PREVIOUSLY ON AMC
Leo: "You said you love me." Greenlee: "That night on the island, you told me that I was your ideal woman."
Erica: "I don't have any right to cram this party down your throat." Bianca: "Let's go through with it."
Stuart: "I'm almost positive that she's the one that hit me." Marian: "Arlene?"
Tad: "Adam is right next door. You wanted Adam to hear the two of us making love."
[NOTE: I relied more heavily than usual on quotes -- I've worked up to part-time crutches, and it's a little hard on the wrists.]
ERICA'S HOUSE
On the telephone, Leo reiterates to Lt. Frye that Wade Randall is menacing Greenlee. The Lt. will be right over. Leo then calls Erica, who, on Thursday, WAS waiting with Bianca in the bar for a table in the Valley Inn dining room. He asks for Bianca, who informs him they just FINISHED dinner. [Huh? They never got up from the table in the bar!] He asks Bianca to keep Erica away from the house for a while because the police are coming over and he doesn't want to deal with Erica's dramatics just now. She agrees to go along (after being reassured it's no big deal). When Erica questions her about it afterward, Bianca says Leo just wanted to borrow her laptop. Erica jumps up to leave, but Bianca says she just had a craving for a really big, really decadent dessert.
ADAM'S ATTIC
Stuart runs around trying to open windows, but discovers that they are all sealed. Marian says of course they are -- Adam's house is a FORTRESS! Stuart says he wonders sometimes whether Adam is trying to shut people out or lock them in. Marian says there's no one left to lock in -- except Arlene. She can't BELIEVE what Arlene did to Stuart, hitting with her car, lying to him and trying to keep them apart! Stuart frets that Adam is now MARRIED to her -- he is getting agitated, needing to get out so he can talk to Adam. He crouches down trying to open the door.
ROYAL PLAZA
In the hallway, Dixie is crying in David's arms as Arlene (wearing the skimpy baby doll nightie and a short leather coat) tries to sneak out of her room. David calls to her and asks what she's doing there. She asks as to Adam's whereabouts and is pointed toward the lobby. She then notices Dixie is crying and tells her what a tough break it must have been -- Dixie must have heard the floorshow -- you could have heard them all the way down in the lobby! Poor thing -- the wife is always the last to know! Dixie continues to cry [maybe it's because she looks like such a bimbo at the moment, but her crying seemed VERY fake to me; she's usually pretty good about that stuff].
In Liza's room, Tad (looking more like Joe Martin by the hour) accuses Liza of trying to make Adam jealous all along -- that's probably the sole reason she hired him in the first place! She weakly denies it. Tad, however, finally puts 2 and 2 together and realizes that's what all the emergencies and late-night sessions were all about. She says she hired him because she NEEDS him. He says he's giving notice right now because he's tired of being her blow-up monkey-love doll! Liza: "No, I hired you because I have faith in you. We are doing incredible things together!" Tad: "Oh, yeah. We managed to screw up a perfectly good office building. Look, as much as I'd love to hear you tout my prowess, corporate or otherwise, the simple fact is you put me on your payroll because your psychotically possessive husband hates my guts!" Liza (meekly): "Ex-husband." Tad: "Oh, I'm sorry -- that isn't a distinction that seems to mean a whole hell of a lot to you! The only thing that mystifies me is after everything the man has done, after everything you have been through, how you can possibly love him!"
David ushers Dixie into his suite. She wants to leave so she can confront Tad about what's going on. David tells her EVERYONE knows what's going on (David, Dixie, Tad, Liza, Adam -- even Arlene). If she goes to his room right now, she's only going to degrade herself! Dixie wails that he doesn't understand -- Tad PROMISED he would ever do this again -- he PROMISED! David offers to take her home right now.
In Liza's room, Tad tells Liza she can't take her eyes off of Adam and never STOPPED loving him. Liza protests that he practically raped her to get Colby and he's hurt SO many people -- how could she forget that? How could she love him? Tad: "I don't think you can help yourself around Adam. You're like a poster child for the Stockholm Syndrome, you know? You're like this devoted hostage who would never think of trying to escape!" Liza insists Adam has no hold whatsoever on her. Tad scoffs and reminds her of her little "When Harry Met Sally" floorshow. She says she was just trying to have some fun with Adam and his little 90-proof bride. Tad: "You're pathetic! He treats you like a Porta-Potty, you keep coming back for more!" She points out the company takeover, but Tad doesn't buy it. He points out that she fondles and gets generally touchy-feely with Tad whenever Adam is around. Did she really think she was being SUBTLE? She relents and says she doesn't WANT to be subtle -- she can't BELIEVE he married Arlene! Tad says "EXACTLY!" She can't believe that Adam would marry ANYONE but HER. She wants him BACK! He denies it -- she's furious with Adam and she HATES him! Tad: "Maybe. But you also love him. It's like there's this war going on inside that you keep losing over and over and over again. For your own sake, why can't you just admit the truth to yourself?" Liza: "Fine. I'm in love with him. Are you satisfied?"
