Friday Update
March 15, 2002

PREVIOUSLY ON ALL MY CHILDREN

At an emergency hospital board meeting, David tells Joe: "If anybody signs resignation papers today, it should be YOU!"

Liza, seemingly deranged, shrieks at JR: "I know EXACTLY what you did, and I'm going to prove it!"

At the hospital Erica asks Kendall: "Please keep what you just overheard to yourself." Kendall: "To protect you?"

Simone tells Leo: "You could help me, and then you could spend a night or two at my place until you can figure out what to do next."

Greenlee tells Derek: "Read him [Roger] his rights! I want to tell the DA I'll testify against him!"

LOFT BUILDING

Leo helps Simone move into her new loft. As they ride the elevator, Simone comments on his ability to be so laid back considering he's moving into the same building as Greenlee. He says it's her couch or a park bench -- he doesn't have much choice. He'll run into Greenlee sooner or later and he doesn't give a damn if it's there or someplace else.

Simone laughs at all the stuff they are moving into a loft that she totally cannot afford. Leo says it sounds like HIS life. She laments signing a lease when she still had a job at Tempo -- she even borrowed money from her father for the deposit and set up a 6-month payback plan. Leo admires her for being so responsible. She says that's fine, but if she doesn't come up with a fast way to make some money, she'll be asking him to help her move stuff OUT of there next month. Leo says she's a writer, right? So write. She says the trick is getting people to PAY you to write. Brooke and Edmund are wonderful to let her stay on and FREELANCE at Tempo, considering she practically got people KILLED and wound up stupidly feeding information to Proteus. Leo grimaces and carries another box into the elevator. Simone belatedly remembers that his mother is Proteus. Leo tells her not to worry. Besides, she investigated his mother and fell for a con because she wanted to get a book deal, right? She agrees, but says a 6-figure book deal doesn't just fall out of the sky. Besides, she doesn't have a book to sell. Leo: "Yet." She has doubts she could even write one. Leo tells her to do a "60 Minutes" on Mateo, then start in on the other players. What has she got to lose? She bestows a BIG smile upon him.

SOS

Greenlee rushes into SOS looking for Mateo, but is informed that Mateo and Hayley are on vacation [THANK GOD!] She asks if someone else came in looking for him -- a guy in his early 50s. Roger turns around on his barstool across the bar and says hello. Apparently the police told her he'd be there. Roger, looking remarkably refreshed [I wasn't even sure it was him -- IS it him?], asks if she's going to start screaming again.

Roger offers Greenlee a drink, assuring her he's drinking club soda. Greenlee asks how he got out of jail. He is surprised -- he thought SHE paid his bail. She says he was gone by the time she got there. He says some attorney he'd never heard of before paid the bail -- he just assumed that the only person who would do that for him would be her. Greenlee hugs him and says she's so glad she found him. He starts to apologize for his Proteus connection, but she stops him. She says Mateo explained the part about how Proteus would threaten to hurt people and DID threaten to kill Mateo's children if he didn't follow orders. She knows Roger did it because he was protecting her from murderers. Roger sighs and tries to say something, but she says she owes him SO MUCH and just wants to make up for all the terrible things she said to him. He caresses her face and says he just doesn't want her to be hurt anymore. She gives a sad smile and says they've lost so much time. Roger seems to be drinking in her face as he pets her hair and says he doesn't know what he would have done if Vanessa had done anything to her. Roger huskily says: "You're still my little girl. You always will be!" Greenlee smiles her thanks. He says he knows he's screwed it up every single time he's tried, but he would like to be a father to her. They hug. [I suspect that if he's on the level his days must be numbered]

Greenlee says she'll help him get cleared of all the charges they might have against him because he was a VICTIM. She's not going to lose him again -- she's been running around town for the last 24 hours feeling lost and alone and like there is nothing to hold onto. She would have grabbed at ANYTHING. Greenlee: "Then I found you here, and -- so much better than what I thought I wanted." He's sorry about her problems with Jake and Leo. Roger: "You know, I'm a couple of beats behind here. Which one didn't you want to lose?" She looks very unhappy, then says she doesn't want to talk about it. We hear a truly evil-sounding cackle that sounds like it's coming through loudspeakers. Why it's Simone -- with Leo! Simone laughs some more and playfully slaps at Leo. [What the HELL is she doing at SOS where she is SOOOO persona non grata, even if H&M ARE on vacation?] Greenlee grimly watches. Leo spots her and just keeps laughing.

