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Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1992 18:04:02 -0500 
From: Jennifer Allyson Turner <jt3j+@andrew.cmu.edu>
Subject: OLTL: Update for Monday, 11/23

Hi OLTL fans!  Since there doesn't seem to be a Monday updater, and I
got to watch the show today, I thought I'd update it for you (since I
can't do the update tomorrow).

Congrats to Frederique Vernhes for getting all the trivia questions from
last week right.  For those of you don't remember what the answers were,
here they are again.

WHODUNIT

These three Buchanan women have all been accused of murder (two of them
were even convicted).  Who have they been accused of murdering?  Did
they really do it?  And if not, whodunit?  For bonus points, can you
name which two were convicted?

1) Tina

Tina was accused of murdering her mother in law, Maria Roberts.  Her
death was actually an accident (or self defense).  Maria had stolen a
rare poison from Patrick's lab and was planning to use it to kill Viki. 
When she and Tina had one of their many arguments (I think it was
because Maria knew Al's true parentage), Maria brought out the vial and
planned to kill Tina.  Instead, Tina rushed her, the poison fell onto
Maria and the woman died.  Tina was later convicted of murder (bonus
point), but was freed when a woman came forward to say that Maria had
been the one who had stolen the poison.

2) Renee

Renee was accused of the murder of Duann Demerest (LeeAnn's mother). 
Actually, it turned out that Julia Medina (Gabrielle's mother, Al's
grandmother) had killed Duann in self defense.

3) Sarah

Sarah was accused of murdering Carlo Hesser.  The actual murderess was
Carlo's niece, Stephanie.  She killed Carlo because she found out that
he had killed her father.  Sarah was also convicted of murder, but was
freed when Bo and Max captured the real killer with Addie's help.

And now, on to the update:

**Am I Dreaming?**

At the Hesser residence, Alex and Morty wrestle on the couch.  Alex
isn't being very successful in seducing Morty.  He suddenly stops and
says there's something wrong with his contact lenses, and anyway, he has
an appointment.  They get up and Alex reminds him that Thanksgiving is
coming up soon.  He has to turn into Carlo Hesser... and soon.  Alex
asks him if he thinks she's unattractive.  Morty tries to laugh it off. 
You?  Unattractive?  Chuckle, chuckle.  Alex then asks him what he
thinks about her eyes.  Blue as the Aegean Sea, he tells her in a Carlo
undertone.  And what about my lips, she asks.  Red as pomegranates,
Morty replies.  And my legs?  They're... they're all right.  Then
Mortimer... go with it, Alex tells him.

Chez Jake's, Viki grabs the general and locks lips with him (almost lost
my lunch here;  Erika probably did too.  It looked like kissing a wooden
board would have been more enjoyable).  Sloan tells her he's been
dreaming of this moment.  Does it mean what he thinks it means?

At the hospital, Cain and Tina are talking to Sheila, trying to get her
to call a doctor for Luna.  They tell her that Max has come back but
that Luna's still Out There (hasn't she always been out there?).  Out
there? Sheila questions.  She's in a trance, Cain translates.  A trance?
Sheila asks.  Don't listen to him, Tina says, just get a doctor for Luna.

Meanwhile, in the room right behind them, Max takes Luna's hand and
tells her that she has to come back.  He tells her that he has so many
things to say to say to her.  I love you, he says.  Luna opens her eyes,
looks at Max, and asks him if he said what she thinks he said or if she
was just dreaming.

**********

Sheila goes into Max's room and immediately demands an explanation. 
What in tarnation is Luna doing on a gurney in intensive care?  Max
awakens in the middle of the interrogation.  The nurse calls Sheila over
and tells her that Max's vital signs are stable.  Sheila tells her to
call for Dr. Wolek.  Tina and Luna hug.  They did it!!  Their
celebration is cut short, however, because Sheila would like to examine
Luna.  Tina and Cain exit the room.  Out in the hallway, they talk.  It
seems like they're getting closer and that Tina might actually forgive
him when Tina throws a wrench into the proceedings.  Cain gets tired of
begging and takes a hike.

At Jake's (how can Viki even think of committing adultery in her dead
daughter's house?), Viki and Sloan re hash every other confab they've
ever had.  Sloan asks her if this means that they'll one day be together.

