From: slaury@copper.ucs.indiana.edu (Susan Laury)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv.soaps
Subject: AMC: Update Wed. July 22
Date: 23 Jul 92 19:27:35 GMT
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Organization: Indiana University, Bloomington IN.
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ALL MY CHILDREN     WEDNESDAY JUNE 22

It looks like we have a case of PVTW (Pine Valley Time Warp) When I was
doing last Wednesday's update it was Friday, the day of the garden party.
And this Wednesday the garden party was *still* going on. With time moving
like this, maybe Nat really was only in the well a few days.

Everyone seemed to keep running in and out of each others` storylines, but 
I'll try to keep them separated. Today's storylines are:

1) Stephen and Galen -- here he is, here he isn't
2) Gloria and Stuart -- sugar and spice
3) Brooke and Edmund -- reliving the past
4) Erica and Dimitri -- has she had enough?
5) Angelique -- when will she wise up?
6) Helga -- stranger and stranger


STEPHEN AND GALEN

They are at the garden party when Galen spots Carter. By the time she
the others look up to see him, he has disappeared. Trevor, Mimi and Derek
circulate at the party looking for men who fit his general description. They
point them out to Galen, but none of them are Carter. She finally decides 
that she might have imagined it, and she and Stephen leave. Then Mimi recalls
someone she had talked to earlier who was so charming she didn't even notice
that he fit Carter's general description.

When Stephen and Galen return to her apartment, she panicks when she notices
several messages on her answering machine. The first two are just work related,
but the third is from Carter. He says "Hello, darling" and tells her how
beautiful she looked at the party -- that pink is her color and that the 
chiffon moved beatifully when she danced.


GLORIA AND STUART

Although Stuart made Gloria save a dance for him, he keeps avoiding hitting
the dance floor. He finally admits that he doesn't know how to dance. Gloria
finally gets him to try dancing with her alone off of the dance floor.

Meanwhile -- Enid and Adam are talking and she warns him not to give up on
trying to run Gloria out of town.

Stuart tells Gloria that she makes him feel like a movie dancer, and they
both tell each other that they are wonderful. Adam shows up and says that 
Gloria is riding high on her triumph and to enjoy it while she can. Gloria
warns him to stop. He continues to protest his innocence as Gloria tells
him he better be quite.

Stuart finally picks up on this and asks if Adam tried to do something bad.
Gloria then says to Adam: "You really should listen sometimes." {I thought
this was really cute -- Gloria finally got the upper hand on Adam. The
look on his face when he realized that Gloria hadn't said anything and that
he gave himself away was good.} Stuart pushes Gloria to tell him what 
happened, but she gets him to drop it and they go dance. Adam stands there
looking thoughtful. {Actually, I couldn't read the look on his face -- I
thought he almost looked impressed. Do you think that he may eventually
become attracted to Gloria. That might make an interesting triangle --
especially since we know Gloria isn't romantically interested in Stuart.}


BROOKE AND EDMUND

They are at the hunting lodge, where Edmund is dealing with memories from
his childhood. He recalls trying to comfort his mother and says that he
can face these memories with Brooke there with him. He said that his mother
winced every time his father walked in. She was disgusted by him and he
enjoyed torturing her. But Edmund was his mother's revenge. She taught him
to read, educated him, encouraged him to write poetry -- all the things his
father hated.

One night, his mother wasn't feeling well, so he made tea for her, sat at her
feet and read to her. When his father came in (drunk), his father called him
names and completely trashed the place, destroying all the books -- including
those borrowed from the library. He hit Edmund's mother and when Edmund tried
to stop him, his father knocked him out.

Edmund doesn't understand why his father hated him and how a father could
hate his own son. Edmund tells Brooke there is nothing else he hasn't
kept from her and they decide to leave. Before they go, Edmund notices
Dimitri's shaving kit there. He then recalls Dimitri saying that he shaved
off his beard while in New York on the business trip (see storyline 5).


