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

  HONEYMOON SUITE

Vanessa is groaning.  Matt brings her ice chips. She apologizes for 
ruining their honeymoon.

  CEDARS--DINAH/BLAKE'S ROOM

Dinah tries to reach the call button, but knocks it on the floor.  She 
asks Blake for water or she'll die.  Blake, "Go ahead, die."  Dinah, 
"Don't talk to your stepmother that way."  Blake, "Sorry Mom."  Blake 
gets up to get Dinah water and tells her that Dinah looks as bad as Blake 
did when Dinah pushed her into the pool.  Blake was going to pay her 
back, "It's payback time."

  ROGER/FLETCHER/MARCUS' ROOM

Roger tries to sit up but doesn't make it until the fourth try.  Marcus 
asks if he's having convulsions.  Roger says he's getting dressed, he's 
not letting food poisoning keep him there.  Fletch is still having cramps 
& groaning.  Roger, "You soft-bellied saps!  I've handled nerve gas.  
Think I can handle Nola Reardon's cooking."  He walks toward the closet.  
Marcus, "Don't mention food."  Roger, "Liver & onions."  Fletch, "Shut up 
you sadist!"  Roger, "Sweet breads, with a side of beets."  Marcus & 
Fletch hide their faces while Roger chuckles, then he sinks to the floor.

  STAFF LOUNGE AT CEDARS

Annie is eating breakfast with Marah & Shayne while Josh stands outside 
the room listening.  Annie gets Shayne to eat some eggs even though he 
thinks they jiggle.  She tells him that superheroes eat eggs.  Rick walks 
up to Josh, "So Annie's good enough for the kids.  Why isn't she good 
enough for you?"

  SPAULDING ENTERPRISES

AM kisses Lucy & asks if she really said yes.  Lucy talks about how last 
night became a nightmare when they found the mad stabbed in the same 
place where Brent died  She asks what kind of woman stabs a man.  A-M 
says angry or crazy.  Lucy, "Like Brent was."  A-M wants her to forget 
about it because the murder had nothing to do with them.

  BRENT'S ROOM

Brent blames Lucy for making him kill a man.  It should have been her, 
next time it will be.  He pins a picture of Lucy to the dress dummy.

  SPAULDING

Nick wants the whole story from A-M & Lucy about the murder, but Susan 
tries to keep them from talking.  There will be a press release.  Nick 
wants them to help because Fletch is in the hospital, Holly is at home 
with morning sickness, & he's trying to run the paper & write this 
story.  Susan says they have no comment.  A-M eventually tells Nick.

Nick gets a phone call from Alex.  (Alex & Hawk are in a room together.)  
She wants to set thing straight because she feels like she's dying.  Nick 
tells her to get back to him in 40 years.  Alex realizes she made 
terrible mistakes & wants one more chance.  He's done that many times 
already.  Alex says this time is different, she's sharing a room with 
Hawk Shayne, "vile excuse for a human being, a pariah shunned by his 
family & friends."  She's terrified she'll end up like him if she doesn't 
mend her ways.  Alex, "Just purge me from this hell hole."  Hawk, "Don't 
say purge."  Alex, "Shut up you mangy coot."

Nick tells Alex that Rick said she'd be fine by the afternoon & says 
goodbye.  He hangs up, "That lady should change her name to Camille."

Hawk, "Hurts don't it?  It's your heart that's takin a lickin.  From one 
shunee to another, do you want anything?  Hanky, glass of water, foot 
massage?"  Alex, "I would rather saw off my feet with an emory board than 
have you touch them."  She wants him to be quiet so she can meditate.  
Hawk, "Scuse me, your royal haughtiness" & says she should be forgiveness 
instead of "humming that twiddly-poop".  Alex, "Beg forgiveness for 
what?"  Hawk, "Did you toss up your brains with your cookies?  You made 
me eat that kung-fu food.  You dumped a whole plate of it over my head & 
forced it past my lips.  I ought to sue you for assult with a deadly 
salmon."  Alex, "Salmonella, you idiot!"  He gets up to call his lawyer, 
but is willing to settle out of court.  Alex tells him that money cannot 
buy happiness & won't solve everything.  Hawk, "You don't know where to 
shop."  He offers her a hanky.  She doesn't want anything from him, 
especially his pity.  Hawk, "You're enough to sour the milk of human 
kindness.  OOH, sour milk."  He starts to retch & ALex covers her head.

  JOSH & RICK

Rick doesn't like the way Josh is treating Annie.  Josh complains about 
Rick keeping the marriage a secret.  Rick tells Josh to get over it.  
Rick's father understands, why can't he?  If Josh really loved Annie, 
he'd still be engaged to her.  Josh tells Rick he's as guilty as Annie.  
Rick, "It's not my fault you're a self-righteous jerk."  Josh is upset 
that Rick lied to him.  Rick tells him to think what he wants, he has 
patients he can actually help.  Josh is a lost cause.