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Kendall tells Erica that she HAS to trust her -- she doesn't have much choice. Erica: "Trust you? Only if I had lost my MIND." Kendall points out that that's the way to shoot herself in the foot, NOT get her cooperation. Erica begs Kendall not to tell Chris that she was the one who brought Dr. Stannart on board to treat him, and not to jeopardize Chris' recovery just because she wants to get even with her. Kendall stares, turns up her nose and stomps away. Erica swears (in her head, but it's pretty clear) and follows, saying: "Don't!"

Liza bursts through a door [I think she ran up the stairs] and wildly tells a nurse that she needs help -- THIS YEAR!!! There are dark circles under her eyes. The ER sent her up there because they said she could get her test results there faster. She frantically says it was a test for drugs -- someone put something into her tea and she needs to know what it was!

At the hospital board meeting, David waves a list of all of Joe's visits to his cardiologist since he had his heart attack and a recommendation from his doctor to cut back on his workload. Then he shows a duty roster showing that Joe HAS been cutting down on his hours, but he's been delegating his workload to the staff since Christmas of last year. He's taken 11 personal and sick days since January. Jake stands and righteously points out how unethical David is being by going into medical records that he has no right to see. David responds by pointing out that JAKE was more than a little unethical when he broke into not one, but TWO of David's offices and reading HIS own personal files! Jake continues down his righteous path, saying HE can EXPLAIN why HE did it! David: "And *I* can, too. When *I* do it, it's unethical. When *YOU* do it, you get a free pass!" [TESTIFY!] Jake yells that what David is doing there is just further indication that he's unfit to work at the hospital. [I thought he was INVITED to the meeting :-)] David: "Oh, please, please -- just spare me the self-righteous lecture, ok? What I'm indicating here is that Dr. Martin has been colluding with his staff to keep his heart condition under wraps." Jake yells, slams his fist on the table, and defends his father. Palmer stands and firmly tells Jake to calm down. David says he doesn't give a damn if Jake thinks his father walks on water -- he is no longer equipped to run this hospital! Joe finally speaks up and calmly, but challengingly asks David what he wants. David says he wants Joe's job. Joe smiles and nods condescendingly, having known that all along [since when has it been a secret?]

Jake yells that he always knew David was arrogant and gutless, but THIS is outrageous! David says that they are trying to hold HIM accountable for his MOTHER'S actions without even looking at the facts. An unnamed board member points out that his mother DID further his career with her money. David asks if they are ready to then denigrate everything he's done and all his hard work because, unbeknownst to him, his mother funded him with drug money. He says he's spent every day for the last four years in the OR saving lives [EVERY day -- oh PUH-LEASE!], and his research, surgical procedures and new drug treatments are what have given PVH such a high profile! Jake scoffs: "Wait, wait, wait! Is there anything that you HAVEN'T taken credit for?" David says he KNOWS he's not LIKED -- people have attacked him his entire life because he's ambitious and successful. Jake: "And a FELON!" David continues to hammer home the SAVING LIVES aspect of not only his, but ALL their jobs and reiterates that while Joe is passing on his workload and taking sick days, DAVID is SAVING LIVES every day. Jake jabs a finger at him and tells him to go to HELL. David says Joe hasn't even MENTIONED the fact that one of the board members is actually MARRIED to the international drug trafficker. Jake: "Who happens to be your MOTHER, FOR GOD'S SAKE!" David says Joe and his sons have launched an attack on him for YEARS, simply because they don't like him or his style. David goes back to himself SAVING LIVES and that being what the hospital it all about. Jake says the hospital is that way because of his father and starts to go off on David again. Joe holds up a hand and tells him to settle down. Joe sniffs and nods and concedes that David has a point. David stares.

