From: lizb@banyan.com
Subject: GL: Update for Thursday, Jan. 7
Organization: Banyan Systems, Inc.
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1993 18:54:11 GMT

GUIDING LIGHT
Update for Thursday, January 7, 1993

By the Highway

Harley and AC have stopped for a picnic on the way to D.C.  Harley is
worried that the wall will be closed by the time they get there; AC is
giving her noncommittal answers.  She wants to know what's going on;
he's been awfully quiet.  He says he's thinking about his other girl -
Xyla.  She loves him unconditionally, and she doesn't talk back.  Harley
teases that she can arrange that - she just won't talk back when the
priest asks "Do you take this man?"

Ed's Driveway

Ed gets into his car to go to work, and finds a paperback entitled _How
To Get Pregnant_ on the passenger seat.  He is distressed.  He calls
Vanessa on the car phone and leaves a message on her machine, begging
her to let him know if she hears anything from Maureen.  He drives off.

At the Cabin

Maureen brings in some firewood and lights a fire.

Spaulding

Alan-Michael explains to Eleni about Jenna.  He reassures her that they
won't lose everything.  She thanks him for being honest.  He says he's
just glad he could tell her.  "You always could," she says.  They look
at each other for a moment, and then she breaks away, saying she needs
to confirm her doctor's appointment.  She bumps into Henry on her way
out, and expresses her sympathies.  After she leaves, Henry expresses
concern that Alan-Michael told Eleni.  Alan-Michael snaps that although
he might be responsible for the pharmaceutical problem, he's not 
responsible for everything - this one is entirely Henry's fault.

Roger's

Jenna is upset.  Roger wants to know what she's thinking about.  "Revenge,"
she tells him.  "I just don't know how yet."

Roger tells her to relax.  She says she's too angry.  He says there's
nothing for her to think about - she's in the right.  He's hired Leo,
who is on his way over.  (During their discussion the phone rings, and
the answering machine picks up; it's Gilly, pleading with him to come
in to the office immediately - the crew is threatening to strike.  
Roger registers this peripherally.)  Jenna asks him why he's so interested
in all this.  He admits he's looking forward to his revenge on Alexandra.
Jenna worries that material things don't mean much to Henry; taking them
away won't hurt him.  Roger tells her not to kid herself - if material
things meant nothing, Henry would never have done what he did.

Spaulding

Alan-Michael and Henry get into a shouting match.  Vanessa comes in and
shuts them up - we're all to blame, she says.  She's interrupted by
a phone call; it's Maureen, thanking her for her visit yesterday.  
Vanessa asks how she is; Maureen says she misses Michelle.  Vanessa
told her Bill is looking after Michelle at school.  Vanessa promises to
stop by later to make sure Michelle is okay.  Maureen thanks her.
Hesitantly, Vanessa tells her that Ed is a wreck.  Maureen says she
doesn't want to hear about Ed.

Cedars

Lillian tries to assure Ed that Maureen will call soon - she wouldn't
leave Michelle.  Ed says Maureen already called Michelle, and she wouldn't
even tell her where she was.  Desperately, Lillian says Maureen will
forgive him - she loves him too much.  Ed thinks it's too late; he's
been chipping away at their marriage for years.  He always thought of
Maureen as one of those punching dolls that kept popping back up when
you hit it - but he's realized that even those dolls wear out.

WSPR

Hamp visits yet again to talk to Gilly, who's busy trying to avert a
strike.  He follows her into Holly's office, telling her with him 
working late and her leaving for the office early they aren't spending
any time together - walls are going up.  She says she's sorry, but she
doesn't think she can handle the negotiations and him at the same
time.  He bristles; he didn't realize he was something that needed
handling.  She says she didn't mean it that way; but it wasn't so long
ago that he didn't have time for her, when he was working on getting
the Towers started up.  Bonnie interrupts them with a phone call from
the head negotiator; Hamp hangs up on the call and banishes Bonnie
from the office.

