Friday Update
June 28, 2002

PREVIOUSLY ON ALL MY CHILDREN

An emotional Adam tells Liza: "I do love you, more than you'll ever know." Then he kisses her, although it looks more like he's trying to suck up her face with an industrial vacuum cleaner.

David bursts into his room to blast Anna, who is helping Maggie get ready for her prom: "You couldn't get any lower than this! Having your own husband ARRESTED?"

Guy tells Leo: "I've arranged the DNA test."

At a pitch designed to start neighborhood dogs yelping, Greenlee whines and cries to her parents: "The church got hit by lightning!"

Maggie asks Bianca: "You want to go to the prom with me?"

Kendall tells Trey: "I've been thinking of a plan." Trey: "What kind of plan?"

At the construction site of Erica's Enchantment penthouse, Kendall tells a shirtless, sweaty and incredibly buff Aidan: "You look hot!"

VALLEY INN

Greenlee, Mary and Leo enter the dining room. Greenlee is stomping. Leo is rubbing Greenlee's shoulders, but she angrily jerks away from his comfort. A man named George (a wedding planner) tries to entice Greenlee to have her wedding at the VI. Greenlee, still sick, snarls that the church she was going to get married in got hit by lightning and the reception she booked is a bust because of some insurance hassle. Her only choices left were either VI or the moose lodge, and the Bullwinkle bit doesn't really appeal to her. He says she made an excellent choice and she won't regret it. She emphatically (and nastily) says that he's damn RIGHT she won't regret it, because HE is going to make sure it goes off without a hitch. [Uh, if there's no hitch, that means no marriage, right?] Mary is mortified by Greenlee's behavior and tells her to calm down -- she'll help her as much as she can. Greenlee says Mary's job is to be the mother of the bride. It's the wedding planners job to live, eat, and breathe her nuptials from now until the last wedding guest has left and she and Leo are on their Honeymoon! There will be no MISTAKES, no GLITCHES, no GOOFS. Greenlee: "In short, you will supply the WEDding of my FREAKing dreams! Do we understand each other?" He obediently nods. [Is it the color on my TV, or do both Leo and Greenlee have a purplish tinges to their hair?]

In his room, David rages at Anna for having him arrested and he rages back about it being the same old thing with her. [She wants people to take her seriously, but she puts out an APB on her own HUSBAND simply because he takes off on a mysterious errand?] Anna agrees it's the same reason as ALWAYS: "But the woman is DEAD, David!" David stares, tight-lipped.

In her room, Erica is putting finishing touches on Bianca's bun [THAT'S the way her hair will be for the prom? It's elegant, but it also kind of makes her look like Olive Oyl.] Erica tells Bianca she can try a different eyeshadow if she'd like. Bianca tells her that makeup is really Erica's territory. Erica reminds her that it's HER prom. Bianca: "So you're going to pass the mascara wand on to me?" Erica smiles and passes Bianca the torch--er--mascara wand. Erica kneels down and cups Bianca's face in her hands. She tells her that 18 is a GOLDEN age -- she'll shine without any help from her. Bianca says she wasn't so nice and shiny earlier when she told Erica she wasn't going to live with her and Chris in their Penthouse. Erica steps back and sits on the end of the bed, saying Bianca was just asserting her independence. Bianca: "Mom, I'm going to the prom with a GIRL -- are you REALLY sure that you're okay with that?" Erica steps over, kneels, and caresses Bianca's face again. She gently tells Bianca that she should do what makes HER happy, and SHE'LL be happy, too. They lovingly hug.

TAD'S HOUSE

JR walks into the living room, dressed in style for the prom. Tad enthusiastically approves of the tux, saying it is LIGHT YEARS ahead of the polyester and ruffled shirts of HIS prom. JR admits his date, Laurie, was pretty specific about what he should wear. He adds that Laurie is pretty cool. Tad says it's a pretty big deal to be a junior invited to a senior prom. [I don't know if that means JR is a junior in high school, or if Tad was using a play on words] The doorbell rings. It's a boutonniere of lilacs sent by Laurie. Tad says this girl treats him pretty well to send him a boutonniere. JR: "A booty- WHAT?" Tad: "It's lapel candy, you Philistine!" JR opens the card, and is stunned by what it says -- it's from Dixie.

