From: peea224@hermes.chpc.utexas.edu (Joanna L. Castillo)
Subject: KL on TNT:  Summary for April 6 and 7
Organization: The University of Texas System - CHPC
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Date: Fri, 17 Apr 92 04:52:11 GMT

KL on TNT summary for April 6, 1992 and April 7, 1992:

[Editorial comments, as usual, appear in square brackets.]

[I'm running so far behind in my watching of the show that I've decided
 to just start posting after every two or three episodes I get to watch.
 Hopefully, I'll be able to catch up soon.]

4-6-92:  "The Christening"
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THE CHRISTENING/JOSHUA'S STILL A PIG!:  Joshua tells Val and Lillie Mae 
that if the babies are going to cry as much as they did last night maybe 
they should just give them back.  [Again I say... what a pig!]  They 
can't believe it and Lillie Mae tells him he was much worse when he was 
a baby.  Joshua asks Val when she's going to have the christening -- 
saying that since the babies were conceived in sin, they need to be 
baptized as soon as possible to purge them of their sins and he could 
arrange for them to be baptized on his show.  She yells at him that they 
weren't conceived in sin and she'll make her own decisions.  Cathy tells 
Joshua she didn't go behind his back regarding the apartment and he 
starts yelling at her to never go against him again.  He shoves her 
around a bit and she tells him she's tired of the way he's been treating 
her and that she's going to move to the apartment with or without him.  
Val takes Lillie Mae to the doctor's office for a check up and tells her 
she's thinking of naming the boy Bobby and Lillie Mae tells her she 
mustn't -- that she needs to think about Ben's feelings since he's the 
father.  Ben tells Joshua he's losing his audience and that to improve 
the ratings for his show, he should get Cathy to come back and sing 
again.  Lillie Mae tells Val the doctor just told her to keep warm and 
take some aspirin for the pain in her shoulder.  Lillie Mae tries to 
convince Val that she needs to go ahead with the christening and Karen 
says she'll help.  Val says she'd like for Karen and Mac to be the 
godparents.  Karen says they'd be delighted and encourages her to talk 
to Ben about using the name Bobby since he'll be the father when they 
get married.  That night, after making love at Ben's house, Val asks Ben 
if Sunday would be okay with him for the christening.  He says it would 
be fine.  She says she'd like to name her daughter Elizabeth after his 
mother and she'd like to name the boy Bobby and starts to explain but he 
says it's okay.  She tells him she loves him so much because he's 
incredible.  The next day, she stops by Lotus Point with the babies to 
visit Karen.  Abby sees them and tells Val she's very happy they're back 
together.  Val says she's really grateful to Abby for what she did and 
invites her and Gary to the baptism saying it would really make her 
happy if they attended.  Joshua tells Cathy he called the landlord of 
the apartment to get the electricity turned on.  She's immediately happy 
and asks if he's really moving in with her.  He says he's sorry for 
behaving so oddly lately -- realizes how important her singing is to her 
and says he'd like her to think about singing on his show again.  [What 
a slimy manipulative pig!  But he's *so* cute.]  Lillie Mae goes to 
another doctor and tells Val he confirmed the other doctor's diagnosis 
-- there's nothing really wrong with her.  After the christening [which 
we don't see] Joshua tells Ben that it's awfully nice of Val to name one 
of the babies after Bobby [trying to be cruel again] and Gary walks up 
at that moment and thanks Ben.  Mac encourages Ben to just give it time 
when he notices that Ben's a bit uncomfortable.  Cathy asks Joshua if 
he's told Lillie Mae about the apartment and he says he hasn't.  He lies 
to her and says it's only fair he tell her that Lillie Mae's been going 
to the doctor so much because she's dying and he can't bear to move out 
now.  [Have I mentioned that he's a pig?  :-)]

WHAT'S WITH THE FISHERS?:  Shiela spends the first half of the show 
stalking Val and the twins and there are moving boxes are scattered 
throughout the house as if they're preparing to leave town.  Harry 
encourages Shiela to hold on -- that he's got the tickets and pass ports 
and they'll be out of town tomorrow.  At one point, Shiela walks up to 
Val outside a grocery store and just looks at the babies very oddly.  
Val tells her to stay away from them.  Lillie Mae rushes out of the 
store and they leave.  At home, Karen asks what happened exactly and 
says that since she didn't threaten them or touch the babies, they can't 
get the police to do anything.  She tries to call the Fishers but the 
number's been disconnected.  The Fishers drive up to Val's house with 
their station wagon packed to the gills.  Harry asks Shiela if she 
understands how they're going to do this and she says she does.  He asks 
her if she's sure she wants to go though with it and then goes to the 
front door.  Harry tells Val they didn't want to upset her again but 
that they're going to be leaving for awhile and they'd both like to say 
good-bye to the twins.  He says he realizes they're her kids but they 
loved them and raised them since they were born and just want to say 
good-bye.  Val relents and he calls Shiela over.  Val and Karen hold the 
babies and Harry gives them each a kiss.  Shiela starts to cry and hands 
two teddy bears to Lillie Mae and hugs and kisses each of the kids.  She 
hugs Val also who starts to cry.  Harry and Shiela go back to their car 
and drive away.  Joshua watches everything quite intently.  [Quite a 
powerful scene.]  

