From: Susan Richmond <susan@webspan.net>

Hi everyone!

Sorry this week's update is a little late. But better late then never, as 
they say, so here we go...


	   		   THE CITY UPDATE
		        Thursday, June 27, 1996


NICK HAS A HANGOVER
Location:  Nick's Apartment

*As the show begins, Nick is laying in bed and Lorraine is in the room 
talking on the phone to Buck.  Buck apparently suggests taking Nick to the 
hospital, but Nick's stubborn and won't go. Lorraine hangs up and tells Nick 
that Buck will bring him up anything he wants, but Nick is feeling too sick 
to eat.  Zoe comes in, upset, begging Nick to go to the hospital, but he 
again refuses.  Lorraine pulls Zoe aside and tells her not to get upset in 
front of Nick, it only gets him upset.  Zoe wants to do *something* to help 
him, they're running out of time.  Lorraine has an idea, she'll be right 
back.

*Zoe is reading aloud to Nick to keep him entertained, but he can do without 
hearing "Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintainence, or whatever".  Nick 
feels 10x's worse than having a hangover.  Zoe wishes there was something 
she can do.  "Just be here with me"  Nick's glad Zoe told him that she is 
his daughter, she's the only family he's got. "That's not true", says Zoe.  
But she doesn't tell Nick that Richard's his son, too. When Nick asks who 
she meant, she's says Buck, Angie, Jacob, all his friends.  That's not the 
same thing, Nick's sorry he missed seeing her grow up.  He'll make it up to 
her, Zoe will make him a deal.  If Nick gets better, Nick can take her to 
the kid's zoo in Central Park.  She wants the childhood she missed.  Nick's 
tired and closes his eyes to take a nap.  Zoe stays by his bed, trying not 
to cry.

*(In the lobby, by the mailboxes) Lorraine finds Angela to ask for her help. 
 "It's been one hell of a night Lorraine, don't start", Angie growls.  It's 
a matter of life and death Lorraine tells her.

*(Back in Nick's bedroom) Angie examines Nick - he's been beaten up badly, 
but has no internal injuries.  Angie can't tell though, how much damage the 
alcohol did to his liver.  Angie wants him to go to the hospital for IV 
medication and tests.  Nick once again refuses, any other doctor would never 
believe that he was forced to drink, he'd be taken off the donor list.  Nick 
convinces Angie to set up an IV at the apartment and send the tests to the 
lab.  Angie reluctantly agrees.  Zoe leaves and Angie and Lorraine walk out 
into the main room.  Angie says that if Nick's doctor asks her about this , 
she's not going to lie.  Lorraine says they'll just take things one step at 
a time.  Angie suggests that for Nick's sake, they should try to get along, 
so as not to upset him.

*Nick thanks Lorraine for bringing Angie.  Lorraine warns him that he 
shouln't depend on Angie too much, Angie spent the whole night being 
questioned at the police station about Jared's murder. Nick doesn't believe 
that Angie would kill Jared.  Lorraine reminds him that Angie was 
sleepwalking at the time.  Lorraine's seen her sleepwalk, and it's scary.


ANGIE COMES HOME
Location: Building Lobby

*Angie and Jocelyn are entering the building, (unseen) reporters outside are 
shouting questions.  Jocelyn tells them "No comment" and shuts the door.  
Angie's exhausted, she's going to get some rest.  Jocelyn warns Angie not to 
talk to anyone without her present.  Jocelyn will be in her apartment or at 
Sydney's if Angie needs her.  Sydney called her and needs to see her.  Angie 
thanks Jocelyn for her help, but Angie's still not convinced she didn't kill 
Jared.  Jocelyn tells her the forensic reports should be in later today. 
They'll answer a lot of questions. (Lorraine finds Angie in the lobby and 
brings her up to see Nick - see above)

JACOB PHONES HOME
Location: Angie's Apartment and a phone booth

*Jacob is on the road with Frankie on the way to California.  Angie comes 
back from examining Nick and the phone rings. It's Jacob, he's been trying 
to call Angie all night, he heard what happened to Jared.  Once Angie tells 
Jacob she was being questioned last night, he wants to come home right away. 
Angie doesn't want Frankie's plans upset, though, and tries to convince 
Jacob that everything was fine, the questioning was just routine.


