From: lkern@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Leesa J Kern)
Subject: GL:  Update for Thursday, July 23, 1991
Organization: The Ohio State University
Distribution: na
Date: Fri, 24 Jul 1992 21:05:43 GMT

Hey all!  The good news is that the drought in Central Ohio is over!!  The bad 
news is we now have flooding.  So if there's any Central Ohioans reading this 
that prayed to the deity of their choice for rain, I hope you're happy now!

By the way, I've been distributing this to North America.  Should it be world 
wide?  Do people around the world watch GL?

Okay, on with the important stuff....

     Harley walks into Happy Homes Bungalow with Sophie, who's happy her
favourite couple is back.  A.C. is unpacking the car.  Sophie asks if 
everything's alright with the two.  Harley says yes, she just wants to make 
sure it stays that way.  Harley asks Sophie how she held on to her husband.  
"With a short leash."  [Ha ha ha.]  Sophie tells her to hold on to A.C. because
you only get one good one in life.  But that hasn't stopped her from looking 
for #2.  [Apparently #1 is dead.]  A.C. walks in and asks what they're talking 
about.
     Billy's supervising the repairs and code violation fixing at the Towers 
Club.  Vanessa's there too, and she's smiling.  When he asks her why she says 
that he rminded her of the "old" Billy.  He tells her he's been there all the 
time, she just wasn't looking deep enough.
     Gilly comes into Roger's office with some papers for him to sign.  "Forget
those," he says "Look at this."  He's got the modesl for his planned waterfront
renovations.  "Oh," she says.  "There's the Towers, the Blue Moon..."  Roger
then lifts a model of twin towers at least 33% taller than Billy's and puts 
them right in front of Billy's [Any psychology types out there want to analyze 
this? :)]  Gilly tells Roger that his Towers are going to block Billy's towers.
Roger looks at his towers, then a Billy's, then says, with mock surprise, 
"Well, so they do!"

     A.C. puts down the bags and Harley and Sophie joke about "girl talk."  
Sophie leaves, telling them "not to be too noisy when you do the wild thing!"  
A.C. and Harley are shocked and amused and go about the business of unpacking.
A.C. pulls the bed out of the wall.  Harley moans about how horrible the 
assignment's going to be.  A.C. tells her to look at it as a mini-vacation, and
they deserve it after all the hard work they did on the Bradshaw case.  He 
mention's the grill he saw outside and how they can have a barbecue dinner.  
Harley starts getting more positive about the whole thing and says "You know, 
honey this could be just like ... " She stops.  "Like what?" he says.  "Camp!"
A.C. starts to unpack his stuff by turning his suitcase upside down and dumping
everything on the bed.  Harley says "OK, just who do you think is going to ..."
then stops, again.  "What?" he says.  "Win the pennant!" she says.  [These two
are pathetic.]  A.C. says it's too early to tell, and he didn't know she liked 
baseball.  Harley jokes she's just full of surprises.  A.C. starts moving his 
clothes around.
     At the Towers Club, Van tells Billy to not be ridiculous because he knows 
where they stand with each other.  He says, yeah, but that was a couple of 
weeks ago (?), but he senses things have changed with Van and Fletch.  He asks 
her if they have.  She tells him it's really none of his business, but there is
a problem and she's going to fix it by telling Bill the truth about her and 
Fletch.  They discuss it for a while, but Van wins out.  Sensing that, Billy 
asks her where they are going.  They're going to some sort of dude ranch in  
Arizona [Vanessa on a horse?]  and she asks him if it's okay if they stop at 
Cross Creek on the way back.  He says sure.  Van tells him Bill is here now so 
they can say good-bye.  Billy says that won't be necessary because he's coming 
with them.  Scene-ending face from Vanessa.
     Roger says the placement of his building is something that Billy will just
have to live with.  He tells Gilly not to worry about Hamp's restaurant, 
because after people see a show or an exhibit, the're going to want a place to 
eat.  Wow, Gilly never thought of it that way!  [Rog's really doing the charm 
thing on her!]  He tells her she'll have aplace there too.  She asks him if 
Blake will be involved, and Roger says he hopes so.  But he tells her there's 
plent of room at the top.  She then asks him if he's heard from Hart.  He says
no [and there was much rejoicing!]  After an awkward silence, Rog heads for a 
meeting.
     Gilly looks at the models, and Hamp walks in with bad news.  He met with 
some engineers who told him the water damage to the Blue Moon [when did this 
happen?] was to extensive to fix, so they'll have to close.  Gilly tells him 
everything will be okay, cos she's still working.  He says he knows, and then 
he sees the models.  Gilly says oh, yeah, this is the model of Roger's 
waterfront development.  Isn't it great?  Hamp says No, it's a disaster.
  
