From: Susan Richmond <susan@webspan.net>

Hi everyone,

Here's the complete Thursday update, with the first few minutes added. A 
big Thank You to Heidi Walsh for providing the missing section. I'm sure 
most of you out there got to see the episode in its entirety, but I 
figured there might be a few of you out there (like myself) trying to 
figure out why Tyler was in Carla's care in the first place. I hope 
everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving! See you next Thursday.
-- 
Susan

THANKSGIVING ON THE CITY

Ally is preparing turkey dinner talking to Joclyn, they were discussing 
the fact that Ally made two turkey's this year instead of one. 

Tracy was discussing with Dillon what they would do for the day she told 
him that he could choose. He chose the playground while Tracy recovered 
from the shock of having to spend the day at the playground Dillon 
answered the phone it was Lila Quartermaine, Tracy's Mother. After 
Dillon finished his conversation with Grandma, Tracy told him to say bye 
so she could talk to Grandma... the phone was dead. When she called back
Reginald(the Quartermaine's butler) told her they weren't accepting any 
calls from her. At this time, Dillon snuck out the door. 

The scene switches to Nick and Tess and Lorraine discussing the 
difference of cooking times in frozen and fresh Turkeys. (perhaps 
someone should have informed Tess that she should Thaw it out first) 

We are Back with Ally and the gang. Tony asks Ally where the extra 
chairs are. She goes to her apartment to show him, leaving Tyler with 
Danny and Carla. Tyler says he's going to his mother's apartment and 
runs out the door. Instead he stops at the elevator and pushes the 
button. 

*Tony, Danny, Ally(wearing an apron) and Carla are all standing around 
the counter on which is the makings of a complete Thanksgiving dinner, 
turkey and all the trimmings. Ally says to Danny, "He's(Tyler's) not 
there"(in Ally's apartment). "I watched him go over there", Danny 
replies, walking toward the open door of the apartment. Tony and Ally 
say they never saw him(Tyler). Ally says "So what are you trying to say, 
he just disappeared?" Tracy rushes in, asking if anyone has seen Dillon. 

*Tyler is in the stairwell. He opens the wire gate and continues down 
the stairs to the basement. Dillon runs up to Tyler and says "Boo!" "You 
scared me", Tyler says, not looking particularly scared. Dillon asks him 
what he's doing down there, and how old he is. Tyler's 5, almost 6. 
Dillon says he comes down to the basement all the time. Dillon asks
Tyler's name, then shakes his hand and introduces himself, "Tyler, I'm 
Dillon". The boys start playing with the fuse box on the wall. They 
start flipping switches, sparks fly and the lights go out. "Uh-oh, what 
did we do?", Dillon says. 

*Tess and Buck come down the stairs with a flashlight. They hope it's 
just the fuse box, Buck doubts that Con-Ed will be rushing over to fix 
something on a holiday. Tess says they do have one thing to be thankful 
for, "that Molly the Masquerader is safely locked up". Tyler and Dillon, 
who are hiding behind a box, quietly slip away and go hide by the
lockers in Bernardo's old room. 

*Dillon and Tyler come out of hiding, each denying that they are scared. 
They hear someone coming and run back to the lockers to hide. It's 
Danny. He calls out Tyler's name and Tyler asks who it is. Tyler sees 
Danny and runs to him. Danny picks Tyler up and points the flashlight 
toward Dillon, who comes out of hiding. 

*(Back upstairs)Tony and Danny are putting more candles on the counter 
and Tony says that the whole building is dark. Tracy doesn't care if the 
whole city of New York is dark, they have to find Dillon before 
something terrible happens. Carla suggests that Tracy might be 
over-reacting a bit. "Talk to me when you have a child of your own!", 
Tracy snaps. Ally comes back in, she can't find Tyler. They're about the 
same age, Tracy thinks that they must be together somewhere. Danny goes 
off to check the fuse box. Tracy follows him out of the apartment, 
calling for Dillon. "You were supposed to be watching him", Ally
yells at Carla, "How could you be so damn irresponsible!" Tony tries to 
calm the two of them down, this isn't getting them anywhere. They go to 
look for the kids, Tony sends Carla to check upstairs. 

