From: gibbsm@ll.mit.edu (MargAret D. Gibbs)
Subject: AMC: 12/22 Update (Was AMC: Help I didn't get Tuesday's show!)
Summary: Better late than never
Cc: gibbsm
Organization: MIT Lincoln Lab, Lexington, MA
Date: Wed, 30 Dec 92 13:12:18 GMT

Several people mentioned that their VCR's didn't record last Tuesday's
show, and even the updater's VCR was out of commission that day.  I just
got back from vacation the other day, and am still way behind on the AMC
tapes, but I watched last Tuesday's!  Here's a mini-update for it:

Storylines:
A. Musical-Chair partners - featuring Mimi, Derek, Lucas, Taylor, Terrence
B. Will he stay, or won't he? - featuring the Orsini's and Marick's
C. Trials & Tribulations - featuring almost everybody else

A. Musical-Chair partners
-------------------------
Taylor offers her shoulder (and more if asked) to Derek.  They hug, as
Terrence walks in the door.  Derek leaves to help the Dillon's move in.
Terrence tells Taylor to knock it off... he knows what she's up to.
When Derek arrives at the Dillon's new place, he sees Mimi and Lucas
hugging (Lucas was comforting Mimi). [mini-cliffhanger]

B. Will he stay, or won't he?
-----------------------------
Dimitri and the Orsini's close on a business deal - Dim will handle
the overseas operations.  Dimitri invites Ted and Nola to stay through
Christmas.  Ted/Tad discusses this with his third mother - he  didn't
recognize anything during his long walk around Pine Valley, so doesn't
see any point in staying longer.  He wants to return to California ASAP.  

Edmund (I can't remember exactly where he fit in otherwise) tells Dim, 
Ted/Tad, and Nola that he's off to hear the judge's decision in the custody 
case (see storyline C).  Ted/Tad realizes that the child in question is the 
same one he found in the park, and decides to accompany Edmund to see the 
little tyke.  They begin to leave the house. [mini-cliffhanger]

C. Trials & Tribulations
------------------------
Adam Jr. tells Dix, Jack, Livia, and others that he wants to tell the
judge that he'd like to stay with Dixie.  Jack says he'll see what he
can do.  Meanwhile, Hayley is upset about what Adam is doing to Dixie
at the trial.  Charlie tells her that Adam may well win, and he talks
Hayley into pretending to be on Adam's side, so Jr. can have someone
at the Chandler mansion as a buffer against Adam.  

The recess is over, and the court reconvenes.  Dixie finishes testifying
for the defense, and then there are partial testimonies shown of Jr's 
teacher (Jr's a happy child, Dix is involved in his school, tho only as
of the time Adam started legal procedures), Dr. Hamill (defended Brian's
not bringing Jr's medication to a restaurant which never had used sesame
oil previously), Ruth (who was unshakable about Dixie's competence 
as a mother), Brooke (blasted Adam's competence), and Stuart.  Then
Turbo-Lawyer Jackson asks the judge if he could call Jr. to the stand.
The judge denies his request.  The lawyers make their closing arguments,
and the judge calls a short recess.

During the recess, Gloria and Brooke tell off Adam, but Hayley tells
him (to his surprise) that she'll stand behind him.  Adam rejoices,
and hugs her while she gets a strange look on her face.  Brian looks
on, disgusted.  Everyone's called back to court, as the judge is about
to announce his decision. [Cliffhanger]


That's it!  Hope it filled in any gaps people may have missed.  I'll be
doing this Wednesday's update for Alex (which may be late due to the
backlog of AMC tapes I have left to view), so this was my practice run. :-)


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Assistant Staff	                 senseless acts of beauty"
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