VALLEY INN BAR
Erica is THRILLED that Bianca wants to eat a calorie-laden dessert and wants a big, heaping chocolate sundae. Erica says it's HER favorite too! [yeah, we can see that by your -1 size]. In a bit of overkill on both sides, Erica orders the big heaping sundae and says to tell the chef to be extra generous with the fudge -- Bianca adds that they want lots of whipped cream and cherries -- Erica suggest they go for nuts, too. Right on cue Hayley and Mateo enter [Hayley makes Erica's size -1 look positively plump] and go over to their table. Hayley is wearing a spaghetti-strapped, light sea-green dress with a dark green and watermelon-colored pattern that kind of looks like hoofprints. The bodice is ruffled. Mateo is wearing a dark orange button-down shirt (Erica is still wearing the sparkley K-Mart top she wore all week). Erica mentions to Bianca that BBMak had played at SOS a few months ago. A light bulb goes off over Bianca's head and she invites them to sit down and tell them all about it (thus prolonging their return home). Bianca wants to know EVERYTHING.
ERICA'S HOUSE
Greenlee clops into the living room again and Leo says he thought she was going to crash in his room. She says that every time she closes her eyes she sees Wade Randall coming at her. He says she needs a nightcap and proceeds to pours brandy for both of them [I'm sure Derek will appreciate the brandy on their breath as they tell their story]. She says she needs a restraining order [I'd venture to say RYAN would like one with HER name on it, as well]. [I notice at this point that there are OPEN French doors leading to the patio. So much for security against mob assassins (not that a French door would stop anything but a French poodle (miniature, not standard))]. He tries to tell Greenlee about calling Derek, but gets tongue-tied and mumbles about feeling responsible for introducing her to Wade. She misunderstands and thinks he's embarrassed about having said he loved her. He says that's not it, but then the doorbell chimes. Why it's Lt. Frye! Derek stiffly reintroduces himself to Greenlee (and any new viewers). Greenlee is stunned that Leo had called the police.
Greenlee pulls Leo aside for a nanosecond of I'm-going-to-get-you-for- this, then confidently strides over to Derek who is looking at a framed photo that he felt compelled to pick up. Greenlee smiles at Derek and asks why he's there. He understands she has info about Wade Randall and he would be VERY interested to know what that info is. She wants to know what makes him think SHE knows anything him. He says Leo tells him Wade has been harassing her. She turns to Leo and chides him for involving Lt. Frye in one of his pranks. Leo tells her to knock it off -- she needs police protection! Derek says that if he's been insinuating himself into her life, she's going to need their help -- people who get involved with Wade usually regret it, especially if there is money involved. She says she hardly knows Wade. Leo: "Give it a rest, Greenlee. Wade Randall is not going away. I don't know what I would do if anything happened to you, so please just talk to the lieutenant!"
ADAM'S ATTIC
[Marian's nipples are once again standing at attention -- since this has been going on for a week now (albeit in the same yellow suit), I suspect the use of prosthetic nipples. I don't think I've ever used the word "nipples" so much in the space of one week.] Stuart gives up trying to get out the door. Marian says they'll probably just have to stay there until tomorrow when a member of the staff can get them out of there. He's frustrated, but Marian suggests they make good use of their time and sits on the floor near the quilt, which is now surrounded by a myriad of pillows. He grins and says they won't have any trouble staying warm. "Or cozy," adds Marian as they kiss and lower themselves to the floor.
ROYAL PLAZA
In David's room, as he tries to stop Dixie, she pulls away and says she's not going home or anywhere else. He notices that she's hyperventilating and says she should let him give her something for that [wocka, wocka, wocka]. She gets more and more worked up as she tries to get away from him to confront Tad. She breathlessly tells him that her marriage is on the line and if Tad is going to throw away HER life, then she has to know why. She breaks away and heads toward the door. Just before she reaches it a muffled shout causes her to stop and turn in the direction of the wall on our left (note that David was near the wall on our right).