WHERE'S THE GUN??
Location: Sydney's Apartment

*Sydney and Danny are talking.  Danny has the feeling that Sydney doesn't 
believe he dumped the gun in the dumpster.  Danny watched the dumpster and 
saw 6 people(homeless people, not the police, I assume) go though the 
dumpster in one hour last night.  A gun would be tempting if someone like 
that found it.  Sydney says "at least we know it's not the gun that killed 
Jared *don't we*??

*Danny swears again that he didn't kill Jared.  Sydney never said he did.  
Sydney wants to know why he changed his mind.  He just chickened out, why 
can't she be glad Jared is dead.  Sydney never realized how many people 
hated Jared. "Hundreds", Danny agrees, including the loanshark.  "I didn't 
even think about Mike", Sydney agrees.  How does Sydney know Mike's name?? 
Danny never told her.  She insists he must have, and is saved by the door 
bell ringing.  It's Jocelyn, who is surprised to see Danny - "Where in the 
hell have you been!"

*Danny wants to know why Jocelyn's so upset.  Because the cops know the 
whereabouts of everyone in the building except for Danny, they'll want to 
question him.  Sydney, fishing for information, asks how it went at the 
police station, what did Angie tell them.  Jocelyn can't discuss it.  Could 
her meeting with Sydney wait?  Sydney says she wanted to start dealing with 
Jared's estate.  Jocelyn thinks they should wait until they find out who 
killed him.  Jocelyn and Danny leave.


TO TELL OR NOT TO TELL
Location:  Sydney's Apartment

*Zoe goes up to Sydney's apartment after leaving Nick(see above).  Zoe tells 
Sydney that if Nick doesn't get a transplant soon, he'll die.  Shouldn't  
Sydney tell Richard about Nick being his father before it's too late?  
Sydney wants to know if Zoe plans to tell Richard herself.

*"Nick could die.  All bets are off", Zoe tells her.  Sydney thinks Richard 
will feel betrayed by not only her(Sydney), but also by Nick.  Richard won't 
believe that Nick didn't know about him.  Richard will cut both Sydney and 
Nick out of his life.  "Do you think he(Nick) can take that, finding a son, 
then losing him"  Syndey tells Zoe to think about it carefully before 
telling Richard the truth. 


DANNY'S ALIBI
Location:  Jocelyn's apartment

Jocelyn and Danny have come downstairs from Sydney's penthouse.  Jocelyn 
starts grilling him with questions to prepare him for the police.  Danny 
went for a walk, where? - to the subway, which line? - the East Side IRT, 
which station? - Astor(sp?) Place, Did he buy any tokens? - No, which means 
the token booth attendant won't remember him.  Does Danny have an alibi for 
around 9:00, if so, he'll be in the clear.  Danny starts to get defensive "I 
didn't kill Jared Chase".  I didn't say you did, Jocelyn tells him.  Danny 
apologizes for yelling, he knows Jocelyn is on his side.  Not always in the 
past, that's why she told him everything, she couldn't stand Danny thinking 
he was bad.  She'll always be on his side, but she has to ask, what was he 
doing with Sydney?

*Sydney and he had become friends while working on the coffee bars.  "How 
friendly", Jocelyn wants to know.  Danny just wanted to tell Sydney how 
sorry he was that her husband was killed. "Are you?" (sorry, that is).  She 
knows there's something he's not telling her.  Danny this time is saved by 
the doorbell.  It's their mother coming to tell them their Dad died of a 
heart attack.


MEANWHILE, AT THE POLICE STATION

*The autopsy report comes back.  The woman detective reads "Bullet entered 
>from  the left"  That's it? She wants the report on the gun NOW.  She calls 
forensics to hurry them along.

*The forensic report finally comes back.  There was only one set of prints 
on the gun.  "Anyone we know?", asks the male detective.  "Ohhh yeah.  Looks 
like this case might be over before we thought", she answers.

To be continued....


LOD:  Danny (talking to Sydney about Jared's murder)

	"I didn't kill your husband...you want it in blood?"



Well, that's it for today.  Does anyone remember the names of the male and 
female detectives investigating the case?  I know the woman has been on 
several times and is a friend of Alex's, but I can't remember her name.  I 
feel stupid calling them the male and female detective. Thanks!  See you 
next week.

--
Susan

FCC Tony
Member, SESIDAR
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