ABBY DOESN'T SKIP A BEAT:  Abby wakes up to find Gary already gone.  She 
assumes he's gone to the Empire Valley (EV) site and rushes out after 
him.  When she gets to the site, Gary's not there.  Elliot tells her he 
really needs to talk to Gary about the situation.  She says Gary's still 
not up to discussing business and he says they're blasting over the 
water recharge zone and it's very dangerous.  Abby tells someone over 
the phone to just send the paperwork to her and that Gary doesn't need a 
duplicate.  Gary walks in and Abby tells him she's been worried about 
him and asks what he's been doing.  He says he's just got things on his 
mind and would appreciate it if she'd continue to handle the EV stuff 
for a little while longer.  Abby stops by Greg's office and he tells her 
he's gotten some new geological surveys, soil samples, and topological 
maps that show they've built the broadcast station in the only logical 
place.  She says she wants to know what the overruns are all about and 
he says it's intentional and to be happy with the extra money she's 
getting -- which he's sure she's not passing on to Gary.  

MAC'S INVESTIGATION CONTINUES -- SORT OF:  Mac's supposed to meet with 
the governor but instead meets with his assistant, Jill Bennett.  [This 
looks like the real beginnings of Jill being around.]  Mac tells her he 
needs records of adoptions and birth certificates and thought the 
governor could clear the way for him.  Jill tells Mac she found out all 
about him when he was up for the senate and she looked into his 
background.  She says he's the worst kind of flirt and it's going to get 
him in trouble someday because someone's going to take him seriously.  
She suddenly kisses him and asks what he'll do then.  He just looks at 
her a bit stunned.  Mac gets home to find Karen dozing in a chair.  She 
tells him she was worried and he says his plane was just delayed.  Mac 
says the case was turned over to the governor's assistant.  He gives her 
some flowers and she asks what the occasion is and he says he just did 
it because he loves her a lot.  

POOR GREG...NOT!!:  Greg interviews a woman to be his assistant but 
doesn't hire her -- she's no Laura.  Laura and one of her co-workers are 
sitting in his car outside their office having some ice cream.  She 
spills some of hers on him and they start to laugh and clean it up.  
Greg drives up at that moment and watches them.  He yanks her out of the 
car and says he can't believe she's already taken up with someone else 
and is playing him for a fool.  She tells him he's mistaken and he says 
not for long and storms off.  

[Time for a little bit of an "explanatary note" concerning my feelings
 about Joshua.  I think if you just read the updates and read what he
 says but don't ever hear the tone of voice or see the expressions on
 his face, his actions may seem perfectly innocuous and, possibly,
 well-meaning.  When he showed up at the cul-de-sac, he was an innocent
 and his religious beliefs could probably be classified as some sort of
 fundamental southern Baptist.  He'd never been exposed to any other 
 beliefs and had never known any women.  When he arrived at KL, he met
 Cathy and was immediately intrigued.  He slept with her and promptly
 felt very guilty about it.  He had no idea how to deal with his 
 conflicting emotions.  He went to Rev. Kathrun for guidance but I
 don't think he really listened to what the reverend had to say to him.
 He was talked into doing a segment on the reverend's show and after a
 couple of appearances, he began to gather a following -- comprised 
 mostly of people who were drawn to his innocence, I would guess.  He
 started to realize the power he had over his "followers" and I think
 that started to go to his head.  I think he started feeling like he
 had to control everyone near him and he quickly learned that he could
 manipulate people by playing on their insecurities.  At this point,
 he's become quite power hungry -- he constantly needs reassurances,
 though, and that's why he wants to stay near Lillie Mae.  She feels
 so guilty about abandoning him as a baby that she will forgive him 
 anything he might do and loves him unconditionally.  The way he deals
 with people (particularly Val, Lillie Mae, and Cathy) is really quite
 sinister.  Laura can see it so he tries to discourage her relationship
 with Cathy.  Karen's being obtuse about him for some reason.  Val 
 seems to understand what he's up to but doesn't want to hurt her 
 mother or Cathy so she's not fighting him too hard.  Ben seems to be
 the only person who truly realizes how disturbed Joshua has become but
 he, too, seems to be holding himself back from doing anything about it
 in order to protect Val and Lillie Mae.  The fact that he has managed
 to keep Cathy living with him is truly amazing -- but he seems willing
 to say anything to keep her.  Alec Baldwin did an amazing acting job 
 with the role of Joshua, IMHO.

