From: Joanna L. Castillo <pefv702@perv.pe.utexas.edu>
Subject: DOOL: Update for Friday -- November 6, 1992
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Date: Mon, 9 Nov 92 15:32:41 GMT

[ Again, another good Friday episode...and gosh darn it all, I didn't
get to do a steamy love scene between my two favorite teens.  Gee, I
was just crushed.  Heh heh...NOT!  Oh, well...on with the show... ]

DOOL update for Friday, November 6, 1992.

J&J's house:  Jenn's holding Abigail while she talks on the phone as 
Jack comes in from grocery shopping.  She hangs up and tells him she's 
got bad news:  the producers want to start taping her new show next 
week.  Jack says they're not supposed to start for another month and 
she comments that she doesn't know how she'll do it -- this week has 
already been hectic, she can't imagine doing more.  She spots the 
groceries and says at least they've got enough food to last the week 
and Jack tells her it's only enough to last them the night -- it's the 
food for a dinner with the whole family.  She looks stunned.

The loft:  John (holding Brady) opens the door to Victor and 
apologizes for not calling.  Vic says he's sorry for interrupting 
John's time with Brady and then says he's just received a call from 
the Chief Financial Officer of Alamain Industries.  He says Lawrence 
is trying to destroy the company.

The cop shop:  Abe is very upset with Roman and tells him that he 
nearly left the info about a very valuable informant in with some 
press releases.  Oh no, says Roman.  Abe says if he hadn't caught it, 
the guy would be dead by now.  Roman says he doesn't know how he could 
do something so stupid and Abe says it's because his mind isn't on his 
job...it's on his wife.

The warehouse:  Marlena's still working on the screws holding the vent 
cover in place and nearly has them off.  Stella suddenly says from 
above, "isn't this a pretty picture...you must be real proud of 
yourself."

-----

The warehouse:  Marlena goes over to the opening and asks Stella what 
she's talking about.  Stella says she's front page news and Marlena 
tells her she knew they'd start to miss her soon enough.  Stella says 
she's sorry to burst her bubble but the press is still going on about 
the Arts Council Benefit.  She reads off the headlines and tosses the 
papers down at Marlena.  Marlena says, rather sarcastically, thanks 
for bringing her up-to-date...the cable's on the fritz and the 
reception's lousy.  Stella says she doesn't like that attitude and 
Marlena asks what she expects since she's being held prisoner.  Stella 
says she brought it on herself for trying to ruin her marriage to 
Roger.  She says Marlena gets credit for saving Roger's life by giving 
him a couple of pep talks and putting some paint brushes in his hand.  
Marlena insists it was a lot more than a couple of pep talks and she 
did *not* ruin her marriage.  "Well...if that's what you need to 
believe to sleep through the night," says Stella.  Marlena asks how 
she sleeps through the night and Stella says she'll sleep once she 
gets Roger back.  Marlena says holding her hostage won't get her 
husband back so Stella tells her she'll just have to tell her how to 
win him back.  Marlena's stunned that Stella expects help from her and 
asks why she should help.  Stella says it's the only way she's going 
to get out.  Marlena hesitates and Stella says she'll just leave then 
and take the food she brought with her.  Marlena asks her to 
wait...she'll help.  Stella tosses a sandwich down and says, "smart 
lady."

J&J's house:  Jack tells Jenn it's ridiculous...they have too much to 
do so he's going to cancel the family dinner.  Jenn stops him saying 
it's okay...she really wants to see everyone.  She puts Abigail down 
in her cradle and he tells her what she really needs is some rest.  He 
urges her to go upstairs and take a nap.  She says there's really too 
much to do and he insists everything will work out...not to worry 
about anything.  She goes up and he goes to the telephone.  He 
pretends to be her agent and tells the producer that he's just got to 
push back the production schedule.  The man at the other end starts 
yelling.

