From: LUCAS <JS19013@swt.edu>



				LUCAS'
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			  GUIDING LIGHT UPDATE
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		         WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 15
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Thought for the day: "Stop caffeine today, start headaches tomorrow."


BAUER CABIN
The first snow is lightly falling on the windowsill. A fire is burning
below the mantle. Lucy and A-M are cuddling among some sheets in the
glow of the fire. Kiss, Kiss.

HOTEL HELL
Brent slams Cassie's back up against the wall. Brent says she's taking
Lucy and A-M's side against him. She said the only reason she lied for
him was because she believed Lucy was just crying rape. "Brent, you
wouldn't be in this town if you weren't going to hurt them. I can't
let you do that. Who knows what kind of sick plan you've come up with."
"I am not SICK! It's their own fault for getting in my way." "Tell
me you haven't hurt anyone else. Tell me!"

SPRINGFIELD INTERGALAXIAL AIRPORT
Frank's on the phone to the police station. He tells them that he
and Nell are chasing a lead of Cutter's stabber. In another part
of the airport, Marcus is standing in line waiting to board his 
flight to Madrid. The lady next to him thinks she recognizes him.
"It'll come to me."

CEDARS HOSPITAL
Gilly is doing a live report. Levy and other cops are "standing vigil"
in the lobby. In the OR, Rick and Annie are desperately trying to
save Cutter's life. He goes into defibrillation and the paddles
come out. BZZT! No response.

ROLL LIGHTHOUSE
When are they going to change the blowing leaves etc.?
If it's gotta be clean, it's gotta be Tide.

WONDERTWIN HEADQUARTERS
Rick and Annie are paddling Patrick again. No response. The priest
is getting dressed in the background. Rick's going to cut him open
for open heart massage.

MY HUSBAND THE COP
Eleni storms into Cedars frantic about a cop being shot. "Oh, God, Frank!"
Levy: "Eleni, wait. It wasn't Frank; it was Patrick." "Oh dear God!"

TALES FROM THE CRYPT
Brent promises he didn't hurt anyone. He's the victim, like always.
Cassie: "Don't start on mother again. No matter what you think she
was not that bad." "She was sick, twisted, and evil. She made my
world a hell for me." "Not the mother that I knew." "Because she showed
you her bright side. She'd throw me in the dark and torture me." "You
are imagining things, Brent." "It didn't matter how much I begged her
or I cried, she just wouldn't stop." "She was fine with me!" "You were
her *girl*!" "You are losing it, Brent!" "You're like her! More
than I ever thought." Cassie tries to change the subject back to the
love couple. Brent: "Mother was supposed to love me, protect me,
defend me...and she never did. And you're not doing it either!"
Cassie wants to take him home with her and get a doctor to help him.
"No! No! No! You're all the same! You're just like Lucy and Lila..
all laughing at me. I can hear you laughing, Cassie. Like when we were
little. Laugh, laugh, laugh. You and that monster you call mother."
He grabs her and gets in her face. "Go ahead and laugh. Laugh all you
want, because you are not going to laugh for long. No one is ever
going to laugh at me again."

GEEK STINK BREATH
Lucy and A-M are talking about bunnies and trees. It's like she's
Snow White or something. Lucy, wearing her sheet, gets up to cook
for her man. Kiss, kiss. 

PLANE PLACE
The woman recognizes Marcus as a sax player she saw in Cannes. A PA
announcement says that the flight has been unexpectedly delayed.
Marcus figures out that they stopped the flight because of him. They
know where he is. He starts thinking of somewhere to go. Frank: "Williams,
stay where you are!" Nell: "Police, don't move." Marcus is caught
in the headlights.

I DON'T KNOW WHOSE PLACE THIS IS, BUT FLETCH AND HOLLY LIVE THERE
Some set, looking nothing like Holly's place (where I thought Folly
lived). Fletch got the scoop about Patrick. Holly: "One car or two?
No, you drive." Fletch is confused...Holly isn't going anywhere.
UNGA BUNGA! Me Fletch, you Holly. Holly insists Margaret was being
ultraconservative. She says she knows Patrick better than anyone else
at the paper. She's staying. Fletch takes off.