Tad says that maybe Dixie made the order for the flowers while was still in Zurich -- JR must have mentioned it to her. JR says that at that time Tad was going over there to get her -- she would have been there by now. Tad lovingly folds the card back into it's itty-bitty envelope and gently tucks it into JR's pocket, saying he guesses that Dixie just wanted him to know that, no matter what, she is always, ALWAYS with him. JR notes that the flowers are lilacs, like she gave him on his first day of school. He remembers how he always used to rag on her for trying to fix his hair and tuck in his shirt. He gets a faraway look in his eyes. Tad puts a comforting, but manly hand around the back of JR's neck. There's a knock at the door. Since it was already open, Adam and Liza walk in and gush over how nice JR looks in his tuxedo. Liza says they are beautiful flowers. Liza smiles and walks up to him and apologizes for not being very nice to him over the last few months. She tells him that they are so PROUD of him, and he's been brave beyond amazing. He gives her a slight smile, then launches himself at her for a loving hug. Tad and Adam exchange grateful looks of agreement on what a great moment this is.

Later, Adam tries to take a photo of JR in his finery, but can't figure out how it works, even though Stuart told him. Tad sarcastically asks if Stuart told him how to OPEN it. Adam says: "In MY day, we had simple-to-use BOX cameras." [LOL! At a recent family function my 19-yr-old niece ridiculed my non-digital camera, saying it looked REALLY old-fashioned. I bought it in 1987. I DID have a digital camera with me, but IT wouldn't cooperate and the pictures are always MUCH better on the "old" one, anyway. Bah!] Tad snickers, saying that back then you had to stick your head under a sheet to take the picture. Liza tells Tad to knock it off and urges JR to smile. After the photos, Liza tells JR to take the flowers off when he gets home and put them in the fridge. Later on she'll have it dried for a keepsake. Adam tells him that his mother would be SO proud of him. She LIVED for moments like this and recorded every moment of them. JR ruefully remembers that she was always writing junk down. Adam says all that "junk" was his LIFE -- and his life was HER life. Liza steps forward and says they would really love it if he would spend some time with them this summer -- Colby misses him very much. JR looks hopeful and asks Tad if it's okay with him. Tad says yes. JR says he promised Colby to teach her how to swim. Tad leaves the room to get the video camera. JR's cell phone rings. It's Laurie to tell him she's on his way. He happily says his family is there.

Inside, Adam gazes lovingly at Liza and tells her that he loves her now more than ever, if that's possible. She lovingly looks back and teases him, saying he's going to be a puddle when Colby has HER first prom. [Not if the staff keeps up with changing his Depends] He says he hopes she'll be there to mop him up. She says she'll be thanking God that he's the father of her child. [Eyes roll across the country at THAT remark] They hug.

PINE CONE MOTEL

Ryan asks Trey if he's WHACKED (for suggesting that Kendall plead insanity). Trey shrugs and says it's the only way to keep Ryan's bride-to-be out of jail. Ryan grabs his lapels and then slams him against a wall. Trey looks very much like a cowardly weasel. Ryan says that lawyers only advise their clients to plead insanity when they already think that they are GUILTY, so what kind of idiotic stunt IS this? Trey stares, twitching a little.

Ryan jerks his hands away from Trey in that sort of shove/pull maneuver of which he is so fond. Trey straightens his lapels and walks across the room. Trey says Kendall is on overload and her behavior has been erratic and irrational [to put it mildly]. Ryan agrees, but says she's not CRAZY -- she's INNOCENT! Trey says that after one year of therapy, she'll get sprung and they will have their chance at happily ever after. Ryan says there are no guarantees. Trey says he knows Ryan loves Kendall -- he HAS to tell her that the ONLY way to save herself is to plead insanity.

Ryan tells Trey that his feelings for Kendall are not the issue here - - the bottom line is that SHE didn't set the fire. Trey wobbles and starts to say something about the evidence. Ryan doesn't want to hear about the "evidence". Trey is supposed to BELIEVE in her and to WHATEVER he has to do to keep her out of prison! Trey says that what HE believes doesn't matter -- it's what the JURY believes. Ryan jabs his finger at him and reminds him that Kendall is his CLIENT -- HE'S the lawyer -- HE convinces the jury that she's innocent! Trey hems and haws with his hands on his hips.