Erica walks into Chris' room and is surprised that Kendall is not there. Chris ignores her question and says he thought he made it clear he didn't want to talk to her. She says he made himself very clear, and after he hears what she has to say, he'll probably never want to speak to her again [then he HASN'T made himself clear]. She has nothing to lose. He scoffs at her actually being about to say something TRUTHFUL. She tells him not to be like that. He digs at her some more. She admits that SHE is the one who contacted Dr. Stannart in Geneva and had him flown there; she paid his way, made all the arrangements, and asked the doctor not to tell him what she did. [A blindingly bright light is now shining on Chris in his hospital bed -- someone must have got a deal on 100,000 watt light bulbs at Price Club -- I think Chris is actually getting a sunburn] Chris is not particularly surprised by her admission, since he EXPECTS her to be devious and manipulative to get whatever she wants. She yells at him to WAIT A MINUTE -- the last time she looked, he moved his legs and he had a good prognosis. If he would stop hanging out in bed, feeling sorry for himself and actually get himself to Rehab-- Chris denies feeling sorry for himself. She says of COURSE he is, and he owes her a HUGE thank you! She is still waiting for it. He says he's still waiting for the REAL reason she came there to come clean with him.

Erica explains about Kendall finding out and says she didn't want him caught up in some kind of revenge battle. He laughs and says that is WASN'T about coming there to tell the truth, then. She is indignant and says of COURSE it is -- she just told him the truth, didn't she? And who CARES? He wants to WALK, doesn't he? Chris: "Yes, I want to walk. But if I wanted your help, I --" Erica: "You never would have asked me for it. So I gave it to you anyway, ok? So sue me. I mean, sometimes people do that. They don't wait to be asked for help, they just GIVE it." He tries to sidestep (so to speak) the issue and focus on HOW she ended up telling him the truth, saying she does whatever it takes to get what she wants. She says it was for his OWN GOOD! He says that's not her decision to make. So he wishes she hadn't done it? He says she's not LISTENING. Erica says that closing himself off to someone who is trying to help him is a good way to end up alone. Ask Ryan! Chris bristles and warns her not to bring Ryan into this. Erica: "No, you take a good look at him, Chris, because that is ONE apple that fell DIRECTLY next to the tree." He accuses her of being a bad judge of character when it comes to kids -- she was scared to death that Kendall was going to come over and rat her out, but she DIDN'T. Erica swallows and says Kendall COULD have. Chris badgers her to admit that she's WRONG, WRONG, WRONG! Erica stares at him for a moment, then flounces out, stopping to stare again at the door before clopping away. [For reference purposes, Chris is in room 17] Chris throws up an arm and puffs in what appears to be an I-am-SUCH- an-IDIOT manner.

MYRTLE'S HOUSE

Kendall, standing in BLINDINGLY bright light [see above re Price Club], knocks at Myrtle's door. We can tell it's morning because there are birds singing. Myrtle reluctantly lets her in. Kendall is being very sincere and human-like in all her scenes at Myrtle's house. Kendall tells Myrtle that Chris will be released from the hospital any day now and will need some help, but he's so retro macho he'd rather have a root canal than ask for help. Myrtle agrees and asks what that has to do with Kendall. Kendall says they've done a little bonding. Myrtle is incredulous: "You and CHRIS?" Kendall says she got Chris to lighten up a little and she's GOOD for him. Myrtle doubts Kendall is doing it out of the goodness of her heart. Kendall says she's close with Ryan and they both assert that Chris is Ryan's father. Kendall says the plan is for her to go undercover and watch out for him so that he won't know he's getting help he didn't ask for. Bianca walks in from an inner door and hears that last part, then backs slowly out so she can eavesdrop. Kendall says there are hospital types who can help him with his rehab, but he'll need someone to run errands, etc., and she DOES make him laugh. She earnestly asks Myrtle what she thinks. Myrtle says she thinks it's RUBBISH! Kendall sighs with frustration at no one trusting her, but stands her ground. She says Chris needs the help and it would be good for HER too -- it would be a way for her to have a shot at doing something GOOD. Myrtle smirks. Bianca watches. Kendall stares.

