From: Liz%Eng%Banyan@MAGNOLIA.BANYAN.COM
Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv.soaps
Subject: GL: Long-Winded Update for Thursday, October 8
Date: 10 Oct 92 01:56:40 GMT
X-Unparsable-Date: Wed, 31 Dec 69 19:00:00 EST


        

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Harley tells Mallet she's taken the whole day off just to be with him; 
he's not especially enthusiastic.  While Harley is cheerfully 
detailing all the fun they're going to have together, the phone 
rings.  It's Nick, calling from Paris to tell her he has some evidence 
that the bomber is connected with Spaulding.  She reads him the riot 
act for keeping it a secret; he's obligated to let the police in on 
any evidence he might have.  He says the only reason he has anything 
at all is because someone highly placed at Spaulding is feeding him 
information.  He wants Harley to find out who it is.  Mallet, who's 
missed the bulk of this conversation, wants to know what's going on.  

Jenna wanders around the Spaulding board room, picking up knick-knacks 
and studying them with a professional eye.  It is thus that Vanessa 
discovers her.  Jenna says she's there to see Henry.  "Do you have an 
appointment?" Vanessa asks coldly.  "Yes, she does," says Henry from 
the doorway.  Vanessa looks surprised - and none too pleased.

Alan-Michael shouts at his assistant because the phone lines in Greece 
are busy and she can't get a call through to Eleni.  She says to 
relax, they'll call back; she made it sound like a matter of life and 
death.  "Eleni *is* my life," he tells her broodingly.  His assistant 
suggests he put the jet on standby, and he agrees.

In Greece, Eleni sits on a dock by the water, looking contemplative 
and a little sad.  Through a doorway comes Frank.  They see each 
other, and embrace joyously.

Harley, in her enthusiasm, talks too fast for Mallet to understand; 
but she eventually manages to communicate that she thinks Alan-Michael 
might be the contact.  Mallet thinks it's unlikely, and she has to 
admit that she thinks Alan-Michael would be more upfront if he were 
doing something so altruistic.  She wants to go feel out Alan-Michael, 
but she feels uncomfortable leaving Mallet alone.  Mallet, smelling 
freedom, tries to convince her to go.  She wants to call Edith, and he 
gets angry.  She says he shouldn't get so angry; she worries.  Right 
on cue, Eve turns up, straight from an overnight shift at the 
hospital.  Mallet asks her to tell Harley it's okay for him to be left 
alone.  She won't say that, but she does offer to stay.  "She's 
prettier than Edith," he says, relenting; but he looks none to happy at 
being left with a baby-sitter.

Henry tells Vanessa that Jenna is there looking for information to help 
her find her father.  Vanessa is perturbed.  Jenna tells Vanessa that 
Henry very kindly offered to help her.  Vanessa tells Jenna she doesn't 
think Henry could be the only person in the world who could help.  
Henry dithers, covering for Jenna.  He tells Jenna he looked at the 
photo the night before and can't help.  Jenna is disappointed, but he 
tries to encourage her.  She says that's all right; she's not giving 
up.  Vanessa encourages her to leave.  Jenna asks Henry for her 
photographs back, and he feigns having lost them and tells her he'll 
have them delivered later.  Vanessa ushers her to the door.  Jenna and 
Henry make a point of calling each other by their first names as they 
part.  Once Jenna is gone, Henry opens his briefcase and pulls out the 
photographs.

Frank and Eleni engage in some smooching.  She says she's there to say 
goodbye, since she won't be able to come back again.  But it's okay, 
she tells him; what matters is she has him.

Outside the Spaulding board room, Vanessa tells Jenna to leave Henry 
alone.  Before Jenna has a chance to retort, Michelle and Maureen turn 
up.  Maureen has brought Michelle so she can research a school project
on where her parents work.  Vanessa and Maureen begin to talk; Jenna 
and Michelle chat about school and boys.  Maureen is yanked into a 
meeting and has to beg off helping Michelle; Jenna volunteers to pinch-
hit.  Maureen is hesitant, but agrees.