In Liza's room, Liza has given up any pretense of hating Adam. She is now berating herself for being braindead. Tad suggests her brain has nothing to do with it. She's ashamed of acting like a porn queen and using Tad, her FRIEND, just to make Adam jealous. Tad tells her that now is not the time to be hard on herself. [When WOULD be a good time?] She says she's as bad as Arlene! He says no, but she's kind of getting close. She rues not being able to learn her lesson -- she's doomed to a lifetime of loving Adam. Tad: "Face it, baby, you're just a helpless romantic with incredibly bad taste." He pulls her into a comforting hug as she sniffles and clutches him. The door opens [because the Royal Plaza hotel rooms (in the middle of Manhattan] don't HAVE locks] and Dixie rushes in with David on her heels [what was with the muffled shout about then?] Tad's back is to Dixie and Liza breaks away and sadly tells Dixie it's not what she thinks. Tad's eyes get REALLY BIG as he whips around to see Dixie gaping at him with hurt, self-righteous disbelief.
Tad asks what she's doing there with David and she says the more important question is what is HE doing there? He says she knew he was on a business trip and she wants to know if the "business" including making out with Liza. Tad is stunned that she would think that and Liza steps around him earnestly telling Dixie it was HER (Liza's) fault -- she did something REALLY stupid earlier. Dixie cuts her off and doesn't want to hear anything Liza has to say; she just wants to talk to her HUSBAND. David suggests that he and Liza go take a walk and leave the MARRIED COUPLE to talk. Dixie, looking every bit the toe- tapping, arm-crossing, narrow-eyed, lip-biting wronged wife (the only thing missing was a rolling pin), turns to Tad and tells him that she's waiting -- and it had BETTER be GOOD!
VALLEY INN BAR
The camera pans back from a disgusting sundae that probably contains about 20,000 calories. The whipped cream is melting and dripping all over the table as Erica takes teeny-tiny bites of the whipped cream while she waits for Bianca, Hayley and Mateo to finish discussing music and artists that have played at SOS, and whatever else it is that young people talk about these days. She's getting antsy to leave, but presses her lips together and forces herself sit tight. When she can finally get a word in edgewise, she gushes that she's happy that Bianca is finally having some positive feelings about the idea of a party. Bianca excuses herself to go to the ladies room [hmmmm, huge (but mostly untouched) sundae followed by a trip to the ladies room -- bulemia alert?] Erica takes the opportunity to confide to H&M that she's arranged for O-Town from ABC's "The Making of the Band" TV show to play at the party [are Goofy and Mickey going to be there, too?] She further confides that after the first song, one of the boys from the band, Ashley Angel, is going to go over to ask Bianca to dance, all alone, just the two of them with a spotlight on them -- all the other girls will be GREEN with jealousy (clearly a situation in which the teenage Erica would have REVELED)! Hayley wonders if that's a good idea. Girls that age can be uncomfortable with themselves, and Bianca's really shy. Erica blissfully insists that when Ashley asks her to dance, the only think on Bianca's mind will be going into his arms. Hayley and Mateo give each other smugly superior looks and Erica determinedly looks down at the sundae she picks at, pushing away any thought of the party being anything but perfect in every way.
ERICA'S HOUSE
Leo tells Greenlee to tell Derek the truth. She remains silent and he YELLS at her to tell Derek about how Wade is harrassing her. Greenlee hears Wade's voice and what he said at the bar: "I heard you and Du Pres unravel your little scheme. Poor little rich girl. I will make you sorry. And how much you hurt -- that'll be up to me." She gulps and turns back to Derek, telling him that the PVPD would be the first place she'd turn to if she ever needed help. Derek tells her to cut the flattery and just tell him the facts -- has Wade Randall been harassing her? Greenlee says no. Leo jumps in and tells her not to do that. She waves him off and tells Derek that Leo dragged him over there for nothing. Derek gets fed up and starts in with his patented "I don't know what kind of game you two are playing and I don't appreciate you wasting my time" speech. Leo pleads with him to stay -- it's NOT a joke -- Greenlee is in REAL danger! Behind Leo's back, Greenlee shrugs at Derek and throws up her hands to indicate that Leo is insane. Derek asks Leo what's up with him -- first Paolo Caselli and now this -- does he have a death wish? Leo earnestly tells him to talk to GREENLEE, not him. Derek walks back to Greenlee and tells her he's only going to say this once and then he'll go: Mr. Randell's 'business associates' tend to develop medical problems. "So far, Wade Randall has avoided prosecution because he is exceedingly clever and ruthless. You're no match for him, either of you. So if he has somehow ensnared you in one of his money-laundering schemes, you'd better tell me because I can promise you it won't be a happy ending." Greenlee insists she has nothing to tell. Leo shakes his head in futility. Derek doesn't believe her, but has no recourse. Leo glumly says he'll keep an eye on her. Now it's Derek's turn to shake his head, obviously thinking it's a case of a pea-shooter against a cannon. Derek turns and walks out as Greenlee continues to smile at him.