Myrtle strides across the room (and Bianca closes the door all the way) and says she has a reputation for giving people a second chance, but she is NOT a fool. She harshly tells Kendall to close the door on her way OUT. She totters away. Kendall swears and starts to leave. Bianca rushes into the room, though, and calls her name. [Bianca is looking QUITE fetching today. It's as if, now that her character has turned 18, she's "allowed" to act more mature and confident. Her makeup might be different, too, but the change is very subtle.] Kendall is surprised that Bianca was there. Bianca says it's a good idea for Kendall to take care of Chris. Kendall points out that Myrtle doesn't agree. Bianca says that's because no one trusts Kendall. Kendall is skeptical that Bianca DOES trust her. Bianca plops down and picks up a magazine, saying that Chris is tough, and Kendall gives as good as she gets. Kendall is perplexed that Bianca really thinks that. Bianca peers up from the magazine and says: "Why? Do I have some reason to suck up to you?" [I'm telling you, even her VOICE sounds different. I think the Eden Riegel is being more HERSELF now, rather than little-girl-Bianca] Kendall says Myrtle turned her down. Bianca oh-so-nonchalantly turns magazine pages and says: "Yeah, I heard." Kendall hems and haws and finally manages to ask what it would take for Bianca to help convince Myrtle to let Kendall have a room there. Bianca stares, seeming to enjoy watching Kendall be beholden to her.

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Joe says David is right. Jake sits and tells Joe not to let David do this to him. Joe says he wishes it hadn't happened this way, but it's true -- the job has become too much for him [and Ruth is CONSTANTLY craving sex]. He has to keep pushing himself all the time and Ruth has been all over him about it [told ya ;-)]. Jake tells him to just cut back, then, not step down. Joe says no, it's better for the hospital and better for him this way. Palmer asks him if he's REALLY serious about this. Joe says yes, he's thought long and hard about it. He won't be recommending DAVID as his successor, and he's sorry not to give more notice, but yes, he's resigning, effective immediately. [Well THAT'S not very responsible! You can't give two more weeks? Geez!] David makes a show of putting his papers away and snapping his briefcase shut, saying: "I'll be expecting to hear from the board ASAP. I think it'll be advantageous to everybody concerned if I have a smooth transition of my new administration. Well, ladies and gentlemen, it's been -- it's been a SLICE." He and his perpetually frowning wife depart to the hallway. David grins like a Cheshire cat. Anna runs her hands through her hair and huffs, trying to relax after the ordeal. David holds her face in a hand and says she is looking at the NEW CHIEF OF STAFF!!! She cautiously says it seems that way. [No it doesn't -- who said HE had the job?] She says it's unexpected, but she has to go take care of something. He is so giddy he's practically skipping and wants to celebrate with his new wife. She says she has to take care of some of her OWN business, then leaves. David keeps grinning.

Meanwhile, back in the boardroom, Jake paces, then admonishes the board, saying that if they accept Joe's resignation, he's out of there. [Why are there only 4 board members?] The unidentified man asks if that's a threat. Jake says it's damn WELL a threat and that if David is made Chief of Staff, half the doctors in the hospital will walk out. Palmer asks what else they can do. If Joe leaves is job, then they need someone TONIGHT -- if not Joe, then who? Joe says there IS another choice.

Liza sits in the tiny little waiting cubby and practically rips through the pages of the Proteus issue of Tempo, building up an even bigger head of steam as she glares at the nurse. She finally gets up and stomps over. She pretends to be nice for a nanosecond and apologizes for bugging them but maybe they don't understand who her husband is and that he's a HUGE benefactor of the hospital [isn't SHE the head of Chandler Enterprises, not to mention WRCW?]. Nurse Elizabeth tells her that she knows who she is and is doing everything she can to speed up the labwork. David walks up in time to overhear Elizabeth say that it might help if Liza could tell her what she was drugged with. Liza whines that she doesn't KNOW!! That's why she's THERE, to find OUT! Elizabeth gives a brief smile of acknowledgement, then rushes away from the crazy person. Apparently Elizabeth has merely sneaked behind the nurses' station and come out the other side, because now she's next to David and asks him if things went well in there. David says it was better than he could have hoped for. He asks what's going on with Liza, who is back at the cubbyhole again, constantly jerking her butt-ugly gray jacket in nervous attempts to adjust its fit. Elizabeth tells him about Liza's great tea caper and says she's been driving them all CRAZY. David stares speculatively at Liza. Elizabeth shoots Liza a look of mild contempt. Another nurse walks out of the elevator and says Liza's results are back, and she's CLEAN for drugs. David takes the results from her and says he'll take care of it.

