From: dcannon@bach.udel.edu (Debbie Cannon)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv.soaps
Subject: OLTL: Update for Friday, 1/8
Date: 11 Jan 93 15:42:25 GMT
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Organization: University of Delaware

Hi, everyone! Here's my first update for the new year. Please
excuse me if some of this gets scrambled. I'm starting out the
new year with a cold and this medicine is doing weird things to
my perceptions. :-(

Cassie: Just Call Her Stuck in the Middle
=========================================
The big event of the day is Cassie's bridal shower. Tina has a cold
and looks like she's gonna miss the event. Neither Viki nor Renee
seem anxious to go because of the presence of Dorian and Blair.
Renee mentions how Blair ruined everyone's New Year's by showing up
uninvited at the party. Tina slyly mentions that Blair didn't mess
up her New Year. Renee and Viki give her sly looks and Tina tells 
them that she and Cain made up. Renee tells Viki and Tina what Asa
has done to Luna and Max. Viki seems suspicious that Asa could do
that much damage without help. Renee thinks Cain might be involved,
although she is hoping he isn't. Tina gets in an uproar and Viki
suggests that she ask him first but Tina goes off in search of a
phone. She doesn't want to wait to ask him, she just wants to kill
him first. Renee mentions to Viki how she thinks there is just one
good man left in Llanview. Carpenter. Naturally Viki thinks she
means Sloane at first, but Renee says she was talking about Andrew.
Viki tells Renee she knew that was who she meant.

Meanwhile, Blair has asked Cassie to pick her up at Asa's. Cassie
is a bit suspicious, but Blair tells her this used to be her home
and she has a right to check on her possessions. Although it wasn't
obvious to Cassie, it was to this Sherlock Holmes that Blair is
hatching some sort of plan. She tells Cassie that she had feelings
for Max but never acted on them. "You believe me, don't you?"

At Giorgio's, where the bridal shower is to be held, Dorian is
taking charge. She manages to rope Sloane into helping her after
the party to take all the presents back to Cassie's. She delivers
Ralph Love a long list of changes. One of Cassie's gifts walks in --
somebody's idea [not mine] of a Chippendale dancer holding a
pair of black panties. Wanda whispers to Ralph that it must be
one of Dorian's latest conquest: he's young enough.

Later Sheila is taking pics of Luna and Wanda. Dorian walks by
and asks Wanda to pass the hor d'oeurves. When Dorian's back is
turned Wanda responds by sticking her tongue out. On the other
side of the room, Viki and Renee are talking about Sloane and
Dorian. Viki tells Renee she knows Dorian is just trying to make
her jealous in regard to Sloane. Renee feels it her duty to tell
Viki that she caught Sloane and Dorian kissing, and it weren't no
peck on the cheek.

Finally, the bride-to-be arrives. Everyone applauds, but the
room goes deafingly silent as Blair appears. As the other guests
giggle, giggle in the background, Cassie opens her presents with
a few suggestive remarks. Dorian verbally begins to attack Blair.
Blair doesn't want to cause a scene. Dorian calls her a liar and
a cheat. Cassie comes over and tries to play peacemaker. Cassie
refuses to let Dorian have her way and invites Blair to be her 
matron of honor [coulda heard a pin drop in the room at this point]
Dorian is very disbelieving. She gives her daughter an ultimatum:
if Blair comes to the wedding, she won't. Cassie tries to get
support from her friends [at this point, everyone is gathered
in a semi-circle -- maybe it's my cold, but all I could think
of was Cassie looks like she's about to be burned at the stake]
Anyhow, Blair tells Cassie she won't make her cousin choose. The
camera pans the faces of Viki, Renee, and Luna as Cassie asks them
to tell Blair not to go [yeah, right]. Mr. Dancer arrives and
lightens the mood. Blair leaves.

Cain: Just Call Him Caring
==========================
Asa and Cain are arriving back from Reno. The quicky divorce
is a no-go as Blair apparently filed a contest for divorce in
Pennsylvania. Asa is out for blood, he'll start by destroying her
company. He calls his lawyer from the car phone and tells him to
get Blair to his office. After hanging up, Cain tells Asa to calm
down; Blair is probably crying her eyes out about now. 

Later Cain makes his way to Tina's. She greets his arrival by
throwing a box of kleenex his way. She accuses Cain of hurting
Max and Luna. Cain denies it. She wants one reason why she should
believe him. Cain responds by kissing her knees, leg, arms [well,
you get the picture]. But this romantic, caring moment is
interrupted by Tina's sneeze. Cain gives her a new gold bracelet
he bought in Reno. It matches one he is wearing on his wrist.
"Like love slaves", Cain tells Tina. The romantic moment starts
again only to be interrupted again by more sneezes. Cain realizes
that now is not a good time to get romantic [finally!] and bids
Tina adieu as he leaves to get back to Asa's before the big guy
does 'cause ever-caring Cain doesn't want Asa to enter the house alone
and be flooded by memories of Blair. After Cain leaves, Tina's phone
rings. She goes to answer. "Hello?" "Hello?" But there's no
answer. "That's weird," Tina says to herself.

