From: jereese@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (jean reese)
Subject: SB: Wednesday (Dec. 16) update
Organization: Indiana University
Date: Thu, 17 Dec 1992 13:41:58 GMT

Hi guys, it's time for your Wednesday update!



At the hospital, Kelly meets CC, and says she knows what to do about
Sophia, but needs his help.  Sophia wakes up, says hi to Ken. He says
he loves her. She wants to go home. He gives her coffee, with lots
of sweetener.

CC balks at the term "substance abuse." He says, "I know your mother
better than anyone in the world, including that boy toy she's married
to." CC agrees that maybe something should be done, but that they
should talk to Ken first. Ken overhears, and says he's been doing all
that he can. He's been using the pills for years and has never been
affected by them (and I thought they were just out on the market!). He
lies that she told him she wanted him to go home and get her pills. 
Kelly says, "I've seen my mother go through difficult times before,
but she's never become addicted before."

Ken said Sophia's insecure because he's younger, even though he keeps
telling her that he loves her and thinks she's beautiful (he must REALLY
want that money! :)) He thinks she became destructive before because
of CC and Santana, and that the divorce devastated her. (Of course,
no one points out that she was the one who wanted the divorce.)

CC goes into see Sophia, and she asks for more coffee, and tells him
to put in three sweeteners because it tastes "weird, bitter." He's
concerned because of her condition. She gets mad at that and tells
him she's not a drug addict, "keep your pity to yourself," and tells
him to leave.

CC asks Ken how her headaches turned into an addiction? Ken says it
was the demands at work, being a new bride, drinking. Kelly says that
yesterday Sophia admitted she had a problem, and today she's done a
180. Sophia comes out of the hospital room, says she wants to go home.
She collapses in Ken's arms, he takes her back into her room. CC tells
Kelly, "that's not the woman I know and love" and agrees to intervention.

The three of them agree to confront her. They can't wait for Ted or Mason
(because noone knows where Mason is and Ted is busy with the Chumash
dig ... yeah, I've seen Ted at the dig site for hours on end, haven't
you? He's just trying to score one on Lilly, that's all.) They agree
to go in and tell the truth to Sophia. Sophia apologizes for her
behavior, CC says "that's all right" and Kelly says, "No, your 
behavior has been mortifying." Sophia looks at Ken, who says, "I can't
defend you any more, you're hurting yourself." Kelly says, "you're
an addict." Sophia says, "get out of here."


Warren and BJ are at the newspaper office (do her parents approve of
her living with a man?) and they're getting ready to tell their families
about the engagement. Warren says that they should go together to
tell Lionel and Gina, but that BJ should go alone to the cabin, because
"they hate me." Reese and Sawyer are macho, and he's not. BJ reminds
him that he escaped from a Bangkok prison, and says he's really worried
about hearing from the literary agent.

Gina swooshes into the Oasis, carrying a load of bags, as she's been
Christmas shopping (why didn't she leave them in the car?) She tells
Lionel about all the places she's been, including the dressmaker, "I
can't believe they can't get my dress for the wedding right, since I'm
paying $6,000 for it," she says. Lionel can't believe that cost of the
dress and asks how much Lilly's dress will be, if the mother of the bride's
dress is $6,000, and then says, "no I don't want to know."

BJ and Warren show up, and tell them they're getting married. Gina is
dismayed. "Married? In Santa Barbara? When?" She doesn't want to handle
this right now - "if you get started now with the wedding plans, you
can be married as early as the spring." BJ shows off Minx's ring, and Gina
wants to know where her heirloom jewelry is. Lionel says, "you'll get
it in due time."

BJ and Warren leave, and Gina says they can't get married at Christmas
because Lilly and Ted are getting married at New Year's, and there's
only one big wedding per season. They can get married at Valentine's Day.
She says, "Tell them they have only two choices, between Cupid and an
arrow, or me and an Uzi."


At the cabin, Reese is decorating, asks Sawyer to help. He only has
one nail in the house, which he just dropped in the fireplace, so Sawyer 
has to go out to the shed for more. While he's gone, Reese laments that
this will be the first Christmas in California without Jodie. She shows
up and asks him why he wasn't at lunch yesterday. He says he got tied
up and asks if she had lunch alone. She said no, that Micah met her
there. Jodie pulls out a decoration that Sawyer made in the first grade.
Reese says they should tell BJ that they're not one big happy family.
"We can't keep pretending for the sake of the children," he says.

BJ and Warren show up, tell them about the engagement. Stunned silence.
Sawyer's happy, though. Warren says, "I told you they'd hate it." Then
Jodie says she's happy. Reese says I knew the day would come, I just
didn't think it would come so soon. Warren says I hope I have your
blessing, Reese says, you have to earn it. You have to help pick out
the Christmas tree, which they do by going out into the woods. Warren
says, "It sounds like a Walton kind of thing," but he's game. Even
though this is traditionally a family thing, BJ and Jodie decide to 
stay behind this year, and let the "men" do it.

Reese tells Sawyer, "I think we have a virgin on our hands!" Warren
says, "There's a great fake Christmas tree at my Grandmothers, I'll
just run over and get it." Reese says it's okay, it's not "Deliverance."
Reese asks Sawyer if he has the ropes and flares. Jodie says you can
only find the good Christmas trees where it's snowing, at 7,000 feet.
Reese says a little frostbite never hurt anyone. Warren says, "I'm
fond of my parts." He's not the outdoors type. Reese gets a gun and
Warren asks what it's for. Reese says, "you" and they leave.

Jodie and BJ sit down to dust ornaments. (I don't know about you, but
my ornaments never get _dusty_ because they're in a box all year.)
They talk about how Warren will have to get used to the family, and
the Walkers have to get used to Minx. BJ asks what the family has
planned for Christmas. She wants to have Christmas Eve dinnner at
Minx's, and go skiing on Christmas Day. Jodie says "don't get your
hopes up because Reese and I are separated."

Warren, Sawyer and Reese take the truck to the top of the mountain,
where it's been snowing. Warren says, "all I see are big, dead, old
trees stuck in the ground." They find a short tree, and Reese starts
to shoot it. Warren says, "You can't kill the three, it's too young
to die. There might be birds who have nests in the tree." He says
he's marrying into a weird family.




Jean

 
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	purely physical effect on the  human temperament  would most 
	beneficially influence the lot of mankind." - Albert Einstein
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