From: peea224@chpc.utexas.edu (Joanna L. Castillo)
Subject: DOOL: Update for Friday, January 8, 1993
Organization: The University of Texas System - CHPC
Date: Sun, 10 Jan 93 04:12:29 GMT

DOOL update for Friday, January 8, 1993.

Cop shop locker room:  Bo's brooding as he looks at Carly's picture 
taped to the inside of his locker door.  Taylor walks up and asks if 
he's ready to go to the practice range.  He slams the door of his 
locker and brushes past her.

J&J's house:  Jenn's moving a heavy box and Jack walks in and tells 
her she doesn't have to do that.  She comments that a house reflects 
its owners and the mess they're currently living in must reflect the 
mess they're in.  Then she tells him he had a phone call from a man 
named Monroe Farnsworth while he was out.  Jack says they went to prep 
school together and he'd tried calling him the week before to see if 
he'd invest in the Spectator but he wasn't interested.  Jenn says 
maybe he's changed his mind and dials the phone to return the call.

Austin's apartment:  Carrie's tells Austin she thought his luck would 
turn around after the fight.  He says it did turn...just the wrong 
way.  She asks if he's sure Tim will tell the police that Austin's 
involved in the gambling ring and he jokes that at least if he goes to 
jail, Gus can't get to him.  Billie walks in and hands Austin the 
$2,500 she took from the stash and says it's enough to bail Tim out.  
She won't tell them where it's from and Carrie gets excited saying 
they can still go up to the cabin to have their special night.  She 
goes off to pack and Billie tells Austin that everything's taken care 
of and they can just leave town together as soon as they bail Tim out.

------

Austin's apartment:  Billie's still excited about leaving and suggests 
they go to a big city.  He acts rather sullen and she asks what his 
problem is.  He says that he wants to stay with Carrie.  He says he 
finally has a chance to be happy and she says she can't stay in Salem 
because she's scared.  She keeps running into Cash and his friends and 
thinks if she stays, she'll do drugs again -- but she can't leave 
without him.  He agrees to leave with her and she hugs him.  He says 
he needs to talk to Carrie and she tells him to write her a letter -- 
that it will be better that way.  She leaves him alone and he sits 
down and tries to write the letter.  He crumples up the paper and 
starts to cry.

J&J's house:  Jack gets off the phone with Monroe and tells Jenn he 
offered Jack a job in Saudi Arabia working for an oil company.  Jenn 
says she hopes he wasn't insulted when Jack turned him down and Jack 
says he didn't turn him down -- that he's considering the offer.  
Jenn's incredulous and he says he can make a lot of money in a very 
short time.  It will take less than a year to pay back the money he 
owes her father if she stays behind.  She can't believe he'd leave her 
and Abby behind and he says it's not written in stone but he's 
supposed to go to Saudi Arabia tomorrow to meet with Monroe.  Jenn 
tells him to call Monroe and say he can't go tomorrow -- that he can't 
make such a big decision in a couple of hours.  Jack gets frustrated 
and storms out saying he needs to get some air.  Jenn says he just got 
back from getting air and he says he needs some more.

------

Wings:  Jack explains to Dave that it's historically the man's role to 
take care of the family...he can't help it.  At a nearby table, Julie 
and Victor discuss Victor's plans for the Spectator should he take 
over.  Jack starts listening in and hears Victor say all he has to do 
is reduce a number of workers' benefits and he'll increase profits by 
a large margin.  He says he can reduce 25% of the work force by adding 
more modern technology and Julie can't believe he'd suggest such a 
thing.  Vic says he doesn't want an old-fashioned relic that's going 
to be eating up the profits faster than he can make them.  Jack 
interrupts them saying that if Victor carries out those ideas, he'll 
run the paper into the ground inside of a year.

Austin's apartment:  Austin still can't compose anything in the letter 
to Carrie so he starts looking through some things in a cigar box.  He 
takes a diamond (?) pin out of the box and hears a knock at the door.  
He quickly puts the pin in his pocket and picks up most of the 
discarded pieces of paper he'd been writing on.  He answers the door 
to Carrie who's ready to go to the cabin.  He tells her he's got 
something to take care of and she says she can wait.  She says being 
with him is what she wants and she loves him.  She hugs him and then 
asks if that's what he wants as well.  He says yes and suggests they 
go to dinner beforehand.  She says he's the most thoughtful guy she 
knows and they leave.

The shooting range:  Bo's shooting and when he finishes, Taylor asks 
why he's angry.  She asks if it's Carly Manning.  He snaps that it is 
and she tells him she's sure Carly loves him.  He says he knows that 
but can't understand why she's keeping something from him.  Taylor 
suggests that he just be patient and he asks how long he's supposed to 
wait.  An officer interrupts them to say that someone has just bailed 
out Tim Rollins.

