From: Marni Centor <marni@panix.com>

GUIDING LIGHT UPDATE - THURSDAY, APRIL 9, 1998

                   READY OR NOT, HERE IT COMES

HIGHLIGHTS:
* Harley & Beth finalize their plan to catch Carl.
* Phillip catches Harley off-guard with his plan Lizzie's party.
* Carl catches Beth off-guard & warns her not to set him up.
* The clone catches Josh & Cassie off-guard by slipping out to a dive.
* Reva catches Sean off-guard as he's trying to save her life.

HARLEY'S APT: Harley explains the plan to catch Carl to Beth: They 
will tape-record every incriminating word he says & when they have an 
airtight case, Frank will arrest him. Beth asks what's to keep Carl 
from skipping town before Frank can arrest him. "Me," replies Harley.

She pulls down a chest from atop her bookcase & removes a gun. "Carl's 
not going anywhere. Because if he tries, I'll shoot him in a New York 
minute."

MICHAEL'S APT: Josh bangs on the clone's bedroom door, trying to 
convince her to come out. He apologizes for hurting her feelings 
earlier. There is no response from the bedroom, but Josh hears a knock 
at the front door. It's Cassie. Josh says the clone is upset. Cassie 
is upset too. She doesn't know how much longer she can go on lying to 
Hart. Josh understands, but asks her to hang on as long as she can. At 
least until the clone is ready to take Reva's place. Josh explains 
that the clone has locked herself in her bedroom. Cassie asks what 
Josh did to set her off this time, but before Josh can defend himself, 
Cassie's purse rings.

It's Rob, calling Cassie from some dive. He says he has to talk to her 
about Tammy. It's really important & he needs to talk to her in 
person. He tells her where he is & Cassie agrees to meet him. She 
explains the situation to Josh & gets ready to leave. Josh says he 
screwed up with the clone by almost kissing her. Cassie gapes.

THE DIVE (aka PETE'S PLACE): The clone arrives, announcing to the 
world in general that she had to crawl out a window to get there. She 
swings her purse & tells them to turn on the music & smile for mama. 
She's looking for fun & is sure one of the guys there can help her 
find it. She winks broadly.

ISLAND: Sean tends to the feverish Reva & begs her not to die. He 
thinks she's getting worse. He worries that there's still some poison 
left in her wound & starts to work at it with a razor blade. Reva 
suddenly regains consciousness & flings him away.

MICHAEL'S APT: Cassie bangs on the clone's door & tries to convince 
her to come out. Of course, there is no response. Josh says she won't 
come out until she's ready. Cassie says she'll stay, but Josh tells 
her to go, saying he can take care of it. Cassie apologizes to Josh 
for not liking the clone. When Josh looks at her, he sees his Reva, 
but all Cassie sees is a nightmare waiting to happen. Josh says the 
clone is smart & will learn. He promises not to make any more 
mistakes. He thanks Cassie for being there for him. He knows losing 
Reva has been hard on her & that she's going through a rough time with 
Hart right now. Cassie understands. Family comes first & the clone 
will be her family. She just hopes Hart loves her enough to forgive 
her for shutting him out. She leaves.

PETE'S PLACE: The clone orders a bourbon & branch. The bartender 
doesn't even ask for any ID. The clone realizes he doesn't remember 
her from the last time she was there, but says she's a lot more mature 
now. The bartender doesn't want any trouble, but the clone says she's 
just looking for some fun. She likes the taste of the B&B. She starts 
up a conversation with Rob. She thinks he's cute. He says it's been a 
long time since he caught the eye of such a woman. "You play your 
cards right & you can catch the rest of me," she promises. Rob looks 
around & the clone asks if he's waiting for someone. He says he's 
waiting for his ex. The clone figures his ex would have to be dumber 
than a stump to throw away a catch like him. Rob thinks he must have 
died & gone to heaven. The clone says this is just an appetizer. 
"Heaven comes later." She grins at him devilishly.

