From: Marni Centor <marni@panix.com>

GUIDING LIGHT UPDATE -- THURSDAY, APRIL 10, 1997


Highlights:
* Josh talks to Hawk & Billy about Reva & comes to a conclusion.
* Billy talks to Bill about easing up on Matt.
* Jenna reveals to Buzz that Jeffrey is blackmailing her.
* Dinah encourages Matt to meet people on-line.
* Vanessa discovers the Internet.
* Annie pushes Reva into revealing that she thinks they're sisters.

LEWIS HOUSE: Josh remembers telling Reva that he won't stay away until 
she convinces him that there's no reason for him to come back. Annie 
interrupts his reverie. She says it was wonderful to be so close to him 
last night & apologizes for ruining it with her silly cravings. Josh 
says it's no big deal & he understands. He puts on his jacket & says he 
has to go take care of some important business. He gives her a 
perfunctory peck goodbye, and Annie is immediately worried. 

She calls Reva & asks her to stop by the house. Reva doesn't think it's 
a good idea; they agreed that Reva wouldn't just show up at the house 
anymore. Annie says Josh isn't there, and Reva is invited; she wouldn't 
be showing up unannounced. Annie wants to talk to Reva about Josh; he 
seemed really distant this morning & Annie wonders if Reva told him 
about seeing Annie at the hospital. Reva insists that she said nothing, 
as Annie requested. Annie begs Reva to come over, saying she needs to 
talk to somebody.

COMPANY: Matt chases Bill through the restaurant, trying to explain that 
giving him Henry's watch & asking him to move back to the house were 
completely unrelated. Bill's not buying. Matt says he & Vanessa had 
planned to give Bill the watch for his graduation; Matt just wanted him 
to have it early. Bill walks away without taking the watch. Billy enters 
in time to see the end of the exchange. Matt follows Bill & asks him to 
get in touch when he realizes that the people who care about him are 
more important than being mad at the world. Matt heads out, not hearing 
Dinah call after him about trying to talk to the zoning commission about 
the hospital wing.

Billy greets Bill with a big hug. Bill's glad to see his dad. Billy 
thinks Bill was rough on Matt. Bill's expression turns sour again.

FIREHOUSE: Buzz admits Frank & Jeffrey, commenting that they look like 
repo men. Jeffrey says it is a kind of repossession. Jenna's not in the 
mood for Jeffrey's games. Jeff's never been more serious. Jeffrey says 
Jenna is no longer Buzz's responsibility. Buzz doesn't want Jeffrey 
anywhere near Coop or Jenna. Buzz & Jeffrey start to tussle; Frank 
breaks them up. He shows Buzz a court order changing Jenna's 
probationary custody. Jeffrey's in charge of her now. Jeff says it 
doesn't make any sense for his wife & son to be living under the same 
roof with her old boyfriend. Jenna pleads quietly with Jeffrey not to do 
this. Buzz doesn't care what the judge says. He insists that Jenna loves 
him. He tells Jenna to tell Jeffrey what they mean to each other.

Jenna tries to get Buzz to shut up, but he continues to rant about how 
she feels. Jenna says there's no point to all this talk. Frank agrees 
with her. He says she has to follow the court order or she'll go to 
jail. Buzz says Jeffrey is the one who should be in jail. Frank reminds 
him that they have nothing on Jeff. Jenna has to go with Jeffrey. Jenna 
cries that she has to go. Buzz rants that what he & Jenna have is bigger 
than all of them. He rants about Jeffrey kidnapping Coop. Jeff says the 
accusations are getting old. Jeff tells Jenna to make Buzz understand. 
Jenna says it's best for everyone if she goes with Jeffrey.

COMPANY: Hawk arrives for a meeting with Billy & Josh. Billy leaves tehm 
alone for a minute while he goes to take care of something. Josh & Hawk 
take a table. Josh needs Hawk's help to get Reva back.

LEWIS HOUSE: Annie holds her belly & tells her baby that everything's 
going to be OK. She will see a doctor & everything will be fine, but 
first she has to make sure that Reva is completely on her side. She has 
to get Reva to admit that they are sisters. Reva arrives & Annie thanks 
her for coming over. Annie doesn't know where else to turn.