ENCHANTMENT PENTHOUSE

Kendall lounges in the doorway on the construction site and boldly admires Aidan's glistening skins and rippling muscles. She sashays over like a Front Street hooker and hands him an iced tea with a straw sticking out of it. He gratefully accepts while mopping sweat off his brow. He finally eyes Kendall, who is wearing a low-cut halter top and smiling up at him, tossing her head back and jutting her breasts just in case he's slow on the uptake. After another refreshing gulp, she seductively asks him if he's "satisfied". He stares at her for a moment, the makes it easier for her by saying: "If you want me to kiss you, all you got to do is ask." She widens her eyes, smiles and languidly wiggles.

Kendall ignores his "kiss" remark and asks him where his gorgeous accent comes from. He says Mother England. She makes an inane comment about them drinking their tea hot and their beer warm over there, followed by: "You BRITS do things BACKWARDS." He smiles and says we yanks are pretty FORWARD. She says American girls don't play games [so what country is SHE from, then] -- when they want something, they ask for it. At this point, Aidan is sweating so much there must be a small stream forming on the floor. [He must stink to high heaven!] He asks what she does. She slowly reaches out and takes his hand, caressing it like it's another part of his anatomy. I almost puke as she slowly asks him what he does with those .. big .. strong .. hands." [No really, I just ate and I'm kind of full -- I really might hurl] She continues to wiggle slowly and smile seductively. Aidan grins and looks back and forth between her face and her caressing hands.

VALLEY INN

Erica is still hugging Bianca when there is a knock at the door. It's Jack. For once, he's not in a suit, although he's still pretty buttoned up. Erica indicates Bianca and asks him what he thinks. He thinks Erica is decent, but he thinks BIANCA is absolutely beautiful. She's wearing a low-cut, raspberry pink dress. The shoulders go halter-style over her neck, then criss-cross her back; the back is low and she the dress is really stunning on her. Jack says it's missing a little something, though. He opens a jewelry box containing diamond earrings. They belonged to his grandmother, and she wore them to her first cotillion ball (at which point he gives an aside to Erica of: "God help us ALL!") and now he wants to give them to her to wear to her prom tonight. She giddily thanks him. Jack asks Erica if Bianca is not the most ravishing creature she's ever laid eyes on. Erica beams at her and says that Maggie is VERY lucky to be going to the prom with her daughter. Jack looks bemused, but glad that Erica seems to be accepting Bianca's being a lesbian. She tells Bianca that she hopes that tonight is everything that she's ever wanted it to be. They hug again.

Meanwhile, in David and Anna's room, Maggie says she's just going to step outside while they bite each other's heads off. Anna stops her and says they didn't mean to make her uncomfortable. Anna walks over to answer a knock at the door while David asks Maggie why she's all dressed up. Anna ushers Erica, Bianca and Jack into the room. Anna says that Maggie is all ready. [I have no idea why Maggie had curlers in her hair, because it's looking as straight and stringy as Anna's usually is.] BTW, Maggie is wearing a low-cut, spaghetti-strapped, shiny black dress with an Opal-sized gray clump of grayish flowers going down the center all the way to her waist (which, admittedly, isn't far). She tells David that she and Bianca are going to the prom. David thinks that's good for the both of them. Jack whips out a camera to capture the moment. David scoffs at "that piece of junk" and says to forget it -- he has a REAL camera with a timer that can take a picture of all of them. Bianca and Maggie step across the room to confer. Maggie asks if there is any parental weirdness about them going together. Bianca says that her mom is actually COMPLETELY onboard. Maggie marvels that Anna has been amazing, too. Bianca shrugs and says life just sometimes works out. Maggie changes the subject to tell Bianca that she looks SMASHING! The timer is set on David's camera and they all pose together. Bianca has one arm around Erica's shoulder and one around Maggie's waist. The (AMC) camera moves back so we can get a photo-effect of the shot as Bianca's voice says she wants lots and lots of copies of this HISTORIC moment!

After commercials, Anna leans out the door and tells the departing crowd to have fun and knock 'em dead! She shuts the door, then turns to face David to continue their fight. He asks if he's still under house arrest. She says she doesn't know. What is his first line of defense. He says he went to Switzerland to identify Dixie's body [him, but not TAD?] He says the doctor that was treating her called to let him know that they had recovered a corpse. The doctors couldn't positively ID her. David says that HE, however, had her dental records. [WTF? I guess he was filling more than one part of her body -- is there anything medical that this guy CAN'T do?] He says it wasn't her. She says she's sorry. David: "Why?" She stutters that it would be closure for Tad and JR and ... well, she didn't have that with Robert and she knows that it ... David: "Makes it more real?" She says that she and David are proof that reality is highly overrated. He asks what THEIR reality is. Anna: "Our reality is about you show up for dearly departed Dixie, but not little alive me!" [THIS was why he had to rush off and couldn't spare a single sentence of explanation ahead of time. What was the rush? I'm sure they have refrigeration in Switzerland.] With a long-suffering sigh, he says that is NOT TRUE. She bursts out in a snit, reminding him of the Day of Compassion and the fact that her daughter is HIV+. David clearly feels real bad that he forgot. And he goes off without any explanation or apology to identify his EX-lover's body! In analyzing the data, she has to conclude that Dixie means more to him that she EVER will. He says she couldn't be more wrong. [Sure she could.]

