From: v101pyrw@ubvmsb.cc.buffalo.edu (Michelle L. Zafron)
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Subject: AW: 8/11/92 update (Tues.)
Date: 13 Aug 92 17:04:00 GMT
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Tearjerking episode.  Nominate Alicia Coppola for acting awards now!  

*YEP, THEY'RE RELATED-AND HERE I THOUGHT SELF-RIGHTEOUSNESS WAS A HARRISON GENE
Vicki enters a penthouse calling out "Hello?"  Grant walks in.  They both got
messages to meet Ryan.  They wonder who owns the place.  Ryan enters claiming
ownership.

Ryan is wearing a hand-tailored suit, renting (or owning) this nifty pad.  Vicki
is shocked that he's spending his trust fund.  He proposes a toast "to new 
beginnings".  "Now you and Grant can be together.  No guilty consciences.  
Cheers!"  Vicki and Grant are shocked.

Vicki takes exception to all this.  She smashes her glass and storms off.  Grant
wants to know what's going on.  Ryan seems to think this is for the best.  Grant
tells him this is crap.  He's not over Vicki--the apartment, the suit, they're 
all Vicki's taste.  He doesn't want to be part of it.  Ryan is playing games 
with him, "I withdraw."  He leaves.

Later, Ryan is on the floor.  Vicki returns.  He says he has to start from 
scratch.  Rebuild his life--be himself, not somebody's relation.  She says he's
lost his heart and "without it, I don't even want you."  "I was wrong about a 
lot of things.  We can't be happy.  I want you to be happy but I can't be happy
with you.  My mother and father loved each other and look where it got them."  
"You are not Spencer and I am not your mother."  She walks out.

Ryan makes a solitary toast, "Here's to me and all that comes next."

*DOMESTIC SERVITUDE IS MY DREAM
John comes home coughing to a meal and Lily "You name it I can do it" Tran.  He
explains that he wants her to have free time, meet people, have a real life, 
bring friends home.  "No, this is your home, not mine.  We must both respect 
that."

John tries to make her feel more comfortable.  Frankie comes over.  They go 
outside to talk.  Frankie wants to know about Lucas--the prognosis is not good.
He hugs her and Lily sees this.  Frankie thinks that this explains her bad 
vibes.

Lily brings them tea.  Frankie is still depressed about Lucas, life, after life.
"Who chooses John?"  "I know who, I just don't know why."

John prepares for bed and gets a phone call.  He has to go to the hospital.

*MOVE OVER CAPTAIN AMERICA!
Iris gets a medical update from Darryl when Spencer walks in.  Darryl makes some
compliments about his competition and Spencer is curt.  Iris chides him for being
rude.  He asks if she had anything to do with Jamie's decision.  In fact he asks
her to prove she wasn't involved.  She refuses, "...I can't believe that your 
problems with your children are destroying our relationship."  She walks away 
mad.

Tommy hides in a wheelchair only to jump out at "IW".  He wants to watch Michael
and the Dream Team.  Spencer arrives and meets Tommy.  He apologizes to Iris 
and steals a kiss.  "Hey IW! Who's your boyfriend?"  "I'm Spencer Harrison..."
"The superhero?"  "The what?"  "You're the superhero IW told me about.  You and
Grant and Ryan..."  Spencer is astonished.  Iris explains.  "It was a great 
story for someone your age." Seeing Iris's reaction, he clarifies, "I mean that
in the nicest possible way I can."  He agrees to go to bed but asks "Super 
Spencer" about his powers.  Spencer explains that they're diminished and he's
trying to regain them.  Tommy asks him to take him to his room.

Later, Iris is outside Lucas's door and says "Lucas, God be with you."

*NO SIBLING SIMILARITIES HERE
Felicia gently leads up to the truth about Lorna.  (Even before she identifies
Lorna, Jenna doesn't sound too thrilled.)

Lorna walks into Lucas's room.  At first he thinks she's Fanny.  We hear Lorna
saying she loves him.

Jenna can't believe the news.  She doesn't think it's possible.  Felicia 
explains how she found out.  Jenna still can't believe it.  "She's not yours!
It's not true."  Felicia talks some sense into her.

Lucas still thinks she's Fanny.  Finally he realizes it's Lorna.  "We didn't
have any time..."  He sees the resemblance, admits she's their daughter, and
says, "Inside you're just like me."

"You're father is dying.  And I want you to know in case she comes to see 
him..."  Lots of tears.  "I want the truth to come out before your father..."
"Just stop it!  Stop it!"  Jenna wants Felicia to "Forget her!  Can't you just
forget that you ever found her?  You don't need her.  Can't you just let it go?"
(GAG).  "I tried, but I couldn't."  "Are you telling me that you love her?  Are
you?

Lorna apologizes for what she did to Jenna.  "You're my daughter too."  "I gave
you that mercury dime to protect you and bring you back to me."  "It worked.  
Here I am.  See."  (incredible scene, lots of tears, mostly my own).

Felicia asks Jenna to sit with her.  She explains that she loves both of them.  
Jenna is the daughter that they dreamed about and never had.  "Lorna, she is not
the daughter Luke and I dreamed about...She symbolizes the love I feel for him.
I can't break or ignore that connection."  "...She's evil.  She's poison."  
Felicia tells Jenna a little about Lorna's background, "Lorna left home and do
you know what she got?  She got Carl Hutchins.  He did to Lorna what Rick 
Madison did to you only worse and much much younger."  Jenna struggles with 
this.  Felicia begs her to understand why she can't walk away from Lorna.

Felicia explains that Lucas has accepted Lorna and he wants them all to be a 
family.  Jenna decides to go see Lucas "my father".

Lorna is holding his hand.  She wants to get the nurse but he won't let go of
her hand.  She promises to make it up to Jenna and to Dean.  She promises not 
to fight with Felicia.  (Tears were flowing).

Lorna is babbling.  Promising to knit him clothes.  The beeper thing goes dead.
She's weeping and crying over and over "I love you Daddy."  Jenna and Felicia
come in.  Freeze frame.

--Michelle L. Zafron (v101pyrw@ubvmsb.cc.buffalo.edu)
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