From: KARENK@SLACVM.SLAC.STANFORD.EDU
Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv.soaps
Subject: OLTL: UPDATE Tues. 8/25
Date: 26 Aug 92 16:42:37 GMT
Organization: Stanford Linear Accelerator Center

Greetings soap fans.  It was a day of "ultimatums" in Llanview; some people
agreed to them, most didn't...

"Major" C. Buchanan's Orders to his Troops "Disobeyed"
=====================================================
Clint and Viki, after her arrival home from her encounter with Sloan, are still
arguing.  Clint again chastizes Viki for her total disregard for her own family
and the great amount of time she is spending with Sloan, Andrew, et al.  Clint
says "prove" to me there is nothing fishy going on, that your family comes
first, and let's all leave in the morning for the ranch in Arizona.  Viki says
she can't; there are Andrew's problems, Billy's problems, the AIDS quilt is
coming to Llanview, and of course there is Kevin, LeeAnn and the missing baby.
Clint says "so what??", are you with me or not????  Viki leaves.  Joey enters
after picking up a letter from Mrs. Douglas to Billy, in which she tries to
counteract a horrid "letter to the Editor" written by Mr. Douglas and printed
in the Banner.  Clint then also "orders" Joey to be ready early in the morning,
the family is going to Arizona.  Joey says he needs to stick up for his friends
and is needed in Llanview.  He says Clint taught him to stick by his friends
[guess Clint has had a slight mental lapse...].  Clint goes upstairs, Joey says
to himself "no way" will he be on the plane, and goes to see Billy, still in
hiding at the theatre.
Billy has seen the letter his father wrote; Joey gives Billy his mother's
letter and tries to tell Billy that his mother does really understand, loves
him, and is willing to help.  He has trouble accepting this, but reads the
letter.  He still has grave doubts about his father, and says he must leave...
Billy is very angry, and also very scared...
Meanwhile, Vicki has gone to meet Rene for coffee and consolation, as she tells
Rene that she and Clint are no longer on the same wavelength.  Rene then asks
if Viki and Sloan are on the same wavelength...Viki says "NO!" [me think the
lady doth protest too much...] Viki then admits that Sloan is dying and she
feels especially close to him and must do something to help Sloan reconcile
with Andrew.  Rene says "watch out"...Viki returns home, and Clint is still up
waiting for her.  She tells him she is staying in Llanview, and not going to
Arizona...

Blair Misses Max's Midnight Deadline
====================================
Max, swilling back the bubbly in the spa, is still waiting for Blair as the
sand in the hourglass marks the hour past midnight. Blair, still at Asa's, is
torn between accepting Asa's offer of her own company, wealth, etc... and des-
erately wanting to go to Max.  She asks herself why she can't have both...picks
up her bags to go to Max, and is stopped by Addie.  She tells Addie that she
is going to Max, but Addie must not tell anyone where she is.  Back at the
spa, with the minutes ticking by, Luna and Max get into a heavy (but very
inebriated) discussion of how Max has chosen the wrong women.  Luna asks him
what his ideal woman is...filled with fire; love of life; smart and strong, and
must love him truly, madly, deeply...[TAN:!!!  "Truly, Madly, Deeply" is a
WONDERFUL British movie along the lines of "Ghost"---but with a slightly diff-
erent twist about getting on with one's life after a lover dies...I highly
recommend it!!! Back to our regularly scheduled programming...)  Luna tells
Max this ideal woman might be right around the corner [or sitting on the edge
of the hot tub!!!].  Max and Luna horse around, and he pulls her into the
tub.  Blair has arrived, but is watching from behind a fence.  She has heard
Max say that maybe she is right, the woman he has been looking for is right
here.  As they ALMOST kiss, Blair leaves.  What she doesn't see is Luna pushing
Max away...and yelling at him to say the same things when he is SOBER!!!
[Poor Luna...I doubt if Max will ever see the light!!]
Back at home, Blair tells Asa that she will accept his offer of her own company
(and emphasizes again that this will NOT be a subsidiary of the Buchanan empire
but her OWN).  Asa says yes, and also suggests that she meet him in his bedroom
(YUCK!!!).  Blair then picks up a mirror, and says "Hello Mrs. Buchanan, goodby
Max"...

Sloan Says Yes...to Treatment
=============================
In a short scene, we see Sloan telling Dr. Larry that he has agreed to begin
"treatment" [chemotherapy is my guess---Larry said it could be uncomfortable].
Larry asks him what changed his mind, and Sloan says "someone" showed him that
life was worthwhile.  Larry, using all of his diagnostic skills, asks if that
someone was Viki.  Sloan says yes, and Larry tells him to be careful...for
Viki's sake.

That's it for today...no kids and babies on the run today...

Karen