From: Susan Richmond <susan@webspan.net>

Hi everyone!

This is almost it, only one week and one day left.:-( Today on The City,
Angie has to decide whether to go visit Lorraine at the hospital or go
with Jacob to meet a surrogate(seems like an easy choice to me:-), Tony
and Ally arrange a skating date for next Friday, and Alex reluctantly
agrees to take Tracy back to Brooklyn and Gino's apartment. 


				THE CITY UPDATE
			   Thursday, March 20th, 1997

TV PG

DECISIONS, DECISIONS
Location: Angie's Clinic

Angie is on the phone with the hospital. She's telling them that if
Lorraine doesn't calm down soon, call her doctor and have him prescribe
a sedative. Angie knows Lorraine wants to see her now, but she'll stop
by this afternoon. As Angie hangs up, Jacob walks in and gives her a
kiss. Jacob's got some good news, he set up an appointment with another
surrogate this afternoon. Angie doesn't seem particularly thrilled and
reminds him she's going to visit Lorraine this afternoon.

Angie spent all night with Lorraine and Lorraine's not going anywhere,
Jacob points out. Jacob thinks Angie should call Lorraine on the phone
and then they can go to the interview. Angie's surprised that Jacob made
another appointment so soon. It's a new applicant and Jacob looked at
her information and thought she looked great. Jacob thinks it's weird
that now he has to try to convince her to go check this out, when the
surrogate idea was hers in the first place. Nick comes into the clinic
and says that mentally, Lorraine is being pretty weird. "This is news?",
Jacob comments sarcastically. Lorraine is insisting that she see Angie,
Nick explains. "Angie can't go", Jacob says.

She can speak for herself, Angie tells him, and seeing a potential
surrogate won't take the whole afternoon. Nick thinks if Angie would
come by for just a few minutes, it would calm Lorraine down about this
vision she had. All of Lorraine's talk about visions and missions and
God's will is wearing he and Angie down, Jacob complains. Lorraine needs
Angie now, Nick insists, why doesn't Jacob let Angie speak for herself
about this. It's either Lorraine or the baby, Jacob says. Angie silently
thinks about her choice. 

Visiting Lorraine at the hospital does not mean that she's chosing her
over their child, Angie tells Jacob. Angie can stop in and visit
Lorraine and then meet Jacob at the fertility clinic later. Jacob
finally agrees and they hug. Angie promises Nick that she'll be by to
visit Lorraine later. Nick leaves and Jacob apologizes for being so
bossy. They make up and kiss.


TRACY, ALEX, TONY AND ALLY
Starting Location: Tracy's penthouse

Tracy's on the phone leaving Alex the "umpteenth" message and he hasn't
called her back at all. "I'm going to find you. You can run, but you
can't hide", she promises. Tracy leaves the penthouse.

Tony enters the City Bar through the hall door and sits down at the bar
with Alex, who's having a drink. "A little early for the hard stuff,
isn't it", Tony asks. He's just trying to get some strength to deal with
"that woman", Tracy, Alex explains. He's going to return her calls...as
soon as he has another drink. Alex calls for the bartender to bring him
another. Make it two, Tony says. Carla's really upset about her father,
she keeps visiting his grave. She's not fighting him anymore about the
move to California though. In fact, she seems to be looking forward to
it and the glamor of Hollywood, Tony tells Alex. The problem is that
Carla wants them to be a "real family", wants Tony to be a real husband
in every sense of the word. Danny has to crack and soon, Tony worries,
or Carla's going to be calling the moving van. Tony does feel bad about
trying to trap them, with Carla being pregnant and losing her father and
everything. Alex hopes Tony likes sun and palm trees because it looks
like his plan is backfiring. 

What if Carla insists that they go to L.A., Alex asks. It won't get that
far, Tony claims, Danny does not want to see another guy take his kid
out of state. Danny will blow very soon. And what if he doesn't, asks
Alex. After ordering another round of drinks, Tony decides that they
have to find a way to rattle Danny's cage and they have to do it soon.
Alex suggests that Tony buy the baby a gift and show it off in front of
Danny. Tony doesn't think that's a bad idea. He gets up to go buy a gift
and nags Alex to call Tracy back. "I'll call her", he promises before
taking another sip of his drink. 

Down in the lobby, Ally is intently going through her mail and doesn't
hear Tracy walk up behind her. Tracy comments that she thought this was
New York, you're always supposed to look and see who's behind you, it's
a survival thing. "Thanks, Mom", Ally says. Tracy will let that pass,
she wants to know if Ally has seen Alex. "Not today, but I'm sure he's
around", Ally replies. I'm around, Tony says, coming down the hall
through the open elevator and stopping to stare at Ally. "Have you seen
your partner around?", Tracy asks him. "My partner?", Tony asks in a
daze. "Tall, dark and handsome and playing extremely hard to get", Tracy
describes. "Oh, you mean Alex", Tony says, no, he doesn't know where
Alex is, exactly. "Exactly", Tracy repeats. That means you're holding
out on me and you just came from the bar. She thanks him, pinches his
cheek and heads for the bar. Tony is amazed, how died Tracy figure that
out. "Radar", Ally replies. Ally's going ice skating. Tony was going to
run an errand, but would like to treat Ally to lunch instead. "So, what
do you say?", he asks Ally.