Meanwhile, down in the dining room, George assures Greenlee that she'll have the wedding of her DREAMS. Greenlee: "No floods? No tornadoes? You know, they say that lightning doesn't strike twice, but the way my luck is going lately --" Leo: "Greenlee, no disaster, natural or unnatural, is going to stop us from getting married." Mary looks like she just bit into a moldy piece of toast. Greenlee says she had already planned the wedding of her dreams, right down to the last detail -- they were going to release DOVES when they said "I do"! Leo says he's sure George can do doves, right? George: "Well, we do a divine SQUAB." Greenlee: "Like I want the symbol of our love broiled and served on a bed of SPINACH?" While she says this, Leo stands behind her and wildly gestures to George, including flapping wings, to say yes if he values his life. George nervously says: "We can do live birds." Greenlee pouts and mournfully tells Leo: "I want my country church and my horse-drawn carriage, not a REDO of your NON- wedding to Loony LAURA!" Leo says that just happened to be the best day of his LIFE! Horrified she asks how he could say that. He says it's because that's the day he got her back. He tells her that he LOVES her -- and her sniffly nose and her pre-wedding jitters. She can stop STRESSING. They're golden -- nothing can touch them! Evil Mary tells Greenlee to listen to him, all the while trying to think of a way to keep them from getting married. Mary: "If something is meant to happen, it will -- or not." Leo puts on a false smile and a thumbs up, telling her that they are meant to be. He sarcastically tells her thanks her for her input, with a big thumbs DOWN and a crude raspberry for good measure. Greenlee frets some more. He again tells her to stop stressing and even volunteers to turn off the sprinkler system if she wants him to. She whines about everything that's gone wrong and says she doesn't think she can take one more disappointment. He says there IS one way to guarantee a hassle-free wedding. She snorts in derision. He says they can elope -- tonight. Greenlee blearily blinks in a haze of mucous. Mary panics, looking as if a rodent had just scampered up her leg.

Jack ushers Erica back into her room. She gushes about Bianca going to her senior prom. Jack, hands in pockets, says yes, and with a GIRL for her date. Erica's smile falls and she turns to face him. He says he is very, very proud of her. He adds that she didn't call him over just to take photos of Bianca's prom dress. She says yes -- how strong is his case against Kendall?

Jack asks why Erica is asking about the case -- she knows the evidence as well as HE does. Kendall had means, motive and opportunity. She asks if the forensics expert uncovered anything that he or the police missed? He says no, and it doesn't matter because he has a rock-solid case. He wonders what's up -- she's acting like she's scared. She can't explain it. She says their history is SO layered -- he was her lover and her lawyer ... He says he's neither one of those now, so if she knows something that could change the outcome of Kendall's case, he wants her to give it up RIGHT NOW! Erica looks uncertain.

ENCHANTMENT PENTHOUSE

Aidan has a shirt on now. He and Kendall are now in front of a window. She takes a blueprint off of a perfectly good table and puts it on the floor in front of him. She bends forward so he can get a good look at her cleavage as she also juts out her ass in a classic pinup pose [been there, done that]. She oh-so-innocently asks him about something on the blueprint. He tells her it's the layout for Ms. Kane's bedroom. THIS secret agent with all the security checks just spills the beans to someone who is not even supposed to be there in the first place. So much for security. She leaves her knees where they are and creeps closer forward on her hands, so close to him now that she's practically in his lap [been there, done that]. She asks another innocuous question about what turns out to be Erica's home theater system. She purrs that it must be very sophisticate and state-of-the-art. He guesses so. She looks deep into his eyes and says: "Why settle when you're used to the best?" Now she's wiggling back and forth and asking about little wire thingies. He says they are the communications systems. Acting like a porn star pretending to be a naive schoolgirl, she says: "Oh, you mean like PHONES?" He says yes, it's for phones, cables, high-speed internet -- security. [Why doesn't he just give her the combo to the built-in safe and all the secret agent secrets he has while he's at it?] She giggles and says an important person like Erica Kane must need a lot of security [you'd think so, yet she answers her peepholeless doors without asking who's there and walks around the park in the middle of the night.] She asks how secure it is -- can any idiot tap into the system? Aidan: "I don't know. You're FAR from an idiot, but I think you must take ME for one." Kendall looks astonished and frantically bats her eyelashes as she protests. He tells her to cut the act and tell him what she's REALLY about. She uncomfortably reaches behind her neck. [It's supposed to be a nervous gesture, but it could also be interpreted as reaching around to undo the hook on her halter -- she IS desperate, after all.