     Gilly tells Hamp that it is going to be great--revitalize the waterfront 
area, bring people in from the 'burbs, etc.  Hamp tells her she let Rog 
smooth-talk her.  She denies it.  Hamp points out that the sun and the position
of "Thopr Towers" will cast a shadow over "The Towers" most of the day.  Gilly 
tells him that Billy's a business man and will understand hwo iffy these real 
estate things are.  Hamp asks how she can be that way when Billy is their 
friend.  She tells him it's just business and asks why he's so wrapped up in 
Billy's problems.  He tells her that he's going to see if Billy'd be interested
in having him run the Tower's Club.  She thinks it's a great idea.  Hamp feels 
bad, about going to his friend begging for job, but Gilly tells him Billy needs
him, he can't run the place himself.  Hamp tells her he's not just looking for 
a salary, he wants to be full-fledged partners.  She thinks it's great, and 
wishes him luck.  He does tell her he'll have to tell Billy about Thorp Towers.
     Gilly sees Nadine walk by and stops her.  She asks her where she's been.  
She's got a show to do!  Nadine tells her she knows, but she's got a husband to
get back first.
     That husband, meanwhile, is doing more supervising, i.e. spending more 
time telling the workers how much he needs all this done than letting them do 
their job.  Vanessa tells him he is NOT going.  Billy says he thinks he needs 
to be there when Bill hears this info.  Vanessa thinks it'll send the wrong 
message.  Billy argues that they'll tell him up front, before they leave that
they're NOT getting back together.  Van says no, this trip is about her and her
son, and she's the one he's having problems with.  She has to tell him and make
him understand the place Fletch is going to have in her life.  Billy asks her
if that means she and Fletch are going to get married.  She says she doesn't
know, but wherever their relationship goes, that's up to them, not Bill.  Billy
says he understands and backs off.  The inspector comes in with some problem
that needs to be resovled before they can get their certificate or permit or
whatever.  Billy deals with it and goes back to Vanessa.  She asks him about
him/he (I hated grammar) and Nadine.  He tells her they're still married, but
they've both got a lot of thinking to do.  He tells Vanessa that the two of
them (Billy and Van) are in about the same place, with a lot if "ifs" in their
lives.  Vanessa says she hopes to take care of one of those if's on this trip.
Bill runs in to tell Billy good-bye.
     Fletcher "Iffy" Reade comes in to WSPR, and sees Hamp.  Hamp tells him 
about the demise of the Blue Moon, and they reminisce (I hated spelling, too.)
Fletch tells him he's there to borrow a computer so he can finish his story
about the blackout.  [Not exactly "News" anymore.]  Hamp asks about he and
Vanessa and Fletch tells him they're still having problems with Bill and if
they don't get that resolved, things might not work out.  Hamp gives his
encouragement, and they go through some male bonding stuff, and Hamp
leaves...Oops, he sees Roger.  He wanrs him NOT to use Gilly because she's too
smart for all that, and NOT to forget she's Hamps wife.  Rog gets the
end-of-scene look, that he's puzzled or he just got and idea [good going Hamp.]
     A.C. brings the food in as Harley lights the candles.  She's changed into
a slinky pink dress.  He doesn't even notice and sits down to eat.  Harley's
disappointed, but sits down also.  She asks what they're having.  "Steak,
smothered in onion!"  A.C. goes off on how he felt like Ward Cleaver while 
grilling, and starts to serve Harley.  She says no, that's okay.  He asks her 
if it's too rare, he can throw it back on the grill.  She says that's not it, 
she doesn't eat onions.  "Since when?" he asks.  "In all the time we've been
together have you ever seen me eat an onion?  I don't think so."  He starts to
apologize, but she says it's okay, she'll just pick them off.  He tells her to
wait, but she says no, nevermind.  He asks her "What's wrong with you, Cooper?"
"Nothing."  "Look at us.  We're trying so hard to please each other that we're
driving each other crazy."  He gets up from the table.

