From: peea224@hermes.chpc.utexas.edu (Joanna L. Castillo)
Subject: DOOL: Update for Friday, September 11
Organization: The University of Texas System - CHPC
Date: Mon, 14 Sep 92 06:30:17 GMT

DOOL update for Friday, September 11, 1992.

[Ed. note:  Just as I suspected before I saw the episode...full of 
Scarrie.  Sigh...*every* time I wrote her name, I'd start with "Sc" 
before realizing and backing up to write "Carrie"...sigh...oh well, on 
with the show...]

Roman and Marlena's bedroom:  Roman walks in to find Marlena dressing 
up for dinner and says he didn't know it was a dress-up affair.  She 
says it's Carrie's first dinner party -- of course she's dressing up.  
He says he should dress up too, in that case, and starts to change.

Jesse and Carrie's apt.:  Stella arrives with some pastries.  She 
compliments Carrie and Jesse on how nice the place looks and asks who 
else will be coming.  Carrie tells her a friend of theirs named Tim 
[heh, heh...poor Timmy...begging and begging to get to be on DOOL and 
play with Desiree but...NOOOOOO...he gets to be on and play with 
Scarrie and her merry troop of playmates...heh, heh] and Roman and 
Marlena.  "The more the merrier," comments Stella as she stares off 
into space with a troubled look on her face.

Shane's house:  Kim walks in with some video tapes to watch with the 
kids -- to find Shane pouring drinks.  He offers her a glass of 
bourbon and she asks what kind of joke he's playing -- he knows she 
doesn't like to drink.  He says she liked it the other day and she 
says that was the other day...she's not in the mood.  He says fine and 
she suddenly turns sort of defiant and downs the drink.  She goes 
upstairs to check on the kids and suggests he have a drink -- he looks 
like he could use one.  He just looks after her with a stunned 
expression on his face.

The loft:  John hangs up the phone saying the specialist from Seattle 
is at the hotel.  Isabella comments that she finally got Brady to 
sleep but it's taking longer every day.  He ignores the problem with 
Brady and says he feels really good about this specialist.  She says 
that he felt good about Dr. Crispin.  He says yeah but this one sounds 
even better.  She says all the doctors keep giving her the same 
diagnosis and he says that doesn't mean they're right.  He starts to 
get upset and starts to leave to talk to the doctor from Seattle.  She 
says okay and he notices she's a little upset about him leaving so he 
says he doesn't have to go anywhere but she tells him she'll be fine.

-----

Roman and Marlena's bedroom:  Marlena's helping Roman fix his tie when 
the phone rings.  It's Isabella who asks Marlena if she could come by 
and talk to her.  Marlena tells Roman she's got to stop by and see 
Isabella on her way over to Carrie's so will meet him there.

Shane's house:  Shane hands a drink to Phillip and Kim walks in and 
greets Phillip.  He asks if her dress is from her Donna Reed 
collection and she gets a little defensive and says she just hasn't 
worn it in awhile.  He says he likes it and notices the time.  He says 
he's supposed to work on the MedVan commercial tonight and invites her 
to go with him.  She says she'd rather stay home and Shane encourages 
her to go with Phillip.  She snaps at them that she just wants to stay 
home -- and the mood suddenly turns very uncomfortable.  She asks if 
she can't make her own decisions and Phillip says she just seemed a 
bit restless and he thought the time out would do her good.  She says 
she's just restless because they're both looking at her trying to 
figure out what's the matter with her and how they can fix it.  She 
takes him to the door and tells him to have fun and she'll see him 
later.  After he leaves, she (being rather manic) starts setting out 
TV trays and acting very giddy as she reminisces about how they (she 
and Shane) used to sit in front of the TV and lounge about all the 
time.  Shane just kind of looks confused and agrees with her.  She 
then says she's been thinking about how she was when she was with him 
and asks if that woman was strong.  Shane says she *is* strong and she 
says she just wanted to tell him she's not like she was a moment ago 
all the time and apologizes.  He tells her she doesn't have to 
apologize -- just tell him what's bothering her.  She says she's just 
hungry and asks what he'd like to eat.  He tells her whatever and she 
acts real shocked and comments at the honor -- that she actually gets 
to make a decision.  As she heads upstairs to get Simmons, she looks 
at her reflection in the mirror.  Shane just watches her, obviously 
concerned and confused.

