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


  DINER
Alan and Sid arrive.  Alan's upset because nothing has been done to 
renovate 5th street.  Frank tells him to talk to Buzz and ask him what 
he's doing with Alan's money.  

  PHONE BOOTH
Brent is trying to reach Alan.  He talks to Donna (but won't tell her his 
name), "Tell him it's an important business call.  I don't care who you 
are either, but I happen to be an important business colleague of his.  
Do you work for him?  Do you want to keep your job?  Then get him on the 
phone!"  Brent notices that Buzz is standing outside the phone booth.

  BOARDINGHOUSE
Lucy comes home, sits on the steps & reads the headline in the paper, 
"Embattled young CEO in round two with Spaulding board".
  
Inside Matt is feeding Peter.  Bridget & Michelle come in and Bridget 
gets upset with Matt for dismissing Maggie (who was babysitting).  
Michelle asks if her dad called.  He hasn't.  She hopes that no news is 
good news.  Matt tells Bridget that he's helping Vanessa, not checking up 
on her.

  EVE'S ROOM AT THE HOSPITAL
Ed unhooks Eve from the respirator.  Rick arrives and yells, "Dad!  What 
the hell are you doing?"  He tries to hook her up again, but Ed won't let 
him.

  DINER
Alan, "So what kind of scam is Buzz trying to pull this time?"  Tangie 
walks in while Frank & Eleni defend Buzz.  Alan can't believe that Lewis 
Oil is so directionless.  He rants that maybe he needs to talk to Josh 
Lewis.  When he notices Tangie, he tells her that he sounded a little out 
of control.  She says he sounded like he was pulling rank & that Buzz is 
doing a very good job.  Alan wonders how she can defend Buzz, nothing has 
been done.  "I would have taken over the renovation myself, but I thought 
I could rely on Buzz.  His family lost alot in the fire & he's a 
self-proclaimed leader down here."  Tangie says that Buzz & his family 
are going through a personal crisis right now, she can't say what it is, 
but if he was going through it, he would be dealing with it exactly the 
way Buzz is.

  PHONE BOOTH
Brent tells Buzz that it's called gaslighting & it's a big mistake.  Buzz 
asks for change for a dollar.  Brent calls him sick & leaves.

  EVE'S ROOM
Rick & Ed struggle.  Rick tells his dad to let him go, he can't do this.  
Ed says it's already done.  Rick says they have to follow legal protocol, 
he can't let him do it.  The heart monitor goes flatline.  Rick tries CPR 
while Ed leaves.  Mindy is at the door.  Rick yells at her to get out & 
calls a code.  Dr. Grant, Lillian, Annie & others arrive.  Rick says he 
came in and Eve was in V-FIB, now she's asystole.  <Those words came from 
the closed-captioning>.  He asks for paddles to zap her heart.

  BOARDINGHOUSE
Matt leaves to go to the Diner because there's a big flap down there & 
Josh seems to have abandoned ship.  Bridget snaps at Matt because he 
called her a bad mother.  He brings up Skunk again.  She tells him that 
Skunk won't even talk to her anymore, "I'm getting used to it, after Dad, 
after you lecturing, after Dylan leaving, after Hart leaving."  Lucy 
comes in and wants to talk to Bridget.  Michelle takes Peter to bed.  
Lucy wants to tell Bridget that she owes her an apology.  Bridget tells 
her to get in line.  Lucy doesn't know how to get back her friend, but 
Bridget was right and wishes she had listened to her.

A-M & Buzz are on the porch and talk about Lucy.  A-M, "Whatever hell 
she's going through, I want to let her know I'm right here beside her,  I 
love her."

  DINER
Tangie tells Eleni, Frank & Nadine that she wants to write a story about 
their family.  To show the struggle they're going through.  To show that 
they don't let the loss get to them.  They agree.

Sid tells Alan that the people down here don't work for him, so he can't 
manage them like they're his employees.  Alan reminds Sid that he gave 
alot of money to the cause.  Sid, "You always do.  Whatever donation you 
gave doesn't entitle you to run people's lives.  You need to take a 
different tack.  I don't care what your motives are, but I care about 
getting the job done."  Alan thinks Sid is passionate about this.  Sid 
says that Alan is just as passionate about whatever it is that's driving 
him.  Alan looks at Tangie.

Brent looks in the diner door & we see the gun in his waistband.

  BOARDINGHOUSE
A-M tells Buzz that he wants to "take care of Lucy, to protect her, to be 
with her, to show her that what Brent did to her..."  Buzz, "You want to 
kill him?"  A-M, "I do, but that doesn't do much for Lucy.  What will?"

Lucy, "My dad always told me to be a can-do girl & that you make your own 
fate.  That's why I couldn't say anything to you or anybody."  Bridget, 
"Why?  Because it was your fault?"  Lucy, "In a way it was."  She talks 
about her expectations of that night and how unrealistic she was.

A-M keeps thinking that he could have done something to prevent all 
this.  He wants to tell her how he feels, that he wants to commit to 
her.  Buzz believes him, but tells A-M that he should show her, not tell 
her.  He should wait.