The Diner

Kat drops off some of David's mail, including a perfumed pink envelope.
I didn't know you had a girlfriend, she remarks.  Who said I did? he
replies, tucking the envelope into a pocket.  She says she's not interested
in what he does - but his probation officer is another story.  Stavros
interrupts and pulls David aside to tell him there was a man from the
police department there yesterday looking for him.  David says it's okay;
he was just a friend.  Stavros is relieved, and tells David how much
he and Frank depend on him to run things.  Stavros leaves, and Kat, who
overheard, realizes David lied to her father and Gilly about telling his
probation officer the truth.  She wants to know what he's going to do.
He compliments her coldly on her detective work.  Exasperated, she
wants to know why he always thinks people are out to get him - why can't
he just accept the concern?  Because they're not just talking about
"people", he replies - they're talking about her.

By the Highway

Harley asks AC if he's trying to get out of marrying her.  He's changed
his mind about the two of them so often - first they're fine, then
they're broken up, now they're fine again.  He says this time he's sure.
She says she won't beat him up for it for the rest of his life, but
there's one more things she wants to say.  She wants him to know she's
really okay about not being able to have children with him.  Yes, it
would have been neat to have something that was a piece of them both,
but it's not like her life depended on it.  She knows how he feels about
adoption, but when the time comes she wants him to think about it.  He
tells her he had a lot of time to think when they were broken up.  He
tells her about seeing Maureen and Michelle at the church.  They are so
connected, he tells Harley; Michelle even smiles and laughs like
Maureen.  Harley smiles and says it'll be like repaying the people
who adopted Daisy - they've been such good parents to her.  AC tells
her she'll be a great mother.  She's unsure; she didn't have her own
mother around to learn from.  Maybe that's for the best, he quips.  She
smiles at him.  Today is not about mothers, she says; today is when she
introduces the man she loves to her father.

Spaulding

Ed tells Vanessa he needs to talk to Maureen - he loves her.  Vanessa
is mildly incredulous.  Okay, he says, so you know what happened; all
that means to me is that you've talked to Maureen.  He pleads with
her to tell him where she is.  Vanessa says Maureen doesn't want to
talk to him, or to anyone - can't he just leave her alone to sort 
things out?  You don't understand, he says; Maureen thinks he doesn't 
love her.  He knows he has no right, but he needs to let her know
that he loves her.  Vanessa relents, and tells him Maureen's at the
cabin.  He thanks her and turns to leave; she stops him, and reiterates
that Maureen really doesn't want to see him.  Silently, he leaves
anyway.  Henry comes in, concerned, wanting to know what's happened.
Vanessa tells him she thinks she's made a terrible mistake.

Roger's

Leo gives Jenna and Roger a financial overview of the Spaulding
situation.  She listens, and feigns cheerful enthusiasm.  Leo leaves,
and Roger tells him to hold the elevator since he has to go and 
tend to the station.  He asks Jenna if she's okay, and she says of
course.  Gently he tells her that she may not believe it, but
she's really going to enjoy this.  He leaves, and she looks
melancholy.

WSPR

Hamp wants to talk about David and Kat.  Kat never talked to him the
way she did the other night before David showed up.  Gilly asks if
he's considered the possibility that his troubles have nothing to do
with David.  She asks what it is about David that bothers him so much.
Hamp admits that he can't understand how David could turn his back
on all the advantages he's had - advantages Hamp would have done
anything for.  So David should be grabbing his opportunities, Gilly
observes, but I shouldn't?  Hamp is puzzled; he doesn't think it's
the same thing.  She shakes her head and opens the office door.  He
says before David showed up they used to see eye to eye on things.
Can she blame him for wanting David gone?

Diner

Everything's been going so well, Kat tells David; she'd hate to see
him blow it.  He's laughing.  She hits him, half-amused, half-annoyed,
and demands to know what he's laughing at.  He tells her she's pretty
cute when she's intense.  His probation officer walks in, and David
makes himself scarce.  Stavros tells the officer David must have run
out for an errand - the officer says he'll wait.  He's tried Gilly's
apartment, and he hasn't had any luck.  Helpfully, Stavros tells him
David doesn't live with Gilly anymore - he's moved into the Reardon
boarding house.  Oh, really? the officer says.  He spots Kat and asks
her what she knows.

Kat is charming.  The officer tells her to tell David to get in touch
with him - quickly, while he's still in a good mood.  He leaves the
diner, without his briefcase.  David comes out and thanks her.  She
yells at him; he tells her he'll take care of it tomorrow, if she'll
see him tonight.  She has to grant a condemned man his last wish, he
jokes.  The officer has returned and overheard this exchange.  The only
date David has, the officer tells him, is at police headquarters.

