From: Kay Weisman <kweisman@nslsilus.org>

		   	GUIDING LIGHT UPDATE
                      Tuesday,October 22, 1996

Alan's Hospital Room:  Shock registers on Philip and Alex's face as Alan
admits his guilt and his true identity as A Spaulding.

Casa Marler:  Rick bursts into the nursery and confronts Fern La Plant
about the secret she has been keeping concerning her twins.

Some Bar:  Annie trembles at the bar and reaches toward her drink.

Reva's House:  Josh confronts Reva and she admits she loved him when she
married Buzz.  He's angry that she's telling the truth now.  He remembers
Cross Creek and that he loved her and was ready to break up with Annie.
She says she gave up Josh for her kids, because they were so unhappy.

Casa Marler:  Ross is upset with Rick.  Blake plays dumb.  Rick covers by
claiming Fern LaPlant was an alias used by Annie to get drugs.  Ross
doesn't seem convinced he's hearing the truth, but he asks Rick to butt
out.  After Ross leaves Rick confronts Blake about the dummy CVS lab
report.  He gives notice he wants Blake to tell Ross the truth about the
twins.

Cedars:  Amanda tries to claim Alan is lying but he says no one leaves
until he explains everything he did five years ago.

Reva's House:  Reva explains why she gave Josh up.  Josh says he nearly
killed himself after she died, but when he saw Reva in his children he knew
he had to go on.  Then Annie helped him to help his children, and he loved
her for that.  They admit they both chose their children's happiness over
their own.  He's surprised that Buzz went through with the marriage,
knowing she still loved Josh.  Josh realizes Buzz loves Reva, and figures
Buzz guessed she would come to love him if she married him.

Bar:  Real Annie contemplates her drink again, while evil Annie (dressed to
kill in red) lounges at a nearby table.  Her hand shakes but she doesn't
imbibe.

Cedars:  Alan recounts that he shared a jail cell with Neal Everest.  Alan
Michael interrupts Alan to register his disgust and tries to leave, but
Lucy wants to stay and hear all..  (Philip wants to know about the letter
and Alan says he forged it.)  Neal asked questions about Philip when Alan
used to talk about his family.  Neal became obsessed with Philip, pumped
Amanda for information, found Beth, and came back to Springfield to live
out Philip's life.  Alan says he paid Neal to sabotage the building and let
Philip take the fall.  Philip wants to know why Alan would do that to him?
Alan tells a story about when Philip was a baby--he hoped Philip would be
the answer to everything that was wrong in Alan's life.  He admits he
ignored his other children to favor Philip.  When Philip refused to take
the mantle from Alan, he set Philip up because he didn't think he loved
Alan enough.

Bar:  Annie contemplates her drink again as an evil Annie sits across the
room sipping a drink and egging her on.  Evil Annie says everyone let her
down and ganged up on her, and the only friend she can depend on is her
alcohol.  Real Annie continues arguing with herself.  She cries, as evil
Annie continues guzzling.  Finally she downs the whole drink at once.  The
scene returns to the present and the music cues up.

Casa Marler:  Blake continues lying to Rick.  Ross returns with a ladder to
try and fix a light for the nursery.  Ross says they are going to color
code everything for their identical twins.  He waxes poetic about how happy
he is about the twins.  Ross leaves again, and Blake continues denying all
and insisting that Annie's word is not reliable.  Rick says she better tell
Ross if one of the babies is Rick's.  Blake says if he wants to be a father
so much he should go forth and multiply with Abby.  Reenter Ross and ladder
to complete the light bulbs for the nursery.  Rick finally exits,
apologizing to Ross for barging in.

Cedars:  Alan says the more he gave, the more estranged Philip became.
They argue about Justin, Philip's real father, and how Alan never told
Philip the truth.  Alan claims he became angry because Philip kept thumbing
his nose at everything Alan tried to give him or do for him.  Philip is
shocked and angered at what Alan did.  Alex tries to intercede and make
nice, but Philip isn't buying.  Philip apologies to Alan Michael and
leaves.  Amanda 's upset that her hold on Alan is over.

Reva's House:  Reva says she and Buzz have been through a lot.  Josh still
wants to know if she loves Buzz.  She says yes, she does, and she likes
that he doesn't judge her.  Josh is upset but Reva says she knows Josh
loves Annie.  He says he hates it that Annie is going through hell now,
because of Reva and Josh.  Josh now wants to know if Reva still loves Josh.


Cedars:  Alex is angry that Alan is covering for Amanda.  Amanda is angry
that Alan told the truth.  Enter a technician to take Alan for tests.  Alan
and Alex hug.  Amanda glares.  Amanda challenges Alex to kick her now that
she's down, but Alex says it won't be necessary.

Reva's House:  Reva talks about her history with Josh, but insists he has
moved on and so should they both.  Reva is sorry she's made such a mess of
things.  She asks him to leave, presumably before she admits her true
feelings for him.

Casa Marler:  Ross is angry with Rick for bothering Blake.  He wants her to
stay away from Rick until after the boys are born and she readily agrees.

Rick at Cedars computer:  He accesses the records for Fern LaPlant.

Cedars:  Alan returns from the tests.  He would like Alex to leave, but
she's not ready to.  She says she's sorry for what he did five years ago,
but she's proud of him today for acting like a father.

Bar:  Philip's on the phone to Beth.  She hangs up on him.  It turns out
he's at the same bar as Annie.  She gets up to leave and falls to the
floor.  Philip picks her up.

Reva's House:  Reva's still trying to throw Josh out.  He asks her to stop
and they fall into an almost embrace as the frame freezes.

No credits

Kay Weisman




