From: dias@milton.u.washington.edu (Vivian Dias)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv.soaps
Subject: SB - Wed Update
Date: 30 Jul 92 15:19:07 GMT
Organization: University of Washington, Seattle


  Wednesday Update - July 29

  Gina and Lionel are at the Oasis for lunch.  They sit at separate tables
  and antagonize one another via their waiter.

  At the cop shop Reese/Kelly/BJ/Frank discuss just exactly where and
  what Jodie and Cruz at up to.

  Sawyer is teaching Aurora how to play the piano and Aurora teaches
  Sawyer just exactly what being an heiress means.

  Jodie and Cruz search, in vain, for a way out of the slaughterhouse.

  Gina and Lionel are still not speaking to one another.  AFter a most
  unpleasant lunch at the Oasis Gina leaves in a huff.

  Frank is still poisoning everyone's mind against Cruz and Jodie.  Jodie's
  car has been found at the airport so they start checking with the airlines.
  Kelly continues to defend them.  BJ is confused.  Reese is convinced they
  have taken off together.  Kelly leaves.  Reese asks Frank to take BJ home,
  and BJ freaks and says no.  Frank starts in on his I want to be there for
  you, I care about you speech but she continues to back away.

  Jodie and Cruz are having no luck finding anyway out of the slaughterhouse.
  Jodie starts to get upset thinking about how Frank stole her daughter's
  childhood.  She can't stop thinking about how alone and scared BJ must
  have been and how she didn't realize what was going on.  Cruz tries to
  console her but she keeps suffering.

  Aurora is having Sawyer teach her how to play the piano so she can surprise
  her father.  After the leason Aurora has a surprise for Sawyer and she
  hands him a bag full of money! (nice surprise)  It's $3000.  She's called
  the boxing manager who wanted to train Sawyer and found out how much it
  would cost and is giving Sawyer the money.  He says he can't take the
  money and they go back and forth.  Finally Aurora says if Sawyer won't
  take the money she'll call the manager and arrange it anyway.  BJ shows
  up to talk to Sawyer.  She tells him how worried she is about Jodie and
  wonders if Sawyer had ever heard any rumors about Cruz and Jodie.  Sawyer
  sets her straight by telling her that no matter how much Jodie and Reese
  fight, they love each other.  That's a constant.  He says that this fight
  will pass just like all the other and that they will get back together.
  BJ seems calm for the time being and tells Sawyer he always knows what to
  say to get things back in perspective for her.

  Kelly, convinced that Cruz and Jodie are in trouble, has made arrangements
  to meet Reese at the Oasis.  When she gets there Reese is crying in his
  beer about the fact they have run off together.  Kelly defends them both
  saying that she knows Cruz loves her and that if Reese would quit wallowing
  in self pity for a minute he would realize that Jodie loves him and that
  is a posssibility they could be in trouble and need Kelly and Reese's help.
  Much as she pleads and argues she can't get Reese to admit they are in
  danger.  Kelly is angry and leaves yelling at Reese and knocking over
  the bar stool.  She's going to look for them.

  Frank has arrived back at the slaughterhouse.  He is losing touch with
  reality and the sight of Jodie and Cruz really sets him off.  They ask
  what he's going to do and he assures them they are going to die.  He and
  Jodie square off against each other verbally and she lets him have it
  about what he did to her daughter.  He continues with his justification
  that BJ is the most important person in his life and he would never hurt
  her.  Jodie obviously doesn't understand their *special* relationship.
  From the look on her face you can tell she would tear him apart piece by
  piece were he not holding a gun on her.  She spits back at him that what
  he feels for BJ isn't love it's disgusting and he's sick.  This sends him
  closed to the edge.  He's nervous and jumpy.  He's bouncing off the walls.
  His tone changes from yelling to whining to vicious to evil to soft.  WE
  are watching a man go slowly insane.  Meanwhile, Cruz has his hands behind
  his head and his back turned to the whole scene.  He's listening closely 
  to what Frank is saying trying to figure a way to verbally get Frank off
  his guard.  No luck.

  Gina is at her office when Lionel arrives.  She has offered Ken the job,
  he has accepted and CC has agreed to deliver the custody papers to her
  that afternoon.  All of this is unbeknowst to LIonel who continues to
  think that Gina has struck a deal with CC for money.  She tells Lionel
  that of all people she thought he believed in her and would never think
  she would do something that low.  Lionel does nothing to change her mind
  and she walks out.  Lionel is sitting at the table looking forlorn when
  CC arrives with the papers.  Lionel is dumbfounded when he discovers 
  what Gina has really been up to and realizes how badbly he had misjudged
  Gina.

  Kelly has tracked down BJ at the newspaper office and says she wants to
  talk to her.  BJ assumes it's more Jodie/Cruz stuff and is reluctant.
  Kelly confesses that Cruz told her about BJ being abused and BJ is upset
  that Cruz would betray her confidence.  Kelly assures her she doesn't
  want to hurt her anymore than she has been but she doesn't have the time
  to be delicate.  She needs the answer to a question and she needs it now,
  a lot depends on the answer.  She asks BJ is Frank Goodman was the man
  who abused her.  BJ just stares back at her.

  At the slaughterhouse Frank has one more little thing that Jodie and Cruz
  need to do.  He wants Jodie to write a note to Reese and Cruz write a 
  note to Kelly saying they've run off with each other.  WRITE, WRITE, Jodie,
  WRITE!, he screams.  I've never known you to be at a lost for words.
  Jodie: "I sign, I might as well be dead" 
  Frank: "Hey, you're gonna be dead anyway.  Isn't it kinder for Reese
          knowing you and Cruz are going to be living happy ever after?"
  Cruz:  "That is thoughtful of you, Frank.  I will not do that to Kelly
          or Reese for that matter.  Put a bullet through me right here."

  Frank is really over the edge now, he's dancing around around, he's
  darting back and forth between Jodie and Cruz, he's sweating, his voice
  keeps getting angry and sickening sweet and mean, all the time mean and
  cruel.
  Frank:  "Okay, keep tempting me, I don't care how you die but think about
           your sweetheart here, Jodie, waiting for the wrecking crew with
           ants and flies starting to make a pinic on your left overs."
  Cruz: (with complete contempt in his voice) "You won't pull the trigger
        you haven't got the guts.  What you did to BJ proves that."
  Frank: "You shouldn't have said that Cruz, BJ wouldn't like it."

  The camera moves in slow motion from Frank's face to a close up of the
  gun.  The gun goes off.  Cruz crumbles to the floor.  Jodie screams
  Nooooooooooo!.     
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