From: "PAT C." <patricia@epix.net>

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                     THE TUESDAY
     HOLLY, RICK AND ALAN-MICHAEL LOVERS UPDATE
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NICKNAMES:

Snick - Susan and Nick
Lecher - Fletcher
Dumb and Dumber - Frank and Nell
RedRevaDiva - Reva
Deenie - Nadine Cooper (DeadDeenie)
LAME - Lucy/Alan-Michael Enterprises
the whiner - Dinah
Eyebrow Girl - Michelle
Jet - Bridget
BART - Bridget/Hart
DIRT - Dinah/Hart
MMM - Marion/Brent (ManMaidMarion)
HAM - Holly/Alan-Michael

SUMMARY::

Reva's red
Deenie's dead
the whiner has a pointy head
Rick is a dish
Nick gets his wish
Dumb catches a Deenie fish :-(
Susan's awake :-) :-)
Alan's a snake
A-M makes a big mistake
The Lech is dorky
Josh acts porky
BART didn't do anything that's going to worky here
Annie cries
Roger tries
Holly wears earmuffs that I despise
Buzz speaks of Deenie
Bloss's role is teenie
EyebrowGirl poses
Brent noses
HAM and Rick do a pseudo scene

CEDARS - Snick's Room

Nick is telling Susan he loves her. He says she's like a sleeping =
princess
waiting for the right prince to come along and wake her up.  He kisses =
her.=20
"Kinda thought that might work.  Pretty dumb, huh?" A voice off camera
says, "Not dumb, Nick .. Not dumb at all."  And the camera pans to =
reveal
HOLLY!!!!   Yeah!!!! finally the writers have remembered that Nick used =
to
live with Fletcher and Holly until three months ago and that they all =
work at
the Journal together.!!!!!

DUMB AT DOCKS

Frank is looking in the river.  He calls Levy and tells him he found a =
body.

CEDARS BALL

Reva makes her entrance in her requisite red dress that apparently has
everyone agog - it has me agag, thank you!  Alex in her ridiculous fairy
princess costume (I hear she's Queen Elizabeth, but she looks like a
character from Fractured Fairytales) is announcing the ball and about to =
say
that the dances will be started by Dr... when RedDivaReva comes up and
rudely grabs the mike and says in what she must imagine is a sexy, =
sultry
voice "Reva Shayne and Alan Spaulding" - Oh, help... do I really have to
watch this gagfest - is this RealReva or is this just a practical joke =
that McT
is playing on me because she knows this is my update day.

Is it perhaps an accident that we finally discover Deenie's body and in =
the
next scene the RealRevaDiva is reborn - could this be McT's subtle hint =
that
Deenie was killed off to pave the way for RealReva?  I truly believe =
that
McT is a sadist!!! Then we have to watch Alan and RedRevaDiva dance,
switch to Annie who's upset because Reva is here, Josh and Annie dance,
Josh keeps staring at Reva...

ROLL LIGHTHOUSE

CEDARS BALL

We open on someone cackling... perhaps somebody came as a witch?  Oh,
no excuse me that's RedDivaReva, flirting with her beau, the leering,
liplicker, Alan.  She's bragging to Alan that she made everyone's eyes =
pop,
and their tongues wag <well, we can't blame Annie's popping eyes on
you, Reva.  Her's just kinda come naturally.  Oh, and don't get a big =
head - or
a bigger head about the fact that everyone's looking at you - I think =
that's in
their scripts. Guess you've been taking a page from the Lecher's book =
and
paying off the writers, eh?>  She's saying that if they don't know how =
to have
a good time "the hell with them" let them eat their hearts out. <Gee, I =
don't
much mind Reva bashing Josh and Annie but may I ask what it is that the =
rest
of SF did to deserve the attitude this woman is handing out?  I mean, =
half of
these people don't even know her.>

Annie and Josh continue to argue about Reva.  Blake and Ross get a few
minutes of conversation about - you guessed it - Reva. BTW, does Blake
even know Reva? Then we see MMM staring at LAME.  LAME discuss -
who do you think? - Reva, and the fact that she is the one who saw the =
man
in the lab.  The whiner and Roger enter dressed as Romans (Caesar and
Cleopatra, I believe) - the whiner has a flattering headpiece on that =
perfectly
fits the contours of her head - it rises to a sharp point!! She tells =
him not to
sulk because he had a fight with his son.  They discuss that for a bit, =
<guess
McT didn't notice that they were talking about something besides Reva =
for a
minute there> and then Roger sees BART at the door.