HARLEY'S APT: Beth asks if Harley would really shoot Carl. As a last 
resort, says Harley. All they really want is for Carl to shoot off his 
big mouth. She suggests that Beth go home to wait for Carl's call. 
Beth should arrange to meet Carl for the payoff after dark. Beth knows 
Harley doesn't really want to do this & that if Phillip finds out, 
he'll be very angry. Harley agrees, but hopes Phillip will realize 
this was their last option. She adds that what they're doing has 
nothing to do with Phillip. Beth is in trouble & Harley is helping 
her. She would do it for anyone in the same situation & so would Beth. 
Beth finds it ironic that they're working together. Harley says she's 
had worse partners. Beth thanks Harley & leaves. 

Harley removes some additional accessories from her chest & puts them 
on the table by her gun. She hears a knock at the door & prays that 
Beth hasn't changed her mind again. It turns out to be Phillip & 
Lizzie. Phillip says he has to talk to her about tonight.

STREET: Carl grabs Beth around the neck from behind. He's sure she had 
a really good reason for visiting Harley. He gives her 6 seconds to 
convince her that it wasn't to stab him in the back.

ISLAND: Reva sits up & asks what kind of a sicko Sean is. He says he 
was trying to get the rest of the poison out of her wound. She looks 
around & asks where she is. Sean says it's his house. She asks if 
Gilligan & the Skipper live next door. Sean smiles weakly & offers 
Reva some stew. She wants to leave, but collapses when she tries to 
stand up. She feels like she got hit by a truck. Sean says she almost 
died. He reminds her that she was out on her raft & it was starting to 
sink. She remembers being bit by something. Sean says it was a 
Portuguese man-of-war, but it could have been worse. She might have 
been breakfast for the sharks.

Reva realizes that Sean rescued her again. Sean says he was bored. 
Reva says it's the 2nd time he saved her life. She asks why. Sean 
doesn't want to answer, but Reva won't give up.

DIVE: Rob didn't catch the clone's name. She downs a shot of whisky & 
says she didn't throw it. She suggests they hit the dance floor. 
First, Rob wants to know if she's a "working girl." The clone is 
clueless & Rob can see this. He explains that sometimes a woman comes 
onto a guy because she wants money. "You think I'm a hooker?!" asks 
the clone loudly, laughing. Rob shushes her. The clone says she saw a 
movie about hookers & she definitely is not one. She grabs her purse 
as if to leave. Rob tries to save the situation, explaining that he 
just doesn't pay for women. The clone says she's never been with a 
man, "like that." Rob finds this amusing & not exactly believable. But 
he says he'll believe whatever she wants. She says she's leaving, but 
Rob reminds her that they haven't danced yet. She decides to stay & 
Rob decides that this will be a very interesting evening.

MICHAEL'S APT: Josh talks to the door of the clone's bedroom, 
explaining that when Reva felt loved, she was on top of the world, but 
when she felt alone, she did some very destructive things to make the 
pain stop. Josh thinks that's what the clone is doing now, but she 
doesn't have to. She's not alone. She's not second best & he's sorry 
if he did anything to make her feel that way. He begs her to come out 
so they can talk about it. He asks if she hears him & if she doesn't 
answer, he'll have to come in after her. Finally, he pushes in the 
door & finds the room empty & the window open.

DIVE: Rob & the clone dance. He asks where she's from. She doesn't 
want to talk about her childhood, "but I come from a very sterile 
environment." Rob says he's from the Chicago area & has spent some 
time "in uniform." Rob doesn't care where the clone is from; he's just 
glad she's there now. She thanks him for saying that & says it means a 
lot to her.

Cassie opens the door & sees the clone dancing with Rob. She 
immediately ducks back outside & calls Josh on her cell phone. He says 
he's on his way.

Cassie goes back inside & catches Rob's eye. The clone turns around & 
asks what Cassie's doing there. Cassie has the same question. The 
clone says she's dancing with a handsome man, & Cassie should find her 
own. Cassie says she's already had him. Cassie tries to get the clone 
to go, but the clone says no one tells her what to do, not even her 
pain-in-the-butt little sister. Rob, whiz-bang kid that he is, asks 
Cassie to clarify that he's been dancing with her sister Reva. The 
clone announces that she is "the new & improved Reva Shayne."