Vanessa returns to Henry, who shuts his briefcase quicly.  She wants to 
know why he was so nervous; she thinks he's hiding something.  He says 
he's nervous because everyone is panicking with Alex gone.  She says he 
has nothing to worry about - everything is under control.

Eve burns herself making coffee.  Mallet makes a sarcastic remark and 
sends Harley out the door.  Once Harley is gone, he dashes his coffee 
mug to the ground in frustration.  Unphased, Eve brings him a new mug, 
and looks at him with concern.  

Nick runs into Paul at a cafe in Paris.  Paul is there to raise funds 
for the revolution.  He is also coughing up a storm.  He savors the 
flavor of the espresso and tells Nick never to take life for granted.  
He asks after Eve, and wants to know if she spends time with Nick and 
Mindy.  Awkwardly, Nick tells him Mindy's out of the picture.  "Then 
there's still a chance for you and Eve, isn't there?"  While Nick 
ponders this question, an unidentified hand slips some documents into 
Nick's unattended briefcase.

Frank and Eleni are walking on the beach.  She says giving everything 
up is the only way.  But surely her family could learn to like him, he 
insists.  Of course they would love him, she assures him.  But Alan-
Michael is her husband.  She's talked to her grandmother, she's talked 
to the priest.  She can't get an annulment.  Frank says he'll talk to 
them; she says it won't make any difference.  She has to leave her 
family and the Church in order to divorce Alan-Michael.  She says he's 
worth it, and her decision is made.

Henry rushes into Alan-Michael's office, wanting to know where Alex 
is.  Vanessa and Maureen burst in with the distressing news that the 
documents regarding their defense contracts have been stolen from the 
Paris office. Vanessa will call all the board members in for an 
emergency meeting.  All visitors leave the office, and Alan-Michael 
gets a call from Paris.  It's Pierre, telling Alan-Michael that Nick 
is the one who stole the documents.

Nick tells Paul to stop fixing him up with Eve.  He knows Paul's 
freeing up Eve in case he can't get away from the revolution.  Is that 
what she told you?  Paul wants to know.  Did you really believe it?  
Why would she lie?  Nick asks.  Paul breaks into a coughing fit, and 
Nick wants to take him to a doctor.  Paul says no, he'll go to his own 
doctor in Cambrai.  But Nick has to make him a promise.

Eve cleans up the broken cup, telling Mallet he should get angry, break 
things, whatever works.  She lectures him intensely about talking to 
Harley - he has to tell Harley what's going on inside.  "What do you 
care what's going on inside?" he snaps.  "You're a medical doctor, not 
a shrink."  "Well, you know what?" she snaps in return.  "You happen to 
be a jerk."  She yells at him for feeling sorry for himself, and tells 
him he's cheating Harley by protecting her.  "Don't you understand that 
women can go through practically anything if they love somebody?" she 
cries.  "Why the hell can't men believe that?"  A little shocked, 
Mallet asks "Who are you so mad at?  It sure as hell isn't me."

Jenna tells Michelle about her father, and Michelle asks questions.  
Maybe Jenna's father will turn out to be a king, Michelle suggests.  
Jenna says she may never know.  No, Michelle insists dreamily, it's got 
to have a happy ending.  Jenna tells Michelle how she and her mother 
used to dream of coming to America and having everything they could 
ever want.   What did she want most?  Michelle wants to know.  Jenna 
smiles wistfully and says her mother was always into "things" more than 
she was.  She just wanted to be with her daddy.  Michelle says maybe he 
couldn't help leaving her.  Jenna says perhaps; but maybe he didn't 
want her, and still doesn't.  Michelle says Jenna will find him, and 
see how much he loves her.  Seriously, Jenna tells Michelle:  "Never 
underestimate what you have - two parents who love you."  Jenna tries 
to peek into a Spaulding financial file, and Michelle pulls her away.

