From: tcarsten@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Teresa C D Carstensen)
Subject: GL: Update for Tuesday, December 15
Organization: The Ohio State University
Distribution: na
Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1992 02:33:51 GMT

I'd like to preface this update by saying those of you who enjoy the Eleni
and AM storyline owe a debt of gratitude to my husband.  He hid the remote 
from me so that I couldn't fast-forward through their scenes ;-)


Harley is at the hospital taking care of some paperwork.  Frank comes up and
asks how things are going.  She tells him that AC just broke up with her.  
Frank asks her why.  She tells him that AC wouldn't give her a real reason. 
Frank concludes that there's something AC is not telling her.  Harley tells
him that she loves AC, but being with him is like a merry-go-round ride. 
Frank says that *Mr. Mallet needs a reality check,* and offers to help Harley
any way he can.  Harley hedges.  She tells him that there is one thing he 
can do to help her, but it would be an awfully big favor.  She remembers 
all the times in the past that he has helped her and what a wonderful big
brother he has been to her (it bums me out that these 2 are brother and 
sister, since they are the only members of the opposite sex who are good
enough for each other.  And you can stop with the incest jokes, please ;-)
Harley asks Frank to stay in Springfield.  She is afraid now that AC has 
shut himself off from her, if Frank leaves, there will be no one else he 
can turn to for emotional support.  Frank agrees to stay, but he tells her
that *she's* the one he's worried about, not AC.  Harley thanks him.

Meanwhile, AC is in his hospital room, looking at pictures of him and Harley.
Ed comes in and confirms AC's suspicions about the results of his fertility
test.  Ed goes into some technical explanation about it and says that AC 
and Harley will have a lot of things to talk over.  AC informs Ed that they
just broke up.  Ed suggests that he shouldn't have made a decision about
dumping Harley while he's under so much stress from the operation and all. 
AC tells him to shove it.  He says that Ed has no right to try to run his
personal life.

At home, Gilly is on the phone with Nick while frantically trying to get
ready to go to work.  Nick tells her that all hell has broken out at the 
station because of Ross's resignation, but neither Roger or Holly are 
there to handle the situation.  Kat walks in with wet hair and wearing a robe.
She comments on how nice it was to finally take a shower in peace.  Gilly 
snarls that Kat now has everything she wants now that she has got David out
of the apartment, too.  She tells Kat that Keith made the bet, not David.
Kat doesn't believe her and points out that David is the one who has a 
propensity for making bets.  She rants on about what a low-life he is. 
Gilly starts to defend him, but Kat cuts her off, saying that she 
*doesn't want to discuss it!*  Gilly forces her to listen.  She says that 
Kat is smart and has probably figured out the truth but doesn't want to 
believe it.  She tells Kat that she better think hard about why that is.

E-Lamey is crashed out in bed while Wiener Boy wanders about the room getting
ready for work.  He crawls into bed and starts to nuzzle her.  She wakes up 
and is very upset.  WB asks what's wrong.  Whiney reminds him that the 
doctor told her not to have sex until after the baby is born.  WB protests 
that he just wanted to snuggle up with her, not boink.  He tells her that 
the fact that they are sleeping in separate bed is a big sign that their 
relationship is in trouble and begs her to tell him what is going on in her 
mind.  She says she doesn't want to worry him, but AM is persistent.  Whiney
tells him that he is just tired and should get some rest.  She promises that
they'll talk later after she gets back from her doctor's appointment. 

Bridget is at the diner having breakfast.  David teases her about her choice 
of food and the very expensive fake leopard coat she is wearing.  Bridget 
asks if Kat is mad at him because she thinks David made the bet.  David 
tells her that he is pretty sure that either Keith or his friend started 
the bet and he is getting the blame for it.  Bridget encourages him to 
talk to Kat about it.  Uncle Stavros calls David to help him with something 
in the storeroom.  Bridget gets a scheming look in her eyes.

At the station, Gilly, Nick, and Fletch are discussing how no one can get
ahold of Ross...or Blake.  Gilly wanders off.  Nick thanks Fletch for 
helping out.  Fletch suggests that they might be able to reach Blake at
a certain phone number.  *But, Fletch,* says Nick *That's ROSS'S phone 
number.*  He fumbles around in a desk drawer to get a pen, but pulls out 
an old greeting card by mistake.  It's a mushy note from Mindums.  Nick 
comments that he's been getting reminded of her a lot lately.  He also
mentions, though, that he went out with Eve and had a really nice time. 

Back at the hospital. Lillian tells Eve that she looks extra happy today 
and pesters her into confessing about her and Nick.  She tells Lil that
they went out as friends, but by the end of the evening things got 
*really nice.*  She admits that she is having a hard time believing that
Nick is truly free of his feelings for Mindums and that it really sucks to
love someone who is hung up on someone else.  Just then, Dr. Ed cruises 
by and Lil gives him the eye.  *I know what you mean,* she says. 

Harley leaves Frank to go ask Eve some questions.  Just then, Whiney comes
in for her appointment.  She tells him that she wants a chance to get
together with him to say goodbye before he leaves.  He tells her that he's
staying in town after all for Harley's sake.  He mentions that it would have 
been hard to leave the diner anyway, since it means so much to him.  He 
says that his father poured his heart and soul into the diner before he got
killed in Vietnam, and he is very proud of it (can you say foreshadowing?)
Whiney leaves for her appointment.  Harley returns and asks if he is alright
(Is there some code of etiquette on the soaps where you are not allowed to
come up and talk to someone until the person they are currently talking to
leaves?  I'll have to write in to Miss Manners...)  Harley walks with him 
to AC's room.