REARDON HOUSE: Dinah arrives as Matt stares at a portrait of Vanessa. 
Dinah says she saw Matt at Company, but he didn't hear her. She says 
she's getting everything straightened out with the zoning commission. 
Matt mentions that he ran into Hart, who wants to be on the crew for the 
new wing. Dinah thinks Matt is playing Cupid.

FIREHOUSE: Buzz can't believe his ears. Jenna says they need to talk in 
private. She asks Frank & Jeffrey to give them a few moments, and goes 
upstairs with Buzz. Jeff says it shouldn't take too long for Jenna to 
burst Buzz's bubble. Frank gets angry & gets physical with Jeff, who 
tries to ward him off with the threat of a police brutality complaint. 
Frank says his family is much more important than his badge.

Upstairs, Buzz asks Jenna what's going on. He refuses to believe that 
she's going to go with Jeffrey. She grabs him & kisses him passionately. 
He sighs with relief & thanks her. He wants to go downstairs & do it 
again right in front of old Jeff. Jenna says she loves Buzz, but she's 
going with Jeffrey.

Buzz doesn't understand how Jenna can do this. Jenna wants to believe 
that she & Buzz could have a wonderful life together. She loves him with 
all her heart. So how can she go with Jeffrey? Doesn't she know what 
Jeffrey is? Jenna says she does, & that's exactly why she has to go with 
him. Buzz still doesn't understand. Jenna says she has no choice. Buzz 
says there are always choices. Jenna repeats that he doesn't understand. 
They kiss again & Buzz urges Jenna to just walk away from Jeffrey. Jenna 
cries that she can't. She explains that she & Jeffrey have been stealing 
jewels for 2 years, & somehow Jeff has created a trail of evidence that 
leads back to Jenna, but not him. He probably guessed from the very 
start that there was a chance he would lose her if he didn't have 
something to hold over her head. That's why she has to go along with 
this court order. Buzz says now that they know what they're dealing 
with, they can handle it. They'll get a lawyer. Jenna says it won't 
work, because they have nothing on Jeff. Buzz says they'll have to play 
dirty. He suggests that he, Jenna & Coop leave the country.

COMPANY: Bill doesn't want to talk to Billy about Matt. Billy knows 
life's pretty tough for Bill right now. Why did Bill refuse Matt's offer 
to make up? Bill says he already has a father & doesn't need Matt. Bill 
would prefer to live with Billy. Billy says that's not possible, since 
he lives in a halfway house. Bill doesn't want to live with Matt & take 
orders from him. The only decent thing Matt ever did was marry his mom. 
Billy says that's something he & Matt have in common, so maybe Matt & 
Billy are more alike than Bill knows.

Hawk tells Josh about his recent strange encounter with Reva, when she 
had pictures scattered all over, but scooped them up as soon as he 
walked in. All he could tell is that they were pictures of Reva's 
family, and she'd been staring at them. Josh asks if Reva said anything 
that might explain the way she's been acting. Hawk remembers Reva vowing 
that she would mend her ways & do right by people. Something was killing 
her.

LEWIS HOUSE: Reva asks why Annie is upset. Annie feels guilty about not 
telling Josh about going to the hospital, but she didn't want him to 
worry over nothing. But she's worried because Josh didn't tell her that 
he was at Cedars. Did Reva run into him? What did they talk about?

Reva remembers Josh kissing her. Annie is frantic. She can't stop 
thinking about why Josh didn't mention that he went to the hospital. And 
today, he acted so strangely. Annie just wants to know what's going on 
with her husband. Reva agrees that the lies have got to stop.

Annie apologizes for dragging Reva into her problems with Josh. Reva 
wants to help, if she can. Annie wonders why Reva is being so nice. Reva 
says it's the right thing to do. Annie says she was thrilled at first 
when Reva promised to be more considerate of her marriage, but she's not 
stupid. She knows how deeply Reva cares for Josh. No matter how hard she 
tries, the feelings show through. Annie realizes she shouldn't have 
called Reva over & expected her to care. Reva says she does care. She & 
Josh haven't been sensitive enough to other people. She doesn't want to 
hurt Annie. Annie wishes she could really trust Reva.