Alex does a strip tease for Morty.  She tells him that nothing that
happens between two consenting adults is wrong.  She takes his hands and
leads him up the stairs.

**********

Cain calls Renee at the Buchanan Palace and tells her about Max.  She's
very relieved and tells him that it was thoughtful for him to call.  But
she questions his motives.  Cain tells her that he thought she would
understand a person trying to change, but obviously not, and hangs up on
her.  Tina comes up and tries to sympathize.  She tries to thank Cain
for helping Luna and Max, but he stalks off, still royally pissed off. 
(why doesn't he just get over it?  why does he immediately expect people
to think he's changed, especially after all the horrible things he's
done?)

At the cabin, The Buchanan Men continue to bond while playing that manly
game of darts.  Asa really enjoys it and his attitude is, Who needs
women?  I do, is Bo's response.  I can't wait to take the little woman
down to a nice little chapel and get married.  I'm really missing Sarah.
 But Asa quickly tries to disillusion his younger son.  WOMEN=BAD, he
tells Bo.  There ain't a man in the room who hasn't been steamrolled by
a twotiming hussy.  He looks to Clint for backup.  Kevin looks
steamrolled by his grandfather's words, and Clint looks reflectively at
a picture of Viki.

Sloan pressures Viki some more.  Viki hedges some more.

**********

Sloan wants to pitch whoopee, but Viki thinks it's wrong.  Call it
anything but wrong, please, Sloan pleads (he's practically groveling at
her feet by now).  But Viki continues her argument in a high, breathless
voice.  He wants her to come away with him.  I can't, she says, her
voice nearly reaching a new pitch.  She begs for time, then departs. 
Sloan goes off to take a cold shower.

Bulge shows up at the Hesser residence.  He calls around for da boss. 
He has important news to tell her re Moose Mulligan.  Alex floats down
the stairs in a red and black teddy, black garters and heels, and a
long, black gossamer robe edged with feathers.  Mommy! Bulge exclaims
and forgets what he's going to say.  Alex tells him that he came at a
bad time, then goes to the phone to order an obscenely large Chinese
meal.  When she hangs up, Bulge asks her what's up.  They're interrupted
by Morty floating down the stairs in full Carlo mode.  Whatsa matta kid?
he asks Bulge.  You look like your underwear's too tight.

Sheila finally persuades Luna to have a checkup, but first, Luna must
say goodbye to Max privately.  Luna goes out after the goodbye and in a
daze, runs into Blair.  She immediately lights into Blair, blaming her
for Max's near brush with Death.  Blair is genuinely taken aback.  Luna
then proceeds to tell her that Max is going to be fine.  Blair is so
happy, she hugs Luna (You're hugging me!).  When she realizes what she's
doing, she backs away and says how happy she is.  Luna thaws a bit and
thanks Blair for all she did to help to Max.  Blair tells Luna that
she's happy Max has as good friend as Luna to look after him.  Someone
who would do almost anything for him.  No, not ALMOST anything, Luna
corrects.  ANYTHING AT ALL.  Blair looks rueful and tells Luna that she
believes it.  She wishes Luna eternal happiness (note: but she didn't
say "with Max").  A nurse then comes to get Luna.  Before she goes off,
Luna makes Blair promise that she won't disturb Max.

**********

Blair goes into Max's room and tells him that she thanks God that he's
alive.  She's about ready to leave when Max speaks up.  He tells her to
stay.  He then asks her if she was there in North Carolina with him.  He
thanks her for caring.  Blair tells Max about Joe Hawk's words (that she
was bad for him, that what he needed was Luna, and that Luna would bring
him what he truly needed... Serenity).  She then asks him if it's true. 
If it is, she'll leave him alone and never bother him again.  Max tells
her that Joe Hawk always spoke the truth.  Blair looks stricken, but Max
goes on.  He tells her that she broke his heart, but that he has a
strong heart and will recover.  He tells her that he hopes she will too.
 Blair leaves and starts to cry outside Max's room.  She's standing
there, crying, when Cain shows up.  There's a little verbal sparring
before they both admit that they're at a stalemate.  But that ain't it,
folks.  As Blair walks away, Cain says, You look like you haven't gained
a pound, Little Mama.  Are you bringing that up again? she asks.

