Organization: Penn State University
Date: Wed, 22 Jul 1992 23:27:24 EDT
From: <MZ6@psuvm.psu.edu>
Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv.soaps
Subject: B&B: Efficient update Wed 7/22

RIDGE-TAYLOR

Still in their home (the Forrester guest house) Ridge & Taylor deal with
the aftermath of Blake Hayes' visit.  Taylor defends Blake, because
he loves her.

Taylor admits she is having a hard time dealing with the Brooke crisis,
but Ridge warns her not to turn this into a Brooke-vs.-Taylor thing.  He
asks her to remember the love and commitment that brought them together
in marriage, and Taylor pledges to try.  Ridge wants to cook Taylor a
swordfish dinner, but she lures him in the bedroom instead.

CLARKE-KRISTEN at CLARKE'S APARTMENT

Clarke is busily sketching, and Kristen says it is the best work she
has ever seen from him.  Clarke says he is inspired by Ms. Forrester,
but also seems motivated by his certainty that Sally will soon call
and BEG him to return (even though she will hate doing that).
Clarke promises Kristen they'll soon be together-and rich and powerful
too!

THE SPECTRA STUFF

Most of the action took place in Sally's office.  Jack came in with more
doom and gloom about the need for a holiday line and his belief that
Sally had to rehire Clarke.  Sally crumbled with fear and unwillingness
to rehire Clarke, but ended up breathless after Jack promised she would
not be alone and kissed her passionately.

Saul burst in and showed Sally a series of designs HE had drawn for the
holiday line.  Sally, trying to be diplomatic, said the designs were
"so ahead of their time, the company should wait 5 years to release them".
Saul does not see through this, and thinks his designs are genuinely
good.  Sally looks flustered.  (Meanwhile, the designs WERE atrocious,
but didn't look much worse to me than the far-out stuff Clarke and
Felicia design).  Darla burst in next, exuberant that her "new hunk"
had invited her out on a date tonight.  She admitted that Sally and
Saul "already knew the guy".  Darla was very enthusiastic about Saul's
designs, and asked him to have some of them cut for her.

A parade of designer-applicants was next, each with a unique spin on
the future shape of Spectra.  Sally, Jack, Saul and Darla sat along
Sally's desk and the office window, like a review panel.  At the doorway
was an easel, and each designer set up designs on that easel.

Designer one was an effete sort, wearing a Nehru jacket.  Acknowledging
that "fashion runs in cycles", he proclaimed the return of the Victorian
era, and presented a series of Victorian gowns.  As the foursome's
eyes bulged, he extolled the "virtue" and "purity" of his designs.

Designer two, also effete, claimed that "not New York, not Milan, not
Paris" was in right now, but "Eastern Europe" is the happening trend.
He presented a series of peasant dresses.  Sally looked ready to hurl.

Designer three, a third mail, had long, wild blonde hair...and presented
a series of dresses made of metal.

Designer four was a woman, dressed all in black with dark sunglasses.
Her single design was a shapeless red dress, stretching from the
neck and throat to the ankles and below.  Calling her dress the
"SPF 60,000", the designer claimed that the dress was a logical
defense against the collapse of ozone.

Designer five was a pseudo-British (with no accent) fop, who presented
a series of ludicrous designs, each accented with a cane.  His major
fashion statement was the return of the walking stick.

Clearly, Sally is desparate for a new designer....her exasperation
grew palpably with each candidate.  Will she REALLY let that cad
Clarke back in?

Mike at Penn State
Organization: Junior, IM - MCS/CIT Track, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA