From: rek1@Ra.MsState.Edu (Robert Kennedy)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv.soaps
Subject: SB:Wednesday Update
Date: 19 Nov 92 13:14:55 GMT
Organization: Mississippi State University


 November 18, 1992

Reese and Jodie talked Mason into reopening the courtroom, after they promised to behave themselves.  Mason explained he didn't want any of their outbursts to
damage BJ's case.

Lilly came into the living room at the Lockridge house, ranting about Ted being
missing, then yelled at Gina for making an appt. with a minister, and told her
to cancel it.

Julia put Sklyer on the stand, he was to testify as an expert witness on abuse
victims.  She asked about his diagnosis of BJ, then asked about his observationsof Frank.  The DA had a hissy with his objections.  They went to chambers with
Mason, and Arnold got pissed about not having enough time to prepare for this
surprise witness.  Julia let him have it about his not giving her enough time
to prepare an entirely new defense and that she was doing her best under the
circumstance, and didn't have time to observe every arcane rule in the book 
about notification and so on.  Arnold then got pissed off when Mason decided to
allow Skyler's testimony.  Arnold stormed out, and Mason told Julia to count her
blessings.  She asked what he meant, and he told her that he'd tried the same
trick himself once, early in his career, only he got an UN-sympathetic judge.

Lilly told Gina she was taking over all the wedding plans.  Lionel left the two
alone to talk.  She confessed that she and Ted weren't in love, they were a
"friendly business merger" that could be canceled at any time, by either 
partner.  (I got the impression that she is beginning to feel something for Ted
again.)   Gina told her not to worry, some people had started with less.  Gina
went to look at china, and Lilly had a daydream about marrying Ted.  In it, she
was at the Capwell house, and she looked great.  Gina came in and asked about
her and Ted.  Lilly was depressed, Gina asked why, Ted was on a trip with 
another of his girlfriends.  Gina asked if it was Angela, Lilly said no, she
was last month, this time it was Lisa.  Gina asked what the hell was going on
with Lilly and Ted, and Lilly just didn't know.  Then Lilly came out of it, 
looking pensive.

Skyler testified that he'd made a study of Frank, from his writings, reports,
department records, tapes, newspapers, and so on.  His expert opinion was that
FG exhibited traits of someone that had been molested.  For example:  his
way of putting himself down, low self-esteem, unnecessary risks at work, tended
to hate himself, from all indications, and he seemed to have a death wish.  HE
mentioned that 85% of all molesters have been molested.  He then testified that
BJ has hysterical amnesia, and cannot fully remember the night Frank died.  He 
supported BJ's claim of extreme emotional distress.  Arnold asked if he could
testify as to how sane BJ was when FG was killed, he could not.

Lionel came to keep an eye on Lilly, and started reading a magazine, it had the
icon on the front.  She recognized it, and Lionel asked if she was sure they'd
found the icon on the dig.  Lilly took off for the dig, Lionel wanted to go to,
so they left.

Skyler reiterated that BJ and FG were both abuse victims, and that the link 
between abuse victims and the molester was a strong one.  Arnold asked if
he thought, based on the hypno-therapy sessions, BJ had killed Frank. He finally
had to say that it was possible.  Julia asked if BJ ever admitted to killing
Frank, he said no, that she had not, and that she still did not know all the 
events of that night.

BJ was alone in the courtroom, and Jodie came in.  Bj wanted her to stay since
she was afraid.  She was to testify next, about the abuse from FG.  She didn't
want to, but Jodie talked to her about the "poison" from FG and how talking 
might help her.  

BJ began talking about the abuse.  (There was a lot of dialogue, so I'll
just give the gist of all of it.)  She talked about FG babysitting her and
Sawyer, and how he'd put Sawyer to bed, and then his "games" would begin.  
Jodie ran out, Reese followed, gave her a talking to about supporting BJ, and
they went back inside.  J talked about not realizing she had the right to objectabout what FG did to her, though she knew somehow it was unnatural.  Arnold 
threw in an objection, so Julia asked about the night FG died.  Bj talked about
the things she knew, like her hate for FG and what he'd done to her, that she
wanted him out of her life, that she was scared, and that he was angry at her
for tricking him.  She talked about feeling disassociated from reality.  Julia
wanted a recess, but Mason denied it.  Arnold began his questions, and hedged
about for a while.  He finally asked if she was maybe confused about her
relationship with FG.  She went off on him when he suggested that she'd
seduced Frank.

Lilly and Lionel arrived at the dig, Ted was not there.  They found the icon, 
and the head was broken off.  Lionel talked her into giving him the icon, she
was pretty pissed off, and flipping it all around.  He told her to give Ted roomto breathe, if she really cared for him.  They walked right past the little
area where Ted and Angela fell into the mineshaft, without seeing it.

Arnold badgered BJ, til she became extremely upset.  Julia objected and Mason
told Arnold that that was the "most shameful display of witness badgering" he'd
ever witnessed, and that if Arnold didn't "back off" he'd get to spend the night in jail.  He "apologized", and asked BJ if she was in extreme emotional
distress.  She said no.  Just as Arnold insisted BJ couldn't prove FG had 
molested her, Eugene came in the door of the courtroom.  

There was no preview, and I'm sorry some of this may be out of exact order
as it was shown. 

Suzanna