-----

The loft:  Marlena arrives and Isabella apologizes for dragging her 
away from her plans.  Marlena says she'd drop anything to see her.  
Isabella offers her some tea and she says she's fine...she falters a 
bit and becomes a bit teary-eyed.  They hug and Marlena says if 
Isabella needs anything, just tell her.  Isabella says she's knows she 
can count on her and Marlena asks if she asked her over to talk about 
John.  Isabella says yes and Marlena comments that he's light years 
away from his feelings.  She asks if he's driving her crazy and 
Isabella says that sometimes his manic optimism seems to be the only 
thing keeping her going.  She says she's accepted as much as she can 
but that she doesn't want to spend the time that's left to her being 
poked and prodded by specialists.  She says the one good thing to come 
of this is she's learned how precious time is.  Marlena asks if she's 
told John about her feelings and Isabella says every time she tries, 
she just sees the hope in John's face and can't bear to take that away 
from him.  Marlena tells her she needs to take care of herself as well 
and she should tell John what she needs -- that John will have to face 
things eventually -- he can't stay in denial forever.  Isabella 
comments on the five stages of death:  denial, anger, bargaining, 
depression, and acceptance.  She comments that she seemed to have 
missed the first three and Marlena says it's not unusual -- everyone 
reacts differently.  Isabella says she's just afraid of how John will 
react when he finds out she doesn't want to fight anymore and Marlena 
assures her he'll find the strength to deal with it.  Isabella thanks 
Marlena for stopping by and tells her to have a nice evening.  Marlena 
tells her where she'll be the rest of the evening and urges her to 
call if she needs anything.  

Jesse and Carrie's apt.:  Austin sees Tim outside Carrie's door with 
some flowers and Tim says they're for Carrie who invited him over for 
a dinner party.  Austin says okay and goes to his own apartment.  Tim 
knocks and Carrie tells him how sweet he was to bring the flowers.  
Jesse introduces his mom and Carrie remembers she hasn't put the 
desert Marlena sent over, yet.  Jesse and Tim both comment on how good 
it looks and Carrie notices that Stella seems a little upset and says 
she's sure the pastries Stella brought are wonderful.  Stella thanks 
her for being kind and just shakes her head in frustration.

-----

Shane's house:  Kim and Shane have finished dinner and Kim's telling 
Shane a story about Andrew playing in a baseball game and hitting a 
triple.  He says he knew Andrew would be a jock and Kim says he's a 
lot like Shane.  He says they've got a couple of great kids and she 
starts to look upset again.  He asks what's wrong and she says Andrew 
told her a couple of days ago that she'd changed and asks him if it's 
true.  He says he doesn't really know and asks what she thinks.  She 
says she just thinks it's something Andrew might be going through with 
the move back to Salem.  He asks if she's okay and she says (nearly 
breaking down into tears) that she's just so tired lately -- that all 
she wants to do sometimes is go up to her room and go to sleep.  He 
says fine -- the movie can wait and she thanks him.

Jesse and Carrie's apt.:  Roger arrives and greets Jesse -- calling 
him "son" and giving him a big hug -- thanking him for inviting them.  
Jesse is uncomfortable and Roger tells him he better get used to it -- 
that's what he learned at clinic and that it works.  Roman introduces 
himself to Tim and Marlena arrives just then.  She apologizes for 
being late and Carrie says they're just getting ready to start on the 
appetizers so her timing is perfect.  "Yeah, just like everything else 
about you," mumbles Stella to herself.

The loft:  Isabella is holding Brady who's crying just as John gets 
home.  He takes Brady and gets him to be quiet and Isabella seems a 
little sad that she wasn't able to quiet him down while John succeeded 
so quickly.  He says he talked to the doctor from Seattle and feels 
real good about him and the doctor wants her to check into the 
hospital first thing in the morning.  She says she can't check into 
the hospital -- she has a baby.  He says they'll just get a nurse.  
"Absolutely not!" she says and he says they can just get Caroline to 
come over in that case.  She turns away and he says he's sorry if he 
upset her and asks her to talk to him.  She turns around and says 
she's decided she's not going to see any more doctors.

-----

The loft:  John tells Isabella that he knows it may seem that he's 
being insensitive but all the doctors and exams will pay off.  She 
tells him she doesn't believe it -- she can't believe it.  He asks how 
she can say that and she tells him that she's not going to make it -- 
that she's going to die.  She says she's finally accepting that and 
she doesn't want to go back to lying and hoping because that just 
makes her more unhappy.  She says as long as she accepts it, she can 
be calm and know what she's really feeling -- and that will let her be 
a good mother to Brady and be open with him.  She says he has to let 
her be able to do that -- that she knows it's hard for him but that's 
what she needs.  She says she doesn't want to spend what little time 
she has left with doctors -- she wants to spend the time with him and 
Brady.  They're both in tears by this point and hug each other.

Jesse and Carrie's apt.:  Stella tells Jesse she didn't know it was 
going to be a dinner party -- if he'd told her, she would have dressed 
up more.  He assures her that she looks great.  Tim offers a beer to 
Roger who declines saying he's working on a club soda.  Roman asks 
Carrie when school starts up and she says next week and she's still 
just going to go part-time.  Just then Jesse announces that dinner's 
ready and Marlena proposes a toast before they serve to Carrie and 
Jesse and their first dinner party.  She hopes this is the beginning 
of a long friendship between their two families.