  NOLA/LILLIAN'S ROOM

Lillian comes out of the bathroom.  Nola, "32 minutes & 17 seconds.  Just 
because you work here doesn't mean you own the place."  Lillian tells her 
she should have knocked.  Nola, "Now it's my fault.  You have an excuse 
for everything.  Nothing's ever your fault."  Lillian tries to see if 
Nola has a fever, but Nola knocks her hand away & tells her to stay 
away.  Lillian asks if she wants a doctor.  Nola, "No.  But I know 
someone who does."  Lillian, "I don't know what you're trying to say."  
Nola, "I'm on to you."  Lillian says that Nola doesn't have the right to 
take it out on her because Nola's sick.  Nola, "I have every right.  How 
dare you show up at that wedding with Ed.  Because he should have been 
there with his wife, my sister Maureen.  Thanks to you she's dead."  Ed, 
"Don't blame Lillian.  Blame me."

  BLAKE/DINAH'S ROOM

Dinah tells Blake she should stay away, "you frumpy Gunga Din".  Blake 
walks in with a pitcher of water.  Dinah wants to scream for a nurse.  
Blake, "Bet your smoke-filled lungs have the range of five feet."  
Dinah calls weakly.  Blake, "You're never going to win a pig calling 
contest."  Dinah, "Well, you heard me didn't you?  If you do this I'll 
tell Roger."  Blake, "THat's right up there with wait till your father 
gets home & what will the neighbors think."  Dinah, "How would you feel 
if I did this to you?  Forget I said that."  Blake, "I bet you just melt 
like the wicked witch from the Wizard of Oz."  Dinah, "I'm you stepmother 
& I order you to stop it."  Blake, "I'm YOUR stepmother too & I order you 
to lie there while I drown you like a rat."  Blake collapses on the end 
of Dinah's bed.  Dinah, "I'll give you money."  Blake, "You can't put a 
price on this kind of happiness."  Dinah tells her to go ahead, but 
she'll get her back.  Dinah scrunches her face & waits, but Blake has 
cramps & can't lift the pitcher.  Dinah gets out of bed, tries to get the 
pitcher from Blake, & they both fall to the floor.  Dinah lands on top of 
Blake.  She's too weak to move so they call for help, but aren't very loud.

  SPAULDING

Nick is questioning Lucy & A-M when Marian arrives.  Patrick & Frank come 
in and tell them that the victim was a convicted rapist.  Lucy wonders if 
the woman was acting in self-defense.  Marian, "No!"  Everyone looks at 
her.  Cutter asks if Marian knows something.  Marian says no, sometimes 
she speaks before she thinks, but she means that it's not right for 
anyone to take a person's life.  Cutter wants to go over A-M's statement, 
so the men go into his office.  Lucy tells Marian that no means no & the 
man would be alive if he'd just listened.  Susan watches Marian closely.  
Marian leaves the room.  Susan tells Lucy that Lucy doesn't know the 
whole story about Marian.

  HONEYMOON SUITE

Vanessa tells Matt that she made a wish for a man that was strong & smart 
& tender & loving & sexy.  That's him.  Matt, "I'm your fantasy man?  A 
short-haired Fabio without a wind machine?"  They laugh.

  FLETCH/ROGER'S ROOM

Fletch tells Marcus to come out from under the covers because "Greylock" 
is gone.  Marcus looks & sees Roger on the floor.  Fletch calls to 
Roger.  Marcus doesn't see Roger breathing & wonders if he's dead.  
Fletch, "You're the definition of the word optimist."  He gets out of bed 
to check on Roger.  He staggers over there & sits next to Roger on the 
floor.  Fletch pushes Roger & Roger pushes back, "Get off of me you 
overripe adolescent."  Fletch gets up and wants to put Roger out of his 
misery by hitting him with a chair.  Marcus encourages him.  Fletcher 
can't life the chair.

  NOLA/LILLIAN'S ROOM

Ed thinks Nola should apologize to Lillian, but Nola asks if he's been 
drinking.  He wouldn't say that to her if he was sober.  Ed, "I'm the one 
who cheated on your sister."  Nola, "NO!  She & Maureen were best 
friends."  To Lillian.  "You were best friends & look how you repaid that 
trust."  Ed, "We were both vulnerable."  Nola, "She threw herself at you 
and Maureen found out & she couldn't take it.  The wrong woman died."  
Ed, "This isn't going to bring your sister back for you."  Nola, "no it's 
not, but somebody has to pay for killing my sister, because there's a big 
empty hole where she used to be."  Ed, "It's not Lillian's fault.  I've 
learned to life with a certain amount of guilt & pain every day of my 
life."  Nola, "Do you want pity?  If you think I'm going to pity either 
one of you, you're dead wrong!"  Lillian says she's sorry but they can't 
bring her back, if they could have they would have.