COMMERCIAL

CEDARS BALL

Bridget and Hart enter, Roger walks over and says hello but Hart ignores
him.  Bridget says "Oh, I thought..." and then they walk on.  Roger =
follows
them and tries to get Hart to "start fresh". Hart says no.  The whiner =
makes
some nasty crack to Bridget about her costume. <uh, hate to break it to =
you
whining one, but your costume isn't too flattering, either.  You and Jet =
must
have bought your hats at the same store.>  Luckily Jet is carrying a =
sword
and plunges it into the whiner's stomach, thereby making it difficult =
for the
whiner to talk for the rest of the evening. <Oops, sorry, that knife =
part was
just my fantasy> Re: costumes - I think Jet is supposed to be a flapper =
and
Hart is some type of Wiseguy (although I think others have said they're
Zelda and F. Scott).  They walk away again.  The whiner and Rog discuss
Hart again, the whiner giving her usual spiel about not wanting Roger to =
let
Hart get to him. Roger walks away. <The only saving grace for this scene
was the fact that at least they didn't once mention the name of
RedRevaDiva!>

Vanessa tells Matt she's worried that Hart and Roger seem to be getting
along.  Matt doesn't care about that as much as the fact that Hart is =
with
Bridget. "I can't believe she's buying whatever Hart's selling".  Matt =
claims
Hart is up to the same things he's always up to, "Helping himself."
<Really, Matt, how would you know?  You don't even know Hart, and if you
did you wouldn't say that!!!> (Vanessa and Matt are dressed like Scarlet
O'Hara and Rhett Butler) Hart goes to get Jet a drink and Matt starts
bugging Jet about Hart again.   Jet tells him not to ruin it for her and =
let her
have a good time tonight.  He says she's his little sister, "Can't I be
worried about you?"  Jet says, "No, not tonight".  Matt says he's not =
talking
about tonight, he's talking about the rest of her life." <Hmm... think =
he means
it, it's kind of sweet, actually, but he ought to get to know Hart =
before
jumping to conclusions.>

CEDARS - Snick's Room

Holly, Nick, Oh and the lecher, are unpacking the stuff that Holly =
brought
and it looks like it's decorations.  The lecher tells Nick that he's =
spending too
much time at the hospital, Holly starts to defend Nick but he cuts her =
off and
says "No, I'll talk to him".  So Holly gets to stand in the background =
in her
pastel nun's costume and watch while Nick and the lecher argue about =
this
issue.  Finally Holly walks around so at least she's within camera =
range.=20
Then she gets to say, "It's a good sign" "Let us know what we can do for
you.  We will do anything for you." <Guess Hol's only allowed dialogue
these days if it perpetuates her new image as the sainted mother-to-be =
of a
Downs Syndrome child.  Must be a lot of fun for MG.>  Nick tells them to
go to the ball and have themselves "One big ball". <Sure Nick, now that
Holly is "Madonna with child", she's really going to be kicking up her =
heels at
this Ball, I'm sure. Excuse me, but this REALLY p*sses me OFF!!!!!  If =
this
doesn't perfectly illustrate how pitiful and boring the writers are =
trying to
make Holly, then nothing does!!!  I guess the writers decided to let =
Holly and
the lecher have a scene with Nick today, so they don't have to show them
much at the Ball. Wouldn't want to take time away from RedRevaDiva, now
would we?>  They all hug goodby. <Hmmmm, does Nick even know about
the DS baby yet?>

CEDARS BALL

More RedRevaDiva cackling and bragging that she's "the envy of every
woman here".  She says something nasty to Vanessa, and then A-M comes
over and asks about the guy in the lab. She's saying she could probably
"sketch the creep myself", and MMM overhears. <Guess there's no chance
MMM could get rid of RedRevaDiva as a favor to me?>  RedRevaDiva
walks outside and sees Josh and Annie kissing and gushing.  Aw, poor =
thing
is upset.  Then she walks out and asks Josh to dance.=20

COMMERCIAL

CEDARS BALL

We open on Eyebrow girl entering in her Madonna costume. She poses,
demanding that Bill take her picture. <Real believable scenario we got =
here.=20
First I believe that this 20 year old is Michelle, second I believe that =
Ed
would actually let her appear in public dressed like this!>  Jet enters. =

Vanessa asks Matt if he talked to Jet.  He says he learned nothing.  Jet =
asks
Hart what's his New Year's resolution. She reminds him of how he used to
dream about fixing up the farm and raise horses.  Hart says that Roger =
killed
that dream.  "Thanks to him all that's left is an abandoned wreck of a =
house
and five acres." <Hey, that's all that was there when you left town, =
Hart.  It
didn't stop you back then.> Jet asks him what his dream is now.  He =
looks at
Roger and Dinah.=20

Roger and Dinah are once again talking about Hart.  Then the whiner =
starts
complaining that Roger doesn't want to dance.  Matt comes up and says
"Then maybe you won't mind if she dances with me".  He pulls her onto =
the
dance floor and asks her to do him a favor. She agrees until she finds =
out it's
about Hart. She says Hart doesn't care about Peter and let's him know =
that
Roger and Hart aren't getting along and that Hart refused to help Roger =
get
Peter.