The cop shop:  Billie runs into Gus and says she realizes he's 
probably upset that Austin didn't throw the fight but she knows a sure 
fire scam that could make up for it.  He says he's listening and she 
suggests they meet tomorrow and 11:00.  She walks off and three 
"goons" walk up and thank Gus for bailing them out, saying they owe 
him one.  He says they can pay up now by "taking care" of Austin and 
then disappearing for a couple of weeks.

------

J&J's house:  Phillip comes in to meet with Jenn about her show 
featurning John and Marlena.  He says he's got a feeling that show 
will put her show over the top.  He looks around and comments that 
he's glad to see her showing such optimism by buying new furniture.  
She says it was Jack's optimism but it backfired and now she wishes it 
wasn't there because it just reminds Jack of his failure.  She says 
she wishes she could think of what to do with it all and suddenly says 
she knows exactly what to do with it.  

Wings:  Jack tries to convince Victor that he should at least offer 
early retirement to some of the Spectator staff and re-train the 
others.  Victor tells him to find his own paper to run the way he 
likes -- that in the meantime, he'll run the paper the way he wants 
to.  Jack again insists that if he does that, he won't have a paper 
within a year.  Victor tells him he'll put his successes up against 
Jack's anytime.  Jack leaves in frustration and Julie tells Victor off 
and goes after Jack.  She tells him that she was very impressed with 
his ideas and if she didn't have to sell the paper, she'd make him 
publisher today.  He says he appreciates her vote of confidence but 
it's too late.  She tells him he could still take the loan from Bill 
and he says he can't take more money from Bill.  She says she's never 
seen such stubborn selfish pride and he leaves.

The Brady pub:  Austin and Carrie sit down and he says there's 
something he has to tell her.  He pulls out the pin and says his 
mother left it behind and despite the things his father said about 
her, he thinks she was a good person.  He says he's got good memories 
of her.  She comments that she knows what it's like to be without her 
mom but she had a good childhood compared to him.  [Excuse the 
interruption but...wasn't she basically living as the daughter of a 
slave on some yacht before she and Anna showed up in Salem?  I 
mean...Anna was being held prisoner and forced to work as a 
prostitute, right?  Seems pretty darned bad to me.  Oh, well...maybe 
she was too young to remember.]  He says he thinks things were harder 
on Billie...and maybe that's why she's so screwed up.  He suddenly 
says he wants to go back to his apartment and she seems surprised but 
agrees.

Outside Wings:  Jack is muttering to himself about it all being over 
as he gets in his car.  He starts to pull out of his parking space and 
runs into Billie in her (Austin's?) car.  He gets out of his car and 
starts yelling at her and she jumps out and starts yelling back.

------

Outside Wings:  Jack and Billie exchanging info and she comments that 
he's been drinking.  He tells her she was just wasting time looking at 
her makeup.  He jumps back into his car and tries to pull away but the 
cars' bumpers are locked together.  He gets back out of the car and 
accuses her running a scam and trying to take advantage of someone 
with money.  He says the joke's on her, though, because he doesn't 
have any money and walks off.  She yells after him that he's gonna be 
in trouble if her car won't start up.  She says to herself in 
frustration that there are a lot of psychos in this town and she can't 
believe that they all find her.  Just then, Bo drives up and asks 
what's up.  She says it's nothing...just a fender bender.  He says he 
wants to know why she bailed Tim out of jail and that he wants to know 
everything about the gambling operation starting with the names of 
everyone involved.

Austin's apartment:  Austin offers Carrie a drink and she says she 
just wants to know what's bothering him.  She asks if it's Gus and he 
says he hasn't heard from Gus.  He pulls out his mother's pin and says 
he wants her to wear it.  She smiles and asks if he's sure.  He tries 
to pin it on her jacket but the clasp is bent so he starts to look for 
some pliers.  She tells him they're at her apartment and he goes to 
get them.  While he's gone, she manages to fix the clasp and puts the 
pin on.  Then, she notices one of the crumpled up pieces of paper and 
starts to read it thinking it's a new song or love letter.  She 
realizes it's a good-bye note and gets upset.  He returns and she asks 
if he's really planning on leaving her.  He says yeah.

------

J&J's house:  Jenn opens the door to Julie and says she was just about 
to call her.  She tells Julie about Jack's job offer and that she and 
Abby will be going with him.  Julie's stunned and asks if she's sure 
she wants to give up her show.  Jenn says her marriage is more 
important to her than her career and she needs Julie's help because 
she doesn't have the money.  Julie offers to lend her the money and 
Jenn says she actually wanted to know if Julie could arrange to sell 
the furniture tonight -- that they need to leave the next day and she 
needs everything settled right away.  Julie says she'll do the best 
she can.  Jenn says she wishes Jack would hurry home so she could tell 
him and Julie says she just saw him over at Wings.  She says he was 
very upset and that's why she came over.  Jenn says she'll go to Wings 
in that case and tell him the good news but Julie says he left Wings 
and she doesn't know where he is now.