David walks over to Liza and calls her name to get her attention away from jerking on her sleeve some more. She testily says she's getting a test done and doesn't want to start anything with him. He tells her she's clean. She gets up, frowning like Bela Lugosi, and snatches the results from him. He carefully asks if there's anything he can do for her. Liza: "Other than what you've done? I doubt it!" She turns away and picks up her overcoat. He says he's been thinking about her lately and was hoping they could get together for lunch, say early next week. She stares. [They've definitely applied lip makeup to make her mouth look excessively downturned -- unfortunately, it has a slightly clownish effect] David smiles.

SOS

Leo walks over to Greenlee and asks if she's decided to go for a second go-around of the pain game with Daddy-O the second she doesn't have a boyfriend around to protect her. Greenlee crosses her arms and scoffs at the idea of him EVER protecting her in either of the two incarnations of their relationship. Leo crosses his own arms and taunts: "Ohhhh, noooo, I never did ANYTHING to protect you, did I?" She says she went through HELL because his freaking mother tried to KILL her, and the only thing HE did was make her feel like SHE did something wrong! Leo blinks rapidly and taps his foot, saying that's an interesting way to look at it, since she chose JAKE! Greenlee says she didn't CHOOSE Jake -- his psycho mother chose to bury her at SEA with Jake! And after all that, what did Leo do? He dumped her! And now he's going off on her about being with her own FATHER? He's already out PARTYING! Leo shrugs and says: "Well, YOU'RE in love with two people, so ..." Greenlee snaps that they've been broken up all of about 2.5 minutes and he's already out trolling for dates! He denies that that is what he is doing. She asks why, then, is the town pariah at his side? Simone (arms also crossed) says: "HEY!" Leo: "Hey, what about YOU? Your fiance says good-bye, your backup boy takes a hike, and where's the first place you go? Back to the SCREW- UP who made you what you are today! And you say that I'M hung up on MY mother?" Roger gets up from his barstool to intercede. Leo giggles nastily and says: "Oh, you've GOT to be --" Greenlee slaps the SHIT out of him. She made an unbelievable connection with his face, considering she's about two feet shorter than him. Leo grimaces with pain. Simone gasps. Greenlee glares at him. [I call my son into the room so he can watch the impressive slap in replay]

Leo works his tongue in his cheek, then turns around to compose himself. Roger turns to face the other way and let the young'uns work it out for themselves. Simone also steps away. Greenlee steps up behind him and apologizes, but says he shouldn't have said that. Greenlee: "I watched you choose your mother over me, over everyone you cared about, even choose her over yourself. And you did it time and again." Leo says his mother wasn't the problem, at least not all of it. Greenlee: "MOST of it." Greenlee laments: "LOOK at us. We're saying and doing things to each other that we'd NEVER thought we'd say or do!" Leo turns to sit at a table and says they got angry and it got out of control. Greenlee also seats herself and says: "No. You gave Vanessa the benefit of the doubt so many times. And EVERY time she broke your heart and EVERY time you went back for more. But ME? I gave you all the love I had, and you went on to someone else. And that still hurts even though it's not supposed to. I'm supposed to be PAST it." [Huh? She JUST said they've barely been broken up -- in what way is she supposed to be PAST it? It takes ME longer than that to get over being cut off in traffic!] Leo glumly says he knows. She softly says she is NOT past it, and she's got to stop this because it's turning her into someone she doesn't like. If he can't end it, she will. Leo's eyes tear up as he shakes his head and says: "Just like that?" Greenlee: "Not just like that. You're in my system, but I'll burn that off." Leo, eyes brimming, says: "So you are done with me?" Greenlee, also tearing up, says: "I HAVE to be. Please stay away from me, Leo. It's just the one last thing that I ask of you. Help me let you go." Leo nods and blinks back tears. Greenlee wipes away tears, then clops over to Roger to get her coat. She says she'll call him later. They kiss. She stares at Leo's back for a long while, wipes more tears, then leaves. Leo stares at the wall for a while, then turns to look longingly at the door. He looks very lost. [So who paid Roger's bail?]

