From: cap@netcom.com (Caroline Smrstik)
Subject: AW: update Mon 6 Apr
Date: Tue, 07 Apr 92 04:26:04 GMT
Organization: compulsive
Summary: Jenna + Dean-over?; Marley + Jamie fear for Dennis' life; Vicki (yawn)
Followup-To: rec.arts.tv.soaps
Distribution: na

Today's show occupied itself with the evil Jensen, so this may be brief,
particularly the parts with Vicky. :< ugh.

Jenna and Dean are arguing about The Video. He wonders if she has some
pathological need to flaunt her sexuality. Jenna reminds Dean that he brought
out her sensual side in the first place. He is uncomfortable with having lots
of people look at this sexual side of Jenna that only he knows. Jenna asks
him how this is different from him writing a song about the first time they
made love and playing it on the radio (good point!). Dean can't answer. Jenna
says she can't prove her innocence to him; she is too hurt and too tired to
go over this any more. Jenna tells Dean it's over, and goes home.

At home, Felicia and Lucas are already getting fan mail (of a sort) for Jenna.
She walks in and reads one of the tabloid offers, and utters Today's Best Line.
"Sure! How much? If the nation wants to see me as a sex kitten, let's milk it
for all it's worth!" Dean has chased her home, and she refuses to talk to
him. Jenna drops her sarcasm long enough to blame Lucas for this whole thing;
because of some grudge between him and Rick and Lucas' secret-keeping, Jenna
was victimized. Amazingly, Lucas agrees, and walks out. He meets Ryan at
Sassy's, where he mopes about dragging his family down. Ryan tells Lucas that
he has to come clean and tell Felicia and Jenna the whole story. At home, Jenna
is telling Felicia that she should have seen that this was a set-up. Felicia
tries to comfort Jenna; she reads part of Jenna's speech back to her,
about the contradictory expectations of women. (This is moving and appropriate;
when Felicia told Jenna she was all those things, she actually managed to
be motherly *and* Felicia-like at the same time!)

Ryan and Vicky are on a stakeout at the start of the show; he wants her to go
home because she is wet and miserable. She is stubborn and refuses. (gosh,
Anne Heche did the stubbornness so well! Things are pretty bad if, this long
after replacement, I/we still envision the old actor saying these lines.)
She goes into Sassy's to get coffee where Jake teases her about coming down
in the world. Vick returns a phone call to Grant, where he needs her to help
Stephanie. Vick refuses. Ryan comes in, and misses the guy he was staking out.
He berates Vicky for it. Vick decides that Ryan needs to change his public
image to attract a better class of client. Ryan tells her to stop trying to
make him Grant. (Jake is pretending to be on the phone, but is listening!)
Vicky doesn't want to argue; she leaves and goes to...where else?! Grant's
office! This time, it's to return the gold dress. Usual dialogue. Grant is
wearing a bathrobe post-massage, and Donna walks in on the two of them and
gets in a huff. Vicky gets defensive and says "I brought Grant a dress,"
whereupon Donna gets Today's Other Best Line :"Good. He needs to wear 
*some*thing." Donna and Vicky have their usual argument: what are you doing/
stop checking up on me. Vick leaves. Grant is not pleased to see Donna, since
she always gives him an earful about staying away from Victoria. In her best
treacly/venomous tones, Donna invites Grant to a special dinner for Vick and
Ryan. There follows a very amusing scene where Donna checks out Stephanie, 
Grant's new assistant, with an eye to making her glamourous. Steph is 
oblivious. Vick reappears at Grant's (HO HUM) to invite him to dinner, then
says she wants to help him. She will handle Ryan's objections-- once she and
Ryan have married, everything will be hunky-dory.

Jake is around and about today. He offers Kelsey a production job with his
video to start next week; she gives him a definite maybe. He promises he
won't let Jamie know. Later, at D+M, Dean asks Jake about Jenna's performance
in LadyKiller-- was it because of Dean, or was something else going on? Jake
makes a good speech and gives Dean heartfelt advice. He tells Dean to stop
trying to go back; he and Jenna can only go on. Dean knows who Jenna really
is, both the sweet and innocent and the sexy. Jake tells Dean that love is
when you see someone the way they really are-- it's our only chance to save
ourselves. (Tomorrow: Jake does Hamlet. No, just kidding; it was really well
done, and I do so enjoy watching Tom Eplin!)

At the show opening, Jamie and Marley are at Sassy's talking about a second
chance. They adjourn to Marley's flat to talk privately (ahem). She asks him
to stay the night, but Jamie's beeper goes off. It's Dennis! His race car
crashed. Jamie and Marley rush to Bay City General. Dennis has a lot of
internal bleeding (always a good diagnosis for the soaps because it won't
ruin his pretty face!) and may not make it. Exploratory surgery is needed,
and Jamie will assist. (John, Jamie, and Kelsey: of course, the only doctors
in town.) Marley sneaks in to see Dennis, and strokes his brow. Dennis groans
"Marley" and then all his machines start beeping. The Crack Medical Team
runs into the room, where Marley is weeping and screams "please don't let
him die!" Close of show.

C

n.b. in tomorrow's previews, there was a scene with Olivia having some
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