From: slaury@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (Susan Laury)
Subject: AMC: UPDATE WED. JULY 26
Organization: Gee, I wish I were organized!
Date: Thu, 27 Aug 1992 03:08:06 GMT

ALL MY CHILDREN  WED. JULY 26

Today's top stories:
1) Galen ain't gonna take no more
2) Haley -- will she or won't she?
      Subplot: Brian and Dixie
3) Carter: Revenge, Inc.

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GALEN

As today's show begins, we find Galen and Stephen in
bed (ack!), with Stephen warning her that her determination
to not let Carter bother her may push him to physical violence.
She claims that he is telling her that if she refuses to be
his victim, then she's asking to get hurt. He denies this, but
suggests she lay low. She refuses, and is determined to run
for DA. (For more on Galen, see Revenge Inc)


HALEY

Charlie is at Dixie's, trying to get Brian to come help out
Haley -- she's about ready to fall off the wagon {NOTE: for
anyone curious about the origin of the phrase "on the wagon"
I'd be happy to start a TAN}. Brian looks very troubled, but
refuses to become involved. He insists that whether she drinks
or not will be her own decision -- he cannot do anything to 
change that. Charlie insists that Brian is just copping out
because he doesn't want to become involved -- he really could
help her and she's definitely in trouble. Brian again refuses.
He says not only can he not help, but that Haley would see it
as him checking up on her. He tells Charlie that when they were
together it was him that made her want to drink, so his presence
wouldn't help at all. Charlie still thinks that Brian is being
selfish -- that he is refusing to come because he wants to stay
with Dixie. He tells Brian that Haley still loves him, even though
she broke up with him.  Finally Charlie gives up and leaves.
{Is anyone here familiar enough with alcoholic support protocol
to know if what Brian was saying is basically true or if he really
was just copping out?}

Dixie tells Brian that he can go to Haley if he thinks that he should
(she said nothing the whole time that Charlie was there), but Brian
says that he believes what he told Charlie. Brian is very distracted
all evening, though, and leaves early because he "has an English
assignment to read."

Back at the Chandler mansion, Haley has just poured herself a glass
of vodka. She looks from it to the phone, and eventually decides to
call her AA sponser. The woman is very supportive and talks Haley
into meeting with her right away. Just as Haley is putting away the
vodka, Charlie shows up. She realizes that he is checking up on her --
and seems flattered -- but tells him she's going out to be with her
sponser. It was a pretty sweet scene between them.

The next morning, Ruth comes by Dixie's house and talks to her about
Charlie -- she's concerned about him. Charlie doesn't seem to have
any direction ... unlike Dixie. Dixie picks up on what Ruth is
thinking and tells her that she doesn't think setting her up with
Charlie is the answer. Ruth realizes that is what she is leading to
and backs down, then leaves.

At summer school, Haley walks in late (she overslept) at sits next
to Brian who realizes that she is doing pretty well. She apologizes
to him for yelling at him at the hospital and he tells her that he
cares about what happens to Nat. The teacher is lecturing on 
Shakespeare and picks Brian and Haley to come to the front and read
from Romeo and Juliet since they were "already discussing the text."
As they get to the end of the love scene, Haley makes a smart comment
and heads to her seat. The teacher asks her about the story and Haley
tells her that Shakespeare had a good idea of what it's like to fall
hard for someone. She thinks he got the ending right, too. The teacher
asks if she wouldn't prefer a happy ending and Haley asked "Who
would want to see Juliet making midieval meatloaf for hubby? ...
Passion is okay for a playwrite, but in the end two saps end up
having to die."

{If anything, I think there are better sparks between these two now
than ever before. I bet they get back together just as Dixie falls
hard for Brian.}

Brian shows up at Dixie's (through the back door) just as Ruth leaves
out the front. Dixie tells him that Ruth made her realize that  she
is okay when he isn't there. Brian asks if that means that he can
leave -- she tells him no, she still likes having him there, she just
doesn't need him. He tells her that he needed to think things through
last night and thought he needed to be alone to do that -- but
he was wrong. They both agree they missed being together.


