From: jereese@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (jean reese)
Subject: SB: Wednesday (Jan. 6) update
Organization: Indiana University
Date: Thu, 7 Jan 1993 13:38:51 GMT

Without further ado,



In Bora Tunga, Gina bursts through the door as Lilly and Ted were
about to "do it." Gina says, "Let's talk this through," and Lilly
replies, "get out." Gina wants to show Lilly some tricks of the trade
so that she and Ted can have the honeymoon they deserve. Lilly
says, "we deserve this?"

Ted and Lionel go to the bar for a Mai Tai or two, and Gina and Lilly
are left alone. She starts pulling things out of a bag, including an
erotic videotape, a negligee, the Greatest Hits of Johnny Mathis, 
candles, massage oil, Englebert Humperdink. Lilly isn't interested
in anything, but Gina says "you'd better wear this, because no
matter what kind of a man it is, if it's Ted, Lionel, they all think
with their ..."

"Groin." says Lionel. He and Ted are talking about sports injuries.
Then Lionel gives Ted some advice, "if you wake up in the morning
and look at the woman you love, it's up to you to spend the rest
of the day thinking how much more you love her."  Ted says,
"I never thought about Lilly and love in the same context" and
Lionel encourages him to do so. Then Ted says, "It's unprecedented
for a Lockridge to give a Capwell advice."

Gina pulls out one more negligee and Lilly says, "that's it, this is
for the birds." Gina pulls out one more thing, which we don't
see, and Lilly yells that it's disgusting and runs for the bathroom.
Gina says, "Sex can't make a marriage, but it can certainly break
one."

So we see Lilly wearing one of Gina's negligee's, with candles 
and Englebert in the background, and Ted comes in and they kiss.
Then they laugh about how stupid it is.  Cut to Gina and Lionel
speculating that this is probably a scene out of Arabian Nights 
by now, and cut back to Lilly and Ted playing cards.  She 
catches him cheating, they scuffle and kiss. The music gets 
louder, so we know this time it's for real.  Afterwards, they say
they love each other.


CC and Mason are at the hospital, talking about Sophia.  Mason
can't believe that things could get this bad without the family
knowing, and CC says, "she told me not to interfere, so I didn't."
Mason says, "when most people divorce, it's a miracle if they
can be civil to each other, but your connection is unwavering."
He says he used to be jealous of Sophia usurping Pamela's
place in the house, but now he's more positive. He spent so
much time being angry. CC gives him a hug and says he's not
such an angry man any more.  CC also says that he wanted to
be the one to die first, because there's no point to life without
Sophia.


Rafe kicks open the door to their apartment, and runs in saying
"get your hands off her" (wow, who writes this stuff?) He and
Rich have a fight, Rafe beats him up and goes to Lisa who is
out cold on the floor. Rafe says, "Lisa, are you okay," etc., but
then also calls her "Risa." Can't remember his own wife's name.
Meanwhile Rich picks up a vase and comes toward Rafe, but
misses and it lands on his back when Rafe stands up. He beats
Rich up some more, then calls the ambulance. They take her
to the hospital, and Rafe is obnoxious in bothering the doctor.
Later, he says, she doesn't deserve this, and feels sorry for her.

Lisa wakes up and says the whole thing was her fault, and she
brought it on by faking her pregnancy. Rafe, relieved to hear
the truth, says that he suspected as much, but says, it's okay,
you're still my wife, and Lisa says, "no I'm not," and explains
about the fake minister. At this point the doctor comes in
and Rafe goes out into the hall and cries. He's actually
believable here for once.


Gracie and Mason are interviewing potential couples for the
adoption of her baby.  The first couple are investment bankers,
make six figures between them, and look pretty yuppieish.
Gracie asks them what they feel about Cinderella and the 
Wizard of Oz. The woman liked Cinderella but thought
the Wizard of Oz is too scary for a youngster.  Gracie says
she got it backwards, and that Cinderella is a fairy tale and
that no one should be encouraged to wait around for their
prince to come, and the Wizard of Oz is real life, with people
playing tricks on you, hiding behind a curtain.

The second couple is an interracial couple; the husband
is a commercial fisherman and the wife volunteers at a day
care center.  They're not rich but they have plenty of love to
give a baby. Gracie asks a few questions about the stability
of his profession.

After they leave, Mason says, "You really are from the deep
South, aren't you? You're a racist." He points out that the
first couple probably only want a baby for a tax deduction, 
because they weren't willing to wait nine months for a gestation
period. He says that venture capitalists are a high risk profession, 
and they could easily lose their jobs and home quickly.  Gracie
points out that adoption is already one stigma, and coming from
an interracial home could be another one for her child to deal
with, but Mason points out if Chester is brought up with the
first couple, he could live in an all-white neighborhood, only
white friends, and be brought up to believe that interracial
marriages are wrong.  With the second couple, Mason says,
the barriers can be torn down.

Mason leaves and Gracie is left with the two files to make
the decision. She looks at the second couple as if they would
be the ones.



Jean

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