The Brady pub:  Austin and Carrie are having lunch.  She asks why he's 
being so quiet and he says he's just trying to figure out a way to 
break the bad news.  He says they're going to have to put off their 
weekend for awhile.  She asks if it's because of the money and he says 
if he doesn't get the $45,000 soon, he'll have another black eye.  She 
says she wishes she could help and he says he doesn't have any 
choice...he's going to have to borrow the money from a loan shark.  
She doesn't like the idea...just look at what happened to Jesse and he 
says he knows what he's doing.  Billie walks in and says she just 
wanted to remind them that she's got her first gig tonight and hopes 
they'll still make it for the first set.  They tell her they won't be 
going out of town after all so they can probably watch the whole 
thing.  Austin leaves saying he'll make the weekend up to Carrie.  
After he leaves, Billie asks if they put the weekend on hold because 
of the money.  Carrie says she wishes he'd just let her help him out 
and Billie tells her to just let Austin do thing the way he wants to.  
She leaves to rehears and Carrie says to herself that she can't just 
do nothing.  She heads over to the phone.

-----

The warehouse:  Marlena tells Stella that a man likes a woman who is 
supportive -- who's a good listener.  Stella tells her she could read 
about this in any magazine or newspaper and says she wants to know 
what Marlena would do.  Marlena says she would admit that there was a 
problem and would encourage Roman to go to a marriage counselor.  
Stella thinks that advice stinks since it was a professional who 
ruined her marriage in the first place.  Marlena tells her to be 
honest and admit that her marriage was in trouble before she came 
along.  Stella says she made it worse and says it's no wonder she has 
trouble with Roman.  Marlena asks for specifics and Stella says it was 
something about her being a selfish witch for leaving him and the kids 
and how lonely he was.  Marlena says he misses her and Stella says it 
won't be for long.  Marlena asks if that means she'll be letting her 
go soon and Stella says she means that a woman cop -- a blonde, no 
less -- has really taken an interest in Roman and it won't be long 
before Roman gives in since he's so desperate for attention.  She says 
it's interesting that even Marlena isn't immune to having someone 
steal her husband away.  Marlena's obviously upset at the news and 
Stella thanks her for the advice saying now she knows what *not* to do 
to win Roger back.  She starts to leave and Marlena calls up to her 
not to leave.  Stella says she'll be back after work and tosses the 
rest of the sandwich down.  "Bon apetit," she says cheerfully before 
putting the boards back in place.  [Heh heh...I am enjoying Stella and 
her French.]  "Roman...don't give up on us.  Not now," says Marlena to 
herself.  

The cop shop:  Abe tells Roman that as long as things aren't resolved 
between him and Marlena, he's not up to the job.  He encourages Roman 
to go to New York to see Marlena.  Roman tells him to remember what a 
mistake that was the last time -- when she was at the seminar -- and 
it only made matters worse.  He says this time, he's just got to give 
her some space and time to think things out.

The loft:  John [geesh...I keep writing Roman!] tells Vic he can't 
believe Lawrence would be so careless -- he's never taken such risks 
before.  Vic says he's right and suspects Lisanne used her power of 
attorney to do this behind Lawrence's back in an effort to impress him 
and get a marriage proposal.  John says it was a stupid plan and now 
they're going to have to liquidate an enormous chunk of Alamain 
Industries in order to rectify the situation.  He says he got into 
this business to create a legacy for Brady and the last thing he 
wanted to do was become a laughing stock.  Vic says they also have 
their promise to Isabella that they have to keep.  He starts to leave 
and says he'll start calling some of the members of the Alamain board 
and try to track down Lawrence and Lisanne -- in an effort to do some 
damage control.  John says he can probably find Lawrence at the 
hospital with Vivian.  Vic didn't know about Vivian and John tells him 
the news.  He apologizes for being the one to give him the bad news.  
Vic is obviously shaken and says he'll call John as soon as he talks 
to Lawrence.  John tells him not to worry about it -- he knows how 
much he cared for Viv so business can wait.  Vic says it can't wait 
when it's his grandson's future at stake and leaves.

