally for Tony. Tony walks Alex and Joc to the elevator. After the 
door closes, he heads back to his apartment, only to see Danny leaving 
Ally's place. "What the hell are you doing in there?", he asks Danny.

*Danny ignores Tony's question and walks into their apartment. Tony asks 
again and Danny tells him that Ally needed someone after the bombshell 
Tony dropped on her, that Carla is pregnant with his baby. Ally was 
acting sort of strange at work earlier, says Danny, and he went there to 
see if Ally was OK. Once he was there, Ally asked him to sit with her 
for awhile. "Always there to pick up the pieces, huh Dan", Tony says 
angrily. Tony tells Danny to keep out of it, he and Ally will work 
things out. Ally doesn't want anything to do with Tony, not now, not 
ever, Danny informs him. Tony wonders why he has the feeling that Danny 
is enjoying this. Danny tells Tony not to try and put this thing on him, 
Tony's the one who blew it. Danny walks away. 

*Carla and Tracy assure Gino that they can work something out. Gino's 
stomach is upset, so Tracy sends him upstairs to get an antacid. As soon 
as Gino is far enough away, Carla warns Tracy that she has no intention 
of making this easy for Tracy. "You'd better get ready to kiss your papa 
goodbye", replies Tracy. Carla walks past Tracy, 'accidently' bumping 
her arm and making Tracy spill some brandy. "Don't make trouble, Carla, 
or you'll find out what 'wicked stepmother' really means". Carla claims 
that Tracy has had this whole thing with Gino set up from the very 
beginning. Carla comments on the size of Tracy's engagement ring. Tracy 
must be very good, Carla says, because Gino doesn't part with his wealth 
very easily. Tracy calls Carla spoiled, didn't she hear how happy Gino 
is? Carla doubts that Tracy is very worried about Gino's happiness. "As 
long as there is a breath in my body, you will never marry my father". 
Gino comes back downstairs. Carla insists that she has to leave now and 
rushes out the door, Gino feels he had better go after her and he leaves 
too. Tracy ponders the information that she learned tonight, that 
Carla's pregnant. Tracy says aloud to herself that she doesn't believe 
Tony's the father. Walking over to the desk, she writes on her 
things-to-do list, "Get goods on Carla Soleito". 


That's it for today. I checked the other ABC soaps today and AMC and 
OLTL had a TV 14 rating and GH had a TV PG rating like The City. Pretty 
strange, especially since I was flipping channels and I'm pretty sure I 
saw a Jenny Jones show with a stripper on it rated G! See you next 
Thursday.
 
-- 
Susan


