From: jgacker@neptune.gsfc.nasa.gov (James G. Acker)
Subject: B&B:  Foreboding update for Thursday, August 27
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Date: Fri, 28 Aug 92 15:28:59 EDT
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     In this installment of the B&B epic, we get the full
story of the Hamilton family saga.  BTW, any of you who also
read ATWT -- I cannot believe that Roseanna or NewEmily can
hold a candle to Rhonda.  Rhonda can literally hold a
candle!  :-} !

     Lessee -- I feel like I didn't remember this one
real well.  I'll playback what I've got.

     Thursday on "The Bold and the Beautiful"

     POINTLESS TIME-FILLER AT THE BIKINI

     Thorne and Karen are having a date at the Bikini Bar.
Karen tells him how beautiful the stars are.  He knows -- he
can see them reflected in her eyes (Awww...)  He tells her
that she's like magic -- he feels so good when she's around.
She says that she's happy to be with him ALONE -- not like
at home.  What does she think about when she's alone?
Thorne asks.  Him - in his office at work.  He says he
thinks about her curled up in a chair reading a book (the
book was literary - "A Room of My Own" I think).  She says
she sometimes thinks about him thinking about her!  How
saccharine.
     Moving onward, he says she's good for his ego.  They
discuss the constraints of the living arrangement.  They
drink orange juice.  Karen says I feel closer to you here
than at home -- because of the house rules, Thorne says.
Well, we aren't in the house, we're in a noisy crowded bar,
so you can break the house rules as long as you don't do
anything illegal.  They start kissing passionately.
     YAWN.
Editorial comments:  Somehow I can't see Macy winning this
one.  I had a thought driving home that if Macy loses, who
could they pair her up with?  Answer:  Sly!  (another guy
who first wanted Felicia -- there's precedent.  Could make
Thorne jealous too -- plenty of conflict available.)

     POINTED BIKINI-FILLER AT THE BIKINI

     Yeah, and who else could I be talking about?
HelpmeRhonda plucks the $50 (I'm sure it's a high
denomination -- Ganz is desperate) from the partition
between her twin glories, hands it back to him, and asks
"What's this for?"  Ganz (I think his "Dark Side" nickname
should be Glandz) says "It's half of what you'll get if you
tell me where to find Zach Hamilton."  HelpmeRhonda says "I 
haven't seen him", and blows him off.  Glandz follows her and
tells her "Nobody likes an unfriendly girl," and she says "I don't
like pushy men."  (I'M NOT PUSHY!  I'M A GENTLEMAN!  I'M A
COMPLETE, POLITE, WELL-MANNERED, UPSTANDING, CLEAN-MINDED,
MORAL, FAMILY-VALUES TYPE OF GUY!  You in the back, stop
laughing!)  He puts the money in a glass and tells her to
keep it.  (Excellent side shot here)  She says, "Look, I
don't want your money," and he says "Maybe it'll sweeten
your disposition, 'cause now you owe me big, baby."  She
looks exasperated as he blows.  She tells Sly about it and
Sly says Glandz has been hanging around.  HelpmeRhonda can
tell he's bad news.  Sly says Zach is into something and
it's really bad for his health.
     Ganz, meanwhile, has found Jack Hamilton's apartment.
He knocks hard, but nobody (obviously) is home.  The fat
landlord walks by, and Ganz asks him if he lives there.
"I'm the manager," he says.  O.K., he's the FatMan. for
short.  Ganz asks the FatMan. if it was pretty upsetting,
the guy getting killed in that room 'n all.  Nobody was
killed in that room!  the FatMan. says, or I woulda known
it.  Ganz realizes that Zach lied to him!
     [MAJOR editorial comment!  One, how did Ganz find
Jack's apartment?  He hasn't found Jack before now, Zach
certainly didn't tell him because Jack planned on hiding out
there, and I'm sure Jack doesn't have a listed address, he
hasn't even been in town long enough.  Two, Zach NEVER said
he killed Jack in the apartment -- all he said is that there
was "blood everywhere".  Zach would have been a fool to kill
Jack in his apartment, so that the cops would know there had
been a murder, look for prints, etc.  Hiding the body would
be almost useless.  All a competent murderer has to do is
drive into the San Bernardinos, kick the guy out of the car,
BLAM! and then dig all night.  IIWWTT!]
     Ganz heads back to the Bikini Bar and sees HelpmeRhonda
in conference with Sly.  Where are you, Zachie-Boy, you and
your precious girlfriend?  'Cause when I find you she's D-E-
A-D.  (Possible hostage scenario with HelpmeRhonda conceived
in my fertile gray matter)

     ALL IN THE (COMPULSIVE GAMBLER'S) FAMILY

     At the Big Bear cabin, Zach tells Felicia the Whole
Story.  (Felicia is supportive and comforting throughout
this.)  Zach says they had a great family -- Mom was kind
and beautiful, big sister was smart and gorgeous, best
looking girl in high school (that I believe) and he used to
follow her around to "protect" her, and his Dad was a hero.
But then it started.  What?  His gambling, very slowly tore
us apart.  Started with neighborhood poker games, but the
stakes got too high.  Dad would disappear for weeks --
Vegas, Atlantic City, the tracks.  Started bringing home his
"friends" -- high rollers, bookies, etc.  The family
couldn't handle it, they were all scared, Dad most of all,
because if you can't pay, you die.
     One night -- Ganz was there -- they had a big poker
game going downstairs.  Lots of shouting, Dad came up,
shaking, to get some beers.  We were waiting for my sister
to come home.  I looked outside and saw someone in my Dad's
car -- it was Ratchet.  He was greasy, covered in motor oil.
I should have figured it out then.  There was more shouting,
more arguing, and Mom and I just decided to leave.  We got
in the car, drove away, started going down a hill -- NO
BRAKES!  Mom tried to control it, it kept going faster, we
went over a cliff.  When I came to, Mom was beside me,
covered in blood, her eyes looking at me -- I shook her,
said "C'mon, Mom," but she was dead.  Zach is shaking,
emotional, not wanting to relive it.  Felicia is crying.
Zach composes himself.  He says he went back, got a gun, and
shot Ratchet.  He's been running from it ever since.
Felicia hugs him and says "Why did it have to happen to
YOU?"  He says he thought it would never be over, never
change, and then he met her.  Now he'd give his life for her
because she showed him a kinder, gentler side of life.
     Good scene!

     HOW TO LOSE $19,400 IN A FEW SHORT LESSONS

     In Vegas, Jack loses again.  In a break from the game,
the waitress asks him how much he's got left.  $600.  She
tells him to leave, go home to his family, at least he's got
a little.  He says he can't, his life depends on the game.
     At the table, Jack gets his last chips.  The dealer,
head honcho, says it looks like you've got to win, or it's
over for you, Jack.  Jack says "Deal the cards!"
     Grim.

     I wonder about this.  Will Jack lose it all?  It makes
sense that he would.  Having him win it all sort of
"redeems" gambling, not something I'd expect from the good
Preacher Bell.  Plus, Zach, Jack, and Felicia will be on the
suspense run from Ganz as we head into the fall season,
Sally wants to arrest Jack for embezzlement, Stephanie
wonders what Jack is doing, Taylor worries about Jack...
I don't think Jack is going to hit a winning streak.

     This ep was not a laughing matter.  Of course, it did
have Rhonda.

     Jim "still in awe of the architecture" Acker
     jgacker@neptune.gsfc.nasa.gov