From: jgacker@neptune.gsfc.nasa.gov (James G. Acker)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv.soaps
Subject: B&B:  Dr. Kildare Update for Thursday, August 13
Date: 14 Aug 92 14:19:20 GMT
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	Thursday the 13th?  Wasn't that a comedy sendup of a slasher
flick series?

	I knew they couldn't sustain the momentum of the nookie-nirvana
of last week.   Oh well, makes my hob easier.

	Thursday on "The Bold and the Beautiful"

	Storyline #1:  "No Play, No Pay" or "Baby You Got Somethin' I Need"

	Jack looks over the contract offer to Clarke in Sally's office.  
Not bad, Sal -- Clarke produces three years of designs for every season before
he gets half of the company.  Sally, meanwhile, is miserable that she's
prostituting herself to this extent.  Why, oh why did I ever put myself in
a position of weakness to THAT MAN?  she wails.  Jack comforts her --
we do a lot of things for love.  You were in love.  You couldn't see his
Dark Side  (!!!!!  IT'S TIMES LIKE THESE I WONDER IF SOMEONE IS 
READING THE NET !!!!!!)  yes, he used the exact words "DARK SIDE" ---
because of it.  All men have a Dark Side, and anyone who tells you 
different is lying.  Sally asks Jack if he has a dark side, because
she can't see it.  He tells her that you know that you can't see the dark side
in the light of day, but he has one and he isn't proud of it.  He
promises to tell her about it someday.  She tells him that she doesn't
know where she'd be if it wasn't for his support.  They hug.
	Clarke comes in (doesn't see them hugging, they break the clinch
before he sees them) with a bottle of champagne.  It's cheap stuff -- what
Spectra will be producing if he doesn't help them out.  Here's the contract,
shut up and sign.  Clarke thumbs through it.  This is a joke, right?  You're
kidding, right?  Sally says no, it's real, I have a right to expect you to
produce for three years in order to get a share of the company.  It 
oughta be ten!  Clarke says no way, I don't need a contract, I'm a 
PROFESSIONAL.  Jack darkly mutters that even professionals sign contracts.
Clarke says O.K., I'll give it to my attorney, and I'll go/no go with his
say so.  He starts to walk.  Sally says hold it -- we're a month behind 
skedge, when can we get a cruise line?  Clarke smiles evilly -- we were 
toe-to-toe, Sal, and you just blinked.  I'll get back to you when I'm good
and ready, meanwhile I'm busy (playing pattybuns with Kristen the Patron
Saint of Dumb Gorgeous Blondes).  As he leaves, Clarke tells Jack that they're
going to "have it out" in the future.
	Sal can't believe she lost it, Jack says it'll work out.


	Storyline #2:  "Put Up or Shut Up" or "I'm not dead, I just
unplugged the EKG"

	Ridge goes in to see Brooke.  Brooke is NOT, repeat, NOT happy
to see him.  She tells him to get out.  (To save typing time, the word 
LEAVE will be used for several pages of dialogue requesting Ridge to get
his trim butt out of Brooke's room.)  Ridge tells Brooke he has to tell
her something Important.  Brooke says save it, I heard all I needed to hear
and I want you to LEAVE.  I know how you feel about me!   You mean the
stuff you heard me say to Felicia?  Yes?  That wasn't...  SAVE IT, Ridge --
I know how you feel now!  I thought you married Taylor out of loyalty to
Eric and that made me love you even more, but now I know you love Taylor and
you think I'm just a problem -- I thought this baby would get us together
and we could raise a family like we'd always planned, but unless you're
going to tell me that you'll divorce Taylor and be with me, you can save it
and just LEAVE, LEAVE, LEAVE!  Ridge comes over to Brooke, who's getting nigh
hysterical, she tries to push him away violently, the EKG unplugs, the 
doctors and the rest of the Forresters rush in, Brooke is still screaming
LEAVE, Ridge doesn't know what to do, finally Doc Hawaii orders everyone
out of the room as they try to calm Brooke down.

	In the waiting room, Stephanie asks Ridge what he said.  He doesn't
want to talk about it and goes to lean on a doorsill.  Eric comes over to 
talk to him and Ridge (facing away) says, "I didn't tell her, Dad...  what
she wanted was hope and I couldn't give her hope...  she loves me, Dad...
and I keep letting her down.  Sometimes I hate myself for that."  He
wanders away.
	Meanwhile, Sheila attempts to talk to Stephanie.  Stephanie opines
that Brooke doesn't really love Ridge, she just likes to control him.  After
another question, Stephanie says that this is a family matter and isn't your
business.  She walks away.
	
	The obstetrician on call and Doc Hawaii come out of the room.  They
tell the Forresters and Sheila that things look O.K., they did an ultra-
sound and the baby is stable.  But it's too soon to be out of the woods.
There was a breathing problem, maybe a loss of oxygen to the fetus, perhaps
some damage ----> miscarriage?  But the signs are positive.  It was just
stress.  Ridge walks away.

	Stephanie and Eric talk for a moment.  What should we say to Ridge?
Let me talk to him, Steph says.  O.K., and tell him I'll give him a ride
home, Eric says.
	Stephanie comes to Ridge.  I didn't tell her that the dialogue
with Felicia was a set-up, Ridge says.  That was prudent, Steph reassures him.
Does your wife know where you are?  No.  Shouldn't you be getting back home 
to her?  Steph tells Ridge to remember where his loyalties are and they 
aren't in that (Brooke's hospital) room.  Fine, Mom.  Eric will drive you home.
Ridge says he'll be in the car, and jumps off the balcony, landing on
the top of the Forrester Cadillac, just like the scene in "The Untouchables".

GOTCHA!
		
	Stephanie goes back to the waiting room and spies Sheila talking
to Eric.  Though they're just discussing who's got Eric Jr., Steph can see
that Sheila has the hots for Eric's mind and bod.  After Eric leaves,
Steph comes over and says, basically, that she can see Steph wants Eric, and
if she wants that to happen, Sheila should exploit her friendship with
Brooke and get her to Paris pronto!  Sheila asks Stephanie if that means
she approves of a relationship between her and Eric.  Stephanie doesn't
reply, though Sheila asks twice.
	Sheila goes into Brooke's room.  Brooke murmurs "Ridge?" but it's
only Sheila, who will valiantly stay in the room all night if Brooke needs 
her, giving her a reassuring stroke on the hand.  Brooke relaxes.
HISSSSSSS!

	
	Will Sheila show Brooke "The Manchurian Candidate?"
	Will Brooke give birth to "Alien 4"?
	Will Doc Hawaii meet Michael J. Fox ("Doc Hawaii meets Doc
Hollywood")
	Will Clarke sign the contract at Spectra, or start doing 
designs for Fredericks of Hollywood?
	Will Jack ever be reunited with Luke and Laura?

	Tune in tomorrow, when we're very unlikely to hear the obstetrician
on-call say:

	"I can't tell for sure, but according to this ultrasound, Brooke,
the father of your baby appears to be...
	JAKE McCLAIN!"

	(He wasn't just filching the fabric formula when he snuck into the
Forrester building...)


	Jim "Jack said the Dark Side" Acker
	jgacker@neptune.gsfc.nasa.gov