Kendall sits back on her heels now and stutters that she is so BAD at this! Aidan: "On the contrary, I think you're quite good, and don't you know it!" Perplexed, Kendall says: "So I haven't totally scared you away?" Aidan smiles and says: "Do I look like I'm about to run?" He says something tells him that she's more INTERESTING than any other woman he's known. [So he IS incredibly stupid then?] Kendall shifts back into seductress mode and purrs that she's more INTERESTED than any other woman he's ever known. [This scene just SCREAMS out for wocka-wocka porn music.] He says he'll have to take her word for it. Kendall: "Not necessarily." He chuckles and stands up, saying he has to fly now. Discombobulated, she stands up and stammers: "Maybe another time?" He gives a noncommittal "Maybe". She says she'll just hang out there a while and enjoy the view. He says he can't leave her for security reasons. She can't be up there without clearance, same as him. He says he'll walk her to her car. She hangs back a little, then dives over to snatch a keycard off a table. He turns impatiently at the door and says: "Are you coming?" Kendall: "No, but I'm breathing hard." Okay, she didn't say that, she just said she's right behind him, slipping the keycard into her back pocket as she walks over to him.

PINE CONE MOTEL

Trey tells Ryan that they BOTH want to help Kendall, but she'll only listen to Ryan, so Ryan needs to FIND her and tell her to plead INSANITY! Then she won't have to stand trial. [Since WHEN? "Oh, Your Honor, I was insane at the time, so I'll just skip on over to the hospital for a while, ok?" Judge: "Well, in that case, you go right on ahead -- send me an email to let me know how you're doing when you get a chance." If Ryan believes THAT, he's even more stupid than he looks, and he looks pretty stupid.] Ryan yells that that cannot BE their only option! Trey puts on a suit-yourself attitude, fires off a few more shots and ends with: "You want a fight you can't win, or you want a shot at the future with the girl you love?" Ryan looks thoughtful and clenches his jaw [_I_ had to start wearing a nightguard to keep from doing that -- he'd better be careful or his face will freeze that way.] Trey walks out and stops briefly to gloat over his cleverness and anticipated Rich Evil Overlord status.

VALLEY INN

Mary, shocked, tells Greenlee that she CAN'T elope! Leo: "Why not?" Mary grasps for reasons and lamely comes up with the excuse that the invitations have already gone out. Leo shrugs and says Mary and her society friends can party while he and Greenlee do their thing at Elk Green. [The invitations have the wrong address on them, anyway.] Mary assures Greenlee that Elk Green sounds MUCH worse than the Moose Lodge. Leo turns back to Greenlee, still clasping both her hands and points out that THIS isn't the wedding she wants. Mary, concerned that they are making a scene, hisses that this IS the wedding she wants. Leo loudly says: "And you would know that _HOW_?" She just gives him an "I'm WARNING you" look. Leo tells Greenlee that he just wants to marry her -- that's IT! He just wants to go to Paris with her and jumpstart their lives. They don't need the doves, ice sculptures and string quartets -- they just need a Justice of the Peace to do the deed and forget about all this hooha. Greenlee looks somewhat reluctant. Mary reminds him that her employer is PAYING for this wedding as part of an ad campaign. Greenlee nods slightly. Leo says that their love doesn't NEED a sponsor. He tells Greenlee that it just needs THEM -- a party of two. He kisses her hand. Mary snorts in disgust. George uncomfortably tells the two lovebirds to let him know what they decide. Mary turns and glares at him. Greenlee, still majorly stuffed up, testily says: "Mudder, I dneed do dalk do Leo ALODE." Mary sighs and snottily says to let her know if she needs to print a retraction in the Society Pages. She turns and stalks out. Leo turns to Greenlee, throws his hands in the air and, in a high voice, ridicules the Society Pages. Greenlee says she is working her BUTT off to put this wedding together! He says that's what he means. He gingerly seats her at a table. He says that's what he means -- weddings should be WORK [weddings have been WORK for EONS], they should be FUN like Carnival or Mardi Gras! [Thongs and bared breasts?] He tries to convince her that she's working too hard and is making herself a frazzled WRECK trying to please her mother and Roger and half the freaking Social Register -- everybody but HERSELF! She stares him down and firmly says that she dneeds him on her side, angrily adding: "Don't FIGHT me on this!" He waves his hands to show he has no weapons and, eyes wide so as not antagonize her, insists he's not FIGHTING her on it. She says THIS is the wedding she wands, and she dneeds HIM to wand it doo, or she's going to DODALLY lose id! Leo's expressive hands now huddle in prayer formation as he broadly nods and shifts in his chair, eyes still HUGE.