Greenlee's smile drops when the door closes and she shoves Leo, calling him a jerk. When Wade finds out she went to the police, the FIRST person he's going to go to is her grandfather! Leo is beside himself and is positively spitting with frustration: "LISTEN TO ME! You cannot hold Wade Randall off by yourself! She says the alternative is to tell Derek that she's implicated in a $3M embezzlement scheme -- that's a felony! He says he'd rather see her go to jail than to get hurt by that creep! She takes a pass on both options. He asks what she's going to do and she tries to think out loud: "I can't go home because that's the first place Wade's going to go to, and he's way too sophisticated. He can track my credit card, so I can't go to a hotel. Oh, god, and I can't run because he's going to rough up my grandfather!" Leo says it's settled, then -- she's staying there (at Erica's house). [So now he's going to involve Erica and Bianca and it will LOOK like Greenlee has run, so Woody might get roughed up, anyway] Leo: "Greenlee, I can't let anything happen to you. I can't let anything hurt you or our friendship, ok?" Greenlee: "Our friendship means a lot to me, too." They look meaningfully at each other -- Leo bends his head down and she cranks her neck back as their lips move closer and -- CUT TO COMMERCIAL ...
Amazingly enough, they actually ARE kissing after the commercial break! Well, it's more like they are devouring each other. A car pulls up in the driveway and Leo rushes over to the window [the better to be sighted in a rifle scope, methinks] and shows us his adorable tushie as he leans forward. He announces that it's Erica (apparently Erica doesn't have a garage). They remember the last time Erica found them there together when they were alone in the house and they start to panic. Greenlee grabs her purse and runs to find a hiding place.
Erica and Bianca enter and Leo tries to be nonchalant and his usual casual self, but he's trying too hard, is a little out of breath and his face shows that he's quite tense. Erica gives him a shrewd look and notices the 2 wineglasses. She asks if he's been entertaining and he asks what would make her say that. She bends down and plucks an earring off the carpet. Erica: "Here's a clue -- an earring. It's not mine. It's not Bianca's. I'd be very surprised if it belonged to you. Let me see -- hmmm, who could this belong to? Well, my first guess is Greenlee Smythe (Greenlee, standing behind a screen, looks worried). Yes, that's my final answer, too, because it looks like Greenlee -- cheap and a little bit tacky." Greenlee starts to enter the room behind Erica, giving her an "EXCUSE ME?" look. Erica: "You know something, Leo? I would be so angry at you if I thought that you snuck her back in here again when I was out." Greenlee comically sidles back behind the screen. Erica: "I mean, what kind of a message would that be to send my daughter, Leo? And Greenlee obviously doesn't care. I mean, Greenlee is shallow and self-centered, and she'd obviously chase anything in pants!" Greenlee gasps quietly and starts to take a step, but holds her position. Leo: "I can see why that would really offend you, Erica." Erica: "You should really be more discriminating about the company you keep." Leo: "You know, you're the second person who's told me that today." Erica: "Look the point is, as you well know, you are not allowed to entertain any women in my home. Capisce?" Bianca sighs in mortification and sneaks a look at Leo. Erica suggests she and Bianca turn in because they have a big day tomorrow. Bianca says she'll be up in a minute. Erica stops at the bottom of the stairs, to yell out: "Oh, Greenlee? I'm leaving your earring on the table. Don't forget to pick it up on your way out!" Bianca looks like she wants to sink through the floor. Greenlee tries to compose herself, trying to sort her feelings of fear, anger at being insulted, the knowledge that Erica was pretty much right, and despair at her overall situation.