ERICA AND DIMITRI

Erica and Dimitri are arguing at Wildwind. He wants Erica to meet him later
at the hunting lodge and tells her that he can't lose her. She tells him 
that he never had her. (Helga is watching at least part of this exchange)
He says he won't let her go when Charlie -- gopher teeth -- Brent steps
in and tells him to let her go or deal with him. {I know there's been a 
lot of talk about this new Charlie. I can't stand him. His mouth is way
too distracting. In addition to the teeth, his lips never move -- the
rest of his face just moves around them.}

Charlie and Dimitri share macho words about whether or not Dim is restraining
Erica. Erica finally steps in and says that they're having yet another fight, 
but this is par for the course. However, she wants to leave and sends him for
the car. When Charlie leaves,  Dimitri tries to apologize. Erica tells him that
he is just a typical married man with a roving eye and refuses to promise to
meet him at the lodge.

Charlie takes Erica home and bugs her about Dimitri being her "mystery man."
She finally admits this and talks to him about it. She says that she is
upset because of Angelique's plans to have a baby and the fact that Dimitri
hasn't told her no. Charlie finally gets her to admit that she is crazy about
Dimitri and talks her into going to the lodge to talk to him.

At Wildwind, Dimitri has made his excuses to leave (see below) and goes
to the lodge. When Erica shows up, he pledges his love and vows to leave
Angelique.

There also was a cute scene while Charlie was off with Erica. Ruth, Phoebe and
Mona were all on Opal, accusing her of trying to set up Charlie and Erica 
again. They even showed Phoebe and Mona sitting together!


ANGELIQUE

Jack wants to dance with Angelique, but she wants to find Dimitri and tell
him about her appointment with Joe. He is with Erica (see above). Joe
finds Dimitri before Angelique does and tells him that he doens't think
Angelique is strong enough to have a baby and wants Dimitri to come with
her to his appointment to help him break the news. He also tells Dimitri that
any emotional trauma could cause a relapse for Angelique.

Meanwhile, Angelique and Jack find a very upset Helga (for the events leading
up to this, see below). She keeps saying that too much has happened, the
ghosts will never leave, Angelique deserves a magical life. She tells Angel.
not to leave Wildwind and Angelique asks her why she would. Helga tells her
there is something she doesn't know and that she had hoped not to have to
tell her, but ... Just then Dimitri walks in and tells her to stop. He says
he will give her whatever it takes to make her feel better, but not to 
upset Angelique. Helga decides to go to bed.

Dimitri says that she has overworked herself and needs to get away for a while.
Jack suggests that maybe a checkup would be enough, and Angelique agrees. Then
Dimitri tells Angel. that he has another meeting with the "business associate"
he met the night before and must leave right away. Jack looks suspicious.
Dimitri asks Jack to stand in for him as host, and Jack tells him that he will
be happy to take his place {:-)}.

After Brooke and Edmund get back to the party, Edmund pulls Jack aside and 
tells him that the truck between he (Edmund) and Dimitri is off because he
knows that Dimitri is having an affair with Erica.

HELGA

Helga is pretty much nuts for the entire show. She keeps having flashbacks.
The first is of Edmund's "father" threatening Hugo that he will tell Edmund
about his parentage unless Hugo gives him money. Hugo says if he does that
he will be fired, and Ed's dad backs down.

Next, Edmund`s mother is crying and telling Helga about the fight Edmund
mentioned earlier. Finally, we see a dying Hugo talking to Helga about 
Edmund. He says that what he did to Edmund was "evil itself" and that he
hopes the document will set things right. He reads the document, which
acknowledges Edmund as his son. He also leaves him Wildwind, the property
and all adjacent property, along with enough money to care for it.

After the scene with Angelique, Dimitri and Jack, Helga returns downstairs
again. Another housekeeper mentions that Dimitri has left on business again.
Helga looks panicked and the next thing we know he is at the hunting lodge.
She gets there just in time to hear Dimitri swear to Helga that he will leave
Angelique.


That's all ... Hope it wasn't too mixed up!

Sus.