From: rpeck@bronze.ucs.indiana.edu (robert william peck)
Subject: OLTL: update for Thurs, Dec.10
Organization: Indiana University
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Date: Mon, 14 Dec 1992 14:52:59 GMT

Greetings, OLTL fans!  The three main stories in Llanview today
(Thursday, December 10) each have some connection to FEAR,
TRAGEDY, and TERROR.  
	The major storylines take place in:
	1. FEAR at the St. James Rectory
	2. TRAGEDY at Bo's house
	3. TERROR at Rodi's Tavern

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1. FEAR (or guilt; what's the difference?)
	Sloan has just gotten back to town.  He talks to Andrew
and Cassie at the St. James Rectory.  He perceives something
to be amiss with Andrew and Cassie, who say they are doing great,
but that something is wrong with the Buchanans.  Sloan hurriedly
asks whether it's a problem with Viki, and Andrew and Cassie
say no, the problem isn't with Viki.  After a pregnant pause,
Sloan asks, "Well then...what's going on?"  
	The next time we see this party, Sloan is congratulating
Cassie on her and Andrew's engagement, and he returns to the
Buchanan incident, and asks again what's going on.  Andrew 
explains that Sarah is dead, and Sloan blurts out: "That explains
it!"  (in reference to Viki's no-show at the ski lodge)  He talks
further to himself about the letter he wrote to Viki, just in
time for--guess what?--Viki to knock at the door.
	Viki was coming from Llanfair, where she had a rather
stuffy conversation with Asa, regarding her marriage to Clint.
Asa confessed he told Clint to divorce her, but now is glad that
his son didn't follow his orders.  Viki had words with Asa for
lecturing /her/ on the sanctity of marriage.  Meanwhile, Kevin
(who was eavesdropping outside the room) discovered Sloan's
letter to Viki.  Viki excused herself, and Asa found Kevin. 
The two shared their thoughts (all one or two of them) on family
and whether Blair or Renee is better for Asa (guess who says
which).  
	Now, back at St. James, Andrew and Cassie excuse 
themselves to the kitchen, and Viki and Sloan parley.  Viki tells
Sloan she didn't expect to see him, and she was coming to ask
Andrew where he was.  She apologizes for not meeting Sloan at the
lodge.  Sloan, smooth-talking man that he is, consoles Viki with
the insignificance of their rendezvous in light of Sarah's death.
He tells Viki he should have known she would have a good, or
rather horrible, reason for not coming.  He describes a letter
he wrote to her, full of "righteousness and self pity."  He
asks her to burn it.  Viki promises to comply and tells Sloan
she must talk to him.  She tells the General that she /was/
planning to meet him, but that fateful night in the hospital
caused her to realize she was lying to him, herself, and 
everyone else.  (Including us viewers.)  [The reader may
recall Viki's FEAR that her infidelity actually caused Sarah's
accident, and perhaps by breaking up with Sloan, she might avoid
further incidents.]  She tells Sloan she "can-not" go anywhere
with him, or ever be with him, ever.  Her obligations are to her
family, regardless of her feelings, and she implores the General's
sense of responsibility to duty and honor.  Viki says this is 
the hardest decision of her life (???) and as she exits, she asks
for Sloan's forgiveness.  
	Returning to Llanfair, Viki runs into Clint, who is
preparing a trip to New York.  Clint tells Viki the results of his
meeting with Bo earlier that day.  In this conversation, as we
will see later, he said they had a good talk, which we will not
see later.  Clint also apologizes to Viki for Asa's meddling
earlier on.  They pledge to resolve their problems when he gets
back, and they kiss juicily and revoltingly.  Viki tells Clint
to stop it, and Clint reminds her of how much time they need to
make up for (like since Jessica was conceived), as he walks out
the door.  
	Kevin has been watching this from the balcony, and after
Clint leaves, he brings Viki Sloan's letter.  He tells her that
it couldn't help much right now to have it floating around.  As
she promised, Viki burns it without reading it.