Tracy taps Alex on the shoulder. He turns around, sees her and winces.
She forgives him for not returning her phone calls, but she needs his
help, it's an emergency. Everythings an emergency with Tracy, he
replies, does she have another stiff she needs help stuffing in a
freezer? My life is in danger, she explains. "Good", Alex says,
unconcerned. Gino's associates are after her, they are watching the
building. She explains that they were waiting for her when she went to
Gino's apartment in Brooklyn and they threatened her. Tracy doesn't
understand how they even knew she was going to be going there in the
first place. Alex suggests that her penthouse may be bugged.

At a table in the City Bar, Ally and Tony are eating lunch. Well, at
least Ally is eating, Tony would rather just stare at Ally. He can't
stop thinking about the other night when they made love, Tony tells her.
Ally admits she can't stop thinking about it either, it's what is
keeping her going. Tony promises they will be together soon, for good.
Ally hopes that is true, when she's with Tony, she feels that everything
is going to be OK. But when she's away from him, all her doubts keep
coming back. He keeps telling her that they will get back together, but
Carla's baby isn't going to just disappear. It's all so confusing, first
Tony told her that they would be together, then he tells Carla that they
will be moving to L.A. Ally's just going to have to trust him, "you do
trust me?", he asks. "I'm trying", she replies. It won't be for long,
Tony promises again.

Upstairs, in Tracy's penthouse, Alex searches for bugs while Tracy puts
on a performance, crying and moaning about how she will never get over
Gino, the love of her life. Alex finds a bug under the edge of a table,
puts it in a glass and pours water into it. Tracy, meanwhile, is
carrying on her act, "What will my life be like without Gino?", she
wails. Once Alex tells her that they can't be overheard anymore, Tracy
rants, "how dare those gangsters bug my house!!" Maybe because they are
bad guys, maybe because they don't trust her, Alex suggests. If she
really wants to feel safe, maybe she should move, says Alex. There's one
thing she has to do first and she needs Alex's help. Alex refuses before
even hearing what it is, but Tracy tells him anyway. She has to make one
more trip to Gino's apartment in Brooklyn. She starts making up this
story about leaving a scarf there, it's one Dillon gave to her, saved up
his money for, if she doesn't get it back, it will break Dillon's heart.
Alex, smiling through the whole story, doesn't buy it for a second.
After laughing, he asks her why she wants to go to Brooklyn and he wants
the truth this time. Tracy thinks there is something important hidden
there. Alex offers to give her the name of a friend that could help her,
but Tracy insists Alex must help and it must be today. Alex absolutely
refuses to do it. Tracy gets a box, opens it and pulls out a gun. Before
he leaves, can he show her how to use this, she asks.

Tony reaches out and holds the ring he gave Ally, which is on a chain
around her neck. He likes the way it shines, but he'd like it even
better if it were on her finger. Ally wonders when she will be able to
wear it. At their next ice skating date, he says. She reminds him that
they don't have an ice skating date and he suggests next Friday:-( "By
Friday, I know things are going to be taken care of"(they'd better be),
he says. Ally agrees to the date, next week at the ice skating rink in
Central Park, Tony will put the ring on her finger. Ally leaves, but
they kiss before she goes. "Danny, this has to work, you'd better come
clean soon", Tony says to himself. 

Alex insists that Tracy put the gun down, even though she swears she
wouldn't keep a loaded gun in the house with Dillon around. "You with a
gun in your hand is my worst nightmare, now put..that..gun..down!", Alex
tells Tracy. Tracy puts the gun back in the box. "Thank God", Alex sighs
in relief, holding his head. Tracy's afraid of these men, she tells
Alex. Tracy should be afraid of them, Alex agrees. There may be some
fabulous treasure hidden in that apartment and then she can skip town
with Dillon, Tracy explains. Why doesn't she just skip town now, Alex
asks. Tracy thinks that whatever she finds, she may be able to use as
leverage against Gino's pals. Alex promises that if she'll just leave
the gun alone, he'll take her to Brooklyn. Tracy laughs and thanks him.
"Knock it off and get your coat", Alex tells her, heading for the door.
Make sure your coat is old and ugly, they'll need to dress down for the
subway, Alex warns her. "I'm sorry, did you say subway?", asks Tracy. If
they're being followed, that's the best way to go, Alex insists. Tracy
asks if he'll promise never to tell anyone that Tracy Quartermaine not
only went to Brooklyn, but rode the subway to get there. Alex doesn't
reply, just stares at her and then slams the door behind them as they
leave.

-- 
Susan

