From: Karen Highum <highum@u.washington.edu>

		GUIDING LIGHT UPDATE FOR FRIDAY JANUARY 19, 1996

Heavy snow warning for Seattle area so I missed the beginning of the show 
(the snow didn't show up either).

	TOWERS

Dinah asks the bartender if he saw anyone else by the cash register the 
night Marcus supposedly stole the money.  He tells her that he now remembers 
Roger Thorpe being near it.  Hart comes up and asks what has his father 
done and how can he make it better.

	SPAULDING ENTERPRISES

AM is waiting for another message from Brent when it shows up on his 
computer screen.  Frank walks in and tells AM that they'll work together to 
get Brent or Lucy will die.

	LIGHTHOUSE

Lucy listens to fauxBrent <on tape> talk about his plan.  fauxBrent (Mark 
Wolf) comes in and asks what she's doing.  Lucy says she's talking to 
herself.  Brent, "Marian did it too.  It really got on my nerves.  I'm 
just kidding."  He tells Lucy to think of herself as a damsel in distress 
and AM is her white knight. "Does he save her or are you both snuffed?"  
Brent pulls her over to the computer.  He taped AM at the ranger station &
is planning to send it by modem to AM, instead of sending it to America's 
Wackiest Videos where AM would die of embarrassment.  Brent has other 
plans.  "You could have had a real man Lucy, but you settled for a wimp 
in wing tips."  Lucy tells him that he's good at this and truly amazing.  
Brent replies that it's a gift, like his good looks and how good he is in 
bed.  Lucy gets upset.  Brent says she's just trying to suck up to him so 
that he'll let her go.  Lucy, "I'm not that stupid."  She really thinks 
he's a whiz at it, but doesn't know why he's throwing it away on 
revenge.  Brent says he's using his talent to get even.  He yells at the 
computer for AM to answer.

	SPAULDING

AM wants Frank to leave and threatens to call security.  He doesn't want 
to lose Lucy's life so Frank can prove he can do his job.  AM tells Frank 
that Brent will kill Lucy if anyone else is involved.  Frank tells AM 
that Brent is trying to control the police, his family, the media and AM 
because Brent knows he can't take on everyone and win.  He wants to work 
with AM.  AM says he'll think about it, but wants Frank to leave.  Frank 
guesses that Brent has contacted AM & hears a beep from the computer.  He 
sees the message.  AM answers Brent and Brent plays the video.  AM tells 
Frank that Brent wants him and if it helps Lucy, Brent can have him.

	TOWERS

Dinah wonders why Hart is there.  She thinks he's there to plant a seed 
of doubt about Roger that will grow to disbelief and the he'll reap a big 
harvest of mistrust.  Hart just cares about her and owes her.  He tells 
her that she knows Marcus didn't take the money and the bartender would have 
taken half of the money and put half in the sax case.  "Who's rich enough 
to steal money and not keep a dime for himself?  Someone who's mean 
enough to plant stolen money on an innocent guy who happens to be your 
best friend and his enemy.  Anyone come to mind?"  Roger walks in and 
asks what lies his angry young son has been feeding Dinah.

	BAUER HOME

Rick talks to Abby about dating.  Since Abby hasn't dated, Rick decides 
to tell her and show her what will happen on a date.

	BEACH

Michelle appologizes to J for how boring Springfield is.  He says he only 
came with her because his Mom was driving him nuts, "Artists are never 
understood by those closest to them."  Michelle, "You're an artist?  A 
B.S. artist."

	LIGHTHOUSE

AM asks what Brent wants.  Brent tells Lucy that he hopes AM is better in 
bed than he is at playing Clue.  Lucy takes the blame for everything and 
tells Brent to leave AM alone.  Brent, "You're so noble.  Like a 
sacrificial virgin, twice removed."  Brent realizes that Lucy does love 
AM and would do anything to keep AM safe, so he types a message to AM 
that he keep everyone else out of this or it'll be fatal for Lucy.
Brent leaves Lucy to get ready for the grand finale of his plan.  Lucy 
listens to more of the tape.

 	SPAULDING

AM won't let Frank help because he can't risk Lucy.  manda knocks.  
Frank hides and she comes in.  AM tells her to leave.  She wants to get 
Lucy to help her then, but AM tells her that Lucy is unavailable.  
Amanda, "Nobody is doing their job.  Marian Crane, that cow, she's milked 
tens of thousands of dollars out of this company and disappeared."  AM 
tells her to forget it.  She won't.  She called a press conference so 
that Marian's face will be plastered on the front page of every newspaper 
in the state.  AM, "NO! You'll kill her!"  Amanda, "I'd like to kill 
Marian."  AM tells her to cancel the press conference.  Amanda asks 
what's going on.  Frank comes out of hiding.  Amanda thinks he's there to 
handle Marian quietly, but she wants to tell the stockholders.  She asks 
if there's something worse.  Frank asks how she knew Marian embezzled.  
Amanda charted expenses in the administrative offices for the last few 
years, "It started as busy work since my brother and aunt have been too 
busy to offer me anything real to do."  She discovered cash outlays over 
the last six months for equipment have increased 2000% and led to 
Marian.  Marian bought high tech audiovisual computers, but Amanda 
couldn't find it or Marian.  "Marian has vanished.  Not an easy feat for 
a woman her size."  Amanda wants to know what's going on, so AM tells her 
about Brent/Marian and asks her to call off the press conference.