COMPANY: Hawk is sorry that he doesn't have more information for Josh & 
promises to do whatever he can to help. Josh thanks him & Hawk leaves.

Billy tells Bill that Vanessa was the best thing to ever happend to him. 
Bill says a lot of people feel that way. Billy reminds Bill that Vanessa 
loved Matt, although it killed him to realize it. But when he heard how 
happy Van was, it eventually made him glad, because Billy knew he'd 
treated her badly. Bill thinks Billy & Van were great together; Billy 
just made one mistake, but it didn't erase all the good he did. Billy 
suggests that Bill apply the same standard to Matt. Why can Bill forgive 
him, but not Matt? Bill says it's not easy. Billy knows how difficult it 
must be to live in that house, with all the memories of Van. But if it's 
difficult for Bill, think how difficult it must be for Matt. Maybe Bill 
& Matt could help each other. Bill considers for a moment, then gets up 
& says he has to get to school. He takes his books & leaves.

REARDON HOUSE: Matt denies any ulterior motive in agreeing to let Hart 
work on the building crew. Dinah says they'll see what happens. Matt 
would prefer to talk another day, when he's not so busy. Dinah says she 
saw the way Matt was looking at Van's picture before. She thinks it's 
great the way he honors Van's memories, but Dinah is worried about him.

Matt says he's fine. Dinah thinks Matt is *too* fine. He's a workaholic. 
When was the last time he had a real conversation with a woman? Matt 
thinks he's having one right now. He wonders is Dinah is in cahoots with 
Nola to set him up with someone. Dinah says she barely talks to Nola, 
but she does think Matt should seek human contact outside of work. Matt 
laughs at the image of himself on video, introducing himself as a 
sensitive guy & inviting women to come play with his inner child. Dinah 
says there are other ways to meet people. He could join a professional 
organization, which is a great way to meet people with the same 
interests. Matt predicts that this will put him in touch with a 6'4", 
250-lb woman who specializes in jackhammers. Dinah suggests meeting 
people via computer. Matt thinks cruising cyberspace will get him 
connected to some nutcase with 40 cats. Dinah says he shouldn't knock it 
until he tries it. Matt's tired of this conversation. Dinah says she'll 
leave if Matt promises to consider it. He won't commit to anything 
except seeing her later.

FIREHOUSE: Jenna says Buzz is a hopeless romantic. She can't have him 
turning his life upside-down for her--living on the run & leaving his 
family. Buzz says Jenna & Coop are his family. Jenna says they could get 
caught & then they'd lose Coop. They can't take the chance. Teary-eyed, 
she hugs one of Coop's stuffed animals. Buzz doesn't know how he can 
watch Jenna walk out the door with Jeff. He hugs her tightly & says 
she's his. He doesn't want Jeff to look at her or touch any part of her. 
Jenna promises that he won't. Jeff knocks on the door. 

REARDON HOUSE: Matt contemplates his computer. He decides he's out of 
his mind. He picks up the mouse & gets ready to click.

LUCERNE CONVENT: Van talks to her computer. It's been six months since 
she's seen her husband, and it feels like a lifetime. She saves her 
diary entry & marvels at the computer's capabilities. She notices the 
Internet icon & it occurs to her that she could talk to anyone, 
anywhere.

FIREHOUSE: Jeffrey holds Coop & reads a book with him. Jenna comes 
downstairs with Buzz & takes Coop into her arms. Jeff heads to the door 
with Jenna. Buzz offers a reminder that Coop is his son. Franks warns 
Buzz not to play into Jeff's hands. The Morgans leave and Frank tells 
Buzz to be cool.

COMPANY: Josh tells Billy about what Hawk told him. The only thing he 
can think of that would make Reva act this way is if she found her 
sister.

LEWIS HOUSE: Reva insists that she wants what's best for Annie. Annie 
can't get around the fact that Reva has strong feelings for Josh that 
can't compare to her own feelings for him. Why would Reva throw the love 
of her life away for Annie? It doesn't make sense. Why? "Because!" 
shouts Reva. "You're my sister." Annie & Reva stare at each other as the 
screen fades to black.


--Marni (marni@panix.com)