At Llanfair, Tina goes up to Viki's room, looking for her, but instead,
finds CJ.  He scares her half out of her wits, but she manages to laugh
it off.  He has a puppet on each hand.  Tina tells him that Max is gonna
be okay.  CJ cheers and lifts up one of his puppets.  Tina asks him why
both puppets didn't cheer.  Is the other one a bad puppet?  Yeah, CJ
says.  That's the puppet Cain gave me.  He then asks Tina if he'll ever
see Cain again.  Tina takes the puppets and tells him not to worry about
Cain.  She tells him to get back to bed.  He tells her he'll see her
tomorrow and goes to bed (This kid is so cute!).

Chez Hesser, Bulge tries to tell Alex why Moose Mulligan was so afraid
of Carlo.  It was because Carlo had a few of Moose's fingers lopped off
for stealing from the till.  But Alex seems to be completely
uninterested.  Carlo's, sorry, Morty's chest seems much more
interesting.  Finally, Bulge gives up and goes off in a huff.  What was
he saying? Alex asks.  Search me, Morty replies.  My pleasure, Alex
says, preparing to do just that.  But Alex restrains herself after a few
minutes and tells Morty that there are more details of Carlo that they
have to deal with.  They have more cramming to do.  More cramming? 
Morty asks, sweeping Alex off her feet.  Shall we?  He carries her up
the stairs.

**********

Renee calls the cabin and tells the macho men that Max is gonna make it.
 Asa informs everyone else.  You sound happy, Renee comments.  Like you
actually care about Max.  Well I don't, Asa tells her.  Sorry for
thinking you might have a little human feeling, Renee says.  Yeah, well
don't let it happen again, Asa says.  I won't, Renee says, looking
amused.  They hang up and Bo tells Asa he's full of it.  He pretends to
be hard as nails but really he's a marshmallow inside.  Kevin asks his
dad if he's the same way.  He tells him to go back to Viki.

Sloan talks to himself in the mirror, promising to take care of himself
so Viki won't have a sick man on her hands.

Viki arrives home to find Tina asleep on her bed.  At first, she's
alarmed, thinking something may be wrong, but Tina says she's fine. 
Viki looks ultra worried and asks about Max.  Tina tells her the good
news, but Viki still seems to be upset.  Tina asks her what's wrong. 
What have I done? Viki asks in anguish.  Tina hugs her.

**********

Alex and Morty discuss their recent sexual experience.  Morty says he
never knew why people made such a big deal of sex... until now.  Alex
tells him that he's become Carlo in a matter of hours.  She then has a
flashback of Carlo (remember the DOCTOR scene?), and amends that
statement.  She tells Morty that he's almost Carlo.  She asks him if he
would like her to share a secret of her marriage with him.  What do you
think? he asks.  Alex goes into the next room, retrieves the "doctor's"
bag, and gives it to Morty.

At Llanfair, Tina and Viki talk.  Viki tells Tina about her session with
Dr. Jonas (his haircut was SO disappointing!), and then the way she
threw herself at Sloan afterwards.  Tina tells her that nobody's
perfect. (actually, she said a lot more than that, but I can't remember
all she said; Tina seems to be making the most sense of anyone in this
mess).

At the hospital, Luna is saying to goodnight to Max.  She asks him how
he feels.  Like a hockey puck, is his response.  Luna asks him if he
remembers any of what happened there on The Other Side.  All she can
remember is walking through fire and Max coming to save her.  He tells
her that he can only remember bits and pieces, but he knows that she
saved him.  They decide that it would be wise to keep this episode to
themselves.  Luna then asks him if he remembers what he said afterwards.
 Max is gripped by a spasm of pain, so Luna decides that it's time to
lay off.  He should get some rest.  But Max tells her that she can't
leave yet.  He tells her again that he loves her.

And that's all folks!

Have a great week, and HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!!

Jenn

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Jennifer A. Turner                    jt3j@andrew.cmu.edu

"Deep into that darkness peering, long I stood there wondering,
         fearing,
Doubting, dreaming dreams no mortal ever dared to dream before.."
            -Edgar Allan Poe, "The Raven"
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