From: asao5@convx1.lerc.nasa.gov (Kris Gessner)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv.soaps
Subject: OLTL: Update for Wednesday, July 22, 1992
Date: 23 Jul 92 16:43:19 GMT
Organization: NASA Lewis Research Center

OLTL Update for Wednesday, July 22, 1992

[Note:  I have not heard any responses about an updater.  If you are
interested in taking over the Wednesday updates, please e-mail me
at asao5@convx1.lerc.nasa.gov.  I will continue doing the updates
as long as no one else wants to.]


Today's storylines:
[1] Kevin is a true Buchanan, after all (translation: What a jerk!!)
[2] Alex plans to steal the Cleopatra jewels, with help from Cain,
    and no help from Tina
[3] Rachel and Sheila have a talk
[4] The church board decides Andrew's fate


Kevin is a true Buchanan
------------------------
 Kevin is at a bar in Sweetwater, Texas, to get some incriminating evidence
against LeeAnn in order to win custody of Duke.  On the phone with
Asa, Asa advises him to get the testimony of the cowboy seen in the
pictures laying next to LeeAnn.

 Kevin talks to the bartender about LeeAnn.  The bartender says that
she was never a slut; she really only wanted that guy back East, Max
Holden.  LeeAnn's cousin (RUTH-ANN Demerest, of course!!!! Makes you
wonder why LeeAnn didn't call Duke something like Duke-Ann Demerest)
overhears Kevin and accuses him of spying.  She says he is turning
into Asa Buchanan.

 Kevin finds the cowboy he was looking for, the one in the picture.
He tells Kevin nothing happened between LeeAnn and him, until Kevin 
takes out a stack of money to refresh his memory.  With enough money,
the cowboy eventually signs an affadavit saying, I assume, that he
slept with LeeAnn.

 Later, Kevin is at Asa's.  (Did he borrow Pine Valley's transporter
to get there?)  Asa is confident that Kevin will win custody.  Kevin
sees some travel brochures on Asa's desk - Asa is planning a 
vacation for Blair and himself.

 Later still, Kevin is at home talking with Vicky.  She wants him
to work things out peacefully with LeeAnn.  She asks him if he is so
desperate to punish LeeAnn that he would use an innocent child as
a weapon.  Kevin wants Vicky to testify against LeeAnn (because she
always thought that LeeAnn and Jason were having an affair) but
Vicky doesn't seem too happy with that idea.  She tells Kevin he is
acting more like Asa than like her son.

Alex wants to be Cleopatra
--------------------------
 Cain and Alex are at a restaurant and he is pointing out the weak
points in the museum security system.  Alex BS's about her own
security system, when Cain confronts her and wants to know the
truth about why she hired him.  She admits that it's the Cleopatra
jewels she wants, not a better security system for herself.  Cain
has two conditions: 1) He wants $.25 million in cash, and 2) Tina 
cannot know anything about their dealings.  

 Later, Tina and Cain are talking.  The whole idea of Alex thinking
Tina cannot know about her deal with Cain is to get Alex to trust
Cain more, since Cain is only conning her.  Tina asks if she is being
conned by Cain, too.  They kiss.  (How come every scene with Tina and
Cain that I've ever updated ends with, "They kiss."???)

 Mortimer and Alex talk.  She tells him she has been studying books
on Cleopatra.  She says Cleopatra was "at ease with her sexuality,"
with makes him very nervous.  (Is this guy a 40-yr-old virgin?)
They eventually discuss the security system at the museum.  He tells
her more than he should have, IMO.

 Tina and Cain discuss the break-in.  Cain says once he takes the
jewels, he has two minutes before the alarm goes off.  In this time
he will leave the jewels by the door, he won't actually take them.
Meanwhile, Hank and Mortimer are talking about the security, and
Mortimer mentions that there will also be a spring alarm underneath
the jewels, so that if they are taken from the case an alarm will
go off immediately.  Obviously Cain and Tina do not know this.

Rachel and Sheila have a talk
-----------------------------
 This was very brief, just one scene actually.  Rachel and Sheila
are at Wanda's.  The subject of Hank comes up.  Sheila says that
Hank is a very determined man.  Rachel says that Hank turns Sheila
on, but Sheila denies this.