	BAUER'S

Abby and Rick have a practice date-- flowers, talking, going to a movie 
<Rick explains what a movie is to Abby>.  She watches him with a smile on 
her face.  He tells her to watch the screen so the guy won't be afraid 
to put his arm around her.  She asks him to, so he puts his arm around her.

	TOWERS

Dinah tells Roger that she was telling Hart how much she missed Roger.  
Roger wishes Hart cared for him half as much as Dinah does.  Hart says he 
used to until he found out who Roger really is.  He excuses himself.  
Roger asks him to join them, but Hart refuses & sits at the bar.  Roger 
orders champagne to celebrate because his trip was successful.  Dinah 
tells Roger that the police think Marcus didn't kill Cutter, but won't 
say who the other suspect is.  She tells him that Marcus is still facing 
theft charges and people seem to think Roger did it and planted the money 
in the sax case.  Roger acts shocked, "People!  People who?  Fletcher 
Reade?  Your father?  My two biggest fans who would stop at nothing to 
break us up?"  Dinah, "And Holly thinks so too, but I told them you were 
never near the cash register, so even if you wanted to you couldn't 
have."  Roger, "That's absolutely right."  Dinah asks why the bartender 
just told her that Roger was there right before the money disappeared.  
Roger says the bartender is lying and asks why would he try to get rid 
of her best friend.  If he got rid of everyone who tried to break them 
up, they'd be living in a ghost town.
Dinah tells Roger that Marcus didn't take the money & neither did the 
bartender (using the same reasons that Hart told her).  It was someone 
who framed Marcus.  "Who was here that night that hated Marcus, other 
than you?"  Roger offers to clear Marcus himself to prove he didn't do 
it.  Dinah, "Is this going to be like O.J. searching for the real killers?"
Roger offers to put up a reward for information.  He can't live with her 
doubting him.  She falls for it and asks him to help clear Marcus of the 
murder charges by finding out who the other suspect is and use the tv 
station to spread the word.  Roger leaves to find out.  Hart comes over 
to Dinah.  She tells him that he was dead wrong.

	BEACH

Michelle saw J coming on to Dinah Thorpe (his first cousin) at Company & 
he needed hip boots and a pitch fork.  J tells her that guys hit on girls 
because the girl expects & if he didn't she would think he doesn't like 
her.  Michelle can't believe he's serious and asks why he can't just tell 
her that he likes her.  J says he would be a dateless geek if he did 
that.  He likes living on the edge, he doesn't play it safe.  He notices 
the lighthouse.  Michelle explains about the fire.  He wants to see it 
because it's dangerous.  They both walk over to the lighthouse.

	LIGHTHOUSE

Lucy is listening to the tape when Brent comes back & he grabs it.  She 
tells him that she wanted to get to know him and now that she knows he 
was punished by his mother she realizes how much he has accomplished.  
Brent goes to a box and gets out a dress.  He tells Lucy to put it on.  
She hesitates.  He reminds her that he's seen her naked already, so she 
should put in on NOW.

	BAUER'S

Rick & Abby pretend to go to a coffee shop to talk about the movie, then 
go home.  He tells her that this is when she finds out if there is fireworks 
between them or nothing.

	SPAULDING

Amanda cancels the press conference.  Frank asks her for a list of the 
equipment Brent bought.  AM tells her that what she learned can't leave 
the office.  Frank doesn't know what Brent will do if the press finds out 
about him.  Amanda won't tell anyone.  Frank leaves.  Amanda offers help to 
AM.  He asks her to keep an eye on the company because he trusts her to 
handle things.  He tells her that Alex won't bother her because her focus 
is on Nick and Susan.  Amanda wonders if Alan could help, but AM tells 
her that Alan brought Brent into this.

	LIGHTHOUSE

Brent thinks Lucy looks perfect in her new dress and that creating is 
like great sex.  He's in total control-- he calls the shots and Lucy is 
so eager to please and make his fantasy a reality.  Lucy asks if he'll 
forgive her for not understanding him.  She didn't realize that he had a 
hard time growing up.  He says his mother was crazy and that little boys 
were little men who had to be punished and taught a lesson to show 
respect.  "I'll show you Mother!  I'll show you all!"

Outside (or downstairs), J & Michelle are looking around.  J wants to 
explore.

	BAUER'S

Rick tells Abby what happens when her date takes her home.  How the guy 
would drop her if he didn't like her or if the date was wonderful the boy 
would kiss her goodnight.  Abby kisses Rick.

	TOWERS

Hart tells Dinah that it doesn't matter if he's wrong about Roger, what 
matters is that she doesn't believe her husband is capable of framing her 
best friend.  Hart isn't trying to come between Dinah and Roger.  Hart, 
"Hear what you want.  See what you want.  Believe what you want.  Live 
long & prosper with Roger.  <He gives the Vulcan hand sign.>  Just be 
prepared to pay the price."  Dinah, "What price?"  Hart, "You are so 
stupid!  Duhhh..."   Dinah dumps a glass of beer on his face.

	POLICE HEADQUARTERS

After Nell refuses to answer any questions about Cutter's case, Roger 
pretends that Gilly told him the whole story about the other suspect and 
has agreed not to say anything on his station.  Nell tells him all the 
juicy details, then leaves the desk. 

Roger, "Well, well, well.  A dead man returns as a cross-dressing 
killer.  Talk about ratings."

	LIGHTHOUSE

Lucy tells Brent that there are other ways of showing his mother that she 
was unfair.  He hears something-- it's J and Michelle.

Michelle doesn't want to go up the stairs, but J wants to live 
dangerously and take a little risk.  
<Picture slowly fades from them to a closeup of Brent's eyes.>


		--Karen



