From: ncj@iti.org (Nancy C. Jennings)
Subject: OLTL -- Update for Friday, 4/10/92 
Organization: Industrial Technology Institute
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Date: Wed, 15 Apr 1992 18:04:06 GMT

Update for Friday, April 10, 1992


   "Nobody pets sharks, nobody that cares about their fingers."


Today's storyline:   WHO IN LLANVIEW DIDN'T HAVE A MOTIVE?


     Gannon and Troy are discussing suspects -- someone in a red
raincoat was seen at Max's house around the time of the murder.  A
bracelet found at the scene has the date 9-16-84 engraved on it; that
corresponds with the date four prisoners were released from a Texas
prison, and one of them was CAIN ROGAN (da-DUH)!

     Cain's packing to leave town, but decides to stay a little
longer because of his love (lust? moneyhunger?) for Tina.

     Alex is searching Cain's room at the mansion, trying to find a
place to plant some diamonds.  She puts them in a black velvet bag
and hides it in his books -- in plain sight of even an "amateur"
detective.  She hears Renee in the hall and hides in the closet.
Renee comes into Cain's room.

     Bo leaves Sarah to go talk with Renee, who thinks Asa's
involved in Carlo's murder.  Sarah hears a news report about the
witness who saw the red raincoat -- Sarah goes to the closet and
there's a red raincoat (another da-DUH)!

     Someone rings the bell, and Sarah answers the door.  Vicki's
come by, wondering what's going on with Sarah and Bo.  Cassie's giving 
Bo a divorce, Vicki's happy for them, but sorry they were all hurt.  
Sarah get all steamed because everyone seemed to forget that she and 
Bo were in love first (so?!?) -- didn't anyone remember her? They'd 
still be married if it weren't for Carlo -- why doesn't anyone think 
she deserves to be happy?  Because life isn't always about getting 
what you deserve, says Vicki.  Well, Bo and I have chosen to be 
together, says Sarah.  Vicki tells her that everyone's happy for them, 
they just wish they didn't have to hurt Cassie in the process.  Sarah
feels guilty for that, but all she remembers is being held prisoner, 
now knowing that Bo and Cassie were making love in HER bed.  Sarah 
continues to defend her position, but Vicki says she doesn't need to, 
they're all on her side.  Sarah blames Carlo for interrupting their
happiness, but now he's got what HE deserved.

     Max and Tina are at the bank to get the diamonds from her
safety deposit box.  He wants her to give them to the police, so
she's not involved with Cain and the murder.  "Nobody pets sharks,"
says Max, "nobody that cares about their fingers."  Tina defends
Cain, and blames Alex as having the most motive.  Max asks Tina if
she's willing to pay the price of defending Cain.

     Alex peeks out of the closet to find Renee searching Cain's
room.  She finds a large brown folder with a photo album from Cain's
past.  Renee sees his prison mug shot, and wonders what he was in
prison for.

     Tina's still defending Cain, and putting down Max for defending
Blair.  He says he's not, and they're not an item.  Max is convinced
Cain's out for a big, dangerous con, and out for something more
precious than money.

     In Gannon's/Troy's office, the blackboard has  

          LIST OF SUSPECTS
          Asa B.
          Cain R.
          Person in red/maroon raincoat

          EVIDENCE
          --------
          Last words, "Renee"
          Scarf "C"
          "B" bracelet 9-16-84
          Prison
          3 .38 casings
          mud traces, broken --- (can't read it)
          Julia's watch 9:30
          Silver car side--- (can't read it)

Gannon draws a line from Cain's name to "Prison," and wonders why he
was there.  Troy says because of a half-dozen counts of fraud and
embezzlement.  Gannon says Cain's a con, and it takes patience and
control to run a con.  He says Cain's too smart to kill so sloppily
and leave clues, he's probably too smart to kill at all.  He'd do it
differently, Gannon says.  Alex told them Cain was in prison -- he
was always in trouble, not in control.  Troy says he stole diamond
from Carlo, Carlo found out and confronted him, and Cain lost his
temper and killed him.  Troy is convinced it was Cain, but Gannon
thinks Cain's been set up.

     Cain says to hell with Tina, he's outta here.  If Tina's
waiting for him when he comes back, fine, if not, it ain't no big
thang.  He suddenly realizes he doesn't have his photo album, and
decide to go back to the mansion to retrieve it.

     Clint and Bo confront Renee about Asa's part in the murder.
She admits she DID think it was Asa at first, but now she thinks she
was wrong.  They want to know why she's going through Cain's room.
She doesn't trust him anymore, she says, and wants to know what he's
up to.  Clint and Bo think Cain killed Carlo, and think Renee
believes that, too.  But they also admit all the evidence is
pointing to Asa (??), so they want proof of what kind of person Cain
is.  They all decide to search his room, and Client goes for the
closet.  Before he gets to it (of course), Bo find the diamonds Alex
hid; Clint and Bo decide to go to the police.

[PICTURE THE FOLLOWING SCENE IN BLACK-AND-WHITE; THE AIR IS THICK
WITH CIGAR AND CIGARETTE SMOKE; THEY GUYS ARE ALL IN PINSTRIPE ZOOT
SUITS, HATS SLUNG LOW OVER THEIR BROWS]:

Clint and Bo burst into Gannon's office.  "You gentlemen ever hear
of knocking?" he says.  Clint lays our the diamonds on his desk.
"And what is that?" asks an astute Troy.  "That's the solution to
your case," says Bo.  The Dymanic Duo scold the Macho Ones for
possibly interferring in their investigation.  "We were just about
to get a search warrant for his room."  "Well, I guess you're a
little too late for that," says Bo.  Now more than ever, Troy's
convinced Cain's the murderer, but Gannon still balks.  Cain has the
motive and opportunity, says Troy, and there's PHYSICAL EVIDENCE at
the crime scene!  Okay, says Gannon, let's get a warrent for his
arrest -- MURDER ONE! 

[BLACK-AND-WHITE OFF] (No, this ISN'T how it happened, but it
would've been absolutely perfect if it had!)

    Tina and Max arrive at Gannon's office in time to hear the
pronouncement of possible guilt on Cain's part.  As Max listens,
Tina ditches him in the corrider.

     Cain arrives at the mansion to discover his room has been
ransacked.  Much to his relief the photo album is on the desk, and
as he's about to leave, Renee stops him.

     Sarah's back to fondling her red raincoat.  She realizes the
sleazy guy that stopped her in the Inn's lobby the night of Carlo's
murder saw her wearing the red coat, so in an effort to hide it, she
STUFFS it into the back of the closet (I'm sure they won't find it
there!).  She gets a map and the newspaper; the paper says the time
of death was approximately 9:30, so Sarah sits down with the opened
map, and begins figuring how long it would take her to get from the
Inn back to Llanview.

     Steph's talking to Charlotte (yes, it's one of those Landers
sisters in the flesh, so to speak) about how sweet Unkie Carlo was,
regardless of what everyone else has said about him.  Alex arrives,
and Steph tells her that Carlo's lawyer is on his way over for the
reading of the Will.  Charlotte tells Alex she'll "make her pay" if
Alex had anything to do with Carlo's death.

*****

At this point my VCR screwed up, so I missed the last few minutes.
Will work on fixing it before this Friday's update!  Sorry it's so
late, it's been a bad week.

See you next Monday!
 
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          with a righteous attitude, a tolerance for 
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                Nancy Jennings (ncj@hela.iti.org)
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