VALLEY INN

Anna demands to know what all the secrecy is about. He says he didn't want Tad and JR to know unless he was sure the body was Dixie's [at least he didn't refer to it as a corpse this time]. He says he was protecting HER, too. She says she doesn't NEED protection. He readily agrees and says it's just that every anything with Dixie is connected, it pushes her buttons. [I haven't seen an Andy Capp cartoon for years, but right now the wife with the rolling pin in her hands definitely comes to mind.] Anna is more than a little annoyed that he was just protecting her from herself. He insists he just didn't see any reason for it -- what if it turned out to be a false alarm, which it DID? So now JR and Tad were SPARED all that. [I look at the back of Anna's hair and remember the movie "Sixteen Candles" and the girl with her hair stuck in a door.] She notes that HE was spared an attack by an hysterical wife. [Oh please, she's never been even REMOTELY funny ... oh wait ... um ... never mind.] David: "Anna, you jumped all over me for crashing Dixie's memorial service. And maybe you were right. So go ahead, SUE me for trying to make that up to you by not sharing something that I knew would be upsetting to you. Actually, you should be HAPPY. For once I was putting YOUR feelings first. [Now I'm picturing the rolling pin descending. What a CROCK OF SHIT!] Totally sincere, David says: "Look, I'm -- I'm trying to be the man that you claim you want me to be. Can you HANDLE that, or is this just going to be one more thing that TRASHES this marriage before we even give it a chance?" She stares at him, pouting.

She says they've just been through HELL since Dixie died. He agrees that it shook things up. David looks supplicatingly at her and says: "Anna -- I'm home." He shrugs. She grudgingly says she missed him. David is surprised and asks her to repeat it. She says he HEARD her - - she MISSED him. She never misses ANYONE but Robin [I guess that's why you completely and utterly forgot she existed for, what, 10-15 years?] He guesses that she got her posse to go out and grab him because she "missed" him. Agitated, she says it was because she was ANGRY! She felt ABANDONED -- that he'd gone off to do something that DIDN'T include HER and that that was the end of them. He bends close to her and asks if THIS feels like the end. She fiddles with her hair and says she's just SO tired of fighting. She starts to tear up and says she's SICK of this CONSTANT squabbling! Anna: "I want a HUSBAND, not an ADVERSARY!" David: "And I want a WIFE, not an ACCUSER." She bites her lip and stares miserably at him. He takes her hand and drags her over to the loveseat. They both plop down and he changes the subject, saying he really liked what she did for Maggie. Anna says she LOVES Maggie -- she's so SWEET! Maggie looked great and Anna loved what she did for HER. She suggests that he set up the camera again to take a photograph of them putting themselves back together. The look ruefully, yet lovingly at each other.

