From: susanm@an.hp.com (Susan Margulies)
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Subject: AMC: Late Thursday Update 12/10
Date: 14 Dec 1992 18:22:52 GMT
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AMC Update, Thursday December 10th

Featuring:	No Respect            
                starring Hayley, Adam, Junior, Palmer, Red, Charlie,
                Dixie and Brian
 
                Guess Who's Back in Town?
                starring Ruth, Brooke, Edmund, Phoebe, Jack & Angel

                Turbo-Mother meets Turbo-Lover and Turbo-Brother
                starring Joe, Mona, Edmund, and Dimitri

                Serious Teasing
                starring some woman and lots of glimpses of Tad from
                behind

Guess Who's Back in Town
------------------------
Brooke has arrived at the hospital with Steven (they came from the pow
wow at Derek's over the racist realtors) anxious to hear about Erica.
She asks Ruth what is up, but of course nobody knows what is going on
with E (subliminal message: long vacation).  Suddenly Brooke looks up
and notices the Terrific Trio recently returned from Hungary - Jack,
Angel, and (drumroll please) Edmund!  Brooke freaks, begs Ruth to cover,
and runs around the corner where she is out of sight but still within
eavesdropping distance.  What she does overhear is Jack, Angel, and
Edmund all making arrangements for Erica's speedy admittance to PVH.
Ruth is mega-huffy towards Edmund; Brooke is surprised that Edmund isn't
in jail and even further surprised that he is showing such concern for
Erica.  (I seem to remember vaguely that she overheard someone call him
"Mr. Marick," but at the moment I can't recall who or why?  Maybe I am
imagining this?) 

Brooke arrives home to Phoebe and gives her the 411 - she has seen
Edmund and he has the nerve to be acting like a normal human being
again!  Phoebe and Brooke talk about whether or not Brooke wants
anything to do with him - the answer is a pretty unqualified NO!
Phoebe takes the hint that Brooke wants to be alone and blows dodge so
Brookester can cry in solitude.

But not for long!  Jack and Angel show up bearing tacky souvenirs from
Budapest - well, not exactly.  They catch Brooke up on the latest word
from Hungary - Helga was responsible for what happened to Erica, not
Edmund.  They tell her that the will really did exist, that Edmund
really did let Erica go, that Helga moved the body, etc. etc. (your
basic plot recap for everyone who couldn't last through the DoD story).
Brooke tells them none of this changes her mind - Edmund walked out on
the only person who believed him and loved him unconditionally.  At this
point Angelique starts begging Brooke to consider forgiving Edmund for
ANGEL'S SAKE!  Seems the wimp-woman is having massive guilt over the
destructive path her mother, Hurricane Hellcat, wreaked on the residents
of Pine Valley.  Angel thinks the only good that can possibly come out
of all this is Edmund and Brooke's reconcilliation.  Brooke tells them
not to count on it, but she will think about what they have said.

Later that night, Brooke answers the door to Edmund. [cliff hanger]


Turbo-Mom, Turbo-Lover, Turbo-Brother
-------------------------------------
At Mona's, Joe is preparing her for a hospital visit to the newly
arrived but still catatonic Erica.  He breaks the news to Mona about
Erica's deep shock and her state of unresponsiveness.  Mona freaks as
they head for PVH.

Meanwhile back at the ambulance, Dimitri jumps in the front seat despite
the driver's announcement that he can't ride shotgun.  Dimitri refuses
to leave Erica for a second, and threatens the driver to step on it or
else.  As they whiz down the highway, Dimitri tells the driver not to
ever take anything in life for granted because just when you think you
have it all, something happens to remind you that life stinks.  Ok, so I
paraphrased a bit.  The driver tells him to get a grip - the hospital is
straight ahead. 

Erica is delivered to the excellent care of Dr. BJ and Dr. Joe, but alas
her condition is unchanged.  Dimitri and Edmund talk about how to deal
with their guilt over each's responsibility for Erica's catatonia.
Neither one has a clue (not the first time this has happened).  Mona
drops by to help them out in this department - stay away from her
daughter forever!  Each tries to express his regret, but Mona is in
Turbo-Mother mode.  She makes it quite clear that she will have their
Marick butts thrown out the second they try to get in to see Erica.
Period.  Mona tells Joe and BJ that she has never seen Erica so bad off
before.  (yeah, but check out her hair and nails - c'est magnifique!)

