From: zaccaria@mtl.mit.edu (Carolyn Zaccaria)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv.soaps
Subject: Re: AMC Update(s)
Date: 7 Apr 92 19:00:31 GMT
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Re: AMC Updates

Re: Updates! Here's the one Donna did (see below, she was having
news feed problems) from Thurs. April 2. I never saw Lance's 
Friday update either (Lance, is it coming :-)), and I imagine,
Mary Allison will get her Monday one out as soon as she can.
So this is the best I can do all! (I never saw Fri. either and
was waiting)


From: wicksd@ecn.purdue.edu (Donna M Wicks)
Subject: Re: Update for last Thursday
Date: Tue, 7 Apr 92 12:23:39 EST

  Seems like a news feeds are having problems lately. This
is the third request for the update. After a week's downtime
I can sympathize with losing contact.


   Scene One
  At Cortlandt Manor, Opal is telling Craig how to feed Junior if
he wakes up. She is on her way to do a Mission of Mercy. The doorbell
rings. As she leaves, Gloria comes in. She tells Criag they need to
go somewhere they can talk alone. He says they are alone. She wants
to know about the padlock key. She says if the cops find out what
it belongs to they will discover their motive for murder.
  At Trevor's place, Trevor and Arlene are entering. She wants to
know what the are doing there instead of waiting for Haley to 
return from her AA meeting. Trevor wants to know why she is covering
for Adam.
  At Adam's, An Li comes to the door. She is looking for Brian.
  In the boathouse, Haley and Brian enter with a pinic basket. 
Haley wants to pretend they are the only two people in the world.
Her lfe has been freaking her out. She says she thinks the cops
will arrest her for the murder because they think she did it and
so does she.
  At the police station, Derek is telling D.A. Hamilton that there
is no way Brian did it- he can't arrest him. Hamilton says he will 
unless they find someone else by Friday. The group (Derek, Mimi,
Galen, Hamilton, and Bernicker) agree to put each suspect under
the microscope.

  Scene Two
   At Adam's, An Li is calling Adam a liar. She says his offer
just now to free her is just a cover to get Brian back for Haley.
Adam says it took him a long time to face the truth that Haley and 
Brian love each other. He says she needs to face the truth. An Li
says he used her (gave her the idea to marry Brian) and now he wants
to discard her. She says Haley is just the same. An Li is going to
watch out for Brian until he forgives out that Adam and Haley are
users. Will Cortlandt never figured it out and look what happened
to him. Adam wants to know if she is accusing Haley of being a muderer.
   Back at the police station, the group has started to look at
the suspects one at a time. Haley is scrutinized first. As Derek
narrates, we see a black and white version of the scene that night.
Only Derek adds that after it gets quiet, Haley comes out thinking
Will has left. She is surprised to see him at the computer. He notices
her and she goes for the crowbar. They fight and she hits him, goes
back to the bedroom and passes out. 
   Next comes Mimi's version of what happened with Haley. Her black
and white version has Haley throwing things at the bedroom door, angry
with Will. Finally she decides to confront him. She goes out and kills
him with the crowbar, wipes prints, and goes back to the bedroom and
pretends to pass out. Galen agrees that Haley sure had a reason to
kill Will.
   At the boathouse, Brian is saying there is no way Haley could
have killed Will - he knows her too well. Haley tells him about
the voice she heard. He says she was just dreaming. They state
their love for one another and share a kiss.

 
   Scene Three
  Still in the boathouse, Brian is saying the killing-Will idea
is crazy. Haley continues to dump on herself for being so stupid.
The subject of An Li comes up. Brian says she is a decent person (ha!)
and that he has never stopped loving Haley for one second (not even
while he was boinking An Li not once but twice). He says he made a
big mistake marrying her and he is going to figure a way out of it
without getting An Li in trouble with immigration. From now on
it's you and me, Halo, he says.
   In the Chandler house, Adam says he can't believe An Li could
think Haley was a killer. An Li says she knows Haley is a liar. She
treats me like dirt, An Li says. But a murderer has to be colder
and crueler than haley - more like someone like Adam.
   Over at Cortlandt Manor, Glora and Craig are discussing getting
the tape. Criag says it is too late. It could fit a padlock
anywhere. Anyway it doesn't matter since they have an alibi, he
says. You mean Dimitri Marick, Gloria says, suppose the police
find out he is lying. The police and the whole world know she
wanted Will dead.
   At the police station, the group is discussing Gloria's motive
for killing Craig - his bullying her into going public and saying
she lied about the rape. Mimi narrates the black and white version
of the killing by saying after Will's forcing Gloria to go public,
Gloria went a little crazy. She went to his place to make him
squirm by telling him she had decided to hold another press conference
reversing what she said earlier. Will treats her like dirt, calling
her the town slut. He ignores her and goes to sit at his computer.
She sees the crowbar and reviews her two options: another press
conference or offing Will. Mimi finishes by saying Gloria chose
Option B.