Shane's house:  Shane comes downstairs looking for Kim.  He looks 
outside and then leaves.

-----

Jesse and Carrie's apt.:  Everyone is taking their leave and saying 
how much fun they had.  Roger announces that the next party's at their 
house and Stella says she'll have to see when will be convenient.  
Stella, Roman, Marlena, and Roger all leave.  Jesse goes back in and 
Tim invites Carrie to a movie next time.  He gives her a kiss just as 
Austin is going into his apartment -- apparently not paying any 
attention to Tim and Carrie.  She goes back inside and leans against 
the door after wistfully looking toward Austin's door.

Casey's Roadhouse:  "Tuff Enough" by the Fabulous Thunderbirds is 
playing as Randy lights a cigarette for Kim-2.  He asks what happened 
to her the other night and why she ran out.  She says that's history 
and let's make the most of tonight.  Shane walks in and she drags 
Randy out the side door.  Shane asks the bartender if he knows where 
the person who owns the red sports car is.  The bartender plays 
ignorant so Shane offers him some money.  They go outside to look at 
the car but it's gone.

The loft:  Isabella tells John that she had to work up her courage to 
ask him to accept her death.  She says she doesn't want to be selfish 
but she had to tell him how she feels.  He says he just loves her so 
much and all he wants to do is help her.  She says he can help by 
letting her spend the time she has left with him and her baby -- 
that's all she wants.  He's crying as he says he'll help her -- they 
hug each other again.

-----

Austin's apt.:  Austin is talking to himself rationalizing the kiss he 
saw Carrie and Tim sharing -- saying she was just kissing him 
goodnight and why should he care.  The phone rings and he gets very 
upset -- apparently someone has run away/escaped/disappeared.  He 
tells the person at the other end that he pays them big bucks to take 
care of "her" and they better get out and find "her".  He hangs up the 
phone and heads out the door.

The Lombard apt.:  Stella and Roger get home and Stella's going on and 
on about how Marlena was doing everything in her power to show her up 
and make her feel bad.  Roger says he thinks she's reading the whole 
situation wrong -- that Marlena was just trying to make it a special 
occasion for the kids.  He suddenly stops and asks why they're going 
back to the way they used to be -- fighting all the time.  She says 
they fought all the time because he was drunk all the time and he says 
he's not going to be that way anymore -- that Marlena's shown him he 
doesn't have to.

Roman and Marlena's bedroom:  Marlena tells Roman that the party was a 
huge success and she thinks Roger's changed.  He seems noncommittal 
and she says she thinks Roger's a completely different man.  He says 
yeah without much conviction.  She suddenly decides to quit talking 
about Roger and says tonight they're not going to let any of the 
outside world in -- they're just going to be husband and wife -- and 
lovers.  She asks what he thinks of that idea and he starts to kiss 
her.

The Lombard apt.:  Roger hugs Stella and tells her he's turning his 
life around.  He says things are going to be different -- better.  He 
asks if she's angry with him for something and she says she's 
sacrificed her whole life for him.  He says that's going to be 
different now, too -- that he can stand on his own two feet now.  He 
suggests they go to bed and she says she'll join him in a minute.  
After he leaves the room, she goes to the drawer and pulls out the 
photo of Marlena in the broken frame.  She takes the photo out and 
goes over to the desk where she starts scratching it up with a pair of 
scissors.  She looks rather pleased with her handiwork.

-----

The loft:  John tells Isabella that she's right...he's just been lying 
to himself.  He says he's just not as brave as she is and she says 
he's brave and kind and doesn't want him being hard on himself.  She 
says she knows he could never let her down.  She says he's all she 
ever wanted and all she ever needed and it's important that he know 
that.  They hug again.

Shane's house:  Kim-2 (wearing her trench coat) is happily looking at 
herself in the mirror as she removes some lipstick when she hears 
Shane at the door.  She looks startled as he walks in and asks where 
she was.  She says she just went for a drive.  He asks why she went to 
Casey's Roadhouse and she says she doesn't frequent roadhouses.  He 
says he saw her car and she, starting to get irritated, says he must 
have been mistaken.  He insists and she snaps at him that they aren't 
married anymore and she doesn't owe him any explanations -- in fact, 
she doesn't owe him a damn thing.  She storms off up the stairs and he 
just looks bewildered.

The loft:  John [spooky...I wrote "Roman" and didn't realize it until 
proofing...weird...anyway...] *John* and Isabella are still hugging 
and comforting each other as Brady wakes up.  John picks him up and 
hands him to Isabella.  He suggests that they go to the park the next 
day and just spend the day together.  She says she'd really like that 
and he hugs them both

That's all folks -

Joanna.

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