From: slaury@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (Susan Laury)
Subject: GH: Update Mon. Dec. 14
Organization: Indiana University
Date: Tue, 15 Dec 1992 17:02:44 GMT

GENERAL HOSPITAL -- MONDAY DEC. 14
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Two secrets were revealed in today's show, which featured some great 
acting and some pretty pitiful acting. Ned was terrific, and Jenny's
acting was among her worst performances.

But before I start today's update, I have to ask a question (which 
can probably only be answered by asserting IOAS): Why doens't Ryan
have any blond roots by now? He used to have to color his hair, but
it's been quite a while (long enough for Felicia's case to come up
for trial), but miraculously, no blonde hair.

Today's show featured:

1) Mac and Felicia in Texas (some intersting developments, but pretty
	much a yawner).
2) Scotty learns a secret
3) Ned learns a secret


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MAC AND FELICIA IN TEXAS

Felicia and Mac have safely arrived in Texas, and want to show
Ryan's picture to her Grandmother's maid. Unfortunately, she
has gone back to Guatemala and left no forwarding address. Not to
be discouraged, the pair go to the bar where Brian had an apartment.
However, the former owner is mysteriously dead -- he was fishing
alone at a spot he'd used for years, and was found drowned with the
boat upside down. He died shortly after their last trip to Texas.
They go back to the bar later that night when the customers have
arrived, but the first few people who Mac shows Ryan's picture to
don't recognize him.


SCOTTY LEARNS A SECRET

Scotty is at Ruby's questioning Lucy about subletting her apartment
to Constance Chapman. Lucy denies having done this: she was kicked out
of her apartment and doesn't know who used it after she left. Scotty
shows Lucy pictures of both the real and fake Constance and she claims
not to recognize her. But then Scotty notices something: Lucy is
wearing the same pin that "faux-Constance" was wearing in the picture.
And they are the same height, weight, etc. He's on to her. She tries
to deny it briefly, then starts defending herself. Scotty gives
her a hard time about it and is threatening to turn her into Sean
when Bobby shows up.

There was a cute short interchange between Bobby and Lucy, in which
Lucy threatens to reveal Bobby's sordid past, and Bobby points out
that everyone knows about it. Then Lucy tells Bobby to say hello for
her to her handsome ex-husband. "Why would I do that?" Bobby replies,
"He hates you!." Scotty then leaves Lucy for the time being to
talk with Bobby about the custody hearing that starts tomorrow.

Bobby still thinks Lucas' diabetes will work in her favor, but Scott
doesn't think that is a major factor. Tiff has two big things going
for her, he points out: she's a blood relative and she has physical
custody of him for now. Tiff is worried about the results of the trial.

Later, we see Scotty and Lucy on the docks, where he says he is finally
going to turn her in. She begs him not to: she pleads, tries to seduce
him ("you only figured out what I did because you know me so well") and
none of it works. Finally she threatens. He has no proof, and if he 
turns her in, she won't ever talk and no one will ever get their
paintings back. This strikes a chord. He gives her 48 hours to come
up with a plan. She's thrilled, but immediately starts trying to wheedle
more time out of him. The bicker, and he winds up falling into the 
water, splashing her as well. She leaves, as they yell at each other.


NED LEARNS A SECRET

Jenny is at the Port Charles Hotel, where Paul has confronted her
with what he learned from Marco. He tells her how he knows this
and that he is going to leave Tracy for doing this. She begs him
not to and tells him about Tracy's blackmail scheme. Everything will
be fine if she just stays away from Paul. But Paul tells her there
is a second tape and Marco doesn't know where it is. She panics, needs
some air and they rush out the back door.

Julia is expecting to see Jenny (I guess she's decided to give her
the tape) and goes to her safe for it -- but it's gone. She panics 
when she can't find it. Meanwhile, Ned has gotten into his car and 
finds the tape in his tapedeck (where Brenda left it). He plays it
and hears Jenny mention the affair and she and the Senator discuss
Ned's possible reaction if he were to learn of it. He is shocked, 
angry, hurt -- and rushes back into the hotel looking for Jenny
(just as Julia is doing the same). She's gone already. Julia notices
that Ned is really upset about something and she looks really worried.

Paul and Jenny go to the waterfront, where she tells him that she can't
live this way any longer, she has to finally tell Ned the truth. Paul
wonders if this is wise, but Jenny knows she has to do it. She then
makes Paul promise not to let Tracy know that he's found out. If he
does, then Tracy may get to Ned before she has a chance to. He reluctantly
agrees.

Ned has gone home, where he remembers all of Jenny's lies: being a 
virgin, then the father of the baby being a teenaged boy, etc. He
sits in the dark as he hears Julia leave a message for Jenny telling
her that she needs to see her.

Julia is at the hotel bar, when Paul comes back in. Julia asks him
about Jenny and he tells her that they went for a walk and now Jenny
is gone. Julia says she was supposed to meet Jenny and is a little
worried about her. Paul tosses his wine glass across the counter,
says he doesn't know what he would do to Tracy if he saw her now, and
storms out. Julia looks even more worried.

Jenny arrives home and finds Ned sitting alone in the dark. She's been
looking for him, she tells him: she has something she has to tell him.
Before she can get the truth out, he pushes play on the tape deck and
she hears her conversation with the Senator. She cries, begs his 
forgiveness, tells him it is what she was just going to tell him. He
doesn't care about any of it.  She tries to explain that she was only
16 and didn't know what she was doing. He tells her that it's not
what she did when she was 16 that bothers him -- it's all the lies
she has told him since he met her. <<At one point, what seems to be
bothering Ned is that he's "been made a fool of." and I thought that
was a terrible attitude, but what he said here was right on the money.>>

He won't stay at their house that night. She begs him not to leave, tries
to hold onto him. He tosses her away from him, and slams the door in
her face. She is left curled up on the floor crying.

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It's good to have this stuff out in the open. Hopefully it will be
resolved in an interesting way.  Have a great week!

Sus.
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"I always thought that if I were popular, I must be doing something wrong."
			--Suzanne Vega

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