From: Sheila McMahon <sheila.mcmahon.3@nd.edu>
Subject: ATWT: FridayUpdate 1/22/93
Reply-To: sheila.mcmahon.3@nd.edu
Organization: Computer Science, Indiana University
X-Nupop-Charset: English
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 93 11:39:11 CST  

Hi Folks,

I'm filling in for Jeep today. Seems I've really been put to work lately.
First Thursday's show, now Friday's show. And I thought I was going to have
a light week last week due to the innauguration on Wednesday, my normal
update day. Oh well, here goes...


Scooter's Pad (there is a substitute Scooter...I hope Joe Breen is OK!!)
-------------

NealArmstrong and Scooter indulge in a friendly wrestling match on the
couch. She's chastising him for pretending to be sore after working out at
Masconi's gym, when in reality, he lifts weights at home.


Lilabird's Dressing Room (Moanin' Sleaza)
-----------------------------------------

Pal tells DancesWithOilman that she's blowing things out of proportion. Of
course they are going to have differences, but they love each other and that
will get them through this. Then he asks her if she's saying she doesn't
love him anymore. She says she still loves him and that is why this is so
hard. What happened in New Mexico upset her...first his "unwillingness to
Compromise" with the Navajo elders...He interrupts her saying that isn't
fair, he's compromised in the best way he knew how. She says she's sure he
thinks so, but all he wants, is to win. That is the most important thing to
him, that's who he is. She holds out her engagement ring to him and says
"That's why I have to give this back". He tells her he isn't going to take
it back so she should just put it back on where it belongs. He can't believe
she isn't going to marry him because of a business decision. "This isn't
about business and you know it. It's about people", she argues. He points
out that he has people to take care of too, people with mouths to feed and
some of tthem are Native Americans. She yells that he still doesn't get it.
It's not about money. The Navajo aren't fighting for a piece of the action,
they're fighting for their way of life. "You can't or won't understand that
point of view because all you care about is winning". He tells her of course
he wants to win. That's what business is all about. If you're not a winner,
you're a loser (BIG MISTAKE!!! Am I the only one who is annoyed by the way
business people are portrayed on soaps???) He tells her she's naive. She
tells him that life is NOT just about winning and losing and if he thinks
THAT'S naive, then that just proves how different they are. She tells him he
needs a woman who sees things the way he sees them and wants the things he
wants. She's seen a side of him that scares her, and they should end things
while they can still be friends. Sleaza barges in to tell Lilabird that she
has 20 minutes before her first set. Pal leaves saying "This ain't over by a
long shot!!"


Dining Room (Moanin' Sleaza)
----------------------------

Pal passes by TomCat and Cargo's table, but opts to sit at the bar to drown
his sorrows. McDLT is dining with Easily and RollsRoyce since Snooz is out
of town. He excuses himself to go and talk to Pal.

JoolSlut and Hold'dumb show up to have their dinner together. Seth an Angel
are having dinner together, and Seth stiltedly asks Jool and Hold'dumb if
they want to join them.  Hold'dumb says he and Jool have things to talk
about and they leave. Angel and Seth discuss Hold'dumb's attraction to the
slut.

Conner and Smirk are dancing. She tells him he doesn't have to try so hard
to enjoy himself with her. She understands what he's going through. Smirk
tells her she's so easy to be with. She says "Yeah, that's me...everybody's
pal, nobody's special gal".

At the bar, Pal tells McDLT that he's not giving up on Lilabird.

Rolls goes to make a phone call. He leaves a message on Neal's machine.
(Isn't this a rather stupid thing to do?? What if someone other than Neal
were to hear this??? Soap characters are too stupid for covert operations).


Pal's House
-----------

L'ilDebbieManipulator stops by for help from duh...Hutch with her math. She
notices a drawing and admires it until she finds out that Rosehand drew it.
Then she pouts. She gives him a letter that came for him at the farm. IT'S
FROM TESS!! It's postmarked L.A. "I've gotta call her Aunt Babs about this",
he says, and runs to the phone without even reading the letter. WHAT A
DWEEB!! (Sorry GGG, sorry Special K!!!) Babs' line is busy.