VALLEY INN BAR
Arlene, still wearing her baby doll nightie and a short leather coat, frantically rushes into the bar and over to H&M's table (someone at SOS told her they would be there). Hayley asks if it's raining outside :-) Arlene is startled from her mission for a moment, but then desperately asks if they've seen Adam. Mateo asks her if something is wrong. Arlene sputters a while, then mutters that they had a tiff and have to work something out. She won't tell them what it is, though, and Mateo says she's on her own, then. They continue to eat. Arlene says fine, she can't stand there flapping her gums. She rushes to the door, but runs into Frank walking in -- he's happy to see her. [I don't think this is the same Frank -- he looks a little younger] He says he did his part to sabotage the Col-Mar Tower and now it's her turn. She coquettishly says he'll get his money soon enough. He says that's fine, but at present he has services she can render right now in mind. She says she wouldn't mind settling up right now and opens her coat to reveal her nightie. She moves in close and tells him he'll have to take a raincheck, then she am-scrays. Frank looks startled and more than a little turned on. Hayley watches in genuine disbelief: "That was WEIRD". Mateo, still shoveling down the chow: "Well, nobody does weird like your mother."
ROYAL PLAZA
In the hallway, David asks if Liza is happy now that Dixie is devastated. She tells him to put a sock in it -- she doesn't need any moral lectures from HIM! He says she is breaking up Tad and Dixie's marriage and she says he should stick to medicine because he doesn't know anything about feelings. Nothing is happening to their marriage -- Tad is very much in love with Dixie. David asks if that's why Tad was unfaithful. She says Tad didn't do anything to her -- he wouldn't have even if she'd WANTED him to. He says Adam seems to think otherwise -- he ran out of there like a scalded dog, with Arlene at his heels. Liza: "Mmmm." She walks away as David smirks.
In Liza's room, Tad tries to get Dixie to believe him: "Baby, no, no, no. TRUST me! Look, whatever you think you thought you saw, there was nothing to see. I promise you -- I mean, I know that I haven't got a very good track record in this respect, ok? But I'm not the same man I was a few years back. I've changed, ok? I've changed because of you. You are the love of my life, and I would never, EVER in a million years do anything to hurt you like that ever again with ANY woman, much less LIZA. Sweetheart, you walked in on an innocent hug. You got to believe me!" Dixie, her voice shaking, says she HEARD him accusing Liza of wanting Adam to hear the two of them making love. He explains that it WAS what Liza wanted -- she found out he and Arlene were in the next room and she wanted to make Adam jealous. Dixie: "Why?" Tad rolls his eyes at Liza's pathetic addiction to Adam: "Because she's still in love with him." Dixie gives an 'I-can't-BELIEVE-that-she-would-STILL-love-him--is-she-INSANE?' look. Tad: "I know, I know, honey. I swear, I thought the same thing. But that's why she was up here a while back trying to make it sound like we were tearing the old headboard off the wall, you know what I'm saying?" Dixie: "And you went ALONG with it?" Tad says of course not! He wasn't even in the ROOM at the time, and he reamed her out for trying to use him like that! [I thought this was an interesting choice of words, all things considered :-)] And just where WAS he during this alleged incident? Tad: "I was downstairs in the lobby. And then I -- you know, I came back in and I found Liza sort of, you know, auditioning for a part in a porno movie." He walks over and shakes the headboard for emphasis. He promises Dixie on everything that matters to him that that was EXACTLY what happened. Dixie relents a little and says it must have worked because Adam walked out angrier than she's ever seen him. Tad says it's not because of anything HE did -- look at him -- his clothes are on, the bed is made -- well, okay the bed is a little funky, but that's because of Liza's gymnastics :-) Tad looks deeply into Dixie's eyes and says: "After everything we've been through together, it would kill me if I knew you thought I'd been unfaithful." Dixie looks torn about believing him.
Dixie thinks about it a little bit, then turns and says [in an ASTOUNDING move for AMC]: "I believe you." He's relieved and wants to make sure. She says: "You'd have to be pretty stupid to make up a story like that." He tells her he loves her and they kiss. Dixie says she just hates it that Liza is doing this sort of scenario -- it just doesn't make SENSE! Tad: "Not to mention it's immature and incredibly, incredibly desperate. You got to give her high marks for enthusiasm, though." She tells Tad this is NOT funny -- this is a very degrading situation that Liza has created for herself. She can't understand how Liza could STILL love Adam! She really HATES it that Liza is pulling them both into her ridiculously insane orbit [amen]! She doesn't want any misunderstanding between her and Tad, and she is sick of Liza creating them! Tad promises that it will never, EVER happen again. On the bright side, there were some fringe benefits. Dixie: "Huh?" He points out the REALLY nice hotel room and the incredible view that shouldn't be wasted; he nuzzles and kisses her some more. She giggles [HEY! Neither one of them is looking out the window at the incredible view! I guess it IS being wasted ;-)] Tad breaks off and asks what Hayward was doing there. She says he had a medical convention and she tagged along to surprise Tad. She asks for a minute and runs out. Tad sits on the arm of the couch and heaves a silent, but melodramatic sigh of relief at having dodged such a major bullet.
