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AMC Update, Thursday January 7th

Featuring:

Hit the Road, Jack / Leaving On a Jet Plane 
starring Jackson, Livia, Brian, Dixie, Adam, Hayley, Junior,
and the school marm

Nice Day For a White Wedding
starring Adam, Stuart, and Gloria

Gonna Make You Sweat
starring Derek, Taylor, Mimi, Lucas, Tom, and Livia


Gonna Make You Sweat
--------------------
At McKays, Taylor and Derek are sharing a comforting hug.  Seems
Taylor is actually bothered by the fact that everyone perceives her
as a big joke.  Derek tells her the best way to counter the opinion
of the masses is to go out there and show them what she's made of -
namely, pass the academy entrance exam!  Mimi and Lucas walk in on
the coziness and each goes berzerk for different reasons.  Taylor
excuses herself to go to the written exam while the adults (and I
use the term EXTREMELY loosely) go at it.  Luke warns Derek that
Taylor is at an impressionable age and doesn't need Derek comforting
her for each little hangnail life throws her - she may get the wrong
idea.  Derek counters with, "Well, it didn't seem to bother you guys
when you first walked in!"   Mimi wants to know just what the heck
that's supposed to mean (Ed note: yeah, don't we all!  Tres Weak!).
Derek starts in on what a lousy father Lucas has been to T1 and T2
and advises that Luke go back to being Daddy-do-nothing because
Derek can handle things in the supportive-father-type role for both
kids.  (BTW, Derek was very harsh on Luke - L: "Hey, I own up to my
mistakes." D: "You mean your children?"  OUCH!!!  Grudge-slapped!)
Mimi announces that they will be late for administering the physical
part of the exam if they don't leave pronto.  Derek is peeved when
Lucas follows them in an effort to be supportive of Taylor.

At the health club (BTW, in Port Charles the Police Academy had its
own work out rooms!!) the phys exam is going on - this is basically
a work out video featuring Taylor in some painstakingly contrived
shots.  (i.e. for pull-ups, we only see her from the waist up; for
push-ups, we only see her arms bending and head bobbing up and down;
for sit-ups, we only see her head moving and not by much at that!)
Mimi follows her along with a clipboard, frowning as she records
stuff.  

In the end, Taylor not only passes the physical, but she
came in 2nd overall in the class!  While the princess whirls around
the club in excitement, Derek announces to Livia, Tom, and Lucas
that he is now $500 richer.  Lucas opens his wallet and offers to
make good on Mimi's bet for her since he also doubted Taylor's
ability (Ed note: personally I was surprised that Mimi didn't get
insulted at this white knight role Luke is playing).  Derek refuses
the offer, becomes sulky, and tells Mimi she is off the hook as far
as the bet goes.  Derek goes off on nearly every characteristic of
Lucas he can think of - acting like a big shot with his money and
his architecture, and bragging about his kids' accompishments -
Taylor's stellar performance today and Terrence's article on racism.
Derek accuses Lucas of thinking he can buy everything and everyone
and assures him he deserves none of the credit for anything at which
his kids have managed to succeed.  Mimi lays into Derek for his rude
behavior - "What, it's not enough that you proved us all wrong?  Now
you have to go and be a sore winner?"  At that point, Taylor walks
up, ready to go out and celebrate.  Derek says they can all celebrate
without him.  (Ed note: and from the way he's been acting all day,
I'm SO SURE he will be missed! :])


White Wedding
-------------
At Stuart's art gallery, Glo and Stu are hanging out talking wedding
plans.  Gloria tells Stuart about a wedding she threw for her paper
dolls when she was little and how much care she put into it.  Then
her mother came along and destroyed it, calling Gloria vain.  Stuart
wants Gloria's family to come to the wedding, but Gloria is pretty
opposed to the idea (Ed note: I can see why!!).  

About this time, Adam arrives and makes his gracious offer to Stuart
about throwing their wedding for them.  (BTW, this was the excuse
that Gloria made up for why she and Adam were getting so cozy on New
Year's Eve when Hayley and Charlie caught them in a near-clinch.)
Stuart and Gloria say they will have to talk about Adam's offer in
private, and Stuart goes off to deal with a customer.  This gives
Adam a chance to corner Gloria who is angry that he used her little
excuse against her.  Adam simply accuses Gloria of not wanting to
spend time around him making wedding plans for fear that in the end
it will make her want to marry Stuart even less.  

Stuart has sold a painting - yippee.  When he returns, he and Gloria
once again tell Adam they will think about his offer.  Once alone,
Stuart and Gloria each express their reasons why Adam should or
shouldn't throw them a wedding.   While neither is sure they want
Adam too involved in the wedding, Gloria thinks it would be a good
way for her to spend time at the house and around Junior for Dixie's
sake.  She is very emphatic about doing it "just for Dixie's sake" -
along the lines of protesting too much.  She has her back to Stuart
as she says this, and from the look on her face, it is only a matter
of time before she's doing the Horizontal Pondscum Bop at the
Boink, I mean, Boat House.