The church board decides Andrew's fate
--------------------------------------
 There was a lot of teeter-tottering here.  The kept delaying the
board vote, I was starting to even wonder if it was going to occur
during this episode!!

 Andrew is standing outside the room where the board is talking, 
waiting for their decision.  Hank comes to see him to pressure him
into stepping down at the Community Center.  Earlier in the day,
Rachel was at the Center when someone threw a rock through the
window with a note that said "Homo Hang-Out" on it.  Hank is 
worried and tries to get Andrew to open his eyes.  Andrew doesn't
want to go against his principles.

 At a restaurant, Asa is on the phone and sees Cassie.  He asks her
if the rumors about Andrew are true.  A judge walks up to them and
tells Cassie that Andrew is refusing to quit the Country Club.  Maybe
Cassie could convince him to clean out his locker.  When the judge
leaves, Cassie yells at Asa for not being more sympathetic to
Andrew, after he has always been so good to Asa's family.  Asa says
that maybe Cassie doesn't have the guts to face the truth and tells
her to find herself a real man.  After Asa leaves, Cassie looks at 
the note she has, asking about how her "Fag lover" is in the sack.

 Back at the church, the board is discussing why Andrew will not
say whether or not he is gay. 

[GREAT line here, for all you Vicky fans (NOT):  Elizabeth, the
board member who is against Andrew, says to Vicky: "Now listen,
Victoria, don't get snippy with me!!"  It wasn't good that she
said it because she disagreed with Vicky about Andrew, but nevertheless
I would LOVE to see more people talk to Vicky like that!!!!!]

The board calls Andrew into the room.  Before they vote, they want to
ask him a few more questions.  Virginia, Billy's mom (I'm actually
starting to like her after today's show!!!) tells Andrew that lately
she has been asking herself questions she is not used to asking.
What is homosexuality?  Is it an illness? Is it a lifestyle?  Do 
we approve of it?

 The other board members point out to Andrew that, as the leader
of their church, he must be a role model and must set a good
example for the congregation.  He agrees that this would be true
of such things as drinking, etc, but his bedroom is private.  He
says he has done nothing to be ashamed of, and leaves them to
their vote.

 Vicky starts to ask for a show of hands, when Elizabeth asks why they
aren't voting by secret ballot.  Vicky points out that Elizabeth is
the one who is trying to bring Andrew's personal life out into
the open, she should not start trying to hide behind a secret ballot.
The vote is up to Virginia, and she chooses to keep Andrew as their
minister.  

 Afterwards, Andrew thanks her.  She has a few questions
for him.  Is homosexuality a sickness? Can it be cured? Realizing that 
she is starting to understand about Billy, he says, "I
think I understand what you're asking. No it's not a sickness, it's
a way of being."  She asks if it is a sin, and he tells her that
to be cruel to another human being is what's a sin, and to live
without love is a sin.  She is crying by now; obviously she is
aware, or at least suspicious, about Billy.  (I thought she was really
good in these scenes; like I said, after today's show I am starting
to like her.)  She thanks Andrew and leaves.

 Later, Virginia and Walter (Billy's dad) are at the hotel restaurant
when Renee comes up to Virginia and tells her how proud of Virginia
she is.  She tells Virginia she was also very impressed with Billy, and
tells Walter he is a very lucky man.  When Renee leaves, Walter
is upset with Virginia - she hadn't told him that _she_ was the one
who cast the deciding vote.  She tells him that Billy had talked to 
the church board of his own free will, and that he needed Andrew to
talk to him.  She says he needs to talk to someone about the things
he can't discuss with his parents.  Walter asks what Billy could
possibly have to discuss with a stranger........  Virginia has
a strange look on her face, and he realizes what she is thinking
about Billy (the truth).  He denies it and tells her not to even
think it!

 Back at church, Andrew and Vicky are talking.  She brings up Sloan
and asks Andrew to show him the same understanding he shows
everyone else.  

 After Vicky leaves, Cassie arrives.  She congratulates him.  She
tells him she is not a strong person.  She thought she could handle
anything, but after everything she has been through recently she
needs some stability in her life.  He seems to think that their
problems are over, since the church decided in his favor, but she
tells him he is wrong, that the rumors are still out there.  She
shows him the note about the "Fag lover" and leaves.



Well, that's about it!!  
 
Have a good week!!!!

Kris
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