TAD'S HOUSE

JR escorts Laurie into the house to introduce her to Bianca and her date, Maggie. Laura is a pretty brunette wearing a sparkling aqua dress. She tells Bianca and Maggie that they look great. [I have to say that Bianca's dress looks FABULOUS on her] Bianca returns the compliment. JR introduces Laurie to Tad. Tad shakes her hand and says: "I think it's safe to say tonight is a senior moment. Huh? Huh?" It goes over about as well as you might expect in a room full of teenagers. JR says he needs to talk to Bianca alone for a second. Tad says sure -- he escorts Laurie out of the room, promising to show her some nude baby pictures. JR tells Bianca and Maggie that they really saved his skin the other night; he apologizes for acting like such a jerk. Bianca asks if he's all right. JR: "You mean, am I going to get high and ruin the prom for Laurie? No way." The girls nod sagely. Maggie tells him to just show up for himself and have a good time. Bianca reminds him that they'll be there too. Maggie tosses her head and loftily says: "Yes, because were so much OLDER and WISER!" JR chuckles and says: "Oh, PUH-LEASE!" They giggle. Tad and Laurie return to the room, even though no one told them it was ok to come back yet. Laurie reminds them that the limo is waiting -- her parents don't want them driving on prom night. Tad is impressed and tosses out some guidelines: "Well, smart, ok, you guys know the rules. Observe the curfew, have fun. No pig's blood. Have the time of your life!" JR stops at the door while the girls continue on to the limo. He walks over to Tad and they hug. Tad tells him to have the time of his LIFE. Tad, slightly teary-eyed, watches him walk out. JR and Laurie walk to the limo, but now Bianca and Maggie hang back. Maggie says it's their last chance to bail -- is Bianca ready? Bianca hesitates, then smiles.

VALLEY INN

Erica conditionally warns Jack that everything she tells him is COMPLETELY confidential. Jack: "What, are you KIDDING me? It CAN'T be! I'm the DA! I am prosecuting your DAUGHTER! Now, if you know something about Kendall, Erica, I want to hear it!" Erica snaps: "All RIGHT, yes, I KNOW something. She amends it to say: "I THINK I know something." Jack squints at her and gratingly whispers: "Whaaaat?"

PINE CONE MOTEL

Ryan is frantically tossing stuff into a suitcase and muttering to himself about packing light. Kendall walks in and loudly shuts the door. She puts on her I-love-Ryan face and strides over to him to smooch, thus reaffirming to herself that that Aidan thing was just business. Ryan pulls back and asks what THAT was for. Kendall smiles and says: "Love." She asks about the packing. Ryan says he's just getting everything ready for their great escape so they can leave the second the trial is over. He says that first they're something they have to do. Kendall purrs and says she was thinking the same thing. She kisses him again. He pulls away and says this is serious. They have a problem. It's her lawyer. She stares.

VALLEY INN

In the dining room, Adam tells Liza that words can't EXPRESS his gratitude for what she did for JR tonight. She says that all she did was reach out to him. Adam: "And he grabbed on for dear life, didn't he?" She smiles and nods, saying she looks forward to this summer and spending time with JR. He suggests them all taking a trip. She thinks that's a great idea, but she was thinking something more private for just the two of them. Adam suggests some exotic places. She says she was thinking something more local, like right up. She indicates going upstairs. He likes her thinking. Liza: "Yeah, we have a lot to celebrate. We have my health, our love. I feel like a newlywed. I want to ACT like one!" He suggests calling Mia and asking her to take care of Colby tonight [like that isn't her full time job, anyway] Liza happily agrees. She says to use her phone [like the billionaire doesn't have one of his own] and she'll go to the front desk to arrange for a suite. Adam notices that she has a message. She says she didn't recognize the number, and as long as Colby is ok, it can wait until tomorrow. Adam grins and watches her walk out, totally blissed out at their rekindled romance. He thoughtfully looks at the number on the cell phone (555-356X) He raises his eyebrows speculatively.

Over at Greenlee and Leo's table, he assures her that he wants what she wants. She reaffirms that she wants a wedding with ALL the trimmings. She sniffles and swallows a big gob of phlegm [I think RB really IS sick or at least allergic to something]. He caresses her head and says he's sorry her burst her bubble earlier about blowing off the wedding and eloping. Greenlee: "Is that what you want?" Leo: "I just -- I want us to be HAPPY [no, HAPPY is the little dog you guys abandoned]. I want us to be US. And it's starting to feel like between your parents and a father who we're not even sure is my father, I -- I just don't want us to get lost in the crowd." Greenlee nods and sniffles. She then stares at the door in astonishment as she sees Guy du Pres walk up to them. Guy greets her, kissing her hand, then both her cheeks. He takes Leo's hand and says he has the results of their DNA test.

