From: Marni Centor <mccb@idt.net>

GUIDING LIGHT UPDATE - THURSDAY, JULY 23, 1998

HIGHLIGHTS:
* Dolly spills the beans to Alan.
* Blake regains consciousness while Ross & Ben continue to swap
accusations.
* Sean and Cassie spar.
* Dinah banks on the paternity test.

LEWIS HOUSE: Josh tells Dolly that Alan is not a good person to be
getting into the cloning business. Dolly doesn't see anything wrong with
Alan. Josh tells her to concentrate on being who she is. Dolly knows
she's "special."

David arrives & Josh introduces him to Dolly. David notes the
resemblance to Reva. Dolly says she's going into town & departs. Josh is
glad David is on the inside at Spaulding because he thinks Alan is about
to wreak major havoc.

Outside, Dolly prepares to meet with Alan. She's sure he won't think a
clone is a freak.

SPAULDING ENTERPRISES: Vicki admits to Alan that she's not sure if she
can replicate Michael's work. Alan is sure she can bring Annie back to
him. Vicki reminds him that without the growth hormone, he won't have
Annie. Vanessa arrives unexpectedly & overhears Annie's name.

CEDARS: Ben tries unsuccessfully to convince Lillian to let him into
Blake's room. She blames him for everything. Ben says Blake will clear
him when she awakes.

In the ICU, Ross holds Blake's hand & talks to her. She slowly opens her
eyes. Ross promises to take care of her & kisses her. Frank steps in to
question Blake. She asks what happened.

Ross tells Blake she's in the hospital & there was an accident. She
can't remember what happened. Ross urges her to rest, but she wants
someone to fill her in. She reaches for the call button & cries out when
she realizes she can't feel her legs.

CASSIE'S ROOM: Cassie brings sandwiches & coffee for Sean, who is very
appreciative. He wants to pay her back for letting him hide out at her
place. She shrugs it off, but wants to know if he ever wears a shirt.
She says the Tarzan routine is wasted on her.

LEWIS HOUSE: David convinces Josh to fill him in enough to know what
he's looking for at Spaulding. Josh tells David about Alan's cloning
project using research stolen from Michael & explains that he's worried
about what Alan might do with the technology. Josh suggests that David
get better acquainted with Vicki to learn more. David wants a raise.

The phone rings & Josh speaks to Sheryl, a secretary from Spaulding, who
is trying to change Reva's appointment. Josh is confused, but promises
to pass on the message.

SPAULDING: Vanessa wants to know why Alan & Vicki were discussing Annie.
Alan & Vicki tap-dance & tell her nothing of substance. Alan's secretary
buzzes him as he tells Van they will have no secrets. Dolly marches in &
Alan thinks it's Reva, but she introduces herself as Reva's cousin.
Vanessa & Vicki are astounded by the resemblance. Dolly admits she used
Reva's name to get the meeting with Alan, but promises to make it worth
his while.

CASSIE'S: Cassie offers Sean a T-shirt & makes a big deal about him
putting him on, as if his naked chest morally offends her. He finally
dons a shirt, grudgingly. Cassie thinks Sean wants women to look at him.
Sean says he doesn't like being cooped up any more than Cassie likes him
being there. He reminds her that he came to town to help Reva. Cassie
asks why he's so involved in Reva's life. Sean says he owes Reva for
bringing him back to life on the island. But he has no intention of
stirring up trouble for her & Josh.

CEDARS: Hart & Holly worry about Blake. Elsewhere, Dinah reminds the
blonde doctor that if she fakes the paternity test to show Hart as the
baby's father, Dinah will pay off the doctor's student loans. The doc
urges Dinah to rethink her plan, but Dinah knows what she wants. 

Dinah runs into Hart in the hall & says she's at Cedars because she's
worried about Ross & Blake. Hart tells her to cut the crap. He knows
Dinah couldn't care less about Blake.

Ben tries to get information about Blake from a nurse, but she will only
tell him that Blake regained consciousness. Holly tells Ben to get out &
stay away from Blake. Hart seconds this.

In the ICU, Blake freaks out about not being able to move her legs. She
begs Ross & Frank to tell her what happened. Frank tells Blake that she
was shot. He asks if she remembers anything that happened. Blake cries
to see her sons. Lillian comes in & reassures Blake that she may well
recover completely. Then Lil says she has to run some tests & gets Ross
to leave the room. Frank asks Lillian to check for signs of rape too.
Lil says it's unlikely they can tell anything now, since Blake has been
in the hospital so long, not to mention having surgery.

Out in reception, Beth shows up & reassures Ben that he will be
exonerated. Ben says he has to see Blake.

Frank tells the nurse at the desk to make sure no one goes in Blake's
room.

Ben asks Beth to help him get into Blake's room. Ross tells Ben that
Blake's awake & will soon tell everyone the truth. Ben says Ross knows
he didn't rape Blake & that's what really scares him.