 Well...that's enough rambling from me, I think.  On to the next
 episode.]

4-7-92:  "A Little Assistance"
==============================
LAURA THROWS A PARTY - or - A LITTLE BIT O' FILLER:  Laura throws 
herself a welcome home party -- celebrating her return to the "real" 
world and the cul-de-sac.  Val's confused at the theme of the party.  
[Imagine that!  "Welcome home?  Has Laura been somewhere?"  :-)]  Eric 
tells Whitney [his girlfriend, remember?] it's time he move out and get 
his own place.  Val and Joshua argue about him speaking of her children 
in his show -- she demands he quit and he asks her to think about how 
little support she gets from the babies' father.  Ben tells Mac that 
Val's still not letting him be around the kids much and Mac tells him 
just to be patient.  Laura warns Cathy not to continue letting Joshua 
run her life and Cathy says it's not that way anymore but won't 
elaborate.  Eric again tells Whitney he really needs to get out of the 
cul-de-sac -- that it's just like living in a soap opera.  Joshua and 
Ben have yet another argument.

MAC 'N JILL:  Mac meets with a reporter and tells him about his 
investigation into the illegal adoption rings.  He says he's going to go 
after everyone involved and it's the doctors and their determination to 
protect each other no matter what that really gets him.  Karen sees the 
article which says he's attacking the medical profession and she and Ben 
worry about it.  Mac tells them that his comments were off the record 
but that the governor's behind him.  At his office, Jill arrives and 
says the governor's not very happy but he's decided to help and has sent 
her to work with him.  He says he doesn't want her help and she says the 
sooner he resigns himself to the idea, the sooner they can get done and 
she can be out of his hair.  Jill has a desk moved into Mac's office for 
her to use and he promptly has it moved out.  Mac rants at Karen about 
Jill trying to move a desk into his office and she tells him to calm 
down and use her rather than fight her.  She asks what the big deal is 
about her and he says she just watches him like Dracula's sister -- 
waiting for him to mess up.  Mac tells Jill that he hasn't been able to 
find out who's supplying the illegal ring with the phone birth 
certificates.  Jill calls up the county clerk's office to have some of 
their files pulled.  Outside, they run into a man named Richard who 
recognizes Jill and invites her out.  She puts him off and Mac asks if 
she's got a man in every port.  She tells him to save his curiosity for 
the investigation.  Later, she asks Mac about the Fisher transcripts and 
he says there are some personal things in them.  She says she might see 
something he overlooked and he yells at her that he just wants her to 
stay out of things.  Karen walks in on their argument and Jill leaves 
after introducing herself.  Karen makes a sarcastic remark about 
Dracula's sister and Mac asks if she doesn't see the resemblance.  

JOSHUA GOES PAST THE LIMIT:  Cathy's very upset at the news of Lillie 
Mae's impending death and Joshua tells her she's only got a couple of 
months left.  He says they're the only ones who know and they can't 
burden Val with it.  She says she'll stay with him -- that she couldn't 
leave him at such a hard time.  Joshua asks Cathy if she's thought about 
singing on his show and that Lillie Mae would really like it.  Cathy 
goes by the apartment and looks around quite sadly.  [A Lisa Hartman 
song "Love Don't Live Here Anymore" plays as mood music.]  Joshua gets 
to the TV station late and Ben blasts him about being late and about the 
bad ratings.  He asks if he's talked to Cathy about getting on the show.  
Joshua says he doesn't tell his wife what to do and Ben can't believe 
he'd say it.  He just tells Joshua to do whatever he wants but to make 
sure he gets the ratings up.  That evening, Ben plays the piano for Val 
and she says she misses him.  He asks what she's going to do about it 
and asks if they're ever going to get married.  She says a lot of things 
have happened since they made those plans.  Upstairs, Joshua tells Cathy 
he's got a present for her and hands her some sheet music saying he's 
picked out a song for her to do on his show.  She says she hasn't even 
decided if she's going to do the show and he has to stop trying to run 
her life.  He says it's important to him and should be to her as well 
especially since she doesn't have anything going on in her life.  She 
starts to walk away and he grabs her and tells her not to run away from 
him.  Val tells Ben she doesn't seem to have time for any of the things 
that used to be important to her and they suddenly hear a loud crash 
upstairs.  They rush up to check on the babies but they're fine.  They 
go to Joshua and Cathy's room and Joshua says everything's fine.  The 
next morning, as Lillie Mae and Val feed the kids, Joshua reads the 
paper and Cathy stands across the room at the counter.  Karen walks in 
returning a pan to Lillie Mae and notices Cathy's got a very big bruise 
on her cheek.  Cathy says she just fell against the medicine cabinet and 
it looks worse than it really is.  Later, Lillie Mae and Val argue about 
whether or not Joshua hit Cathy -- Val's convinced Joshua did.  Lillie 
Mae asks Cathy for more details about how she hurt herself and Cathy 
avoids the question and asks about how Lillie Mae is feeling.  Lillie 
Mae says there's nothing really bothering her and the doctors don't know 
what they're talking about.  She tells Cathy that marriage is hard on 
people and one partner always has a rougher time than the other.  She 
tells her she loves her and if she ever needs to talk about anything not 
to hesitate.  Joshua walks in at that moment and Cathy leaves abruptly.  
Later, Cathy sings "The Search is Over" for Joshua's show.  [This was a 
rather popular duet at some time with Joe Cocker and somebody wasn't 
it?]  Joshua's quite pleased.  

