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


		GUIDING LIGHT UPDATE FOR FRIDAY APRIL 26, 1996

	ALLEY BEHIND DINER
Dahlia brings out some garbage.  Marcus is there.  Dahlia feels like
screaming because the people in the diner talk about the stupid wedding
all the time.  Marcus thinks a wedding between Lucy & A-M IS a big deal.
Dahlia warns him about Frank, but Marcus says the alley is a great place
to practice because the sound bounces off the walls & makes him sound
better than he is.  Dahlia compliments his playing.  Marcus thinks they
could sound magnificent together.

	SPAULDING MANSION
Alex is packing, then calls Phillip and asks if he got her note.  She
wants to know if he's going to A-M's wedding.  Phillip pretends that he
doesn't know when it is and that he's too busy right now with Lizzie's
violin lessons and tutoring Native Americans.  Alex tells him that he has
to come.  Phillip asks if his father is expecting him.

A-M wants to talk to Alan.  Alan asks why he looks so grim on such a happy
day.

	DINER
Buzz in on the phone trying to get a phone listing for Advantage Systems,
but doesn't have any luck.  He tries "A.S. Inc." and Reva asks if they are
initials for Alan Spaulding.  Buzz starts ranting and raving about getting
Alan, when Lucy walks in and tells him to stop.  She doesn't want Buzz to
turn her wedding into a war.  Buzz asks if she cares about who is trying
to ruin her dad and the neighborhood.  Lucy asks if HE cares about the
most important day of her life.  Buzz asks if she's become a Spaulding
already.  Lucy just wants everyone to get along for a few days.  Buzz,
"Not with your future father-in-law picking my pockets."  She believes
that Alan isn't involved and Buzz doesn't have proof that he is.  Buzz
doesn't need proof.  Lucy gets slightly hysterical about having her day go
well.  She thinks Alan has changed and it doesn't make any sense that Alan
would do this now and besides he doesn't have any money left.  Buzz asks
if she thinks Alan would try to get back at him and hurt anyone he could
to do it?  Lucy thinks Alan wouldn't hurt A-M.  Lucy and Buzz start
yelling at each other until Reva tells Buzz to shut up and promises Lucy
that Buzz will be the perfect father of the bride.  Frank & Eleni bring
down their luggage.  Lucy goes to help them.

	ALLEY
Marcus asks Dahlia to come to the Towers tonight to hear him play, but she
can't because she's going to the wedding.  He asks why she's going &
suggests she stay at the Boardinghouse instead.  Dahlia goes to ask Frank.

	SPAULDING'S
Alan asks if this has anything to do with Buzz's absurd accusations about
5th Street.  A-M wants everything to be perfect for Lucy and wonders if
he'll make her happy.  He hasn't had good luck with his other marriages
and always screwed them up.  This is Lucy's first marriage and it's going
to be his last.  Alan knows it will work and he's very proud of A-M.  A-M
asks Alan to be his best man.

Alex wants Phillip to come to the wedding and back to Springfield.
Phillip says Beth and Lizzie are happy where they are.  Alex doesn't know
where the wedding is, so she was hoping he'd join them on the jet.  He
can't get there in time and suggests he'll come to Springfield next year.
Alex is very anxious for him to come, so she offers to find out their
destination.  Amanda <standing behind Alex> asks why she's talking to
Phillip.

	BAUER HOME
Michelle asks Rick to talk to their dad about J.  She wants to invite J to
the wedding.  Rick won't try to convince Ed to let her go with "motel
man".  Ed comes in and starts complaining about a board meeting and that
he can't go to A-M's wedding.  Michelle asks if she can bring J.  Ed,
"What happens to me when I walk through that door?  Do I disappear?  Does
no one listen to a word I said?"  Michelle wants to know why she can't ask
J.  Ed tells her, one more word and she's not going.

	BOARDINGHOUSE
Nola asks J why he went to Ed's house.  He wanted to see Michelle and asks
if Nola wants him to never talk to Michelle again.  J thinks Dr. Bauer is
from another planet and treated J like a kid.  Nola tells J that he should
be glad Ed is the kind of man he is.  Ed found J in bed with his underage
daughter in a motel room, across state lines, "J can you spell statutory
rape?"  J thinks she's being dramatic.  Nola says if Ed was any different,
J would be in jail and this time she'd let him stay.

	SPAULDING'S
Amanda asks if Alan knows Alex is keeping in touch with Phillip.   Alex
says there is no secret, he wanted to know where to send their present.
Amanda suggest he send it to the mansion.

Alan agrees to be best man.  They hug.  Alan gets emotional and tells A-M
that they have come a long way.  Alan was afraid he'd lose A-M during the
kidnapping and he wouldn't be able to tell A-M how much he loved him and
how proud he is of him.  A-M finally believes his father.  Alan gives A-M
Brandon's ring.  A-M hestates because it was intended for Alan's eldest
son, but Alan insists it belongs to A-M.  A-M puts it on and they hug
again.  Amanda walks in.