   Scene Four
  At Trevor's, Arlene diverts Trevor's attention from her lygin for
Adam about the gun by asking him where he was when Will was murdered.
  At the police station, Bernicker is saying that Trevor should top
the list of suspects, he was within five minutes of the scene. Also
the planted cocaine could have come from a major drug bust Trevor
accomplished several weeks ago. Derek narrates a black and white 
version of the killing by saying Trevor used his mercenary skills
to break in to the apartment. He spots Will at the computer. He
plans to use a gun to plug the guy. But then he spots the crowbar
and decides to use the victim's own hardware so that it can't be
traced. He moves in and kills Will. Bernicker says it would have
been a quick kill since Trevor would have known where the direct
hit should be.
   In the boathouse, Haley is saying she was drunk 90 percent of
the time she was with Will. But she didn't foget everything. She 
remembered she loved Brian. They both say that they never stopped
loving the other. Haley says she thinks that's why she couldn't go
through with it. Brian wants to know it, what? She says you know
it. That's why Will was so angry, because she wouldn't sleep with
him.

   ABC broke in for a special report on John Gotti trial outcome,
so the last thing I got of this Scene was Adam looking very sullen
about something.

   Scene Five
  At Trevor's, Trevor says he was in the park taking a nature hike.
Arlene scuffs at this. Arlene continues to quiz him about his actions.
Finally she says she thinks he is making himself such a target so he
can take the fall for someone he loves to (in case that's needed).
  Over at the police station, Mimi is saying that Trevor has been
setting himself up like a big brown bear leaving tracks in the snow.
The group discusses the possibility he is covering for someone like
Haley or Arlene. It's pointed out that Arlene was on the plane at
the time of the murder. But maybe the clock was set to make it look
like the murder took place at 9:40 p.m. Another black and white version 
of the murder with Atlene begging Will to let haley go and to keep her
off the booze. Will scoffs at her. He says he looks forward to the
day Haley is so hooked on booze she drinks paint thinner because he
can't afford the liqour tab haley is running up. He orders Arlene out.
She sees the crowbar and kills him to save Haley. 
   The group discuss the mother lion aspect and agree if this applies
it is more suited to Adam. Derek narrates this black and white version
saying Adam lets himself in with a key he has snuck out. As luck would
have it Will is at the computer and doesn't notice Adam coming in. Adam
has a length of rope. As he walks toward Will, he spots the crowbar and
uses this instead. He tidies up before he leaves and is waiting for
someone else to take the rap.
   At Adam's, Opal is telling Adam to leave Erica alone - she is one
of our most precious natural resources. Besides Adam might end up
behind bars. She thinks he knows a lot about the murder that he isn't
saying. Adam agrees that he does.

   Scene Six
  Still at Chandler's, Adam tells Opal to hold her tongue about him.
he threatens to dig into Palmer's alibi and skeleton closet. He says
he knows Palmer is capable of anything.
   At the police station, Opal and Palmer are metnioned as suspects. 
The motive is the trouble that Will has caused the family. Even though
the convenience store clerk saw them that night, it was only five
minutes from the murder scene. In the black and white version of the
murder, Palmer confronts Will again and demands he leave Haley alone.
Will says Palmer couldn't help a lame duck in an ice pond with a
stick of dynamite. He says to Palmer, "Gp to hell, Pete." This infuriates
Palmer who sees the crowbar, picks it up, and hits Will. Derek says,
"Did he kill Will - maybe. Could he have - definitely!" Hamilton, the
D.A., says they are all just trying to confuse the issue. Brian Bodine
is the primary suspect.
  Cut to Brian and Haley dancing.
  Back to the station where Derek is defending Brian. The D.A.
insists the evidence points to Brian. He tells his version
(black and white of course) of the murder. He describes Brian
arriving because of haley's call. He and Will fight. Will tells him 
to leave - Haley isn't his anymore. He starts to walk out, sees the 
crowbar, and kills Will. He throws the crowbar down and then bends 
over to check for a pulse. Easy as 1, 2, 3, the D.A. says. Too easy, 
says Derek. The D.A. agrees to hold off on the arrest until more 
questions are asked, but he is going to be the one asking.


   Scene Seven
  At Cortlandt's, Gloria is frantic about the tape. Craig tells her
to calm down. If she comes unhinged, she could blow it. Take a deep
breath and tell yourself it will be ok, he tells her. Through tight
lips Gloria does this and leaves in a hurry. Opal comes in as Gloria
leaves. Craig asks how her night was. Opal says, "On a scale of
1 to 10, I'd say a minus three."
  Over at the police station, Galen is telling Mimi and Derek that
no one has ever talked Hamilton out of making an arrest. She says
they did a good job of showing there are other suspects with as much
motive as Brian.
  Outside the boathouse, Haley tells Brian she is crazy about him.
he says, ditto. They kiss. In the bushes, the D.A. watches.

That's it until next Thursday ...


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