GREG FINALLY GETS AN ASSISTANT:  Greg meets with some men and shows them 
the secret parts of the building underneath the broadcast station at the 
EV site.  They ask how he's going to keep Gary in the dark and he says 
Gary's mind isn't on EV but once he gets interested again, they'll have 
Abby's help.  Later, he tells Abby he needs to know what's going on so 
he can be prepared.  She says she's working on something concerning 
Elliot.  Later, a man named Warrington calls Abby and says he hasn't 
been able to find anything bad about Elliot.  She tells him to keep 
looking -- that everyone's got a skeleton in their closet.  Olivia 
listens to her conversation from the hallway.  Greg's still interviewing 
for an assistant and a man named Peter Hollister tells all the women 
waiting to be interviewed that the position has been filled.  Abby walks 
up and watches him go into Greg's office and take over for the secretary 
and tell Greg he's the man for the job.  As Abby walks up to the door, 
he tells her the position's been filled and she's quite amused.  Greg 
can't believe his gall and tells him to get out.  After he leaves, Abby 
tells him to hire him.  She says he's quite clever, young, bright...and 
...sigh...very attractive.  Peter shows up in Greg's office again that 
evening and starts reviewing his schedule with him.  Greg relents and 
tells him he's got the job and to come back the next day.  

GARY'S THERAPY CONTINUES:  Olivia watches Gary as he works at breaking a 
horse.  He explains each step of the process as he goes.  Karen and Abby 
get to work at the same time and Karen tells Abby she'd like to meet 
with her and Gary about the next phase of the Lotus Point development.  
Abby says Gary's still not over Bobby's death and Karen says maybe 
she'll go visit him.  Abby says it's amazing how Karen has to be in 
everybody else's business -- now that she's found Val's babies, she's 
got to butt into Gary's life.  Karen drives out to Gary's ranch and sees 
Olivia watching Gary break the horse.  Karen talks to Gary alone and 
tells him she remembers the time he helped her when she was having 
trouble with drugs.  He stops her and says they've been friends for a 
long time and he'll let her know when he needs some help.  Olivia tells 
Abby about Karen's visit to the ranch and that Gary didn't seem to be 
interested in what she had to say.  She asks Abby if Gary's ever going 
to get better and Abby says he will -- it just takes time.  Olivia jumps 
up demanding to know why she's not being there for him the way she is.  
The next day, Gary continues to work at breaking the horse and Olivia 
worries that he's working the horse too hard.  Gary starts screaming at 
her and she says they should just wait until tomorrow.  Through clenched 
teeth [ugh!] Gary screams at her that she doesn't know anything about 
tomorrow and to ask his brother about tomorrow.  She runs off.  That 
night, Gary looks at a photo of Bobby and himself when they were kids.  
Abby walks in and asks how he's feeling.  He asks if Olivia is okay and 
she assures him she'll be fine.  He tells her Karen stopped by and asked 
if she sent her over.  Abby's amazed at the suggestion and tells him not 
to start getting paranoid.  He starts to get upset and says she doesn't 
understand but she reminds him she knows what it's like to lose a 
brother.  He apologizes and says he appreciates how she's been taking 
care of things at the office and he just needs a little more time.  The 
next day, he meets Olivia at the school bus when it drops her off and 
gives her a horse.  That evening, he tells Abby that thanks to her, 
he'll be going back to work tomorrow.  She's pleased as punch...NOT!!

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As usual, I hope you enjoyed!  

Joanna.

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