MYRTLE'S HOUSE

Bianca says she doesn't buy it. Kendall helping Chris is not going to buy any points with Ryan. Kendall makes wry faces, then admits she had a moment of truth. She realized she had to go forth and do good. She jokes that there might have been a little white light involved (indicating with her fingers that the light is due to either a halo or insanity). Bianca smiles and tells her not to believe her own press. She wants people to approve and accept her, just like everyone else. Kendall asks if that's what Bianca wants. Bianca: "All my life." Kendall looks thoughtful, then gets up and walks over to sit next to Bianca on the couch. She asks Bianca: "What was it like? Being in love with someone that you knew Erica would freak out about? You and Frankie must have had a really special relationship." Bianca turns to look more closely at Kendall, who says: "Oh, was that the wrong thing to say?" Bianca says no, it's just that, even if she finds someone willing to talk about her and Frankie, people get weirded out because Frankie died. Kendall shrugs and says she's not real sensitive. They both chuckle. Kendall asks what Frankie was like -- her SISTER seems real tough. Bianca says Frankie WAS tough, all attitude on the outside, but INside, she was-- Kendall: "Mush?" [Bianca: "No, only AFTER orgasms."] Bianca laughs and says yes. Frankie was really gentle and really, REALLY vulnerable -- she's never met anyone who needed to be taken care of as much as Frankie. Kendall assures Bianca that Frankie came to the right place. Bianca: "ME?" Kendall: "Don't YOU believe your own press EITHER." Bianca says she doesn't -- she's just surprised that somebody guessed that she's not poor, helpless, fragile Bianca. [I guessed] Kendall asks if Frankie had guessed. Bianca thinks she was starting to -- she was trying to make her feel safe so that she would open up to her [must---stifle--] Bianca wanted to see if she COULD -- she wanted that a LOT. Kendall says she's sorry she never got that. Bianca thanks her.

Myrtle walks up and harshly asks if Kendall is still there and if she's bothering Bianca. Bianca says no. She wants to talk to Myrtle in private and asks Kendall to stick around. Before going into another room with Bianca, Myrtle glares at Kendall and says: "I forgot to lock up the silver." Kendall sighs. Alone in the room, she wonders if it will work. Erica lets herself in the front door and, startled, stares at Kendall, who stares back with a sinking feeling.

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Anna walks into Chris' room and asks if he has any more feeling in his legs. He laughs at her conversation starter and she ruefully says she's not up for a chat either. She reminds him that he owes her that Chief of Police job. He reminds HER that she wasn't particularly cooperative during his investigation. She says that's because he kept going after David, even though she told him it was ludicrous. They banter about the semantics of her being right in the beginning or later. She says she risked a lot, blah, blah, blah. He tells her that if she keeps this up, he'll have to call the mayor and tell him to pull the plug on the deal. Apparently he spoke to the mayor about ten minutes ago. The mayor is going to call her and ask her to be Chief of Police of Pine Valley. She grins with happiness. He tells her to thank him now, which she does. She promises not to screw it up. She hesitates and asks if he's going to give up on David now. Chris rolls his eyes and head and asks why she keeps DEFENDING that guy. She says she's not going to give up on him anytime soon. Chris wonders why it's always the smart ones that get hooked. She warns him to knock it off. More happy banter ensues as she heads for the door, then leaves. Chris settles back, immediately dropping his happy demeanor. He grabs the phone and dials 3223 [my observation], and tells someone he wants to see him -- NOW. Because it's IMPORTANT, that's why! He hangs up.

Outside the boardroom, Jake broods. Joe walks up and asks how he's doing. Jake says this wasn't exactly how he wanted to see him go into retirement after everything Joe has done and all his accomplishments, all because of a lying, blackmailing--. Joe says it's for the best -- he can get some rest and get his strength back -- and it will make Ruth VERY happy. Jake says Ruth would want him to put up a fight, and he knows it! Joe says to ask her about THIS one and see what she has to say. Joe: "Anyway, nobody lives forever, and I have a lot I want to do. Besides, I haven't given up." Jake nods and asks what if this doesn't work out. Joe assures him that it WILL. Palmer opens the door and tells them that they are ready, and someone ought to get David. Jake sighs heavily and says he'll do it. He walks away.