ARIZONA:  Phillip, "First rule of the Spauldings.  Take the enemy by
surprise."

A-M tells Amanda about Alan being best man.  A-M leaves to find Lucy.
Alan tells Amanda that he is considering dropping the whole project
because A-M believes in him.  He doesn't want to lose A-M's trust again.
Amanda asks if he's ready to forgive and forget everything Reva did to
him.

	DINER
Buzz is upset with Reva.  She wants him to take his role as father of the
bride more seriously and to find proof in Florida.  He'd rather beat it
out of Alan.  She'll help him, but after the ceremony.  Reva asks him to
promise to behave until after the ceremony.  He agrees and apologizes for
acting like a jerk.  Lucy comes back.  Buzz hugs her and says he's sorry
and he'll control himself and be a good boy.

Dahlia tries to convince Frank and Eleni to let her stay at the
Boardinghouse, but they want her to come along so they can get to know
each other.  They tell her that they're staying in Florida at a hotel with
a duck show.  Dahlia exuses herself.

	BAUER'S
Michelle doesn't think Ed is being fair.  Ed threatens her with an
all-girl school.  Rick, "Dad's right.  Forget about Kato.  You and I will
go and have a great time.  <To Ed.>  I'll watch her like a hawk."  Ed
agrees to let her go if she promises not to give her brother any trouble.
Michelle eventually promises.

	BOARDINGHOUSE
J wants Nola to treat him like a man.  She will, if he proves it by
getting a job, by paying rent, by applying for college, and by getting
insurance for his car.  Phone rings.  J answers it.  It's Michelle.  She
asks him to meet her at the plane.  He agrees, but he has to think of a
story to tell his mom.  Nola asks who that was.  J agrees that he's been
acting like a spoiled, selfish kid and he's going to shape up.  Nola wants
to know what he's up to.  J smirks, "Nothing."

	SPAULDING JET
Lucy is worried about where everyone will sit.  A-M walks in and tells her
that they can do this.  He gives her red roses.  She wants to skip the
wedding, but he says the trip is for their families.  She hopes they
survive long enough to enjoy it.

	SPAULDING MANSION
Amanda offers to cancel the meeting in Florida and doesn't care about
losing the money, but she's surprised Alan would give up now.  Alan isn't
sure what to do.

	DINER
Reva isn't sure she should go on that plane with lots of bad memories.
She wants to go another way, but Buzz tells her that they don't have money
for plane tickets and they couldn't get there in time for the wedding if
they drove.  Buzz calls her a twit and tells her they can do it
"together".  She agrees, so they leave.

	SPAULDING MANSION
Alex is talking on to the phone to Victor to find out where the plane is
going.  Once she knows, she calls Phillip and tells him.  Phillip says
that he can't make it.  Alex is desperate to have him come.  He hangs up
on her.  Amanda walks in, tells her that the limo is ready to go, and asks
if Alex is coming.  Alex says she wouldn't miss it.

	ALLEY
Dahlia tells Marcus about the duck hotel in Orlando and that she can't
stay in Springfield.  Marcus hopes she won't run away while she's in
Florida.  She doesn't think anyone would care.  He does.  She leaves.

	JET
A-M and Lucy welcome Michelle & Rick.  Michelle watches for J.  Amanda
arrives and J runs into her.  She asks who he is.  He explains.  Rick is
shocked, "You with the initials, Q-- whatever your name is.  You can leave
now."  J doesn't want to cause problems, so he leaves.  Michelle storms
off after him, while Rick yells at her that J is a loser.  Alex tells Rick
that he won't change her mind.  Doesn't he remember how it felt when you
can't stand to be away from someone for a minute?  He does remember and
asks for a phone.  Eleni, Frank, and Dahlia, but not Marina, arrive.
Frank & Eleni hug Lucy & A-M, then introduce Dahlia to them.  Buzz & Reva
arrive next.  More hugs and kisses.  Buzz, "Nice plane.  Just like ours."
Alan arrives.  After Reva jabs him in the ribs, Buzz shakes Alan's hand,
"To our children's happiness."  They go into a cabin where Buzz opens a
bottle of champagne.  A-M tells Lucy that she hasn't seen nothing yet.
Alex goes to the other cabin where Amanda is sitting by herself and tells
her to put on her seatbelt because it could be a bumpy ride.

	ARIZONA
Phillip phones his travel agent to get a ticket on the next available
flight to Orlando.  He needs only one ticket and he wants the return
flight left open.  He's not sure when he'll be back, it all depends on
what happens when he gets there.



				--Karen