CARTER

Carter is in his room at the Pine Cone Motel (I just love that name),
with the prostitute Cookie (Broadway's Annie) cringing in the
corner. "Such a pretty girl. I'm sorry we didn't have more fun 
pretty girl," he says to her {Boy is he good at the evil act!}. 
He then glances towards Galen's picture and adds: "Poor 
little pretty girl. It wasn't her fault." He makes her look 
up at him and we see she has a large, bloody bruise on the 
corner of her mouth and another at her eye. He pays her, plus
extra, even though she "didn't work" and tells her that he used to
be a lawyer, so he can give her some advice: don't go to the cops
or he'd have to make trouble for her ... after all, her profession
isn't legal. She leaves.

The next morning, Trevor is with Natalie, feeding her breakfast. She
tells him that she is tired and wants to sleep for a while, so he 
should leave. When he is gone, she asks God to help her through this
so she doesn't blame Trevor. Just as she says this Carter (in his
orderly's clothes) walks in. She recognizes his voice (as the voice
of the friendly orderly) and talks with him. He quizes her about how
she is doing, tells her that it may help if she has someone to talk
with, and keeps pushing her to say that she blames Trevor for the
"accident." She doesn't come out and say this, but keeps saying that
it may help to talk with a stranger and looks like she is struggling
with the fact that she does blame Trevor. She says that ever since
the well, she has a terrible fear of the dark and being shut in {Ever
since the well, I have a terrible fear of stories that drag on
forever, but the writers haven't been very sensitive to that!}. So
she's really afraid of being blind and in the dark forever.

Meanwhile, out in the hallway, Charlie drags in Cookie. He found her
in the parking lot where she nearly passed out. She keeps saying that
she doesn't want to see a doctor. She is just about ready to leave
when she spots Galen. She asks Stephen if she is another doctor, and he
tells her she is an assistant DA. She turns to leave, then goes back
and tells Galen she needs to talk to her. She tells Galen that she
was at the motel with a weirdo who had Galen's picture all over the place.
"I wasn't a good little girl, so he taught me a lesson. He wasn't
really teaching me, he was teaching you. I was just subbing." Cookie
tells Galen that he started hitting her when she picked up a picture
of Galen.

Galen realizes that Carter is the man who did this and tries to convince
Cookie to press charges, but Cookie doesn't want anything to do with
this. Galen tells her that she's working on a case against him, but
up until now he has been too clever. They need her testimony or
they won't get him. Galen (and Trevor who is there by now) promise her
that they will protect her. "And I'm supposed to bank my life on your
promises, lady," Cookie replies. "I may not be the smartest thing
in high heels, but I didn't marry this guy!" (Slam. Wipe Galen up off
the floor for that one.) She finally agrees to help out, though, and 
goes to get an X-ray. But she sneaks out when no one is watching her.
(I wonder if they'll bring her back ... Pine Valley needs a redhead.)

Trevor and Galen are both very upset when they realize that Cookie
won't be pressing charges. Trevor goes back into Nat's room and tells
her they just missed a chance to nail Carter. Galen tells Stephen that
she isn't giving up on getting Carter. 

Back at the Pine Cone Motel, Carter opens his door. There is Charlie, in
a sweat jacket and baseball cap (backwards, of course), looking
hilarious. Charlie's his new neighbor!

And Galen is at a gun shop. She takes one, points it into the air, pictures
Carter, and can hear the gun shots firing at him (as he jerks when they
"hit" him) ... it's just what she's looking for .... (Cliffhanger)
{Note: I really hope they don't kill him. I'd like to see him reform
just a little and hang around Pine Valley for a while. He could be
interesting}

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That's it for today. Happy trails.

Sus.
-- 
"Reality is the leading cause of stress amongst those in touch with it. I can
take it in small doses, but as a lifestyle I found it too confining. Now, since
I put reality on a back burner, my days are jam-packed and fun filled." 
                          --Jane Wagner "Trudy on being crazy"