Meanwhile, Liza, now fiddling with her hair, says: "Soooo, now you want to take me to lunch?" She walks away from him, making sure he necklace is straight. He follows and says he thinks they can do a lot for each other. She says she thinks he's lost his MIND. He asks her to give it a chance -- they might be able to break tradition and actually help one another for a change. Liza suddenly whips around and leans over the counter of the nurses' station and snaps to the busy nurses: "I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT!" She stomps over to the arriving elevator. She turns and glares at David, then musters a miniscule amount of self-control to grit out: "You know, I know this is probably not a possibility, but I would appreciate it if you wouldn't mention the tests that I had done today." David: "I would never breach a patient's confidentiality [ROTFLMAO!] -- ever. So, about lunch -- can I call you?" Liza stares at him, looking like a vision of doom. David rubs his jaw, but can't stop grinning over his assumed new job. Jake walks in looking like he's about to bestow a vision of doom upon David. He abruptly says the board asked him to find him -- they're ready. He turns and leaves. David is STILL grinning, even more so at the opportunity to get to Jake. Anna walks up to David. He kisses her and says she's just in time. Anna: "Oh ... right." They re-enter the boardroom.

LOFT BUILDING

Greenlee walks through the lobby to the elevator and presses the button. When the door opens, she comes face-to-face with Simone. Greenlee sighs in annoyance and says: "The show at SOS wasn't enough for you? You stalking me now?" Simone loftily [no pun intended] informs her that she lives there. Greenlee: "Since when?" Simone: "Today." Leo walks up, panting and carrying yet another box. Greenlee asks what he's doing there. He shrugs, smiles ever so slightly, and says he's moving in with Simone. Greenlee stares and absorbs this new twist.

[Okay, we need to come up with a name for the loft building, considering how much airtime it gets. It's late, and I don't HAVE a suggestion at this point, but we should think on it]

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Dr. Stannart enters Chris' room, having been summoned. Chris says he knows that Erica Kane hired him; therefore, the doctor lied to him about working for the Bureau. Dr. Stannart apologizes. He says he wasn't comfortable doing it, but Ms. Kane insisted. Chris tells him to forget about it -- just don't ever lie to him again. Dr. Stannart gives him his word and they shake on it. Chris whips off the bedsheet and says: "Now, you can tell me how to get the hell out of her on my own two feet!"

MYRTLE'S HOUSE

Erica tells Kendall she came to see Bianca, so she can run along. Kendall gets up and says that if she's going to go around barking orders, she needs to remember to bring her whip and chain. Erica glares at her and informs her that she's already told Chris about Dr. Stannart, just in case Kendall was thinking about stabbing her in the back. Kendall throws up her hand, rolls her eyes, and says: "Whatever!" Bianca re-enters the room and Erica gushes at her. Bianca turns to Kendall. She says that she talked it over with Myrtle and that, if it's okay with Bianca, it's okay with her. She dangles housekeys out to Kendall. Erica tilts her head, pretends to be happily interested and asks what's going on. She dips and brightly smiles. Bianca says Kendall is moving in. She and Kendall look at each other and merrily laugh as Bianca says: "My sister and I are going to live together!" They both turn to Erica and smile. Kendall smirks and tilts her head.

PV HOSPITAL

Anna and David walk in to hear the good news. Palmer says he has an announcement to make. The board has come to a decision. They have accepted Joe's resignation with regret, but with gratitude for all the years of hard work and dedication to this hospital. Palmer: "We are now anticipating the same service, same dedication from ..." Palmer looks up at David and gloats: "His son." David's head whips around and his smile disappears as he looks around the table with unhappy bewilderment. Palmer: "David, won't you help us welcoming Dr. Jake Martin, our new Chief of Staff." Joe looks quite satisfied and turns to look behind him at Jake, who is standing with his arms crossed, looking like Mr. Clean. He levels a take-THAT-and-shove-it-up-your- arrogant-ASS look at David as their eyes meet. David's lower lip is now trying to work it's way off his face.

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In the boardroom, Jake tells David: "The board has requested I hire you back." David steps forward and snorts: "I'M going to work for YOU?"

At Myrtle's Kendall asks Bianca: "Are you using me, Bianca?"

As a disconcerted Opal looks on, Erica sits in Greenlee's office and impersonates her on the phone: "Yes. This is Greenlee Smythe. How may I help you?"

In the loft lobby, Leo leans down to a hurt and confused Greenlee and says: "The old, irresponsible, selfish Leo is BACK!"

Irreverently submitted,