From: djg@city.HQ.ileaf.com (Deborah Graham x1506 4SE tech:writer)

Tuesday in "the city":

Tess jumps out of Buck's bed. It's after 10, she says, and 
she has to get a job. Buck says she already has one. She's 
getting dressed when Nick comes in and asks for coffee. Nick 
looks at Tess, giggles, and leaves. Tess is upset about "this", 
tossing the pillow at Buck.

At the bar, Zoey is talking to Loraine about the bird and 
the note. Zoey says Loraine was invited to the party. Loraine 
says she's been to those all-girl parties, and she likes the 
company of men, instead. Loraine and Zoey talk about Richard, 
and Zoey says maybe Richard has already found the perfect girl.

Richard is on the couch at Sydney's place. Loren is standing 
over the couch, not saying a word. Richard asks if she remember 
him. Not a word. Richard calls for Sydney, who comes down. 
Richard says he thinks they have a bit of a problem.

Sydney tells Loren that the doctor is going to take her back 
to the hospital for some testing. But, she can come back and 
stay as long as she wants. The doctor, a nurse, and Alex come 
in. The doctor says hello to Loren, the nurse says hello, 
Loren says hi to the nurse. The doctor tells her not to worry. 
Sydney tells her it's just for tests. Not to worry. Sydney 
hugs her and Loren says she's not worried, she's happy now. 
Alex gets a look on his face. Sydney looks terrified.

Buck says that she wanted to feel safe, and he he was thrilled 
that she came to him. It was the best night they had even spent 
together.

Nick kisses Loraine. She tells him she had a dreams about him. 
He tells her to fill in the details, and he'll try to make it 
come true. She tells him that he just got out of bed. He says 
he's ready for a relapse. They kiss. He asks how the party was. 
Loraine tells him not to ask. Nick talks to Zoey. He tells her 
that he's ready for another concert. Will Richard be covering 
this one? Zoey asks. Why? Is she gonna make another announcement 
about a kid of his? Nick asks. Sorry, she says, only one per 
customer. He says he knows about Father Luke. Nick tries to 
find out why she dropped Richard. They argue and she thinks 
that he's on Richard's side. He's not on anyone's side, Nick 
says, he's just confused about Father Luke. He should be on her 
side, after all, she's his kid, too. Nick looks confused.

What does she mean; she's his kid, too? She doesn't know. Does 
he have another one? Yeah, 10 or so, she jokes, she's saving them
for later. Loraine comes over to distill the bad feelings. Zoey 
says that Nick thinks she treated Richard like dirt. Zoey 
realizes Loraine agrees. Loraine thinks that if you're gonna 
break up, make it a clean break. That way, Nick adds, there is a 
chance you and Richard can be friends. She knows that eventually, 
they'll be friends. Maybe not. THEN IT'S MY LOSS, ISN'T IT?! Zoey 
screams.

Tess and Buck talk about how he's changed. If he was the old cowboy, 
tess says, he would have...jumped her bones, Buck suggests. Yeah, 
Tess says. They talk, and agree to have breakfast in 5 minutes.

Sydney tells Richard about the note. Richard is upset that Sydney 
thinks he needs protecting. Alex tells them about the new incident 
with the bird and another note. Alex tells them that the doctors 
says Loren's recovery is not unusual, she has been showing signs 
of coming out of the coma. Sydney is upset that the doctors never 
told her about this. Alex says it was not enough to get her hopes 
up. Sydney says Loren was probably in her own little world, she 
did see her mother killed. Richard questions if she could have 
come out of the coma a few weeks ago. Alex says does he think 
Loren could have killed Jared? No, Richard says, she has no motive 
to kill him. Sydney says she may have a very good motive.

[ed. note: DAMN They went back to the show late! I missed Sydney's 
story about the motive. ANYONE, HELP!] But, Alex says, what is 
her motive for Molly and the bird? And the blood on her robe? he
adds. Sydney says she may have told Loren about Jared. Richard 
says he'll put a guard on Loren. Alex says that's a good idea. She 
can't be ruled out yet. Sydney reminds Richard he has a taping 
today. Richard leaves. Sydney tells Alex that she shouldn't have 
told Loren everything. Alex says she had no way to know that she 
was getting through to Loren. Sydney says that if Loren is guilty, 
she is guilty, too. Alex looks at Sydney like maybe she is guilty.

Zoey leaves the bar. Nick tells Loraine that he wonders what it 
would be like to have a son instead of a daughter, sometimes. He 
wonders what the kid would look like, what Sydney named him, where 
he's burried. Loraine tells Nick there is one place where he can 
get all the answers.

Tess is uncomfortable about having breakfast with Buck. She says 
in a similar situation, she would be in a taxi, miles away from 
here. Buck makes her feel better, and she agrees to a bagel.

Zoey is looking at some envelopes and she runs into Richard, 
literally. She appologizes, but he brushes her off, He'll live, 
he says, brushing her off. She stares at his retreating back, 
and mumbles that she wasn't looking where she was going. She 
walks away, with a couple of glances back towards Richard.

Nick is at Sydney's place. He wants to talk about their son.

Will-Sydney-slip-on-this-one-hanger

deb
(djg@city.hq.ileaf.com)


