From: cgeier@wcl.american.edu (Geier Cathy)

 Light Update for Tuesday, December 16, 1997

by Cathy Geier

DINER
	Buzz and Jenna are talking about the future.  Buzz is trying to put a
positive spin on it and make light of his memory loss.  "I'll have more
space in my brain for good memories."

OUTSIDE DINER
	Harley and Phillip are fighting.  Harley gives him an ultimatum, choose
her or Beth.  She won't be left again, and she's not convinced he stopped
loving Beth.  Phillip reminds her that Beth left him, Harley is not the
only one that has been dumped in the past.  "Yeah" Harley shrieks, "but she
came back!"

SPAULDING MANSION
	Beth and Lillian have decorated a tree, leaving a few special ornaments
for Lizzie and Phillip (wink, wink) to put up.  Beth tells Lil that if
there's a chance that she can get Phil back, she's willing to take it.  Lil
questions her motives.  Does Beth really love him, or is she just jealous?
Alan comes home, and is concerned when he hears Annie has gone out.

FIRE AT REVA'S
	Jesse runs up to the house, calling Michelle.  An explosion knocks him down.
	Reva jumps up and accuses Annie of trying to kill her.  Annie insists she
would have come back for Reva if she could have.  Josh tells Reva to leave
it alone for now, and leads her away.
	Reva starts to get upset, thinking about all the things they have lost.
"All of our memories, Josh!"
	Michelle is still unconscious inside.  
	Jesse rushes around, asking if anyone has seen Michelle.  "Of course she
left the house" says Reva.  She tells Jesse that she didn't actually see
Michelle leave, but that she was going to let herself out while Reva
checked on Abi.  Jesse deduces that Michelle is inside, and tries to go in.
 The firemen tell him he must be mistaken, and hold him back.
	Rick sees Jesse struggling and goes to him.  When Rick tells the fire
fighters that someone is inside, they are easily convinced and follow Rick
and Jesse into the flames.  Abi runs behind, crying.
	Reva tells Annie that she had better pray that Michelle got out of the
house in time.

MANSION
	Lillian gets a page and calls the hospital.  There's been a fire at
Reva's, people are injured, she must get to the ER.  Alan presses for more
details, which of course Lillian doesn't have.  Lillian leaves.  Alan is
right behind, saying to himself, "Annie, please, no!"

DINER
	Harley and Phillip come back in.  Harley tries to convince him that Beth
wants him back.  Phillip thinks Harley is just showing her insecurities
again.  Lizzie come down from upstairs.  Phillip asks Harley to ride back
to the mansion with them, so they can finish their conversation.  Lizzie
begs Harley to come and ride in the back seat with her.  Harley calls
Phillip a weasel for using his little girl to get out of a fight.  "I'm not
stupid" says Phillip.

DINER KITCHEN
	Buzz suggests a romantic evening alone with Jenna, since Coop is at Mrs.
Popov's for the night.  He tells Jenna he is not afraid of starting over.
He feels lucky, after all he has Jenna, his kids, a lot of friends.  "Not
even Geoffrey Morgan can take that away from me."  They both stare at each
other, trying to figure out where that sentence came from.  Buzz says he
remembers Geoffrey, and not just from hearing his name from Jenna.

FIRE
	Cassie rushes up to Reva.  Hearing the story, she too assumes Annie set
the fire, and immediately gets in Annie's face.  Annie threatens to sue her
for slander.  Alan arrives at Annie's side.  Cassie is still accusing Annie
of torching the house.  "Not true, not true" Annie tells Alan.  He looks
doubtful.
	In the house, Rick and Jesse find Michelle and carry her out.

DINER
	Buzz is describing Geoffrey, so Jenna tries to force herself to stay calm.
 Buzz can't believe his one whole memory is about a creep like that.  The
phone rings.  Buzz insists he wants to talk to Jenna about Geoffrey more
later, then answers.  It's Frank, who tells Buzz about the fire.  Buzz
decides to go.  Jenna will go too, and calls Mrs. P to tell her.

MANSION
	Phillip, Beth and Lizzie arrive.  Beth shows Lizzie the ornaments she
saved.  "Those are the same ones we had in Arizona" says Phil.  Beth just
wanted Lizzie to have a few familiar things.  "Funny" says Harley "you
didn't know you were staying for Christmas until you were already here."
"I had them shipped" Beth says.  Harley is clearly on to Beth.  Beth is
subtly hostile to Harley.  Phillip hesitates to leave them alone, but Beth
and Harley both tell him to go ahead and put Lizzie to bed, they'll be fine.