     Nadine tells Gilly her marriage comes first, and she should understand 
that.  Gilly tells her she doesn't care what she does on her own time, but 
right now there's a bunch of bachelors to be interviewed for the next show.  
Gilly gives her the "shape up or ship out" speech, basically.  Nadine decideds 
to shape up, so she heads off to "powder her nose" before the interviews.
     Roger meets up with Gilly.  He complements her on her handling of Nadine.
He also tells her about Hamp's remarks.
     Nadine sees Fletch at Nick's computer.  She tells him he should be out of 
twon with Van, nailing down their relationship before it's too late--then 
wanders off to the "powder room."
     Back at the Towers, Billy has another meeting with the building inspector.
When that's done, Bill tries to talk Billy into going with them, and Billy is 
telling him he has to stay here and get the Towers Club running, and THEN try 
to get Hamp to work there.  Bill tells him Hamp's got the Blue Moon, but Billy 
tells him about some pump breaking during the blackout [oh, nevermind the 
previous question] causing a lot of water damage.  One of the workers comes up 
and says one of the chef's is complaining about something (Soo chef?).  Billy 
didn't know what he was talking about (and neither did I) but he covered it by 
telling the worker to have the chef talk to Mr. Speakes when he gets in.  Bill 
laughs and says it looks like Billy needs Hamp as much as he needs Billy.  
Billy tells him not to tell Hamp that!
     What a coincidence--in walks Hamp.  He and vanessa small talk, and Hamp 
tells her why he's there.  Vanessa wishes him luck.     
     Billy and Hamp sort of tiptoe around-Hamp pretending not to be interested 
in working there, and Billy pretending not to want to hire anyone.  Finally, 
Billy asks him whaat a "soo chef" (sp?).  They both start to laugh.
     AC tells Harley he can't stand her being polite all the time.  She asks 
him if he wants her to be rude.  He tells her no, he wants her to be honest.  
If he's doing something that annoys her to let him have it.  She tells him she
will when he does (annoy her).  He tells her "Like I haven't already."  She 
says he hasn't.  He tells her to look him in the eye and tell him that.  She
hesitates and he says she can't do it.  So she stands up, looks him straight in
the eye, and yells "NO YOU HAVEN'T!"  [Moral of story:  Never tell Harley she
can't do anything.]  He asks her about the clothes all over the place.  He
tells her if this is going to work, they have to be honest and be themselves 
and let whatever happens happens.  He tells her he wants her to be the Harley 
he fell in love with.  She smiles and says "Me too."  [She wants him to be the
Harley he fell in love with?]  They mash.  They agree to be themselves, or some
similar thing, and shake hands on it [How cute.]