SPAULDING: Dolly asks to talk to Alan alone. He asks Vicki to explain
their genetic engineering project to Vanessa, saying it will change the
face of agriculture. Vicki leaves with Vanessa.

Alan asks Dolly what she wants. Dolly knows Alan will understand & won't
think she's a freak just because she's different. Alan keeps staring at
her & comments on her uncanny resemblance to Reva. Dolly pulls off her
dark sunglasses & informs Alan that the reason is because she's Reva's
clone.

LEWIS HOUSE: David tells Josh that Vicki's lab has very high security.
Josh says that's why David needs to work on Vicki. David thinks melting
an iceberg would be easier.

Reva calls & Josh checks with her about the appointment with Alan. They
figure out that Dolly must have arranged it. Josh & David rush out of
the house to attempt damage control.

CEDARS: Dinah tells Hart that she may not like Blake, but family has to
pull together in crises. Besides, Blake will be their baby's
grandmother. Dinah continues to insist that she never boinked Rob and
the baby is Hart's. She is sure the paternity test will prove it.

Beth walks off while Ross gives Ben more grief about forcing himself on
Blake. Ben continues to maintain that she boinked him willingly. Frank
breaks up the argument & warns Ben to stay away from Ross.

Beth enters Blake's room & Lil tells her only family is allowed in. Beth
invents a story about a doctor looking for Lillian regarding an x-ray of
Blake. Lil doesn't want to leave Blake, but Beth offers to stay. Lil
tells her to call Frank if Blake wakes up.

As soon as Lil is gone, Beth waves Ben into the room & leaves him alone
with Blake. He gently caresses Blake's hair & she wakes up. She thought
he had left town. "I couldn't," he replies.

CASSIE'S: Cassie thinks Sean is a con artist. Sean repeats his sob story
about being duped by his wife & best friend. He hates being dependent on
others to bail him out. Cassie softens & says they won't turn their
backs on him.

Hart calls & tells Cassie about Blake. She promises to come to the
hospital. After she hangs up, she gives Sean all the details & then
leaves.

CEDARS: Holly turns on Beth for defending Ben. Beth thinks Holly is
confusing Ben with Roger & insists that Ben's not abusive. But she fears
that Blake will cry rape to save her marriage. Holly wouldn't care if
Blake did that, because even if Ben didn't rape her, he's made her life
a living hell for months & he should pay.

In the ICU, Ben tells Blake he couldn't leave town because of her. She
can't remember anything; it's all hazy. Ben says he couldn't leave
without seeing her one more time. Ross sees Ben in Blake's room & rushes
in, yelling at Ben to get away from her.

Blake asks why Ben & Ross are fighting. Ben suggests that Ross tell
Blake why she's in the ICU. Frank & Lillian rush in. Frank throws Ben
out & tells Lil to stay with Ross.

Blake remembers her most recent boink with Ross, when she imagined he
was Ben. then she gets flashes of the events leading up to the shooting.
She says she's starting to remember.

SPAULDING: Vicki gives Van a lecture on the benefits of genetic
engineering in agriculture. Van asks why there's so much secrecy
surrounding the project. Vicki says it's Alan's pet project & he can get
very protective. Vicki realizes that Van is Henry Chamberlain's daughter
& tries to pump Van for info about the company's founders. Van says
Brandon was tough. Vicki wonders what he was like with his family & Van
gets suspicious about Vicki's curiosity. Vicki says she comes from a
very different background & as a girl she read about the Spauldings &
dreamed about being like them. Now she's working for them & is bent on
proving herself. She excuses herself to go back to work. Van wishes her
good luck. After Vicki's gone, Van asks Sheryl to get Vicki's personal
file ASAP & bring it to her in her new corner office.

Alan thinks Dolly is Reva, trying to pull some kind of trick on him.
Dolly insists she's really a clone hatched & aged by Michael. She says
she can prove it because she has some of the aging drug. Alan suddenly
understands a lot more, but not why Josh would clone Reva. Dolly brings
him up to speed on Reva's latest presumed death at Annie's hands. Alan
wants to know the whole story.

Outside Alan's office, Vicki returns to retrieve her purse & David meets
her there. He invites her to lunch, but she doesn't seem interested.

Josh rushes past them into Alan's office, demanding to see Dolly. Alan
says she told him everything, & Josh will soon wish she had not.

CEDARS: Dinah hopes Hart can at least be happy about their baby. She
walks away & the blonde doctor catches up with her. The doc says she
can't in good conscience do what Dinah has asked. Cassie arrives just in
time to hear this.

Frank warns Ben to stay away from Blake or risk arrest. Ben goes out for
some air. Suddenly, Sean grabs Ben from behind & asks for one good
reason not to kill Ben.

In the ICU, Blake says she's staring to get some random memories... torn
clothes, Ross's angry face. And then all the tests Lillian wanted to
run... "I was raped, wasn't I?" she cries, as the screen fades to black.