FIRE
	Cassie is still accusing Annie.  Alan tries to get her to go away.  Cassie
turns to Frank and tells him Annie set the fire.  Frank will check it out.
	Buzz arrives to offer Reva and Josh is help.  Reva gets upset again about
telling the kids that everything is lost.
	Annie is telling Alan that Reva and Cassie hate her so much, they'd accuse
her of anything.  Alan wants to know why she was even there, why she lied
to him about not going out.  "I didn't lie to you, I just went to tell Reva
I wasn't afraid of her..."  Alan looks very angry.  Annie keeps babbling.
	Rick and Jesse get in the ambulance with Michelle and drive off.
	Frank asks the fire captain what he thinks about the fire.  Most likely a
torch job, they'll know more later.  Frank looks over to Annie, leaning on
Alan.
	Annie tells Alan she needs to go to the hospital, her lungs are burned.
Alan rushes her off.
	Cassie watches them leave and says "mark my words, Annie, if they don't
put you in the hospital, I will."

MANSION
	Phillip puts Lizzie to bed upstairs, trying to explain divorce to her.
Downstairs, Harley and Beth trade barbs.  Harley: "Forget it , Beth, you're
not getting him back.  Phillip is mine now.  Back off."  Beth says she
hasn't seen Harley this feisty before.  "This isn't feisty, feisty is when
I hang you on that tree, which I will do if you don't stop playing kissing
games."  Phillip comes down.  Harley latches on to him as Beth says good
night.  Harley kisses Phillip deeply as Beth watches from the landing.

CEDARS
	The victims arrive.  Reva is concerned about Michelle and her lost things.
 Josh tries to get her to settle down.  Cassie goes off to yell at someone
some more, and conveniently runs into Alan, who is just ending a phone
call.  Cassie tells him that Annie will pay for what she has done, in spite
of his money and "influences".

FIRE
	Jenna finds Buzz staring at the flames in a daze.  He's remembering the
5th Street fire.  "My life almost went up in smoke.  I remember, I wanted
the diner to burn to the ground."  Flash back to Buzz sitting in the diner
during the fire, crying and throwing things. "Nice guy, aren't I?"  Jenna
tries to convince him that he was a hero that night.  Buzz says it was an
accident if he saved anything that night.  The buzz he is remembering ran
away from everything that took a little work.  "I was a sorry excuse for a
man."

CEDARS
	Dr. pRick is ranting.  "Where's the opthamologist I asked for an hour
ago?"  He tells Ed that Michelle's sight is at risk and they don't have any
more time.  Glass is embedded in both corneas.  Rick tells Lillian to get
surgery ready.
	In the waiting area, Cassie accosts Frank about arresting Annie.  He can't
comment, but wants to know where Annie is.  In Annie's exam room, Alan is
still trying to find out what happened.  "Stop it Alan!  Do you really
think that I would go and set Reva's house on fire?"  she says indignantly.
 Alan looks like it wouldn't take much to convince him that she did just
that.  Frank arrives to ask some questions.
	Michelle is waking up and asking for Jesse.

FIRE
	Jenna tells Buzz he's not the coward and loser he is remembering.  If he
can't remember the good times, let her remember for him.  "OK" says Buzz
"I'll trust you, you seem like a straight shooter."  The irony throws Jenna
momentarily, then she convinces him to go home.  Buzz hopes he can start a
better life with her and the kids and put the old Buzz to rest.  He's got
to hang on to the future.  "Hang on to me" says Jenna "I'll never leave you."

MANSION
	Phillip is confused by Harley's kisses.  What happened to the fight?  "Oh,
I just flew off the handle" says Harley.  "Let's go to my place."  Phillip
is still confused, but willing.  They leave.  Beth comes down, obviously
having heard everything.  She goes in to Lizzie's room and promises the
sleeping little girl she will get their family back.  "You and me and Daddy
will live happily ever after, together."

CEDARS
	Frank tells Annie he is taking her to the station.  She wants Alan to
intervene, but he only offers to go with her.
	Michelle wakes, and cries when she realizes that she can't see.