Alan-Michael tells Pierre he doesn't believe Nick would steal the 
documents.  Pierre says they're in Nicks flight bag, and he put them 
there.  Fletcher he's sent on a wild goose chase.  He'll be sending 
Alan-Michael a fax which he can use or destroy as he likes.  The fax 
starts transmitting, and as Alan-Michael is picking it up, Harley 
walks in.

Paul writes a letter to Eve, telling her to admit to loving Nick.  He 
tells her she can divorce him if she wants.  He wants her to know, in 
case anything happens, that he's always loved her.  Nick comes to say 
goodbye;  Paul coughs again, gives Nick the letter to give to Eve, and 
wants Nick not to tell her he's ill.  They part, and Paul keeps 
coughing, in a terminal sort of way.

Alan-Michael is blithering on about Alexandra, and Harley wants to know 
what's up.  She asks him about the bombing, telling him Nick called 
from Paris and is on to something.  She lets it slip that Nick is 
coming back today.  He gets flustered and sweeps her out.  Alone, he 
looks at the fax, troubled.

After attempting, and failing, to make eggs, Eve confesses defensively 
that she's not good in the kitchen, but she can make him a sandwich if 
he wants.  He says he's not even hungry; she's the one who insisted on 
ransacking the kitchen.  She thought it was better than fighting.  You 
started it, he says.  No, you did, she returns.  No, you did.  No, 
you - She stops.  "Are you mad at all men," he asks her, "or just a 
couple of us?"  She tries to convince him she's not mad, but he won't 
buy it.  "Would you rather have me be mad at you, or Harley?" she 
asks.  He wants to drop the subject.  Eve tells him Harley loves him - 
he should let her in.  "I'm not ready yet," he tells Eve.  "Can't you 
understand that?"  Yes, she can; and the look in her eyes suggests 
she's understanding things in her own life as well as Mallet's.

Alan-Michael rushes into the board room and presents Maureen, Vanessa, 
and Henry with the fax.  They are skeptical, but Vanessa calls the 
police, telling them they received an anonymous tip that the thief 
would be arriving on the 4:00 flight with the documents in his 
luggage.  Henry stares contemplatively at Alan-Michael.

Michelle catches Jenna rifling through an old expense account file.  
Michelle says she doesn't need old stuff; her project is on what's 
happening today.  Michelle sweet-talks Jenna into taking her for ice 
cream, saying she's got everything she needs.  "I'm glad one of us 
does," Jenna says ruefully, and leaves.

Frank and Eleni lie on the beach in each other's arms.  She is happy; 
she'll have the life she's always wanted with him.  Eventually, her 
family will understand.  Smooching ensues.

Vanessa wonders if the theft could be an inside job.  Maureen says 
that's silly.  Alan-Michael agrees and says they'll all make sure the 
responsible party pays.  Sensing a power-play, Vanessa agrees, but is 
visibly annoyed.

Harley meets Nick at the airport, telling him Alan-Michael isn't the 
source.  She waits while Customs searches his luggage; they find the 
document.  Nick knows nothing, but they take him away anyhow.  Harley 
gives an alarmed Nick a reassuring wave, then looks pensive.

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Okay, comments:

Nick is the stupidest creature on God's green earth.  Get him some 
brains, please; and maybe a haircut. ;-)

Paul is most certainly being set up for the Tragic, Lonely Death[tm] 
scene.

Given the opportunity, I would cheerfully lock Alan-Michael in a dark 
closet filled with small, hungry rodents.  What a SLIME.  If Eleni 
doesn't leave him, LETTERS WILL BE WRITTEN!

Eve is MUCH more interesting to watch when she's animated by anger.  
And was I mistaken, or did I maybe catch a wee bit of a spark between 
her and dear A.C.?  Now, I love A.C. and Harley together; but maybe he 
and Eve could be good friends, like Maureen and Fletcher.  (They could 
both use somebody to yell a little sense into them.)

Vanessa's turning nasty again.  Should be fun. ;-)

Until next week,

Liz
lizb@banyan.com (whatever the header says)