HOTEL KILLIFORNIA
Brent is getting more and more agitated at Cassie. "You knew what she 
was doing to me, didn't you?" "No, I didn't know, and I wasn't laughing
at you." "You could hear it from your bedroom, couldn't you?" "No,
Brent, I swear!" He throws her down on the couch. "Who's lying now,
Cassie?! Did you hear me begging her to stop? I pleaded with her! 
But she pretended she couldn't hear me, like you're doing now. Did
you like that? Did you put your face up to the door? Did it make
you laugh to hear me crying?" "Brent, I didn't know." "No, you didn't
care. You didn't care! She hated me and she hurt me. Nobody stopped
her. You were her favorite; you were the good one." "No, Brent she
loved you, too. *I* love you. Please don't do this Brent. Please
don't be like this." 
Suddenly Cassie's face turns into Mrs. Lawrence. "You've been a bad boy
Brent Lawrence. You hurt your sister. You hurt Cassie! Do I have to
teach you again?" She gets up and Brent coils up into the fetal position
on the bed, thumb in his mouth. "It looks like I do." Brent: "Please.
Leave me alone! Don't hurt me, mother."

AIR MARCUS
Fight or flight? Both! Marcus takes off, but Frank tackles him into
a luggage cart. Samsonite flies everywhere.

HI, MY NAME IS CASSIE, HERE'S MY SCREWED UP BROTHER MARIBRENT
Cassie huddles over Brent on the bed. She tells him she'll take him
home and this time therapy will work. Brent's feeling better. "This
hasn't happened to me in a long time, Cassie. It only happens when
I talk about mother." "The problem isn't mother anymore; it's you.
We're going to get some help." "Don't turn your back on me. If you
do I've got nothing else." "Come home with me. Live in my house.
We'll get you help." "Okay, I will. Soon. But not now." "No, that's
not good enough." "Look, Cassie, you go home and wait for me. I
promise I will come home. I just need a little more time here."
"Promise that no one will be hurt." "I cross my heart. Just promise
me you won't tell anyone about this. I need one more chance." "I want
to trust you." "if you love me, go now and wait for me." Brent will
take care of the hotel bill. Cassie leaves. Brent alone vows to finish
what he started.

HI, MY NAME IS LUCY, I'M A WHINY GA-GA EYED LITTLE MOUSE VOICE
Lucy is still cooking. They have found some robes. Sorry romanticists,
but I don't watch soaps for that so the details of these scenes are
going to be blissfully omitted. They talk about the perfect house
they are going to buy. Noise outside..someone's there. They grab 
wooden spoons and head outside.

HI, MY NAME IS MARCUS, I'VE BEEN HERE TWO MONTHS AND HAVE HAD MORE
STORYLINES THAN PATRICK HAD IN TWO YEARS
Marcus runs right into Nell who throws him into Frank. The Bobbsey
twins backup shows and cuffs Marcus. Marcus hurt his ankle. By the
book. Nell gets to read him his rights. Literally. Sounded kind of
like Levy's acting. :)

HI, MY NAME IS GILLY, I AM NEWSGAL EXTRAORDINAIRE WITH NO LIFE
Gilly gives Fletch the latest on Cutter. Levy's pissed off because
Fletch wants some answers. Fletch: "I understand." Levy: "You don't
know squat. Only cops understand." Ooooo. Eleni tries to comfort but
Levy gets even more ticked off. "Levy, I know what it was like when
Frank got shot." "Eleni, don't. He's my partner. That's like your best
friend, your mother, your father, your aunts, your uncles, your whole
family rolled up into one. It's like you're married. You're into each
others heads and into their hearts. You're everything to each other
because that's the way it has to be. That's what it's like to be 
partners, Eleni. If Cutter dies..."