Bridget is pacing near the entrance to the diner when Kat arrives and asks 
what this is all about.  Bridget is very hyper.  She shrieks *They're 
coming!* and hides Kat behind the door to the kitchen.  Keith and his 
sleazeball friend come in.  Bridget asks if she can get in on that bet 
about who Kat will lose her virginity to.  Keith plays dumb, but his friend
says OK.  Keith asks why a friend of Kat's would want to bet on something 
like that (did you ever notice how Keith's face is very wiener-like?  It 
looks like someone sanded down all of the edges.  What a strange-looking
fellow.)  Bridget claims that since she and Kat are so close, she could 
influence the outcome of the bet in Keith's favor.  Keith decides to let 
her in the bet.  Bridget mentions that she heard a rumor that David 
started the bet, but Keith assures her that David is too much of a loser 
to have had anything to do with it.  Kat is watching out of the small window
in the serving door and hears every word.  The boys go sit down at a booth,
and Bridget slips back to where Kat is.  Kat is absolutely livid.  She 
wants to storm right out there and chew them out.   Bridget hold her back. 
She tells Kat that it is time to get REVENGE!

Keith and the sleaze are sitting in a booth.  The sleaze is confident that
Keith has the bet won.  Keith agrees, but he is expecting a whole lot more
out of the deal.  Bridget and Kat come out with some food and tell them 
that Stavros has made something extra special for them.  They set the food 
down and start squirting mustard all over Keith (Did I mention that he 
looks like a wiener?  By the time they were done with him, if he had a giant
bun to wrap around him, no one would have known that he wasn't just an 
overgrown hot dog.)  Kat is screaming at him all the while, *how dare he?!*
and that sort of thing.  He runs out and they start attacking his friend.
After he, too, leaves in terror, Bridget tells Kat that she needs to 
apologize to David.  They start to leave, but Stavros stops them and makes
them clean up the mess.  Kids these days!

At the mansion, the other Wiener Boy is desperately making calls to Alex's 
acquaintances in an attempt to track her down.  He says *Where are you Alex? 
I need you now!* (All of the sudden they've started making a lot of 
references to Alex.  This sounds suspiciously like foreshadowing, but I 
haven't heard anything about a new actress being hired to take over the 
role.  Does anyone know anything about this?)  While he's on the phone, he
returns a message from Nick.  He is told by the person on the other end that
Nick had called for Whiney, not him.

Back at the hospital, Ed cruises up to the nurses station, supposedly to ask
Lillian about a patient.  Then he thanks Lil for not telling Maureen about 
their affair.  Lillian points out how bad that sounds.  She says that even
though she doesn't want to hurt Mo, she almost told her anyway.  It's hard
because Mo keeps prying.  Lillian is horrified that she is lying to someone 
who is as dear to her as Mo.  Considering that Ed is even closer to Mo than
she is, she doesn't understand how he can do it. (I say they should kill off 
Ed because *he* is standing in the way of possible romantic storylines for 
Mo.  At the very least, they should let her find out about him and Lil, then 
have her sleep with Roger just to retaliate.  Ed would try to reconcile with
Mo, only to find out that Mo and Roger's one-night-stand had awakened them 
to some long-repressed feelings they had for each other.  Then, just as Mo
dumps Ed for Roger, Lil realizes what a jerk he really is and won't have 
anything to do with him, either.  But I seem to digress...)

David goes to see Gilly at the station and hits her up for a loan.  He needs
the money so he can rent a room.  Gilly protests that he can't move out 
because it would violate his probation.  She tells him that she has 
talked to Kat, but David knows that Kat didn't believe her.  Gilly gives 
in and gives David some money.

Wiener Boy is also at the station, bugging Nick about his phone call to 
Eleni.  He is afraid that Nick called to tell her about the bombing, but 
Nick says no, it was nothing like that.  WB calms down and asks about 
Mindums.

Later on, Eve sneaks up on Nick and asks him if he wants to go have a cup 
of coffee with her.  They take off.  The camera lingers on the card from 
the Mimster that is lying on Nick's desk.

AC is pouting in his room.  There is a knock at the door and in walks Frank.
They make smalltalk, then Frank hits him up with *Why'd you break up with 
my sister?*  and calls him a jackass.  AC tells Frank that he doesn't
understand the situation.  He says that he is not the same as he was before
the operation.  Frank points out that Harley loves him regardless, but AC 
claims that he couldn't deal with her feeling sorry for him.  He thought it
was better to end it now before he hurts Harley worse.  (Cut to a shot of 
Harley looking glum out in the hall)  Frank tells AC to cut the bull.  Then 
he shifts gears again and says if there's anything he can do for AC to just
let him know.  AC assures Frank that Harley will get over it, but Frank is
not so sure.  Frank goes back out in the hall and tells Harley that he didn't
learn much.  They walk out with their arms around each other's waist (OK, 
so they make an awfully cute set of siblings, too).  AC gets out his pictures
of him and Harley and starts moping over them again.  Ergh, he makes me so
angry!

Kat returns to the apartment and finds David packing up his things.  She 
tells him that she needs to talk to him, but he shrugs her off.  He says 
to save her breath because he is already moving out.  She tells him that 
she wants him to stay.

Nick and Eve are out having coffee, but Fletch interrupts with something 
related to work.  Before he goes, Nick asks Eve out again for that night.
*You mean like a date?* she asks.  Fletch pops back and tells her to say 
*yes.*    

WB is at the hospital, waiting to pick E-lamey up from her appointment.  
Her doctor comes by, so WB talks to her for a minute.  He mentions that
he and Whiney aren't supposed to have sex until after the baby is born,
but the doc says, oh no, it's OK for them to have sex until the ninth 
month.  E-Lamey is standing in the background, watching them, and looking
very worried.  
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