WSPR

Gilly tells Hamp their marriage isn't about David; the only reason he's
between them is because Hamp has put him there.  What are you saying?
Hamp asks.  That we have a lot to talk about, Gilly says, but it'll have
to be later.  He observes that later never seems to come.  Roger walks
in and says he's been relying heavily on Gilly lately, which is why she's
been so busy.  He tells Hamp this is a place of business - their marital
problems belong at home.  Hamp says that'd be fine, if his wife was ever
at home, which she isn't, thanks to Roger.  Roger tells Gilly if she
wants security to escort her husband out of the station, she should just
say so.  He leaves.  She asks Hamp what he thinks he was doing.  Hamp
wants to know how she can side with Roger against her own husband. 
"Because I'm not so blinded by hatred I've lost my objectivity," she
snaps.  Hamp wants to know why everyone in Springfield knows Roger
is slime except her.  We don't have to agree on everything, she says.
Seems to me we don't agree on anything, he says sadly, and leaves.

Driving toward D.C.

Harley tells AC she wishes her father had known him.  She doesn't 
remember him at all, but Frank has told her so much - she knows AC
and her father would get along great.  She tells him she imagines
scenes from her future, and in particular one in which she and AC
and the five kids they've adopted ("Five?" "Four." "Four?" "Whatever.")
visit her father for dinner.  She and Frank are in the kitchen, and
AC and her dad are arguing over sports.  Arguing is good? he asks,
amused.  It's a real guy thing, she enthuses, arguing over sports.
She asks if he thinks she'd have been a different person if she'd
grown up with a father.  You can't improve on perfection, he says,
smiling.  But if her dad were alive, AC would tell him he was the
luckiest guy in the world.

Cedars

Eleni tells Alan-Michael the doctor will be a while; he doesn't have
to wait.  He says he doesn't mind.  She says she knows he's bored.
He says he's never bored when he's with her.  She's obviously
touched by this sentiment.  He takes the opportunity to pull out
the blueprints for a house he's had designed - a little house she'd
described when they first married.  It's not big, he tells her, and
it's in a modest neighborhood; but whatever happens with Jenna, it'll
be theirs.  Eleni is touched that he remembered and pleased with
the house.  Lillian comes to send her in to the doctor.  Alan-Michael
asks if she's seen Maureen; with all the things going on at Spaulding,
he'd expected to see her there.  Troubled, Lillian says she doesn't 
know where Maureen is.

At the Cabin

A sad song plays to images of Maureen looking at a photograph of her,
Ed, and Michelle.  She picks up the photograph and walks to the fireplace,
then places the picture on the mantle, wiping away tears.  She folds
a shirt of Ed's, then picks up a doctor's bag.  She puts the bag down,
sadly.  She looks out the window into the rain...

...and we fade to Ed, looking distressed, driving in the rain.

Spaulding

Henry and Vanessa are going over the settlement Ross has put together.
Henry is upset about Roger's involvement.  Vanessa is wondering how
the offer should be delivered - they must do it by hand.  She offers
to do it; she wants to be a peacemaker.  He says she's been so unhappy
about the whole situation, she'd never be able to fake it.  He says he'll
go.  She objects; who knows how Jenna will lash out?  He says he isn't
just going to make the offer - he's going because he misses Jenna.

WSPR

Roger is frustrated because he can't reach Holly.  Gilly apologizes for
the scene with Hamp.  She promises it won't happen again, and says he
can count on her.  He thanks her, and leaves her standing alone.  Kat
comes in, apologizing for bother ing her at work, and tells her David
has gotten into trouble with the police.  Gilly leaves with her 
immediately.

Roger's

Flowers are delivered to Jenna, including a sweet and supportive note
from Roger.  The doorbell rings again; this time, it's Henry.

Spaulding

The phone rings, and Vanessa snatches it up, thinking the call is from
Henry.  It's Maureen.  Vanessa tells her Bill is bringing Michelle home.
Hesitantly, she starts to tell Maureen about Ed.  

The Cabin

"I don't want to talk about Ed," Maureen snaps.  At the cabin, Ed walks 
in and stands in the doorway.  "I had to come," he says.

doorway, looking at her.