From: jgacker@news.gsfc.nasa.gov (James G. Acker)
Subject: GL: Christmas Eve memories
Organization: Goddard Space Flight Center
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL6]
Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1992 15:07:27 GMT


	Hey, since I watched this episode and nobody posted an update on it,
I thought I'd attempt to recall what I saw.  Being an hour, this is
a real stretch from my B&B stint.
	Good episode, IMHO.  None of that dastardly Roger or scrumptious
Jenna, darn the luck.

	At the Lewis family abode:

	Bridget is upstairs in the attack.  Nadine discovers her and
screams!  Guess she's worried that Billy will find her.  For the rest
of the day, Bridget stays upstairs while Nadine and Billy host the
Christmas party.  At one point Billy says he found something upstairs in
the attic, terrifying Nadine, but it was just a Christmas heirloom. He
must have been there before Bridget appeared.
	Dylan and Spinner were there, looking happy.  Is it just me or
does Spinner have a really big head?
	Eventually, HB gets around to telling the Christmas Story, about
a pregnant woman looking for a place to have her baby, and Bridget rubs
her tummy and looks sad.  Ah but...  HB gave Nadine and Bill a check for
BIG $$$ for his new grandbaby.  Bridget happily tells the baby he/she is
going to be rich!

	St. Nick and Christmas Eve

	Lots of scenes of Nick and Eve celebrating Christmas together,
having dinner by candlelight, sipping eggnog, etc.  Post-dinner, they get
close on the sofa, but Eve pulls back, saying she is just so extra-ordinarily
happy she doesn't want to go to far, or something to that effect.  Nick
apologizes.  Eve apologizes for being kinda slow.  She didn't bring a
present but gives him a heartfelt memento from Cambrai, and she notes
how well they "know" each other -- it's just perfect.  The final scene is
of both of them looking wistful.

	At the Bauers (I think)

	Alan-Michael is being very solicitous of Eleni, but still wants
her to put Frank out of her head, and not to run to him when there's
trouble.  Eleni says her life is with him because of the baby.  (I don't
remember much here).

	Lillian

	Lillian writes Ed a note, thanking him for his friendship and
what they shared.  She looks (ahem) good in a gold dress, and great hair.
She plans to leave the note somewhere inconspicuous, or give it to him
when they're alone.  Then she heads over to the Bauers.

	At the Church

	AC is at the church, and sees the priest.  He asks if he
can do his confession in a pew since the chair won't fit in the confessional.
The priest says fine, and puts on his confessional garb.  AC skips over the
impure thoughts part and tells the priest that he hurt someone he loves
because they can't have a future together -- explaining he's sterile, she
wants to have kids, had one and gave her up, etc.  The priest, after all
this is over, says I won't give you your penance, you'll have to find it.
AC asks "can't I say 10 Hail Marys or something?"  The priest says "it
never hurts".
	Maureen and Michelle? (I think) are at the church, delivering
food and clothes for the homeless.  While Michelle is off, AC asks about
having children.  Maureen says she was once bitter about it, but since
she's been blessed with Michelle, it's as if she were her own flesh and
blood.  Looks like AC got a kick in the teeth.  He wakes up his partner
(who's asleep in the pew) and tells him we've got to go.

	AT the Bauers, again

	Dinner-time around the table.  Maureen is worried Ed will drop
the popovers.  He helps in the kitchen.   Lillian gets Ed alone, but I'm
not sure if he got the note.  (Hard to pay attention.)

	Harley and Frank

	Frank brought over a Christmas tree.  They set it up and
reminisce about Christmas and how DAD argued about paying too much for
a Christmas tree.  DAD was a funny guy.  Harley talks about the breakup
with AC.
	AC comes in and says I need you to leave.  Harley thinks he
means her.  He means Frank.  Frank goes to visit Nadine and talks about
how he misses DAD a lot, and how Nadine is still his mother despite being
a gold-digging ditz, or something like that.
	AC figuratively gets down on his knees and begs for
forgiveness.  He tells her about being sterile ("I don't know the
medical terminology, but something got disconnected.")  He's sorry for the
way he treated her and he's stupid, but he loves her.  Harley listens in
silence and then walks out.  AC didn't expect that.

	Finale:  Harley comes back in and starts ripping Mallet for being
such a jerk and trying to figure out what she thinks.  He didn't want her
to take care of him.  Harley says she'd do anything for him, that's what
love means.  Don't ever do anything like this to us again.  She turns her
back.  He struggles out of the chair and manages a few steps over to her,
and they fall down together on the floor, laughing about it and kissing.
Merry Christmas!


	Hope that helps -- sorry I was only half-watching.

	Jim Acker
	jgacker@neptune.gsfc.nasa.gov

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