-----

J&J's house:  John (apron in hand) walks into the living room from the 
kitchen and answers the phone.  He tells Alice that everything is fine 
-- Jenn and baby are asleep -- he's just waiting for some research to 
arrive while he works on this roast.  He says Jenn's thrilled that 
they're coming over -- he assures her that working out of the home is 
a piece of cake.  Later, he rushes out of the kitchen again to answer 
the phone muttering to himself that he'll never get anything done with 
all these interruptions.  This time it's a wrong number and the door 
bell rings.  He answers the door to a messenger with the research 
material.  The guy comments that the execs are so upset at Jenn's 
agent that they're threatening to cancel the show.  He asks if 
something's burning and Jack rushes back to the kitchen.  He comes out 
waving the smoke away and says his dinner is ruined.  After sending 
the messenger on his way, he comments that this certainly makes the 
dinner much easier.  He calls Alice to tell her about it.

The loft:  Carrie arrives and tells John she needs to borrow some 
money for school.  He asks how much and she says she needs $5,000.  
She says Mandy cut back her hours at the store and she can barely make 
ends meet.  He says okay and asks if she's run this past her parents.  
She says she left a message on the machine in New York for Marlena and 
is sure she'll get back to her soon.  He asks about Roman and she says 
she can't go to him -- he'll just go on about what a failure she is 
and will make her move back home.  She tells John he's her only hope.  
He says she knows how important he thinks education is and he 
appreciates her need for independence which reminds him a lot of 
Isabella.  She says she misses her and he heaves a big sigh and goes 
over and writes out the check.  She thanks him.

The cop shop:  Roman gets off the phone with Caroline just as Stella 
walks in.  She asks if everything's okay and he says he's just 
concerned that nobody's heard from Marlena.  She says she did -- 
remember? -- she called yesterday morning.  He says he means nobody in 
the family -- she hasn't called to check on the twins.  Stella says 
she's sure Marlena knows they're fine since they're with their 
grandmother and he doesn't buy it.  He picks up the phone saying he's 
going to get to the bottom of it.  He gets the answering machine and 
leaves a message saying he just wanted to let Marlena know the twins 
were asking about her -- they miss her.  Marlena can hear the message 
from the boiler room in the warehouse and says she misses them all as 
well.  He goes on to say that if she wants to punish him that's fine 
but it's not fair to punish the children.  She asks how Roman could 
think such a thing and yells that he should realize something is 
wrong.  She then tells herself that he'll realize she's in trouble 
when she doesn't call the children.  Once that happens, he won't rest 
until he finds her -- she knows he cares despite their problems.  

-----

The Brady pub:  Austin joins Carrie and says he got her message.  She 
hands him the check and says she knows it's not enough but it's a 
start.  He says he told her to stay out of it.  She says John doesn't 
know what it's for and she can't let him go to a loan shark.  He says 
for the last time, he doesn't want her involved.  She tells him she 
went through a lot of trouble to get this money and he says getting 
involved with her was a mistake.  She's hurt and he says they should 
stop seeing each other.  She says no but he says it's the only way and 
walks out.

J&J's house:  Jack is spraying air freshener around the room as Jenn 
comes downstairs.  She says the nap was great and thanks him for 
letting her sleep.  She says she kept dreaming about smoke and Abby 
crying -- or was that the doorbell?  He says not to worry about it and 
shows her a table he's set out.  It's a romantic little setting for 
two and she asks what's going on.  He says he canceled the family 
dinner -- they're going to spend the evening alone together and she 
says she's so glad.  She says she loves them all but it will be so 
nice to be alone.  He says not to worry about a thing and the door 
bell rings.  It's Alice, Tom, Julie, Bill, and Jo all yelling 
"surprise!" as they open the door.

The cop shop:  A guy named Rick shows up saying he got a call from 
Stella Lombard about his case.  Stella shows him into Roman's office 
so they can talk in private.  Once inside, he asks what kind of scam 
she's running.  She says she wants to offer him a deal -- if he'll 
help her, she'll lose his file -- if there's no file, there won't be a 
trial and he can walk away a free man.  He asks how he can be sure she 
won't double cross him and she says they'll both have a lot at stake.  
He asks what he'll have to do and she says she wants him to splice and 
edit some tapes to say what she wants them to say.  He tells her she's 
got a deal.

