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Date: Wed, 19 Aug 1992 13:53:37 -0400 
From: "Beth A. Meiser" <bm2w+@andrew.cmu.edu>
Subject: GL: Update for 8/18/92

I must apologize before I get started...this will be a long posting. 
Since it was Beverlee McKinsey's last airdate, I tried to capture as
much of her dialog as possible (since in all likelihood, this may be the
last of her that we get to hear).

SHOW OPENING
Hamp and Gilly are at the Towers and decide they would like to go back
to the Regency and pick-up where they left off, when suddenly up pops
Kat.

Nadine is at home studying the calendar and commiserating that today is
her last day to get pregnant and Billy's at Cross Creek.  Bridget bursts
into the room and announces that it was Kat on the phone and she's off
to the Towers.

Billy and Bill arrive at the lighthouse.  Billy says he has something to
do tonight.

Fletcher is at Vanessa's creating a romantic evening to welcome her
back.  Fletch puts Vanessa's ring in a lucite ring box and lays it in
the champagne bucket amidst the cubes.  In walks Vanessa with champagne
and candles.

NICK and ALEX

Nick is working on the computer at the boathouse.  Alex shows up and
wants to tell him the truth.  She says has nothing left but the truth. 
Nick keeps referencing her friend/ buddy Roger.  

A:  I did hire Roger to break up you and Mindy.  He was successful and I
paid him off....what I did to Mindy was not meant to be cruel, it was an
act of love."

N:  Love.  Do you know how sick I am of hearing you say that word?

A:  But its true.

N: It's a lie.  You don't even know what it means.  Well maybe you'll
understand this...I don't want to be your son.  Alright, now you get it?

A:  (murmuring under her breath)  You're so wrong.  You're so wrong. 
(aloud)  I do know what love is.  If I didn't love you, you wouldn't be
able to break my heart.  You want the truth, the facts.  I'll give you
the facts and you can use it against me, if you want.  But get the whole
story and try to see it for what it is.

N:  Okay, Alexandra; go ahead, tell me just how low you will go.

A:  I admit that I dislike Mindy, more than dislike, and I wanted to
hurt her when I found out she'd been sleeping with my husband.

N:  You blamed her and not him.

A:  I blamed both of them.  I was hurt and humiliated.

N:  I..I...I.  Is it always Alexandra Spaulding?  Is it always about you?

A:  No, most of my world is about you.  That's why I did what...

N:  Don't tell me you did it for me.  Because if you tell me you hurt
Melinda for me, I don't know what I'll do.

A:  You might try to see another point of view.

N:  Whose?  Yours?  Here's the family research I was doing.  You want
it?(hands it to her).

A:  No, I know the history.  I wish you'd keep it.

N:  No, I have no use for it.

A:  You arrived in Springfield trying to solve a mystery.  You felt
drawn to my other son, your brother.

N:  I wanted to know more about Lujack.

A:  And when I saw you, I knew you were my son.  Mothers know these
things.  You see it in nature, animals always sort out which are theirs.
 So I set out to get to know you, to do everything I could to correct
the horrible that had been committed against both of us; you being taken
from me.  But you were being drawn to the one person in Springfield who
was deadset on keeping us apart.  The one person who could keep you from
assuming your rightful role in your family.

N:  Melinda didn't know who I was when we first fell in love.

A:  But when she did know, she tried to keep it from me.  She came
between us from the start.

N:  Why wouldn't she?  I saw you in action, lady.  You tried to hurt her
and humiliate her every chance that you got.  Of course she'd try to
keep me from you.  She was afraid of you.

A:  Was she afraid of me or of the truth?

N:  That is the kind of game that--

A:  Well that's what it comes down to.  I was right about who you are. 
People thought I was insane and I almost did lose my mind, but I was
right.  You're my son.  And I was right about Mindy, too.

N:  No.

A:  All Roger did was find out about the DNA test results and then he
worked to delay your leaving Cambrai.  He didn't change the results. 
Mindy did that.  I was dishonest in what I did, that's true, but so was
Mindy.  The difference is I was trying to uncover the truth, Mindy
blotted out the truth.  Which was worse Nick?  Search your heart and
tell me which was worse.

N: (sat reflecting and tears are in his eyes as he reminisces)  I really
miss my mother.  It gets less and less as time goes by.  There are days
when I just feel really lousy and the world is such a miserable place,
and I think of her.  If she saw me like that, she'd come to me and say
"Why the long face?"  I'd tell her how the world was so unfair.  She'd
come up to me, she'd mess up my hair, and she'd say "Ah, Nick, even a
rose grows in dirt", and she'd make me laugh.  She was Irish, she really
had a gift, Mary McHenry.  She will always be my mother.  No matter
what.  Do you understand (long pause while Alex has tears in her, he
looks at her, takes her chin in his hand and turns her head) Mother?

A:  You see, I'm right.

N:  You're right, you are.

A:  I know you're going through alot right now, so I'm going to make it
easy on you.  I'm leaving Springfield for awhile, not forever.  I want
to give you some room, some time to think things through.  I hope you'll
come to realize that we can get past this, because you have a life here.

N:  I'm not so sure about that.

A:  But you said...

N:  I said that I believe you're my mother, but you want something more.

A:  We can put all this behind us.  I know we can if you'll just try.

N:  I don't know if I can anymore, Alexandra.  You want to hear the
ironic thing about all this?  I was starting to have real feelings for
you.  More than I ever though I could.  But now--

A:  Don't give up.  Forgive me.  Please.