Babs' Pad
---------

Babs has just gotten back from Alva and is on the phone with Sleaza. Babs
tells her she has a weird feeling, but shakes it off and asks how Cargo's
trial is going. They hang up. Babs then notices that her wedding picture is
missing and things are moved around. The phone rings. "Hello...is anybody
there?...HELLO?", she says frantically. We see on the other end...I'TS HAL!!
He hangs up!


Moanin Sleaza
-------------

Jool tells Hold'dumb about when she first came to town, and all the people
that wanted to run her out of town. Then she met K-Lip and they got married.
Hold'dumb asks her why she and K-Lip got divorced. She asks why he's asking
so many questions. He says because he's trying to put the pieces together.
That's how he learns. She acts nervous throughtout the whole conversation.
He asks if she and he were close. She says nervously "Yes, the whole family
was close".

Seth watches Jool and Hold'dumb nervously from his table with Angel. He
tells Angel that sometimes he wants to come back to Luther's corners for
good but he's afraid that he'll fall back into all his old patterns of
playing daddy to the family and not putting his own life and writing first.
They talk about how much fun they had when she visited with him in New York.
Maybe she'll go again sometime.

Conner goes up to the bar to talk to Pal. She asks him how things went with
Lilabird. "Oh not too bad", Pal says sarcastically. "She accused me of being
selfish, ruthless, prejudiced, mercenary, manipulative, ruthless...did I
mention ruthless?? This would have gone on but Sleaza walked in". Conner
tells him she knows Lilabird loves him. She says he should not be drinking
alone and invites him to join her and Smirk. He declines.

Tom suggests to Cargo that they go to the Cape after the trial is over. She
agrees saying that they've been through a lot in the last six months, but
she doesn't want to forget anything they've been through because they're
stronger because of it. Sleaza comes by to tell Cargo that Babs' is on the
phone for her. She thinks someone broke into her house.

Easily, Rolls and McDLT are at their table and Rolls is asked about his
travels. Easily asks him what his favorite country is. He replies
"Italy...probably the Amolphee (sp??) coast. She says it sounds romantic. He
excuses himself to make another phone call. "Remind me never to ask about
the Amolphee coast again", Easily says to McDLT. Rolls leaves another
message on Neal's machine.


Scooter's pad
-------------

Over dinner, Scooter tells Neal about bumbing around Europe and depleting
his trust fund. Neal tells Scooter she spent a year in Rome studying
painting before she went into commercial art. He tells her he loved Italy.
She asks him if he ever went to the Amolphee Coast (sound familiar??) She
goes on about how beautiful it is. He asks if it was more than just the
scenery that caught her attention. "Did you fall in love there?" he asks.
She gets a funny look on her face, then gets up, walks over to him and gives
him a big kiss.


Moanin' Sleaza
--------------

Lilabird takes the stage and starts singing "I'm gonna love you, like nobody
loves you, come rain, come shine...", and they pan all the faces of the
people in the restaurant. Everyone looks sad. Pal, overcome by the hypocrisy
of Lilabird's choice in music, leaves the restaurant mid song. Lilabird
notices. Conner soon follows him out.


Babs Pad
--------

Babs has found her wedding picture. Cargo and Tom tell her there is no sign
of forced entry and the alarm didn't go off. Babs, with nostrils flaring
wonders who moved her things around. They point out that Mrs. Myers came by
to clean while she was away (not only does she babysit, but SHE CLEANS TOO).
Babs says "But she knows where everything goes!!" Margo says that the worst
case scenario is that the Harpers hired someone to break in to see if Hal
Munson and Harold Gleason were the same person. "But why would they do that?
Hal is dead", says Babs. TomCat excuses himself to call Joe Bailey. Babs
tells Cargo that she's been having weird feelings that Hal is still around.
Cargo tells her she feels that way whenever she holds Adam and that Babs
will feel the same way when she holds her new baby.


Pal's House
-----------

LilDebbie tells Duh...Hutch he's simply wonderful for helping liloldher with
her math, but she's had enough for one night, so Duh...Hutch walks her back
to the Mustang Ranch. Pal comes in upset. He remembers Lilabird breaking up
with him. Conner comes in. They rip each others clothes off and do it on the
kitchen table...JUST KIDDING!