     Hamp and Billy are still pretending they're not interested in being 
partners.  Hamp brings up the Hearbreaker.  Eventually they agree they need 
each other and agree to be partners.  Vanessa and Bil say good bye and leave.
Billy watches them go.  Hamp tells him he handled it well, and he's got
something that'll take his mind off that.  He tells him about "Thorp Towers."
Billy says he's gonna make sure Rog doesn't pull it off.
     Nadine's doing her interviews without much enthusiasm.
     Roger tells Gilly he's glad she'll be working with him on this towers 
thing.  They get a mutual admiration society going.  He tells her his towers 
are his chance to show the Lewis's and the Spauldings he won't be kicked around
anymore.  He tells her he hopes it won't cause problems for her and Hamp.  She
says she'll see to it that it doesn't.  He then broaches the subject of how
close of friends Hamp and Billy are, and that Gilly needs to keep these
business dealing confidential.  The camera pans over to show Fletch observing
the whole scene.
     Nadine's interviews so far have been DUDS.  She calls the next one 
in--Brad McAllen.  He's gorgeous and Nadine notices (Well, he's not bad.)  She 
asks him why he wants to be on the Love Bug.  He tells her that all the women
he's gone out with have been trouble--because they've all been married.  She
questions him for more info.  He's attracted to older, more mature women, like
Nadine.  She blushes.  He says, "Don't tell me, you're married."  She says
"Why, yes, I am," and you can just SEE the wheels turning.
     Roger's back in his office, playing with his towers (and holding one at a
VERY interesting angle.)  There's a knock at the door, and Gilly brings in some
files for him.  She teases him about looking like her brother when he was 
little playing with a new set of blocks.  He tells her this isn't playing, this
is the future...our future.  She asks him if he's working late, and he says 
yes.  She tells him he should go home, eat, relax.  He tells her why sit home 
alone when he can eat and work here.  She tells him if she and Hamp didn't 
alread have plans, she'd stay and keep him company.  He tells her she is so 
sweet (yes, he actually says that), but he doesn't mind being alone.  They wish

each other good night, and she leaves.
     Gilly meets Fletch in the hall.  He thanks her for letting her use the 
computer to finish the story.  He also mentions he noticed her spending time 
with Roger.  Gilly reminds him he's her boss.  He knows, but he warns her 
anyway to keep her distance.  "Roger is not this evil monster that everybody's 
trying to make him out to be."  [Okay, everyone, how many times have we heard 
this?]  Fletch says Yeah, he's much worse, and tells her to be careful.  Fletch
leaves.  Gilly peeks in on Roger working, smiles, and leaves.
     Vanessa and Bill are packing and going through the usual what-to-pack 
discussions.  Bill says he wishes Billy could go with them.  They reminisce 
about some vacation the three of them took.  They laugh, then Van says, well, 
things were different then.  Bill's not so jolly anymore.  She asks him if he 
packed Hamp's football jersey and he says yes.  Hamp's one of dad's best
friends.  They talk about that for a while.  Van says Hamp and Billy are
friends for life, just like he and Ben, even if they fight once in a while.
Bill says no, Ben's not his friend--he lies and says things that aren't true.
Van asks him what things, but he won't say.  She tells him they'll talk about
all that in Arizona, and scoots him upstairs to put his stuff in the suitcase.
     The doorbell rings and it's Fletch.  She asks how Ben's eye is (it's 
fine).  He gives her some trivia stuff he looked up about the places they're 
going.  He thought Bill might find them interesting.  She tells him she has 
something for him, too.  She tells him she's decided to tell Bill the truth.  
He asks if she's sure, and that he doesn't want her to feel like he pushed her 
into anything.  She says he didn't and tells him about her talk with Nick.  She
tells him he (Fletch) was right and she was wrong.  They mutually apologize for
their spat.  He asks her if she's sure and she says yes, she's actually looking
forward to it.  "I can't wait to tell Bill that I love you."  They hug.
     At the Towers Club, Billy and Hamp recieve the OK for their permit-thingy.