N:  No.

A:  Why not?

N:  When your father tried to run your life, what did you do?  Did you
accept his interference?  Did you let him get away with it?

A:  That was different.

N:  Now?  Think back, ALexandra.  Your father told you that Eric wasn't
right for you.  He tried to break you up, regardless of how you felt. 
You had no choice, right?  You turned your back on your father, you
turned your back on your heritage.  Even when it turned out he was
right, that Eric was a scoundrel, you still didn't forgive Brandon for
what he had done to you.  You stayed away for a lot of years, your
turned your back on your family, you broke all ties.  That's exactly how
I feel right now.  I really learned a lesson from you.  Your life is
miserable and it doesn't work.  I just hope I find the strength to not
make the same mistake.  (somewhere during this reflection Alex talks
about being disowned and not caring about the money and wanting to be a
mother and have lots of children and a house in Paris and another one in
Vienna where Eric would rest after touring).

A:  What can I do?  I'll do anything.

N:  Just leave me alone.

A:  Promise me you won't leave town while I'm away.

N:  No, No guarantees.  I don't believe in them anymore.

A:  (she brings her hand to her mouth, kisses her fingers and then
touches his lips with her hand.  she starts to leave and then pauses and
turns)  I like that phrase, "even a rose grows in dirt".  She was a wise
women, your mother.  I wish I could have met her.  (she turns and walks
out the door)

NADINE AND BRIDGET and finally BILLY
Bridget tells Nadine that her marriage isn't over.  She has so much to
offer Billy.  Look at how much she has helped Bridget.  If there's ever
anything she can do, she'd be glad to.  Bridget leaves to meet Kat. 
Nadine's airport contact calls to tell her Billy's back.  

Nadine rushes over to lighthouse.  Billy says he's getting ready to go
to bed.  Nadine says she's there to join him.  He tells her she's off
base.  Nadine explains that there are three different kinds of love that
bring people together: love of the heart, love of the mind, and love of
the body.  The body always brought them together.  If they make love,
Billy will remember what they have.  What holds them together is
stronger than what's keeping them apart.  She knows Billy can feel it
again.

Billy tells her it too late.  Nadine insists it's not, because he still
loves her.  If they make love and he still feels the same, she'll accept
it.  Billy insists that they make a clean break.

Nadine leaves and stops and says, Bridget....I hope I'm not too late
(she rushes off to find her).

Billy later signs divorce papers.

KAT, HAMP, GILLY, and finally BRIDGET
Kat is getting reacquainted.  She wants red wine (l;ike in Paris), but
Hamp refuses.  She tells them she arrived last night and stayed at the
apartment.  She spent today trying to track them down [ Sorry but I find
it a little hard to believe that it took 24 hours to find them.  Surely
she would have run into someone who knew their whereabouts]  Hamp leaves
to check something and Gilly asks her if she met David.  Kat starts to
tell her the story of their encounter, when Hamp comes back and says NO
Way.  Hamp says he'll kill him.  Kat goes on to explain that it really
was harmless, an honest mistake.  That satisfies Hamp, but she later
tells Gilly that it did happen the way she originally told the story. 
Gilly offers to talk to David, but Kat says she will handle it.

In comes Bridget....they start to catch-up and Bridget is ready to tell
her about Hart and the baby when......

Nadine arrives, drags her away from Kat, and says I hop you didn't tell
her yet....your problem may be the solution to my problem.  [three
guesses what that means]

FLETCH and VANESSA
They decide to open the champagne and Fletch hints that there's a
present/surprise for her.  Vanessa tells him about her trip and all of
their activities, but the truth finally comes out that she didn't tell
Bill about the two of them.  Fletch is very annoyed and it shows.  Van
tries to explain how she was ready to tell him when Mo called and she
had to come back.  It was just bad luck and bad timing.  Fletcher
insists that it's Billy.  Vanessa says she bungled and made a mistake,
but it's not Billy.

Fletcher tells her she is a woman of honor.  She gave him her word.  For
her not to keep it, something big had to be in her way.  Even if its
only subconscious, he thinks she has unresolved feelings for Billy.

Vanessa denies it, but Fletcher turns, picks up the ring box and leaves.

FLETCH and NICK
They meet on the dock outside the boathouse and commiserate about how
miserable they are.  Nick tells Fletch about Roger and Alex's land deal.
 Nick feels Roger is due for payback from him.  Alex has already been
dealt with.  Fletch says what a night for men on the beach and the women
in their lives.  He says he is reminded of the danger of wanting
something so much that you just don't see the truth.  Nick tells him
he'll be right back and not to leave.

VANESSA AND ALEX
Alex stops to see Vanessa and Vanessa tries to explain how Fletcher blew
everything out of proportion.  Alex declines to give advice about
Fletcher since she didn't handle him real well.  Alex then gives Vanessa
a briefcase and tells her it contains all of the files, safekeys, codes
and so on to run Spaulding.  There is also a letter to hand deliver to
Dr. Guthrie.  

A:  I'm going away for awhile.  You're in charge while I'm gone. 

V:  How long will you be gone?

A:  Until I can find some answers.  It's because of Nick--

(doorbell rings)

V:  Who is it?

N:  It's Nick McHenry.

A:  NO.  I'll go out the back and please don't mention that I was here. 
Everything you need is right there.  Do a good job, baby!  

N:  I just saw Fletcher and he'd down by the dunes by the lighthouse.

Both Vanessa and Nick leave.  The closing scene is Alex looking out
Vanessa's window, watching Nick leave.