-----

J&J's house:  The whole gang is sitting around eating Chinese food.  
Jenn says it was very sweet of them to bring over the food and Alice 
says it was all Jack's doing -- she didn't buy that burnt roast story 
at all and those murmurs about what hard work it was having people 
over for dinner.  She says if he wanted them to bring dinner over to 
them all he had to do was say so.  "Yeah, Jack...just say so," kids 
Jennifer.  They all laugh and Jack helps Tom to more food.  Jenn goes 
over to check on Abby and Bill walks over with her saying what a 
beautiful baby she is -- just like Jenn.  Jenn thanks him and says she 
just wants to thank him one more time for letting them buy the house.  
She says it's really very funny that he's owned this house all along 
and she never knew about it.  He seems kind of uncomfortable and heads 
back to the others without comment.  The phone rings and it's the 
studio for Jennifer.  Tom says it's kind of late for business calls 
and Jack says that's true but it's rather hectic with the show 
starting up and all.  Julie asks if taping is really supposed to start 
next week and Jack says it is.  Alice asks who'll be taking care of 
Abigail and Jack says he will.  Tom says he wishes he'd been able to 
spend more time with his kids and Bill says they wish the same.  Jenn 
gets off the phone saying she's got good news -- they've decided to 
postpone production for another week.  Jo says that is good news -- 
that will give them more time to plan for the baby's christening.  
Jenn says they haven't even decided on God parents for Abby yet and 
everyone raises their hands to volunteer.  

The Brady pub:  Carrie is moping over the check when Roman walks in.  
She sets the check aside and asks why he's there.  He says he's come 
over to check on the twins and asks why she's there.  She says she was 
supposed to meet with Austin but they got into a fight and said things 
they shouldn't have.  He says that's what happens sometimes.  She asks 
if everything is okay with Marlena and he says they are having some 
problems.  She says she's sorry and asks if there's anything she can 
do.  He says yes...don't asks him for advice about love and she says 
he doesn't have to worry about that.  He reaches over and picks up the 
check asking what it is.  She says it's just some money for tuition 
and things.  He says he realizes she's been strapped for money lately 
but she can't take that kind of money from John.  She says he didn't 
mind giving her the money and he says that's not the point -- she 
should have come to him and Marlena.  She says John was good to them 
while he was away and she's still close to him.  He starts to get 
indignant and asks if she's closer to him than she is to her own 
father.  She says no but John can afford to give her the money.  He 
says it doesn't matter -- she must return the money and she says she 
won't.  She says she needs it and he tells her she needs to get her 
priorities straight and storms off.  

The loft:  Vic returns and tells John that Lisanne and Lawrence are 
nowhere to be found.  Vic says it's inconceivable to him that Lawrence 
isn't at Vivian's side -- that he knows Lawrence loves her very much.  
John asks about Vivian and Victor says she's not doing very well and 
isn't being allowed any visitors.  John says he's sorry.  Vic says he 
is too -- he thought he'd put her behind him but there's something 
about her he can't seem to forget.  He says she's a woman of great 
extremes -- she can love just as fiercely as she can hate.  He says 
despite all the pain they've caused each other, there's something that 
binds them together -- maybe it's even love.  John tells him that 
Viv's a fighter and she's going to pull through this because she loves 
Nikki, Lawrence...and Victor.  He tells Victor to promise himself that 
if he gets a second chance, he won't let it slip away.  Victor says he 
wishes it were that easy -- sometimes love isn't enough.  He says it's 
also a matter of trust and Vivian's got more than her fair share of 
secrets.

-----

Casey's Roadhouse:  Billie's getting ready for her set and pulls a 
vial of cocaine out of her purse.  She throws it away and Austin walks 
in.  He tells her she lied to him -- saying she told him she didn't 
have anything to wear but she looks great.  She thanks him and Casey 
tells her she's got two minutes.  She says to herself that she needs 
some help and goes to get the cocaine out of the trash can but Casey 
had just emptied it.  Carrie walks in and she and Austin exchange 
looks.  

J&J's house:  The dinner party is over and everyone's leaving.  Jo and 
Alice tell J&J not to worry at all about the christening -- they'll 
take care of all the plans.  Julie hands Bill his coat and asks if it 
still bothers him to be in this house.  He says there are a lot of 
memories and secrets here.  She says it did almost destroy the family 
once upon a time but they did survive it.  He says he's just glad 
there haven't been any repercussions this time.  "So far, anyway," 
says Julie as they head out.