RedRevaDiva is still asking Josh to dance.  He refuses.  Annie says it's =
okay.=20
Josh explains about the restraining order and RedRevaDiva says she's got =
a
big expensive lawyer who's going to declare her legally alive tomorrow =
and
once she's declared a "living, breathing, fire-eating woman", she's =
going to
charge Josh with bigamy and the sheriff will "haul your sorry ass off to =
jail".=20
She walks off and Josh follows her. Naturally as she walks through the =
ball
all action stops, and everyone has to look at RedRevaDiva - <their own =
lives
are so boring, of course, since the writers never give them anything to =
do.>

Holly and the lecher enter.  I guess they're supposed to be some type of
royalty from the middle ages  - the general consensus is that they're =
King
Arthur and Guinevere. <Thank you, PTBs for having the lecher wear that
dorky wig!!!!  I almost love you now!!!!  But why the earmuffs on =
Holly?>=20
Rick sees Annie staring after the departing Josh. Wow!!! Rick looks =
good!!!=20
I'll take two of those please!! I think he's dressed like  an 18th =
century
gentleman (don't know who).

COMMERCIAL

CEDARS BALL

RedRevaDiva and her RedCleva<gee, I just noticed how low cut that gown
is!!!> She's remembering her conversation with Alan, where she says =
she's
staying in SF. She doesn't care what anybody says about her because "I'm
Reva Shayne!!! The woman who jumped into the fountain at the Country
club, the slut of Springfield".  She's not going to let them win at her =
expense.=20
Back to the present and Josh enters saying she managed to get a rise out =
of
him and they should get down to it. <If you're going to do that kind of =
thing,
do you mind taking it out of camera range, Josh?>

Alan offers to help Annie with her Josh problem.  Rick asks Michelle to =
keep
an eye on Abigail and goes to Annie's rescue.  Annie is once again in =
denial
that there is any problem <the only problem is you're blind, Annie if =
you
can't see how hot the Rickster is!!!>.  She says Reva can't cause any =
trouble
because Josh won't let her.  Rick asks, "Then why is he with her instead =
of
you?"

LAME discuss Marion.  It seems that Lucy now admits she was wrong about
Marion!! Did I miss something? When did that happen? <Oh, hehe :blush: I
guess that happened last Thursday while I was Ffing all the LAME scenes>
MMM overhears again.=20

Buzz and Eleni enter.  Buzz is dressed as a British soldier during the =
18th
Century and Eleni looks like a bar maid - but others have suggested they =
are
Napoleon and Josephine.  Buzz tries to imagine what Deenie would have
worn to this ball.  Eleni suggests a Moon goddess or a mermaid at least. =

Buzz says, "if she honors us with a phone call we're gonna have to tell =
her
about this." <nice mention of Deenie there, although I suspect it's only
because they're finding her body today>  MMM overhears that too and
flashes back to his murder of Deenie.

COP SHOP

Dumb is telling the DA that he has a suspect.  He argues with Levy about =
the
body they found.  Dumb still thinks Marion did it.

CEDARS BALL.

LAME runs outside to talk privately. They decide to have a new =
beginning.=20
They kiss and A-M asks Lucy to wait outside by herself, while he goes =
inside
to get some champagne. < Smart move for a man who's been worried about
leaving Lucy alone for the past month to now purposely isolate her from =
the
crowd at the ball and then take off himself! Of course, I don't blame =
*you*
A-M, sweetie.  More contrived plotting by those writers, no doubt!!!  I =
guess
LAME is a more appropriate description of the writing than the =
characters.>
MMM comes up to Lucy in costume and A-M returns in the nick of time.