Billy starts to leave, but Hamp says no, he starts TOMORROW; he and Gilly have
"bride and groom" type plans for the evening.  Billy says well, that's fine,
that'll give him time to get stuff set up the way HE wants it.  They start to
bicker in a friendly way, and Gilly comes in as Billy goes to talk to the
bartender.  She asks him if they're fighting.  He says yes, but that's what
partners do.  She congratulates him and he says yes, everything is great.  She
says "Not quite." and tells him he had no right to say what he did to Roger.
To summarize, she tells him she doesn't mess in his business, he should stay
out of hers.  He starts to answer, but stops because he sees Nadine and
Bachelor #1 walk in, arm-in-arm.  (I LOVE Nadine's dress!)  So does Billy.
     A.C.'s watching "the game" and throwing peanut shells on the floor.
Harley's on the bed in a little lace white teddy playing solitaire.  She asks
A.C. when the game'll be over, and suggests a game of strip poker.  He watches
the game.  She gets up to get a glass of water, and walks in front of the
screen.  He tells her to move and when she does she steps on a peanut shell and
falls in his lap, causing him to miss the end of the game. [Waaaah!]  He yells
at her for being clumsy.  "Well, maybe I wouldn't have fallen if I hadn't
stepped on one of your stupid peanut shells."  "Well, maybe if you'd warn your
slippers [with a teddy?] you wouldn't have hurt your foot."  "Well, maybe if
you'd come to bed when I asked you to, I'd be asleep right now, but you'd 
rather watch a stupid game than spend time with me!"  He tells her he didn't
want her to think all he wanted was sex.  "And I do?" she says.  "No."  She
asks him if he's bored with her and he says no.  She tells him this is not
working, they're not getting along.  He tells her not to say that, but she
keeps doing it.  Finally he stops her and says he knows how to fix this.

     A.C. turns off the lights, then turns down the blankets.  He walks over, 
picks her up, then lays down with her on the bed.  He tells her no one's going
to ruin what they've got.  She tells him they can't solve everything by making
lvoe.  He tells her "I just want to hold you, Harley, I love you."  They kiss
and they snuggle.
     Cut to Van and Fletch mashing.  They tell each other they're going to miss
each other and they'll make up for it what she gets back.  [At this point I'd
like to thank the writers for reminding me that my lovelife sucks Ohio flood
water!]  She says she thinks Bill will be okay with all this.  Fletch asks if
she want him to help explain things, but she says this is something she has to
do.  They kiss.  He tells her to call him so he knows what happens...Just then
Bill walks in.  Van gives him the list Fletch brought.  She reminds Bill that
he does have something to say.  Bill says "Thanks [NOT]," without much
enthusiasm.  He drags Van upstairs to help him pack.  She tells Fletch bye.
Fletch wishes her a safe trip.  (Foreshadowing?)
    At the Towers Club, Billy stutters around and finally asks Nadine "Who's 
this?"  She tells him it's her date and she'd like a table for two.
     Gilly recognizes him as an interviewee for the Love Bug, not her date;
she's just using him to make Billy jealous.  She asks Hamp if he wants to tell
Billy and he says no [GOOD!] because he doesn't want anyone interfering in
their marriage, so he's definitely not going to interfere in anyone else's.
     Roger's alone at the station and Margaret the cleaning lady comes in.  She
makes a comment about Rog's "building blocks" and her son's blocks not being 
able to do that.  She show's him a picture, and asks about his son.  She asks
to see his picutre, so Rog pulls a frame out of his desk drawer.  She goes on
for awhile about how much they both love their sons, and how much she'd miss
hers if he moved out.  She goes to leave and tells Rog not to work so hard.  He
responds that it keeps him out of trouble.  The camera fades to a close up of
Roger looking at Hart's picture, then the Thorp Towers, then his picture.  Fade
to black.

THE END!

Okay, I hate to admit it, I actually felt sorry for Roger at the end.  Sure he 
deserves it and all, but I guess I've just fallen for his hypnotic ways.  Ya 
know, he's not the evil person everyone makes him out to be......

See ya next week!

Leesa

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Leesa J. Kern                          lkern@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu
Dept. of Sociology, OSU

With all the socialization I've gone through, it's hard to say whose ideas are
expressed here!
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