*Zoey, Richard and Lorraine are downstairs in the bar. Zoey's lighting 
another candle, there are about 50 of them lit sitting on the bar. She's 
saying to Lorraine that at least it's not a major blackout, everyone 
else has their lights on. Lorraine wonders how they are supposed to cook 
the turkey without any power. Nick comes over to get his guitar, 
pinching Lorraine on the behind on the way. He can't eat because the 
food's not cooked, he can't drink because his liver is cooked, the only 
thing left to do is sing. He starts playing and singing and Zoey and 
Richard start dancing. Tess and Buck come in and join in the singing. 

*Joc comes out of her apartment with a flashlight, looking for everyone. 
She even knocks on Tony's apartment door, but no one answers. She heads 
down the stairs muttering to herself, "This is great, and my therapist 
wonders why I have an abandoment complex". 

*Joc, reaching the bottom of the stairs, hears everyone singing "Yellow 
Submarine" and follows the sound to the bar. Zoey invites her to join 
the party. Tony and Ally rush in looking for Tyler. "Who?", Zoey asks. 
My son, Ally explains. Tyler and Dillon are missing. Danny brings the 
two boys into the bar. Ally spots Tyler and rushes over to hug him. Tony
goes to call Carla to tell her she can stop looking. Tracy rushes in, 
telling Dillon never to do that again. Dillon tells her he was just 
helping this little boy(points to Tyler) who got lost. Tracy forgives 
him and gives him a kiss. Danny explains he found the boys playing in
the basement. Ally gives Danny a big hug, how can she ever thank him. 
Tony comes back, spies Ally and Danny hugging and looks jealous. Carla 
comes down to the bar. Buck says he called Con-Ed, but all he got was a 
recorded holiday greeting, so he left a message. Tess wonders out loud 
what everone in going to do for dinner. Zoey suggests that they all
pool their food and have dinner in the bar together. Dillon wants to 
join in too, but Tracy tells him they have to go, there are people 
waiting for them. Dillon reminds Tracy that she said he could pick. Nick 
starts singing "Michael Rowed the Boat Ashore" and Dillon and Tyler join 
in. Tess comments to Tracy that it looks like her fate has been 
decided(that Tracy will be joining them for Thanksgiving). As long as it 
makes her son happy, Tracy says. Zoey and Joc are about to head upstairs 
to get the food, when Joc looks toward the door and freezes. It's Alex, 
who's come back from Florida. "Now you didn't actually think I was going 
to miss Thanksgiving dinner with you, did you?", Alex asks. Joc gives 
him a big hug. Next comes a very nice montage of shots accompanied by 
the song "Seasons of Love", from the Broadway musical RENT(You really 
need to see it and hear the music to get the feel of it, the following 
description doesn't do it justice). Lighted candles on the
bar, Tony putting a six pack of beer on the table, Tracy contributing 
what I think was a tin of caviar, Lorraine bringing a turkey out and 
Tess checking the thermometer and shaking her head, the boys eating 
candy corns, Zoey and Richard eating Oreos, Danny contributing some jars 
of peanut butter, Alex picks Joc up by the waist and twirls her around, 
Ally and Tony kiss, Tess and Buck dance together, Ally picks up Tyler 
and hugs him, Tracy and the boys are trying unsucessfully to hang spoons 
from their noses, Lorraine kisses Nick. The montage ends with everyone 
sitting at one long table. "I just want to say that this is the most 
untraditional Thanksgiving meal I've ever seen, but one thing's for
certain, too, we've got a lot to be thankful for", Alex says. Up on the 
balcony, Ally has set up her camera with a timer. Ally rushes down the 
stairs and everyone makes a mad dash to get into the picture. They all 
make it, and the show ends with the photo and everyone yelling "Happy 
Thanksgiving".