Roger sees Holly and wishes her a Happy new Year.  She says "Hail Caesar
would be appropriate, but I'll resist."  He tells her she looks lovely =
<you're
being kind, Roger!  What the heck does she have over her ears????> He =
asks
how she's feeling and she says fine, never better. He's skeptical.  She =
insists
that the baby is fine and she and the Lech are looking forward to a =
beautiful
baby girl.  Roger asks if she's sure about this and Holly says, "See =
you" and
walks over to the Lech. <So was this 30 second scene the one the =
spoilers
were referring to when they said that Holly was going to "share her =
plans
with Roger"?  Gosh, can you spare the time PTBs? And why did Roger have
his mask on?  Afraid we might get some unscripted eye-locks?  I'm =
surprised
the PTBs didn't just have the lecher break the news to Rog, since =
they're so
reluctant to let us see any of that old Rog/Hol chemistry!>

Holly kisses the LecherFletcher and says,  "Where have you been, my =
liege!!"
<Oh, Holly, what is this world coming to, when my role model has sunk to
gushing over a loser like the Lech!!!!  Tell me the truth, does he have =
a
sweater vest on under that costume??> She asks him if he's been mingling
with the simple folk, and he looks at Roger and says, "Looks like that's =
what
you were doing." <And now she's mingling with the dorks, Lech> The
camera pans to Roger, watching this yuckfest, and then to the whiner,
watching Roger watch.  Roger asks the whiner to dance.

BART are dancing.  Jet asks Hart about his dream again and he says he
doesn't bother to dream anymore.  He doesn't wish, he doesn't predict, =
he
doesn't think about the future at all.  Pan to Roger, telling Dinah that =
1996 is
going to be one for the books! <Yippee, does this mean that the writers
actually have a long-term story in mind already, or are they going to =
play  96
by ear, like they did with  95?>

Annie and Rick have stepped outside.  Annie is mad at Rick because he
keeps insisting that something is wrong between her and Josh.  She says =
it's
almost as if he's waiting for Josh to dump her and go back to Reva. =
<Duh!!>
She starts to sob and can't finish her rant.  She puts her head on his =
shoulder
and cries.

Reva and Josh argue some more.  Both threatening to keep the kids away
from each other.  Josh says Marah went to a therapist and he said that =
she is
traumatized by seeing Reva.  He says that's why he filed the restraining =
order.=20
Reva says she's sorry...so sorry. <Hmmm... looks like she means it.  =
This is
the first moment today that I haven't hated Reva. Let's have more of =
these
moments - but not too many more.  I would like to see the other 51 =
members
of the cast every once in a while if it's not too much trouble and if =
the writers
can remember their names.>

CEDARS HOSPITAL - Snick's Room

A song by the Righteous Brothers is playing in the background (can't =
think
of the name of the song but it starts with "Oh, my love, my darling, I =
hunger
for your touch...")  as Nick talks to Susan. He asks her if she =
remembers that
this is the song they danced to on A-M's yacht.  "Well, actually, you =
danced
to it, I just kind of stumbled all over the place." <Nick, I love you!!> =
  He
asks her how he became such a lousy dancer.  He wants her to teach him
when she comes out of it.   "Come on  96! I'm counting on you to be the =
turn
around year for me and Susan.  We're not asking for much.  Just each =
other."
He takes a drink of champagne and toasts the new year - camera on Susan
who opens her eyes and says, "Can I have some of that?"  Yahhhhhhhh!!!!=20
SUSAN'S BACK!!!!!!!

COP SHOP

They found several strands of auburn hair clutched in the victim's hand. =

Dumb demands a warrant for Marion's arrest.

CEDAR'S BALL

A-M asks Lucy who the mysterious long-nosed man was Lucy was talking to
outside.  Cut to outside where Brent is lurking around.  Rick and Annie
return and Annie is apologizing for losing it.  She says she's so mad at =
Reva
she could just pull her hair out.

Josh and Reva. He doesn't seem to believe that she's sorry.  She tries =
to
explain about the five years she was gone and why she didn't know =
whether
to stay or go and how much she loves her children and wanted to see =
them,
and how it felt to see him and Annie in love and the grave marker the =
kids
put up in the park saying she's dead.  She says she's flesh and blood =
and she's
the same Reva he loved before she went off the bridge.  Then she kisses =
him.=20
Freeze Frame. (This would be Reva Freeze Frame number 10, 964, I =
believe)

-The End -

PSEUDO SCENE: (I realize this is cheating since Holly, Rick and =
Alan-Michael were all on today, but since I didn't like their scenes I'm =
doing a
pseudo scene anyway - I'll make it short) As Holly and the lecher enter =
the
ball, Rick and Alan-Michael each take one of her arms and whisk her =
away.=20
Alan-Michael takes the crown off her head, saying "Hey, I'm the Dark
Prince, I should have a crown." He gives her his Zorro hat to wear.  =
Rick
offers to take the earmuffs off her hands, because "I don't need to hear
anything since Abigail and I communicate in sign language."  Then he
removes her veils, and earmuffs and in return he gives her - a big =
kiss!!!!! :-)

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Pat C.
patricia@epix.net