HI, MY NAME IS ANNIE, I NEED TO LEARN HOW TO PRONOUNCE ASYSTOLE
Direct heart fibrillation does not work. Open heart massage does
not work. Rick is screaming at Patrick to come back. The flatline
beep seems to grow louder and louder. Annie: "Rick, the patient
has been asystole for 37 minutes. Let's call it." Rick ignores her
and is becoming more frantic to get Cutter's heart to beat. "Rick.
Rick! RICK!" Annie yells as she grabs his arm. She glares at him.
The beep continues until it is the only thing that can be heard.
The staff stand speechless over Patrick's corpse. Finally, they start
to clean up. Time of death: 11:20 p.m. Rick declares Detective Patrick
Cutter dead due to cardiac arrest due to interabdominal massive
hemorrhage due to penetrative stab wound to the upper right quadrant.
The priest gives Cutter his last rites.

So long, Patrick.

LITTLE CABIN IN THE WOODS
The noise outside was a dog. Lucy and A-M decide to keep it. They
name her Faith. Kiss, kiss.

WHEREVER HOLLY IS
Someone's knocking at the door. Holly is asleep on the couch. She
wakes up and answers the door. It's Holly's mother, Barbara. Fletch
called her and told her about the baby. The tea's ready.

***LUCAS' PSEUDOSCENE OF THE WEEK***
Rick and Annie come out of the OR. Gilly: "How is Patrick?" Rick
is so upset he just shakes his head and walks off. Levy: "Nurse
Dutton, how is Cutter? He's okay isn't he?" Annie: "I'm sorry,
Detective Levy, Cutter died." "What? That can't be." Annie is
speechless. Levy: "Why are you just standing there with your mouth
open? Are you laughing at me? Close your damn mouth!" "I'm sorry,
I can't do that." "You're laughing at me! My best friend just died
and you're laughing at me!" Levy grabs Annie and throws her through the
glass window of the OR. Gilly screams: "Kill the lispy bitch!"
Annie scrambles up, blood all over her face, her mouth still open.
Levy takes her into the OR. "I'm going to close that laughing mouth
of yours if it's the last thing I do!" He grabs the defibrillator
paddles and place them on both cheeks. "Clear!" BZZT. Annie's mouth
snaps shut on her tongue. She falls to the floor. Levy tries to find
a pulse, but he can't. Annie Dutton is dead. She lies on the floor of
the OR her mouth finally closed.

BUT ANYWAY
In the lobby, people wait for word about Cutter. Rick and Annie
come out. "He didn't make it," Rick tells Levy. Levy is devastated.
Eleni comforts him. Frank rolls Marcus in. "This man needs a doctor."
Levy yells "You killed him!" And starts attacking Marcus.

They pull Levy off. Marcus is screaming that he did not do it. "I'm
going to keep saying it until somebody listens to me." Rick clears
the area. He tells Frank about Patrick. Annie rolls Marcus out
to get ankle x-rays. Gilly asks him if he wants her to call his father.
"Absolutely not." Frank is regretting that he didn't get to tell
Cutter how much he respected him. He starts to cry, Eleni consoles
him. They see Nell just as melancholy as anyone sitting alone. They
try to comfort her too. Gilly tells Fletch who Marcus' father is.

HOLLY HUT
"The idea of getting fat for a good reason is kind of fun."  She
talks about pregnancy and insecurities with her mother. Energy,
sleepiness, hunger, body image. But it's Fletch who's the real
problem. He's too macho for his own good. He does not really think
Holly should keep working even though he says differently. She
likes staying at home, but also wants to chase the big story. Barbara
tells her that "Fletch can't stay at home and have the baby. It
doesn't work that way." Holly wants it all. Barbara continues to
give advice. Holly's too old to be naive. Pregnancy is worth it.

CONJUNCTION JUNCTION
Marcus rolls in with the paparazzi chasing him. Marcus gives a state-
ment to Gilly on his way out. "I didn't kill anybody." Off to
HQ he goes. Gilly wraps up her report. Levy wants to see Patrick.
Annie insists to Rick he did every thing he could. He says the part
that hurts the most is doing your best and it not meaning a damn
thing.

ROACH MOTEL
Brent is watching the report Gilly broadcasts on the arrest of
Marcus Williams for killing Patrick Cutter. He smiles. "Well, how
do you like that? Things are working out better than I hoped. Cutter's
dead. Lucy's next."


--Fin--

--Lucas
js19013@academia.swt.edu