Alex: Just Call Her Dr. Frankenstein
====================================
"Carlo" manages to break into Alex's apartment while she's in the
middle of her exercise routine. After a commercial break, we return
to the apartment where "Carlo" has blindfolded and tied Alex to
a chair. He asks her who is in control. Alex replies that he is.
He starts feeding her various types of food and tells Alex to
identify them. She does. "Carlo" has a plan to take over Giorgio's.
"Carlo" mentions that Giorgio's will eclipse the Palace
Restaurant. Alex wonders why he cares about that. [as did I since
I missed a few shows, but thanks to Bob's Thurs. update which I
read before posting this I now have a clue. Thanks, Bob!] Alex
starts to give him advice, but "Carlo" tells her if he wants advice
from her he'll ask. Alex is startled and realizes that her
transformation of Morty into Carlo has come full circle as Morty
bluntly tells her "I AM Carlo Hesser." He kisses Alex passionately
and asks her if she has any more questions. Nope, states an
obviously weak-kneed Alex. Carlo goes off to pay a visit to Ralph
Love. Alex tells him to hurry back, she'll be waiting upstairs.

Bo: Just Call Him a Friend Indeed
=================================
Bo and Nora are dining. He wants to know if she's gonna help him
find Sarah's killer. Nora tries to get him to concentrate on the
living. Asa arrives, seats himself between the pair, and starts
to tell Bo what Blair did. He pretty much ignores Nora until Nora
says that Blair has a good lawyer. Bo tries to get Asa to see that
he's only helping Blair's case by allowing her to drive him nuts.
Nora speaks up and tells them that anyone who takes things out
on innocent people is nuts. Apparently she's the lawyer for Max
and Luna and tells Asa if he doesn't stop harassing the duo she'll
file charges. Asa replies he won't stop until Max has only his
long johns to keep him warm.

Max arrives in time to hear this comment and turns the knife a bit
by telling Asa that he has a woman to keep him warm. Asa looks at
Bo and asks his son if he's gonna let Max and Nora talk to him
like that. Bo kinda shrugs. Max and Asa exchange words as Bo and
Nora go about their dining [actually this whole scene was rather
funny.] Finally Asa leaves and Max joins Nora and Bo. Max tells
Nora he has an ace up his sleeve. He turns to Bo and asks his friend
if he wants to buy a radio station. [there was one funny line in
here somewhere where Max tells Bo that what happened between him
and Blair happened before Asa and Blair were married. Bo kinda
chuckled and Max rolled his eyes and said something like "well,
okay, right *before* they were married.]

Luna: Just Call Her Insecure
=============================
At the beginning of the show there was a scene where Max was
combing Luna's wet hair before the fire. She asked if Max had ever
combed Blair's wet hair, she has such nice hair. Max again tries
to convince her that his feelings about Blair are in the past.
After the bridal shower she's sitting in front of a make-up mirror
and pretty much puts her looks down.

The Party's Over, Let The Games Begin
=====================================
Sloane arrives after the shower to help Dorian, she suggests they
go for a nightcap and talk. She doesn't want to be alone just now
after being humiliated by her own daughter.

Blair arrives at Asa's house. She's apparently fired Mrs. Colfax,
Asa's housekeeper and re-hired Sunny [my shoulders are shrugging
here cause I don't remember this person] She tells Sunny if she's
loyal to her, then Blair will be loyal to Sunny. 

Asa arrives and finds Blair. She plays the loving wife and offers
him a cocktail. Asa tells her to get out of his house. Blair asks
how that would look if he kicked his wife out into the cold. Asa
calls for Mrs. Colfax to call the police. Blair informs him the
dear housekeeper is no longer employed there. Blair informs Asa
she is his wife and will remain so until death do us part. [promises,
promises.] She tells Asa to put on his smoking jacket and get
comfy. They're gonna have a serious talk.

Max arrives to be greeted by a kiss from Luna. As he's talking,
Luna is trying to unbutton his shirt because she came to the
conclusion that Tina is right, she can't expect Max to wait until
February. Max has a confused look on his face and manages to stop
the button opening ceremony as Bo is right behind him. Max tells
Luna that Bo is gonna buy the radio station.

Back at Giorgio's, Carlo arrives. He grabs Ralph by the arm and
says they need to talk. Ralph asks Carlo who he is. "The new
owner of Giorgio's," says Carlo. He's gonna make Ralph an offer...
well, you know the rest.....

Have a great week, everyone!

Debbie
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