HARLEY'S APT: Standing in the doorway, Harley tells Phillip there's 
nothing going on tonight & she doesn't know where he gets his 
information. He has no idea what she's talking about. Lizzie says 
they're having a birthday party tonight. Harley doesn't want to invite 
them in because the place is a mess, but Phillip says they don't mind. 
Harley asks them to wait a second while she cleans something up. She 
grabs all the gun stuff & throws it in the sink just before Phillip & 
Lizzie enter the main room. Well, almost all. Phillip hands her a tiny 
gun & she says she was just checking her equipment. Phillip asks if 
there's any particular reason. No, she says. It's just something she 
has to do periodically. She tells him not to worry, because the gun 
isn't loaded. He asks why she's acting so nervous. Harley says she's 
not; she just didn't expect him to come by.

Harley asks Lizzie about the party. Lizzie says there will be hats & 
games & a big cake. Phillip says they have to go get ready for the 
party. Harley gets upset when she hears the party is at the Spaulding 
house. She says they can't have the party there.

STREET: Carl demands to know what Beth was doing with Harley. Beth 
says she was just doing what he asked her to do. She wants him to 
leave him alone & promises to get him the money tonight. She tells him 
to meet her at the potting shed at 8 p.m. He wonders why she's being 
so cooperative all of a sudden. She says she doesn't have much choice. 
Carl warns her that if it's a set-up, it will be her last mistake.

ISLAND: Reva asks again why Sean saved her life. Sean says he made a 
mistake. She asks why he's being such a jerk. He says it comes 
naturally & that's why he lives alone. She asks how he built the 
house. "With wood & my own 2 hands," he answers curtly. She wonders 
why he didn't show it to her earlier. He says he doesn't like 
visitors. So Reva can't figure out why this self-proclaimed 
misanthrope has bothered to save her & feed her soup. She wants to 
know what he's doing on the island & why he's given up on life & is so 
desperate not to go back. "Who are you, really?" she asks.

DIVE: Rob, never the brightest of bulbs, is still trying to digest 
that he's been dancing with Cassie's "long-lost sister." Cassie says 
Josh is very upset. She wants to take the clone home, but the clone 
refuses. Rob thinks he has it all figured out. The clone says she 
hates Cassie, but Rob remembers Cassie saying how close they were. 
Cassie repeats this to the clone, as if it will make it so. Rob is 
sure he knows what's going on, but Cassie says he hasn't a clue. He 
plunges on about the stories he's heard about Cassie & Josh being so 
close lately. This puts the clone's nose out of joint. She thinks 
Cassie is sleeping with Josh & tries to go for her, but Rob holds the 
clone back. Cassie looks at the clone with extreme distaste.

Cassie runs behind the bar & tells the clone to calm down. The clone 
says it's a vicious lie. Rob says it's practically on the 6 o'clock 
news & everyone in town is talking about it. He doesn't want Tammy 
getting hurt by hearing that her mommy is sleeping with her uncle. 
Cassie insists that she's not involved with Josh. The clone seems to 
thinks it's possible. Cassie was a stripper; of course she's a slut. 
Rob urges the clone to calm down. Cassie insists again that there's 
nothing going on. The clone thinks it all makes sense now. "You were 
supposed to be teaching me & instead you're helping yourself to the 
love of my life." Cassie repeats that this is not true. The clone is 
sure this is the reason that Josh won't sleep with her. "I thought it 
was me but now I know it was you."

Josh shows up & pulls the clone away from Rob. He takes all the blame 
on himself & the clone agrees. She asks why he did this to her & he 
asks why she took off. He just spent a half-hour apologizing to a 
door. The clone asks why he was apologizing--for rejecting her or 
because he has a guilty conscience. She accuses Josh of sleeping with 
Cassie. Why would he do something like this to her & to Reva? Josh 
says she has it all wrong. The clone thinks she's not good enough. She 
accuses Josh & Cassie & Michael of all lying to her. Josh tries to 
shush her, but she thinks maybe it's time for the truth to come out.