Moanin' Sleaza
--------------

Hold'dumb tells Jool that he still doesn't understand why she and Klip got
divorced. "None of your damn business", she says...JUST KIDDING. (But don't
you wish, just for once someone would say that when someone else sticks
their nose in other people's business????) Hold'dumb asks if there was
another man involved. Jool says "Yeah, I think Klip would be jealous of a
lamp post if I leaned against it for too long". He asks her to dance. She
says "I....don't think so. I'm not up to it". He persists, and true to
character, she gives in. Seth's mouth drops to the floor as he sees Jool and
Hold'dumb take the dance floor.

Lilabird goes up to the bar. McDLT joins her and says "You look pretty
pulled together for a lady who just threw a 5 carat diamond back at her
fiance." She tells him she doesn't want to talk about it. "Maybe you and
Snooz can deal with things by joking about them, but for me it's not a
laughing matter", she says, and walks away.

Rolls is playing the piano and Easily marvels that there is nothing he can't
do. They leave to go back to his place. I wonder what they'll do when they
get there.


LilaBird's Dressing room
------------------------

McDLT follows Lilabird in there. "Still friends?" he asks. "Yeah", she
replies. He says that he can't believe that this is the end for her and Pal.
She tells him that Pal deserves a woman that can make him happy and she
hopes he can find her. He tells her that's noble of her, but what about her.
She says she was doing fine before she met Pal. "You were lonely, or don't
you remember?", says McDLT. He asks her is she's sure she isn't doing this
because she feels guilty about moving her life ahead, because she feels
disloyal to Casey. She says she's sure. She thinks that if she and Pal were
right for each other, Casey would want them to get married. She tells McDLT
that she's been thinking a lot about Casey lately. She misses him. They were
so much alike and they shared the same values. That's why their marriage was
so strong. She says she loved Pal so much, but she just... and she cries in
McDLT's arms.


Pal's House
-----------

NO!! THEY ARE NOT DOING IT ON THE TABLE. They're just talking. Pal wants to
know if he's really such a monster. Conner says no, that he's just a
hardheaded businessman. Pal says "Hardhearted, is what Lilabird would say".
Conner tells him not to be so hard on himself. He has to make tough
decisions. He wants to know why she understands that but Lilabird can't. She
says that Lilabird just has a different point of view. Pal says he's willing
to let Lilabird have her point of view, why can't she let him have his point
of view? "The worst thing is, she says she loves me, and in the next breath
calls it quits". Conner tells Pal that when Merciless left Dinc Laughable,
he came back to Conner wanting to pick up where they left off, and she was
tempted. But she had to admit to herself that the things that had driven
them apart were still there and would eventually drive them apart again. She
says that Dinc never understood why being successful was so important to her
self-esteem, and that without her self-esteem, she wouldn't have been the
person he fell in love with in the first place. She says that it's really
hard when the person who means the most to you doesn't understand you. Pal
understands and agrees with her completely. She tells him that the one big
difference in their situations is that Cal and Lyla don't have a Marcy
waiting in the wings to spoil their chances of working things out. She tells
him that he has to try to talk things out with Lilabird. He resolves to do
just that.


Scooter's Pad
-------------

Scooter goes to get more coffee while Neal calls home to pick up her
messages. She hears the message from Rolls and tells Scooter she need to get
home, that she lost track of the time. He's confused by her sudden need to
leave.


Sleaza's Apartment
------------------

Outside the door, Hold'dumb tells Jool that he hopes they can do dinner
again while K-Lip is gone. She tells him she can't invite him in because she
has an early day tomorrow.  He asks if that's the only reason because she
seems uncomfortable and has all evening. She plays dumb. He asks her if when
she was married to K-lip, were they (Jool and Hold'dumb) more than just
brother and sister-in-law?


Babs Pad
--------

Babs gets off the phone with Mrs. Myers. It seems that Mrs. Myers had the
flu and her sister came to clean, so she's the one who moved things around.
But she's still confused about the phone call earlier. Cargo and TomCat
leave. Babs sits down and looks at her wedding album. We see the shadow of a
man outside the window. IS IT HAL?? (My guess is they will skip this
storyline on Monday's show)


Rolls' Bed
----------

Easily and Rolls are at it again. She tries to get him to tell her what he
isn't telling her. Then she apologizes  and says she won't ask again. The
phone rings and it's Neal. "Hi. I just got your message. This is the first
chance I've had to call you. Are you alone?"



That's all folks,
Irish



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