Hit the Road Jack / Jet Plane
-----------------------------
At the law office, Jack is packing stuff into boxes.  Livia doesn't
imagine she is there to watch him do house cleaning.  Jack announces
that he has been defending the down-trodden of Pine Valley for so
long that he is beginning to look like a promising client himself
nowadays!  Livia can't believe Jack is taking an indefinite
sabbatical, and asks if it has to do with Angelique.  Jack has a
flashback of the woman he nearly ran over and says NO.  He thinks
now is the perfect time for him to get away - he has not exactly
been burning up the courtrooms as of late.  Livia asks about the
custody case, but Jack informs her that Palmer fired him earlier.

Meanwhile at Dixie's, we finally get to see another room of the
house!  Brian discovers Dix in fetal position on Junior's bed.  He
wakes her, and she explains that she was just cleaning up for when
Junior comes home.  Brian thinks Dix is fooling herself into
thinking that New Year's Eve at Chandler's was a sign of good things
to come.  Ix-nay, thinks Bri guy.  Dixie tells him to trust her.
The phone rings - it's Junior who begs Mommy to take him on his
school field trip to the airport.  With only the slightest concern
for her legal rights or the lack thereof, Dixie promises Junior she
will be right there.  Despite Brian's protestations, Dix goes
running off to Adam's.

So Brian goes to see Turbo Lawyer and informs him of Dixie's
mistake.  B: "She actually thinks Chandler is a human being with a
heart!"  (Ed note: now that's hitting the nail on the head!) 
Although Jack wants to run and hide from his do-the-right-thing
side, he can't help but get involved.  He sends Brian to the airport
to head Dixie off and he heads off to Chandler's.

At Chandler's, Junior is sitting patiently on the couch when Hayley
comes in.  She tickles him and teases him about wearing some of
Dad's $200 cologne.  Junior tells Hayley about his field trip and
how he called Mommy.  Hayley reminds him that calling Mommy is their
secret, just as Dixie arrives.  Dixie starts to leave with Junior
when Hayley gives her the 3rd degree - obviously just for Dixie's
own good, but of course not interpreted as such a gesture!  Hayley
reminds Dixie that this is illegal when Adam walks in, demanding to
know where Dix thinks she is going.  Dixie tries to explain that the
field trip was scheduled months ago and that Junior called and
begged her to come get him!  Everyone looks at Junior who looks at
Hayley, remembers his promise to keep the phone's Mommy button a
secret, and lies when asked point blank if he called Dixie.  Not
looking good for the Mama at all!

As always, Hayley volunteers to take Junior on his field trip while
Dixie and Adam straighten things out (Sheeah!).  Dixie tries to be
tough against Adam, claiming that Junior definitely called her and
that this field trip has to be an exception to the court order, but
Adam isn't interested in hearing any of this.   It is her 2nd
offense, the first being when she wanted to take Junior to visit the
stranger who he met the day he ran away!   He calls the judge
while Dixie begs him not to, saying, "I have nothing left; I'll do
whatever you want!"   The judge asks to speak to Dixie and informs
her that she will be cited wih contempt of court the next time she
attempts to see Adam Junior without Adam Senior's permission.
Jack arrives while Dix is on the phone, and the two of them leave
Chandler's to go chat at his office.

At Jack's, Dixie promises she won't try to see the kid again.  Jack
tries to explain that he is leaving PV indefinitely starting now,
but Dixie can't accept that Jack would abandon her when she and
Junior need him this much!  They are more than lawyer-client, they
are friends!  Jack is now, as ever, caught in the moral dilemma.
[cliff hanger]

Meanwhile at the airport, Hayley is explaining to Junior that Mommy
wanted to bring him but couldn't.  Junior seems cool with it, and
goes off to join his class (Ed note: It was way strange to hear the
teacher call him Adam rather than Junior!).  Brian is at the airport
looking for Dixie and of course runs into Hayley who suggests maybe
he ought to explain to Dixie that she has to play by the rules in
this custody thing.  Brian immediately concludes that Hayley's
primary concern in life is keeping Adam Senior happy, not Adam
Junior.  Hayley informs Brian that she is the one who has to sit up
at night and listen to Junior crying for his Mom, so "try walking a
mile in my pumps before criticizing!"  She is angry to see Junior
being used as a pawn, and whenever possible she tries to keep him
out of all the nasty adult garbage going on.  Brian hurls more
insults before Junior and his teacher arrive.  Seems Junior wanted to
check in with Hayley before continuing with the tour.  

Hayley leaves Junior with Brian for a minute (not clear why, although 
Brian does jab her about checking in with Daddy already).  Brian
quizzes Junior about how he called Dixie that morning, and Junior
admits that Hayley got him a phone with a special secret button just
for calling Mommy.  Brian is taken aback by this news, and sends
Junior off for the next part of the tour.  (Ed note:  The most
hillarious part about this field trip was the fact that the teacher
kept coming back just for Junior!  Where were the other kids?  And
why the special treatment?  Love that realism!)  When Hayley
returns, she is expecting more lecture from Brian.  Brian says he
just has one question - did she really give Junior a phone so he
could call Dixie?  If so, then that means she couldn't possibly be
on Adam's side!  So whose side is she on?  

That's what he'd like to know, too!  says a newly arrived Adam!

[cliffhanger!]

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TGIF!
Susan

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