Lucy, "You warned me, 'take your time, it's a big step'.  You were the 
best friend I could have had.  You told me the truth.  When you went to 
the police, I acted that way because I felt guilty & ashamed & stupid.  
You cared enough to help me when I couldn't help myself.  I'm sorry.  I 
lost a lot that night & I don't want to lose one of the best friends I've 
got."  Bridget says she never went anywhere.

  HOSPITAL
Mindy, outside Eve's room, is worried.  Josh arrives.  He asks why she's 
there, so she tells him what happened.  

Dr. Grant asks if there is a pulse.  There isn't.  Lillian tells him the 
time of death is 8:03 p.m.  Rick cries. 

Ed is in the chapel holding a tulip.  Eve's voice, "Thank you sweetheart, 
thanks for giving me peace."

Josh tries to talk to Annie, but she won't talk to him right now.  He 
tells Mindy that he and Annie have a lot to talk about.  Mindy, "What 
about Reva?"  Josh wants to make things work with Annie.  Mindy tells him 
to go to her now.  Rick comes out the room.  Mindy asks about his dad, she 
saw him go in there.  Rick tells her she's wrong & walks away.

In the chapel, Dr. Grant tells Ed that Rick did everything he could.  Eve 
went into V-FIB & he did everything humanly possible, but he couldn't save 
her.  Ed doesn't have to worry about Rick's medical review board.  Ed won't 
have to be there, since he wasn't even in the room when they lost her.  
Ed looks up & stares at Charles.  

  DINER
Gilly tells Tangie that Roger has been found and is at Holly's house.  
Alan & Sid overhear.  Sid tells Gilly that he accepted Alan's offer.  
Alan says he's sorry things didn't work out for her in L.A.  She says 
she'll probably never find out what happened.

Matt arrives & Frank asks about Josh.  Matt says he's on a retreat.  
Frank tells him that Alan is threatening to get someone else.  Matt has 
the budget & blueprints, so Frank asks him to pitch it to Alan.  Matt 
walks over to Alan and introduces himself.  Alan, "I remember, you're 
Vanessa's young man."  Matt stays calm and goes over the plans while 
everyone watches & listens.  

Brent comes in & everyone turns to look at him.

  EVE'S ROOM
Lillian is crying & removing sheets and pillowcases.  Rick comes in and 
they hug.

  BOARDINGHOUSE
Michelle & Bridget are making plans for breakfast when Ed comes in and 
tells them he's been thinking about Michelle's school trip to Europe.  He 
would like to come along too.  Michelle asks if Eve can too, "when she's 
all better?  The three of us, that'd be great!"  Ed looks away, "It's 
just going to be two of us now sweetheart".  Michelle, "If I asked her 
... Dad?"  Ed, "I'm really sorry, but I think Eve would like us to take 
this trip together.  She would want you to see the whole world.  She 
wanted to plant a flowering tree in the backyard.  Aside from doing that, 
we might try a garden.  And that way every time something came into bloom 
we could feel her smiling and we could know that she hasn't really left 
us."  He hugs Michelle and Bridget.

  DINER
Eleni tells Brent to go.  Frank, "You must have a death wish to walk in 
here."  Brent, "You better call your old man off me & tell him to stop 
following me around.  I haven't done anything wrong."  Eleni pulls Frank 
away from Brent and says "Do you really believe that?"  Brent, "It's bad 
enough having my named dragged in the mud, now I have Lucy's dad stalking 
me all over town."  He turns, sees Alan and tells him he's been trying to 
call him.  Alan, "Calm yourself, young man.  We Spauldings don't like 
threats either.  It's the threat of a lawsuit that's keeping you in your 
job, so I suggest you stay away from my family and get out of here right 
now while you still can."  He drags Brent out the door & tells him he's a 
fool & an idiot.  No one was supposed to know they are associated.  If 
he pulls another stunt like that, it will be his last.  Brent doesn't 
want Alan to leave him out to dry by himself.  He's taking the risks.  
Buzz is after him for doing something to his daughter & he didn't.  He 
wants some protection.  He tells Alan to have Buzz arrested.  Alan tells 
him not to contact him again.  Brent starts throwing trash around.

A-M & Buzz arrive & Brent (who's behind something) hears Buzz tell A-M 
that he is going to take care of Brent.

  LEWIS HOUSE
Rick calls for Mindy & paces the bedroom.  Mindy comes in & asks why he's 
there.  Rick says he was just walking by and starts crying.  She tells 
him that it's o.k.  She rubs his shoulder & kisses his hair.  She tells 
him that no one wanted Eve to linger,  "It was God's will."  Rick wishes 
that was true.  Mindy asks what he's talking about.

  DINER
A-M goes in & Buzz stays behind to clean up the mess.  He bends over & 
Brent puts the gun to the back of Buzz's head.  Brent, "Who's going to 
take care of whom, Mr. Cooper?"

  HOSPITAL
Josh stops Annie to apologize.  He wants to put Cross Creek behind them.  
Annie, "No ghosts, no hallucinations, no memories?"  Josh, "Just you and 
me.  I want a second chance."  She agrees.  He leaves and a woman comes 
up to Annie (we see the back of the woman's head) and asks if there is 
anything she can do for Nurse Dutton.  Annie, "Don't I know you?"  We see 
the woman's face, it's Reva.  "I'm Rebecca.  I'm the new volunteer."


That's it!  Time to watch Friday's episode.

