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AMC Emergency Update - Monday, November 16

Note that this update is from memory, and as such is bound to have some
omissions and inaccuracies.  Since I watched Friday's update not long
before Monday's, there may be some mixup there too.


Nick and Nora
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Hayley finally arrives at work after wasting time around the house for
no particular reason other then to answer the door when Brian arrives
[they had the usual "why is Adam doing this to Dixie" discussion"].
Charlie wants to get busy, and they head off to Wildwind.  Charlie
tells Hayley that he'll handle Helga and Hayley can talk to the maid.
After bullying Helga a bit by telling her [to her surprise] that
Angelique hired them to find Hugo's body, Hayley heads off with the
maid to "take pictures" of the crypt ...  actually to question the
maid.  Meanwhile, Charlie gets to hear the usual explanation from
Helga about Dim being to blame, but Charlie doesn't seem to buy it ...
he doesn't see Dim's motivation.  Helga exits, and when Hayley
returns, she has news:  the maid heard a truck on the property
[presumably down by the crypt] late one night when whe couldn't sleep.
Amazingly, they notice that this doesn't mesh with Helga's story,
since the maid heard the truck about a month ago, and Helga says
Dimitri made arrangements the night before the attempted exhumation.
They head off to check with trucking companies [didn't Hayley already
do this several days ago?], but not before having a little
heart-to-heart about Brian right there in the Wildwind living room.

Later in the show, they [or someone] return to Wildwind to talk to the
maid and wonder aloud where Helga is ...  the maid hasn't seen her for
quite a while!


The Count, Psycho-Eddie, and That Kane Woman
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Friday ended with Erica being abducted by Eddie, who chloroformed her
and drug her off to a waiting van [this guy is going to have some big
rental bills to pay :-)] ...  all right in the middle of a big public
square.  I guess everyone was looking the other way.  He then takes
her to Wildwind East, drives up the mansion [full daylight again, mind
you], and ties her up in the whine [excuse me, wine] cellar.

Meanwhile, Dimitri has arrived at the rendevous location, and
eventually gets worried.  He calls Madam Lazlo from a pay phone ...
Erica left quite a while previous and seemed in a hurry to meet her
"fiance."  Dim's phone has just been installed that morning [don't you
figure this whole "no phone" thing was just invented to explain why no
one thought to try contacting Dimitri at the mansion?] and he calls
home, but no Erica.  He goes back to the square and a kid runs up with
a note for him.  Its from Eddie and says that now that he has
something that Dimitri values, they can negotiate.  Dimitri zips home
and waits for Edmund's call, in the meantime getting a call from Angel
and Jack [see below].

When Edmund calls he demands half of *everything* including Wildwind
and Wildwind East.  They have the usual arguments.  Edmund accuses Dim
of stealing the body and Dim accuses Eddie.  Blah, blah, blah...
Edumund says the required line about "seeing Erica alive."  This may
have been the cliffhanger, such as it was.


The 2nd wave heads for Budapest
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On Friday, Brooke decided to go to Budapest and for some reason drops
by to see Jack and Angel before leaving.  Jack had called a lawyer in
Budapest to see if he/she could go out to Wildwind East and get ahold
of Dimitri for them.  While Brooke is there, the lawyer calls back ...
Dimitri now has a phone!  [Budapest directory assistance is quite
efficient ...  the phone was installed about an hour before.]  Jack
calls Dimitri [while Dim is waiting to hear from Edmund ...  see
above] and tells him that Edmund is in Budapest, a fact which Dim is
already well aware of.  After hanging up, Brooke says "that's it" ...
Edmund has flipped out and she is not chasing him to Budapest [a very
wise decision, if you ask me, but I think she'll end up there
regardless].  She rushes off home to remove a nice "I love you, and
I'll see you in Budapest" message from her answering machine, but
Edmund calls before she gets home.  It's not clear if he heard
Brooke's message, since Erica was yammering in the background, but
Brooke got a great recording of Erica yelling at him and Eddie telling
her to shut up [recorded while the "answering" message was playing, I
might add :-)].

Angel decides to go to Budapest to help diffuse the situation, and
[surprise, surprise] puppy-dog Jack decides to go also [he never seems
to work, so he might just as well go].  Toward the end of the show we
see Angel and Jack flying in first class ...  the camera moves back in
the plane, where we see Helga seated wearing a white-gray wig and
glasses!

[Somewhere earlier, Angel visits Helga and tells her she's going to
Budapest, as well as filling her in on the kidnapping.  Helga is
openly smiling and verbally congratulates Edmund!  She blames Erica
for all of Dimitri's and Angel's problems, but Angel said the marriage
self-destructed ...  it wasn't Erica.  Helga wants to go to Budapest
with Angel, but is "convinced" to stay at Wildwind.]


Dave Ochs            "Even if I did hit her it wouldn't have done any good
daveo@cv.hp.com      ... [sigh] should'a used a pail of water, that was it!"
                         - Edmund to Dr Tolan, about "Broom" Helga