  ALEX/HAWK'S ROOM

Alex & Hawk each have a remote & switch back & forth between two 
channels until Alex tricks him into switching to her channel.  Alex, "So 
very few men really know how to use their equipment."  Hawk turns off the 
tv, "I'll show you."  Alex, "please don't."  Hawk, "Queen bee Spaulding 
has her stinger in a twitch.  I know why.  I know all about being at outs 
with family.  Spent my whole life getting doors slammed in my face.  
Lived all these years & still can't get it right.  Promised to med my 
ways.  Still managed to drive off the folks I love."  ALex is sorry he 
made such a mess of his life.  Hawk says she has too.

  STAFF LOUNGE

Marah & Shayne want Josh to stay in the hospital one more night so that 
they can spend time with Annie.  Shayne tells Josh that he ate eggs & 
wonders if Mommy knew about eggs & super heroes.  Josh tells him that she 
knew everything about eggs, he's just too young to remember.  Shayne 
wishes he could, so Josh tells him that every time he tries something 
new, Shayne should think of his Momma & how proud she'd be.  Josh wants 
to go for burgers, but they ask Annie <who just walked in the room> if 
they can stay with her.  Annie tells them she wishes they could but it's 
time for them to go with Josh & she has to go home to sleep.  Josh, 
"Annie deserves to be alone.  I mean, she deserves some alone time."  He 
thanks Annie & tells the kids to get their stuff.  Annie tells Josh that 
it's easier with kids, they are quick to love & slow to anger & when they 
get upset it doesn't last long.  "We can learn a lot from kids."

  FLETCH/ROGER'S ROOM

Marcus, "This is a bigger joke than Tyson's last fight."  Roger, "That 
fool's whole life is a joke."  Fletch, "Is that so.  I'm just biding my 
time.  I'll take you by surprise pretty soon.  I want to call my new wife 
named Holly."  Roger gets his clothes & looks at Fletch.  Fletch, "You 
remember my new wife named Holly don't ya?"  To Marcus, "Better than a 
chair any day."  Holly answers.  Fletch, "Hi pretty mama.  Be glad you 
didn't go to the wedding reception.  No telling what that foul food might 
have done to you and Baby Red.  If I ever make fun of you for having 
morning sickness, you have permission to slap me hard."  Roger looks at 
Fletch, then leaves.  Marcus asks Fletch what makes Thorpe tick.  Fletch, 
"He doesn't even know himself.  But never turn your back on him unless 
you figure wearing knives is a fashion statement."

  DINAH/BLAKE'S ROOM

They are next to each other on the floor.  Dinah thinks the floor is nice 
& cool, but Blake reminds her that they're in a hospital (germ central) & 
who knows what they're lying in.  Dinah asks for help to get into bed.  
They both try to reach the call button, but since they can't get up they 
can't reach it.  Dinah, "You are the meanest stepmother whoever lived."  
Blake, "No, you are."  Dinah, "No, you are."  Roger arrives & asks 
what's going on.  They point to each other, "It's all her fault."

  SPAULDING

Susan tells Lucy that there's something weird about Marian.  Lucy defends 
her.  Susan says Lucy feels sorry for Marian because she was raped.  
Susan doesn't get along with everyone who's HIV+, so Lucy doesn't have to 
trust Marian just because they were both raped.  Susan thinks Marian is 
trying to keep A-M & Lucy apart.  Lucy thinks Marian is being 
protective.  Susan thinks Marian is up to something.  Marian is listening 
at the door.

  HONEYMOON SUITE

Vanessa gets a call from Rick about the food poisoning.  She asks Matt if 
she can strangle Nola when she sees her.  Matt will hold Nola for her.

  NOLA/LILLIAN'S ROOM

Nola, "You can say that you're sorry till you're blue in the face, just 
beat yourselves up.  I really don't care.  Because your little affair 
killed my sister.  Why didn't you put a gun to her heart?  That would 
have been a lot quicker."  Ed asks Lillian if she wants to leave.  Before 
he leaves he tells Nola that her dish poisoned everyone.  Nola tells him 
that she didn't mean to hurt anyone.  Ed, "Neither of us did."

  BLAKE/DINAH'S ROOM

Roger is helping Dinah put on a robe.  Dinah, "I feel like a nauseous 
princess in a fairy tale who was saved fromt he red haired troll by my 
valiant prince."  Blake <in the bathroom>, "you make me sick, spewing 
that drivel."  She comes out, "Dinah, you forgot something" & pours water 
over Dinah's head.  "Revenge is best when served wet" & cackles.  Roger 
just leads a dripping Dinah out the door.

  STAFF LOUNGE

Josh thanks Annie again.  She wonders if he thought she didn't believe 
him the first time.  Annie, "Would you lie to me & just say the things 
you think I want to hear?  Of course not."  She leaves.  Marah looks sad.

  SPAULDING

A-M & Lucy are glad to be alone.  A-M thinks they can overcome anything, 
including the HIV test tomorrow.  Marian is listening.

 

  -- Karen --

