From: jgacker@news.gsfc.nasa.gov (James G. Acker)
Subject: B&B:  A winner!
Organization: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center - Greenbelt, MD USA
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Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1993 23:09:50 GMT



     By far, and I mean it, the best episode of B&B I have
seen in a long, long, time.  And I'm not saying that just
because Macy was in a white bikini, but hey, would that
detract from it?

     I mean, would it?

     Friday on "The Bold and the Beautiful"

     HOT WINTER NIGHT

     Sly's at the bar, checking to make sure the booze
stocks are brimming.  The delivery man/substitute bartender
says hey, take the night off and enjoy your date -- is it
with that fox you were with the other night?  She's not a
fox, she's a friend, Sly explains.  "Whatever," he replies,
raising his eyebrows and nodding toward Macy, who enters
smiling stage right.  Sly asks if she's ready to enjoy
herself, and she says yes.   She's not over Thorne yet, but
she'll concentrate on having a good time with Sly to-night.

     At the condo, Thorne is wiping his brow, commenting on
how hot it is -- for January.  That's what you get for
living in SoCal, Karen tells him.  They discuss the
evening's activities, and Karen suggest they go to the
beach.  Malibu?  Thorne suggests.  (I am so amazed.  What a
coincedence!)  Karen tells him that they might need a dip in
the surf to cool off.  Oh, if you're in that kind of mood
why don't we just stay home and scr...imshaw.  No, Karen
doesn't want to do ivory carving, she wants to go to the
Bikini Bar and then play "bobbing for swimsuits".  Thorne
acquiesces (actually, he went to put on a suit and Karen
told him no suits allowed, but I like my line better.)

     We will return to this plotline.  Meanwhile:

     YOU'LL NEVER BEAR CHILDREN IN THIS TOWN AGAIN

     Post-slam and threat, a malevolent Stephanie tells
Brooke that she has got the goods on her, but good!  Three,
count 'em, three, either fornicacious or adulterous
pregnancies -- the miscarriage, Eric Jr. (conceived while he
was married to Stephanie) and little Nameme (conceived,
possibly by Ridge, while she was married to Eric).  I carry
a lot of weight in the fashion business, Stephanie says,
then rephrases, saying I'm one of the heavies in the fashion
world, then rephrases again, saying I move in the big
fashion circles, then finally rephrases, saying I'm
influential in the fashion industry!  Whew.  And I can break
you just by going to the videotape on your shenanigans,
Brookester.  Furthermore, if you make a move, a whit, a
shenanigan about employing this baby to either win Ridge or
keep Eric,  I will destroy your reputation, and when I'm
done with you, the only chemicals you'll be mixing will be
food colorings for granola bars!  YOU ARE A SLUT IN EVERY
SENSE OF THE WORD.  Furtherfurthermore, I can have you
declared an unfit mother and put your children in the
custody of their fathers, and just by using the facts.  Got
it?
     Brooke isn't about to take this lying down (actually,
one day after a pregnancy, she isn't getting up, either),
and she valiantly returns Stephanie's verbal salvos.  But
Stephanie came in with too much ammunition, and Brooke
finally loses it, shouting for the nurse and pushing the
button.  Stephanie suggests the nurse give the patient a
heavy sedative, and slips out as she warns to "mark her
words -- I'll do it!"

     (This was intense.  Stephanie has never, in my viewing,
been meaner or angrier.  I hated her, and THAT's acting.)

     ANYTHING YOU CAN KISS, I CAN KISS BETTER (YUM!)

     Sly and Macy work up a sweat on the dance floor, then
go to the beach for a cooling dip just as Thorne and Karen
make the scene.  After Thorne dances (poorly) with Karen and
they sit down with their brewskis, a disbelieving Thorne
spies Sly and Macy, wrapped together in a towel.  He says to
Karen "Lookitthat!  Boy, I had her pegged for Mrs. Macy
Monogamous, and now I find out she's Ms. Polly Polygamous!
First Jake and now Sly -- can't that women get enough
pectorals?"  Karen says not if she's with you -- uh, yeah,
who needs muscle, anyway?   Macy doesn't see them, and jokes
with Sly about people thinking they might be nekkid under
the towel.  Be still, my beating heart.  After the sit down
and Macy asks where he spent New Year's Eve after she
heartlessly cast him into the streets, he says he went down
to the Santa Monica Pier and hung out with the street
people.  In a tux?  Hey, they didn't have a date either.
(He's good when he's comic.  Don't know about the serious
stuff, though.)  Macy spies Thorne, and they exchanged
barbed looks.  He gets up to dance with Karen, and Karen
asks a steamed Thorne what they can do to salvage the
evening.  How 'bout this, she suggests, demonstrating some
tongue scrimshaw.  Macy, watching, gets Sly up for a slow
dance and goes for the lips herself -- post-kiss, Sly says
that was really nice, too bad it wasn't meant for me.  He
spied the dye-job duo in the back.  Macy apologizes for
losing her head when she sees Thorne, and Sly says if that
means you loosen your strings at the same time, don't worry
about it!  Macy goes off to the powder room, sashaying past
the Karen-Thorne table.  Sloshed Thorne orders some more
brew, then goes to visit the men's room.  He encounters Macy
on her way out, and says "What the hell do you think you're
doing?", grabbing her slender, delicate arm unmercifully.
(Am I overdoing it?)  "We're going to talk about this RIGHT
NOW!"

     Tune into tomorrow, when we hear Sly whisper to
himself:

     "You know, this rebound relationship stuff certainly
has some fringe benefits!"



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|  James G. Acker                       Occasional Genius  |
|  jgacker@neptune.gsfc.nasa.gov        Regular Swimmer    |
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|  "Animal-based research in this field ignores the fact   |
|  that in humans much sexual behavior has little to do    |
|  with reproduction both psychologically and physio-      |
|  logically..."                                           |
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