A barn:  Jack walks into a barn carrying a bottle of wine in a brown 
paper bag.  He starts talking to himself about being at the crossroads 
of his life and mocks the fact that he's alone in some broken down 
barn rather than spending time with his family.  He asks where things 
went wrong and then asks where they've ever gone right.  He says he 
married a wonderful girl and had a beautiful baby -- how those two 
miracles ever happened are beyond him.  He demands that God tell him 
if this is a joke -- if so, it's not funny and he's not laughing.  He 
tells God that He knows Jenn would have been better off without him.  

Austin's apartment:  Carrie tells Austin she can't believe he'd leave 
after all they've been through and the promises they made to each 
other.  He says that he can't stay away from Gus forever and he 
doesn't want her to be in the middle of it.  She insists that her dad 
and Bo can help him.  He says he can't count on that and she asks if 
he's just going to run away.  She asks if he's afraid of going to jail 
and he says he can't leave Billie alone.  She says Marlena can help 
her and they (Carrie and Austin) can be there for Billie too.  He 
tells her that she just doesn't see that she's too good for him.  He 
says he can't deny the fact that he's a Reed -- that he's a loner and 
a drifter.  She says he just needs to start believing in himself.  He 
tells her to look at what he's already done to her.  He says it's 
killing him but he has to let her go.  He says in a couple of years, 
she'll look back and be happy that he left.  She storms out and after 
a moment, he chases out after her.

------

Outside Wings:  Billie tells Bo she just helped Tim because they were 
friends -- that he didn't tell her anything about gambling.  Bo says 
he and Taylor saw her talking to the loan shark and she says he must 
have just been hitting on her.  Bo says the only person she cares 
about is Austin and she says he's Mister Clean -- that he wouldn't 
even throw the fight the night before.  He thanks her and says he'll 
just have to go talk to Austin himself and gets in his car.

Some playground:  Austin catches up to Carrie and asks her to go back 
inside...that it's too cold.  She tries to give the pin back to him 
and he says he gave it to her.  She says to just give it to the next 
girl and he says no other girl has ever seen it.  He says he's never 
been closer to anyone than he has been with her.  She asks if he cares 
about her so much, how can he just walk away.  He says it's the right 
thing for her.  She says she was ready to make love to him and starts 
to cry and hit him.  He holds her and says it will be okay.  She says 
it won't -- that she doesn't want him to leave.  He tells her he has 
no right to ask but wants to know if he can have a kiss good-bye.  
They start to kiss and just then Gus and the "goons" show up.  Gus 
points out Austin and walks away.

------

J&J's house:  Julie tells Jennifer that Jack's ideas for the paper 
were wonderful and she tried to encourage him to take Bill's loan.  
She says he never mentioned the Saudi deal to her.  She says she 
doesn't want to sell the paper to Victor but it's the only offer she's 
got.  She tells Jenn that she's going to wait until the 15th to sell, 
though.  She says she feels sorry for Jack and Jenn agrees that all 
his dreams are being taken away from him.

The barn:  Jack asks God why He keeps letting him think he can succeed 
and then snatching success out of his hands.  He asks how He could let 
Jenn fall in love with him.  He says he'll go to Saudi even though it 
will be hard because he's got to provide for his family.  He then says 
he's got to figure out a way to stay in Salem -- that he needs a 
miracle.  He asks God if He can do that -- that he used to believe in 
Miracles.  He still wants to believe in all those things but he just 
can't.  He asks for some sort of sign that he can pull himself back -- 
that he can put food on the table -- put a roof over their heads.  He 
suddenly steps in some horse manure and starts lashing out thanking 
God for nothing.  He picks up a pitch fork and starts swinging it at 
the support beams and suddenly money starts falling down around him 
from the loft of the barn.  Jack just stares at it in amazement.

Austin's apartment:  Billie and Bo arrive at the apartment to find the 
door busted open.  "Oh, my God...they're after Austin," she says.

The playground:  Carrie and Austin are still kissing.  She asks him to 
take her with him and he says he can't do that.  He says he doesn't 
want to hurt her and if she's with him, she'll get hurt.  He says he 
thought the hardest part of leaving would be telling her he was 
leaving but that's easy compared to walking away.  He says he loves 
her, kisses her, and starts to walk away.  She starts to cry just as 
one of the "goons" grabs her from behind and puts a hand over her 
mouth.  The other two "goons" start beating up Austin as Carrie tries 
to scream and get away from the one holding her.

Fade to hourglass...

Joanna.

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