STREET: Beth says the game is over & Carl is taking her pride & her 
self-respect. But it's OK, because it's over. Carl grabs her arm & 
says he never liked it when she cried. Beth says he made her cry, but 
Carl says it was her crying that got him angry. Beth says he's right. 
He says it wasn't all bad; they had some good times. He never meant to 
hurt her. She used to like it when he touched her. He knows he has a 
bad temper. He really wants to get past it, but he just gets wound up 
sometimes. Beth just wants it all to be over. Carl says he's trying to 
apologize; does Beth accept? She says yes, then starts to cry again. 
He's taken everything from her; what more does he want? He says he 
wants forgiveness. But since she doesn't have it in her heart, she'll 
have to deal with what happens tonight, and what will happen to Lizzie 
if anything goes wrong. 

HARLEY'S APT: Lizzie asks why she can't have her party tonight. Harley 
says she can, but wouldn't it be better to have it at Funland? Lizzie 
says that's for babies. Then she leaves to go to the bathroom. Harley 
says the party is on really short notice. And how can Phillip arrange 
it so fast? Phillip says Lillian is planning it & Alan is helping. 
Rick will be there. Harley just thinks it would be better if they had 
more time to plan. They could have the party at Bowl-a-rama, with T-
shirts made up & everything. Phillip asks what the problem is with 
having the party tonight. Harley hangs her head. Phillip asks if it's 
Beth again. Harley says yes, it's about Beth.

Harley says she feels very nervous being in the same room with Beth, 
especially on her own turf. If they could just wait a couple of days & 
have the party somewhere else... Phillip understands, but Lizzie has 
her heart set on this & thinks Beth & Harley can be civil for just one 
night. He asks Harley to come along with them, but Harley says she has 
to put away her "stuff," nodding toward the guns. Phillip understands 
& leaves with Lizzie, promising to see Harley later.

Harley goes to her closet & hurriedly stuffs a bag with black clothes. 
She goes to the kitchen, adding the guns & accessories, all the while 
hoping that Beth hasn't called Carl yet & they can still save this. 
She heads for the door, wondering if she's forgotten something.

STREET: Carl reminds Beth to bring the money & come alone, or else. He 
thinks she's so beautiful, & kisses her as she's pressed up against 
the brick wall. Beth's fingers scratch into the brick. Carl thinks 
that should hold her until tonight. He leaves & she slides down the 
wall, crying.

ISLAND: Sean covers Reva with a blanket & encourages her to lie back 
on the bed. As for him, "what you see is what you get." Reva calls him 
a liar. He tells her to concentrate on getting her strength back & 
forget about him & his supposed secrets. Reva is sure he has a lot of 
them. Sean says that's why he lives alone. Reva recognizes the cold-
hearted loner who makes soup for shipwrecked castaways. Sean says Reva 
knows nothing about him. They're both stuck there. Reva says Sean 
could help her build a raft that will get her off the island. She 
promises not to tell anyone about him & begs him to help her get back 
to the mainland. Sean says it's impossible to build a raft strong 
enough to survive the rough waters. And even if they could, what would 
Reva be going back to? "My family," she cries. Sean says she's been 
missing for more than a month & her family must think she's dead. 
People move on. If she loves them so much, she will rest in peace & 
not rock the boat. She's better off staying here than going back to a 
life that's not there for her anymore.

DIVE: The clone tries to get everyone's attention. Josh tries to stop 
her, but the clone gets up on a table & says she's looking for a 
trucker because Josh never taught her how to drive.

Meanwhile, Rob asks Cassie if Hart knows she's sleeping with Josh. 
Cassie says she's not & whoever started the rumor is a liar. Rob says 
"Reva" certainly believes it.

Josh wants to take the clone home, but she says she wants to tell the 
story of her life. No one will believe it, but it's the truth. It's 
the story of Josh, who made her what she is today. Josh gapes up at 
her as the screen fades to black.


--Marni (marni@panix.com)