TAD'S HOUSE

Outside the door, Bianca tells Maggie that she is SOOO fine with this -- and HER for dreaming the whole thing up. Maggie airily says: "Well, you never know. Maybe they'll name us Queen and Queen of the prom. It'll look great in your yearbook!" Bianca: "Yeah, except I didn't ORDER one." [Now that I see Bianca's bun from the back, I think it looks nicer and more detailed] Maggie: "WHY not?" Bianca: "So much happened this year that I didn't really want to look back on, and school seemed not the point. But I've changed my mind. You've made me see that, you know, I only get one senior year and I only get one prom." Maggie: "Well, thank you. And you know, Frankie would have made tonight one for the yearbook, so I'm going to give it my best shot." A horn honks. Bianca: "Oh! Our carriage is honking. Shall we?" Maggie: "We shall!" Bianca: "All right!" They walk off arm-in-arm.

VALLEY INN

Up in David and Anna's room, they hold hands. David points out their professional titles, and ruefully asks where all their brains get them. Anna: "Well, as locations go, it's not such a bad place to be. At least we're in this muddle together." [She sounds SOOO DREARY] That's something. I meant at I said." She caresses his face and says: "I really MISSED you. I couldn't BEAR the thought of never seeing you again." He leans closer and says she's his wife, and he's never going to leave her -- EVER. They kiss passionately. Down in the dinging room, Leo stands and looks like a little boy as he asks about the DNA tests. He's amazed that the Count flew over just to break the news [well he WAS going to attend the wedding and tell him, so what's the big surprise?] Guy: "As we agreed, I have not yet read the results of our DNA test. We will find out together whether I have the great honor of being your Papa, or perhaps not. But whatever the result, we will find it out together." He hands Leo the envelope. Leo looks down at it as if he is holding his life in his hands.

TAD'S HOUSE

Tad calls Brooke to ask how the Maureen Gorman/Maria connection is going. Whatever she says, he replies: "Really?" He says nothing is going on there, so he thinks he'll fly out to Nevada to join her. Tad: "No, don't argue! Seriously, you know, you were there for me when I lost Dixie and I want to repay the favor. NO, I DON'T think you're going to lose Edmund. It's just a figure of speech. No. No, JR's fine. He's going to move back in with Adam and Liza for a while. Apparently, they're as thick as thieves again. Go figure."

PINE CONE MOTEL

Ryan weakly tells Kendall that Trey wants her to plead insanity. Kendall is shocked! Trey can't be SERIOUS! Ryan says Trey IS serious -- that guy is POISON, and she's got to DUMP him NOW or kiss her freedom goodbye! Kendall is speechless. A phone rings somewhere.

VALLEY INN

Jackson tells Erica that this is NO time for GAMES. What does she have on Kendall? Erica: "Oh, GOD, Jack!" She pauses dramatically, then says: "I don't think Kendall set that fire!" Jack does his surprised, condescending, now-wait-just-a-damn-minute head roll maneuver.

Down in the dining room, Adam can't stand it anymore and dials the number in the display. The message center asks for a password. Adam chuckles that THAT'S easy enough. As everyone watches correctly guesses, he punches in Colby's name. He's very adept at dialing by letter -- it always slows ME down, and I've worked in telecommunications for 20 years. The message is from Trey: "Liza, this is Trey Kenyon. Thanks for your follow up call. If you give me your power of attorney and your complete financial records, your husband will never know you took that money from Chandler Enterprises, and he'll never know what you did with it." Adam looks truly crushed. At the prompt, he presses "2" to save it as a NEW message so Liza won't know he heard it already. Adam ponders the message and his mouth settles into a grim line. Liza happily trots back into the room. I should mention that she's wearing a shapeless light grayish- blue suit, which is a nice change from her usual shapeless black suits. As she sits down, Adam glares at her, his face set in stone. She astutely guesses that something is wrong. He looks like he HATES her. [Ah well, their "true" love rarely lasts more than a day or two at a time]

ON THE NEXT AMC

*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*

At PV Park, Guy opens the DNA test results. Leo, looking pale and clammy, asks: "What does it say? Am I your son?" Wolfie hovers in the shadows.

Liza is now sitting at a table with Mia and Jake. Adam stands next to the table and impatiently growls: "I just want to get out of here, ok?" Mia asks Liza: "What got into HIM?"

Jackson carefully asks Erica: "Am I prosecuting the wrong person for burning down your house?" Erica looks terrified of not knowing herself what the answer is.

Aidan stands outside Room 17 (Kendall & Ryan's room) and smiles at Kendall, who is standing in the doorway. She says: "I TOLD you I like you. Want me to prove it?"

Irreverently submitted,