From: morgan@math.psu.edu (Ilene Morgan)
Subject: SB:  Update for Nov. 16
Organization: Department of Mathematics, The Pennsylvania State University
Distribution: na
Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1992 18:52:48 GMT


Ted bores Lilly with details about his excavation.  Lilly tells him about
the suspicious phone call she overheard Lisa make to Rich.  She finally
figures out that Lisa may never have been pregnant.  She decides to ask
her mother about how to try to flush out the truth.

At the salon, Gina offers to pay for the damage she and Lionel did to the
massage table while they were--well, you know.  Her hairdresser, Reilly,
says it's under warranty, but she'd better think up a good excuse for the
manufacturer; it wasn't exactly normal wear and tear.  Then they discuss
how excited Gina is that Ted and Lilly are getting married.  Angela, who
is having a manicure, overhears and looks unhappy.  Gina and Angela spar
verbally.  Angela tells Gina it may be a double wedding--her and CC.  Gina
wonders why Angela doesn't have an engagement ring yet.  Angela says it's
because she hasn't made up her mind yet.  Angela seems to have doubts about
whether Lilly and Ted's wedding will come off.  Reilly tells Gina he hopes
the wedding goes as planned.  Gina has no doubts--if there was a problem,
Lilly would tell her.  Reilly and Gina discuss marriate.  She says that being
married to CC twice was like "ants without a picnic"; she hopes Angela will
have better luck with him.  Lilly arrives and says she has urgent business
to discuss with Gina regarding a "scheming blonde".  Angela's eyebrows go up.
Lilly tells Gina about Lisa's conversation.  Gina tells her that hearing one
side of a conversation can be misleading.  Lilly is worried about Rafe, but
Gina tells her to forget Rafe now that she's got Ted.  Lilly cancels her
dinner with Gina to discuss wedding plans; evidently she's still preoccupied
with Lisa.  After she leaves, Gina calls Lisa and asks her to come to the
salon.  Evidently she was more convinced by Lilly's story than she let on.
She tells Lisa that Lilly is on to her.  Lisa asks Gina what she wants.  Gina
tells her she wants Lisa and Rafe to stay happily married so Lilly's
relationship with Ted will not be jeopardized.  She tells Lisa to do whatever
it takes to make sure Rafe doesn't find out the truth.  Later, Lilly comes
back to the salon and tells Gina she may be right--she'll forget about Rafe
and concentrate on Ted.  Gina is pleased.

Angela comes by the office at the dig site to talk to Ted.  Based on Lilly's
comment, she's convinced that LIlly is going to blab about Ted and Angela's
affair.  If Gina hears about it, everyone will hear about it--including CC.
She asks him to prevail upon Lilly not to talk to Gina about their affair
as a favor for old time's sake.  Ted convinces her that Lilly and Gina were
not discussing her.  Then he tells her he knows she just wanted an excuse to
see him.  Angela tells him his ego is big enough to fill Grand Central Station.
He says it's not about his ego--it's about her libido.  They argue some more
and then Angela picks up the icon Ted had been working with.  They struggle
for it and it drops and breaks.  He's furious.  He tells her it's priceless--
not a cheap slut like her.  She slaps him.  He storms out.  She follows him
and demands that he take back what he said.  Then she loses her footing and
falls into a hole.

The courtroom has been cleared of all except essential participants.  Arnold
asks BJ if it's possible that she might have killed Frank.  She says yes.
Outside, Warren waits anxiously.  Julia asks for a continuance to prepare a
new defense, while Arnlod wants an immediate guilty verdict declared.  Mason
declares court to be in recess until he rules on how to proceed.  He calls
both attorneys into his chambers.  BJ apologizes to Julia and is comforted
by Warren.  In Mason's chambers, Julia asks for a continuance of a week;
Arnold seems to think 2 hours are all the situation calls for.  Arnold
wonders if Mason will be giving Julia any special favors.  Mason says he
doesn't need Arnlod to tell him what his responsibilities are.  Meanwhile,
BJ tells Warren how frightened she is--she just confessed to Frank's murder.
Warren tells her she didn't really confess, she just said it was possible.
She says that, based on her new memories, she is convinced that she must have
killed Frank.  She's sure it's all over.  Warren tries to calm her down.
He asks her what exactly she remembered.  She says she doesn't remember 
pulling the trigger, but she remembers holding the gun then hearing it go off.
Julia and Arnlod come out of Mason's chambers.  Julia tells BJ and Warren
they have 24 hours to try to save BJ's case.  Julia tells BJ she can't
handle any more surprises; BJ points out that it was just as much of a
surprise to her.  Julia asks her to describe what she remembers--and be
specific.  BJ says all she remembers is seeing Frank's face and hearing
the gunshot.  She apologizes to Warren for the ending not being what he
wanted.  Julia tells her the ending isn't written until *they* write it--
they'll wipe out Frank's legacy of pain.  BJ thanks her for everything.
Julia tells her not to thank her until the verdict comes back.  She tells
Warren to take BJ home--it's been a long day.  After they leave the
courtroom, Julia sits at her table looking very discouraged.  She is wishing
aloud that Mason could stop being judge for 5 minutes so she could ask his
advice.  Then an imaginary Mason appears.  She asks him how to defend a
client who has just confessed to killing a man.  "He" tells her she needs
to shift the jury's focus from *what* BJ did to *why* she did it.  Julia
needs to convince the jorors that, if they were in BJ's place, they would
have done the same thing.  She needs to make a strong case for self-defense,
which would be manslaughter, not murder.  But she'll need to convince the
jury that Frank abused BJ.  "How do I do that", Julia wonders; the only
lead Jodie and Reese came up with in Florida refuses to testify.  "Mason"
tells her she's defense counsel--he's just a figment of her imagination.

At the newspaper office, Warren tries to convince BJ that just because she
remembers holding the gun and hearing the gunshot, it doesn't mean she
necessarily pulled the trigger.  When BJ still doesn't remember killing
Frank, Warren leaves to go find Julia,  Before he goes, he circles Nov. 16
on the calendar and tells BJ it's independence day.

Warren walks in on Julia talking to "Mason".  They decide that somehow they
need to convince the jury that BJ's killing Frank is the end result of a
cycle of abuse that made BJ feel as if killing Frank was the only way to
stay alive.  Later, Julia and the real Mason share a quiet moment at the
courthouse.  He says, as a friend, not a judge, he realizes her back is
against the wall.  She says, as a jidge, not a friend, he's the one who
put her there.  They say they miss each other and share a kiss.

Warren tells BJ he's going on an overnight trip.  She says she's afraid.
He tels her that the worst is over, which means that tomorrow is going to
be better.  He kisses her for good luck.  She says she doesn't need luck--
she's got him.

No preview today -- Ilene