The warehouse:  Stella returns and Marlena says she heard Roman on the 
answering machine.  She says he knows how much she loves her children 
and as soon as she doesn't call, he'll come looking for her.  Stella 
says it's not going to happen because she's taken the family session 
tapes and had a kid rig up a tape to play for Roman.  She plays a tape 
that has Marlena's voice telling Roman that she's sorry they keep 
missing each other but it might be for the best -- that they need 
their time apart.  The tape goes on to say that she misses the 
children and to tell them she'll be calling soon.  Marlena's 
dumbfounded by the tape and Stella says she sure is good at this.

The loft:  Roman is upset with John for giving Carrie the money and 
asks how he could do such a thing.  John says Carrie came to him for 
help and he gave it to her.  Roman says he should have asked him first 
and John says it seemed like the most natural thing to do -- he and 
Carrie go way back.  Roman says he's Carrie's father -- not John.  

-----

Casey's Roadhouse:  Billie has just finished her set and everyone's 
clapping.  Austin gives her a hug and says he's glad she did it 
without getting high.  She asks why he always does that and he says he 
was just giving her a compliment.  He says he didn't mean anything by 
it -- she can admit to being tempted and be glad she made it without 
getting high.  Billie storms out asking why he can't just give her a 
compliment and leave it at that.  Carrie follows Billie after telling 
Austin she knows just how Billie feels.  

J&J's house:  Jenn (holding Abigail) tells Jack they do have to start 
thinking about the christening.  He says they need to think about that 
later -- he's got some other news to tell her.  He says he knew how 
upset she was about starting the show next week so he got on the phone 
and posed as her agent with the producer to get them to delay the 
beginning of the show.  Jenn can't believe it and asks why he didn't 
say anything before.  He says there was obviously nothing to be said 
until the deed was done and everything worked out just right.  She 
tells him that sometimes he upsets her so much she could just strangle 
him.  She says if she wasn't so concerned about Abby being fatherless, 
she would.  He tells her there's no point in being so testy and she 
tells him not to do it again.  As she's talking, she moves over on the 
couch and he puts his arm around her.  [They make a cute little 
threesome but I do hate it when they put garter belts around baby's 
heads...blech.  :-p]  He says he doesn't think she really means that 
and she says she does -- she's quite capable of taking care of her own 
life and doesn't need him to do it for her.  He says he understands.  
She says she's bright, energetic, a career woman who can do it on her 
own.  She falls asleep and he says she sure is as he looks down at 
Abigail.  

The loft:  Roman apologizes to John for taking it all out on him and 
John says he understands.  He says he should have checked first about 
the money.  Roman says it's really not the money -- it's him.  John 
asks if he wants to talk about it and Roman says he thought he'd put 
all this stuff behind him.  John says he knows he had seven years of 
his life taken from him and knows it was hard for him when he came 
back and his family wouldn't even believe him.  Roman says he got his 
freedom, his family, and his job back but he can never get that lost 
time back.  John says he knows.  Roman says most of the time he can 
pretend that none of this ever happened, that John had never been a 
father to his kids, had never loved Marlena, had never shared her bed, 
but he did do all those things.  John says he's sorry but he was also 
a victim.  Roman says he doesn't blame John but can't figure out how 
to get past it.  John tells him to just talk to Marlena and Roman says 
he'd like to but it might be too late.

The warehouse:  Marlena yells up to Stella that it's not too late to 
stop this -- she can help her.  Stella hangs up the phone after 
leaving the fake message on Roman's answering machine and says thanks 
all the same, she's doing just fine without her.  She asks Marlena if 
there's anything special she wants to put on the tape for Carrie and 
Marlena asks her not to do this.  She asks how can she ever expect to 
win Roger back if she's in prison.  Stella says she won't be in prison 
and tosses down some more food and a change of clothes -- saying she 
wouldn't want Marlena to get sick.  She tells her she'll see her in 
the morning and puts the boards back over the opening.  Marlena says 
she won't be seeing her in the morning if she can help it and goes 
over to the vent covering.  She gets the last screw out only to find a 
snake slithering toward her.  She covers her mouth in horror and 
stifles a scream.

Fade to hourglass...

Joanna.

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