Edmund tells Dimitri that he really should take a break from his
Erica-vigil, but Dimitri refuses to budge (big surprise).  Dimitri tells
Edmund that he knows Edmund must be dying to go see Brooke - why doesn't
he go now?  (see Guess Who's Back in Town)

No Respect
----------
At Red's, Palmer, armed with shotgun, checkbook, and razor-sharp tongue,
is trying to "convince" Red that he is on the wrong side in this custody
battle.   With Charlie and Brian on backup vocals, it looks like Red is
having a change of heart (I use the term loosely), but then Chandler and
his lawyer show up just in time to hear Palmer ask Red, "So which is
more appealing to you, your immediate death or your quick disappearance 
from the state?"  (If I was Red, I'd risk it all and go for what's
behind door number 3!)  Adam and lawyer-woman tell Palmer this doesn't
look good for him - threatening the prosecution's star witness.  Palmer
accuses Adam of paying Red to lie for his team.  Adam asks Red to admit
right now if he is lying, and of course Red announces that every word in
his statement is true and throws salt in the open wound by telling
Palmer it isn't his fault that Palmer's niece is a slut.  That sets
Brian off, but thank goodness Charlie is restraining him.  The Dixie
defenders leave with Palmer vowing he'll see Adam (ruined) in court.

Lawyer-woman wants to talk testimony with Red-man, but Red is still
shaking in his shorts.  Adam says he will handle this and sends
lawyer-woman off.  Once alone with Red, Adam berates him for telling
Hayley where he was.  Red snaps back that it isn't his fault Adam can't
control his daughter who was so sweet to bring him videos!  Adam goes
nuts and warns Red to keep his hands off HIS DAUGHTER!  When Red begins
to wonder why he ever agreed to deal with Adam in the first place, Adam
hurls a bunch of insults - "how about because you're a filthy,
money-grubbing opportunist who'll do anything for a buck?  Sound
familiar?"  Red wonders how low he has sunk to be working for Adam.

Back at Chandlerville, Junior should be in bed, but he is up bonding
with his big sister Hayley for some reason.  Junior wonders aloud why
Mommy hasn't called, and Hayley makes some excuses - oh she probably
fell asleep or something.  Junior says Mommy would never do that.
Meanwhile, Dixie is talking with Gloria and worrying about why Junior
hasn't returned her call.  She decides to call again and ends up getting
Hayley.  Dix tells Hayley that she has been waiting for Junior to return
her call, and Hayley calls Junior over for his goodnight phone call from
Mommy.  Somewhere along the line, Dixie realizes that Adam isn't even
there and Hayley realizes that Adam wasn't going to let Dixie talk to
Junior tonight.  Both women are mad as hell.  Junior is happy to go off
to bed now.

When Adam gets home, he and Hayley exchange sharp words.  The basic
message comes through to Hayley - Adam cares more about hurting Dixie
and getting back at Brian than he does about Hayley or Junior.  She is
especially hurt that Adam doesn't seem to care what Red almost did to
her, and Adam is especially hurt at Hayley's disloyalty in telling
Charlie where Red was hiding out.    Adam tries in vain to make
Hayley see that he is doing what he has to do for his son.  Hayley lets
Adam know that she feels sorry for Adam Junior because it's no fun being
one of Adam's kids - "Take it from one of the walking wounded!"  Hayley
storms off to bed, leaving Adam alone to think about his parenting
skills (or the lack thereof). 

Back at Dixie's, Palmer and his posse arrive to tell Dixie the tale of
how the big Red one got away.  Dixie is upset that Uncle Palmer keeps
threatening to kill people (there was some really funny dialogue in
this, but I can't remember it) and he kind of half-heartedly apologizes
but says he can't help it!  Palmer goes off on Charlie, accusing him of
being a spy for Camp Chandler since he is partners with Hayley.  At this
point Charlie reveals that Hayley is a recently moderated Switzerland,
leaning towards Dixie-mocracy - who do they think told Charlie where Red
was being kept??  Brian's mouth drops open at this news (and if you ask
me, he looks like that is all he can think about through the rest of his
scenes for the day).  Charlie thinks she can be trusted, and with that,
he and Palmer leave. Alone, Dixie tells Brian how much she needs him, and
they go at it in the living room in front of a big fire.  In the
afterglow, Dixie tells Brian that he and Junior are the only things in
her life that have gone right... since Tad died.  [cliff hanger]

Serious Teasing 
---------------
The previous scene fades into a hotel room scene.  A rich older woman is
paying a bellhop for bringing in her bags while a younger man can be
seen staring out the window, back to the camera.  The woman asks him
what he is looking at.  "The lights of Manhattan," he replies (in a
voice ever so MEK-like).  When the woman asks if the man thinks they 
should try to call Dimitri Marick again, he replies, "Whatever you
want."  [Shot of man turning around to face woman, but still no face
shot]  When the woman suggests they wait till morning, the man agrees,
"There's always tomorrow, or so they say."  [Man pulls door to balcony
shut; we get a close-up of the man's hand on the doorknob] 
 
The Tad's back cliffhanger you've all been waiting 2 years for!!!!
          ^^^^
(pun intended!) 
-------------

And that was it!  No facial shot, no calling his character by name, no
nothing!  Argh!  But hey, ain't those 3 lines of dialogue amazing?!
Emmy material, folks!  Tad always did like teasing!  

Susan

P.S.  Sorry this update is so late.  Suffice to say my life since last
Thursday night has been a serious of corallaries to Murphy's Law.  Hope
everyone is enjoying MEK - he is definitely back by now!  And congrats
to Linda Mac, our lucky lotto winner!


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