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2. TRAGEDY (or: A Wealth of Misfortune for Bo to Share with All)
	Clint enters Bo's house (which Bo had torn up earlier,
and strewn Sarah's clothes about).  Clint tells Bo it looks like
a hurricane struck, which Bo denies by claiming he was 
"organizing" Sarah's stuff.  After discussing briefly where Bo
was the previous night, Bo asks Clint to leave, and says he
"vants to be alone."  (The "good" conversation that Clint will
refer to later!!)  	
	The next person to infringe on Bo's privacy is Nora
Gannon.  She knocks, but Bo's radio is too loud for him to hear,
so Nora opens the door and enters, uninvited.  Bo yells at her
for coming in of her own accord (we were wondering when someone
was going to make this observation on this show--it seems 
everyone views an unlocked door as an invitation).  Nora reminds
him of their appointment to og over Sarah's estate.  After
conferring for a few minutes, Nora apologizes for having to 
deal with these cold matters now.  Bo tells her that this is just
what he needs right now.  The two do some more bonding, and Bo
offers Nora some coffee.  
	Later, as Nora is untangling Sarah's financial mess, 
Tina knocks.  She offers to box Sarah's possessions and take them
to the church--when Cord died, she wished someone had done this
for her.  Bo tells her that it's a good idea, just not right
now, and asks Tina to leave.  Bo himself leaves for Rodi's
Tavern, which is our next action-filled site. 

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3. TERROR (or: When Blair Says 'Jump,' Dr. Greg Says 'How High'?
		When Blair Says 'Roll Over,' Dr. Greg Says 'How High?')
	Blair and Dr. Greg Miller, a young resident at Llanview
Hospital, are sitting at Rodi's Tavern, discussing Blair's faked
pregnancy.  She tells Dr. Miller she would like to arrange a
miscarriage, and asks if he can help.  Dr. Greg says he will have
no part of it, to which Blair conjures her blackmail: it appears
Dr. Greg is in the business of making housecalls to terminate
pregnancies illegally.  Adding bribery to her bag of tricks, 
Blair tells Dr. Greg she would make it worth his while--$2000 now,
and twice that amount when the job is done, to which Dr. Greg
ever so reluctantly agrees.  They settle on this evening, between
nine and ten o'clock--Blair will fake a riding accident, and
Dr. Greg will arrange to see her himself. 
	When she returns home, Blair sees that Addie and the new
nurse are downstairs.  She yells at the new nurse for breaking
regulations, and Addie confronts "Bad Blair" and says she wants
to go to Dorrie's--Blair tells too many lies.  
	On the side, Bulge had been tailing Blair, and reported
her meeting with Dr. Greg to Alex.  Alex told Bulge that she needs
to see the Doctor as soon as possible.
	Back to Blair: Blair starts to take Addie upstairs, as
Asa comes in.  He tells Blair that tomorrow he will see "the
baby" (which he always calls his "son"--how in the world does
he know it's going to be a boy, even if it was real???) on the
sonogram.  Blair had better go through with her miscarriage
tonight!!
	Meanwhile, back at Rodi's, Andrew and Cassie are dancing
and making out, much to Marty's displeasure.  Trying to atone 
for her feelings about Andrew, Marty is slutting around with
two sleazy guys.  (Yucka!)  She grabs someone's drink and toasts
the demise of her love life.  She's becoming more irate with the
sleazes, who are inversely becoming more forward.  Enter Bo.
He overhears Rodi's cutting off one of our sleazes, and later
when they cause Marty to yell "Cut it out!", Bo turns on them
in a horrible way (with the same sort of violence we've seen
him be capable of recently).  He slams one of the sleazes up
against the bar and yells at him about how drunken drivers are
murderers.  

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That's a wrap!  I hope everyone has a good week (and a successful last
week of classes for those who are in school).  Ta-ta for now.

--Bob
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