Dixie walks over to David, who has been sitting in a chair outside the room, and apologizes to him for leaving him sitting there. She stops suddenly and suspiciously inquires as to Liza's whereabouts. He says she left. Dixie explains that the whole thing was a RIDICULOUS misunderstanding, so she's going to stay and she'll see him back in PV. He keeps asking if she's all right and she assures him that she is. She goes back into the room and hugs and kisses Tad while David watches from the open doorway. [Why do they even bother to PUT doors on the rooms?]
ERICA'S HOUSE
Greenlee comesout of hiding and picks up her earring as Leo tells Bianca that it is CRUCIAL that she help him hide Greenlee for a few days. Bianca thinks that's a pretty tall order -- he heard her mother! They can't hide Greenlee indefinitely! What about the police? Leo said they came and went and couldn't help. Bianca says it would have to be part of the house her mother NEVER goes to -- the laundry room! [Millions of AMC fans flash back to Erica, dressed in a frilly blouse and Phantom of the Opera mask, filing her nails and standing in the laundry room over David, whom she had adroitly knocked out with her hand mirror and dumped down the laundry chute, then chained him to some kind of vintage carpenter tool/torture device.] Greenlee is aghast at the idea: "What, you want me to stretch out on the tile and cuddle up to a box of fabric softener or something?" Bianca says that's the ONLY place she won't be discovered [Bianca seems inordinately happy at the thought of Greenlee cooped up in the laundry room :-)] Leo delightedly says: "We'll take it!" Bianca: "Okay! Well, Leo (she tosses a couch pillow at Greenlee), would you please show Greenlee to her quarters? Oh, and Greenlee, if you get cold during the night, just turn on the dryer. It'll warm you right up. Sweet dreams." BWAHAHAHAA!!! Greenlee just stares at her. Leo beckons and she follows, looking back in bewilderment at the grinning Bianca, who gives a decidedly Erica- esque toss of her head.
VALLEY INN BAR
Frank sits at the bar drinking; Hayley looks like she thinks she may be hallucinating as she says: "Did you see Arlene FLASH that guy?" Mateo: "Yeah, unfortunately, I did." He looks like he has indigestion and tries to dislodge food from his teeth. Hayley works up some steam and demands to know why Arlene would do something like that when she's finally snagged the rich husband she's always wanted -- why would she then have an affair right under his nose?" Mateo: "Oh, come on, Hayley. You know your mom. She can resist anything but temptation." Hayley insists Arlene is up to something and she's going to find out exactly what it is. They both stare at Frank.
ADAM'S ATTIC
Stuart is moodily staring off into space and Marian shakes him out of his reverie. She just got him back and it frightens her to see him looking far away like that. He was just thinking about Adam -- Marian had told him that Adam's life is so empty now. Stuart says it's all his fault. Marian assures him that that is not the case, but Stuart insists. He says it all started when he told Adam he wasn't his brother any more. Marian says it was because Adam was trying to destroy their marriage and Marian says it was unforgivable. Stuart doesn't think anything is unforgivable: "You know what I was thinking when I was walking along the road just before Arlene hit me with the car? I was thinking that Adam did that because he was trying to help me." He says Adam was trying to protect him. When Adam gets an idea in his head, anything that gets in his way is broken. It's backward thinking, but it's true. All their lives Adam has been the one trying to protect him when it should really be HIM protecting ADAM! She says he's right because when Adam lost him, he pushed away everyone who ever loved or cared about him. Stuart sniffles and says he has to get out of there -- he has to find Adam and tell him that it's okay.
COL-MAR TOWER CONSTRUCTION SITE
Adam wanders in holding a paper bag with a bottle in it. He toasts the Col-Mar Towers and takes a generous swig from the bottle. He wanders around and stops next to a box with what looks like a black blanket on top of it. It's next to a spool of cabling and a bag of who-knows-what [potting soil? fertilizer? black cement? It appears to be something having to do with building the roof ledge] He flashes back to Liza squeezing Tad's leg at the PV bar, them hugging in Liza's office and her staring right back at Adam, then hearing Liza's loud, bed-rocking performance in the hotel room. Adam, who is quite stubbly by now, whips his head around and looks the place over with a different eye. He looks up and yells that he SWEARS he will bring down Col-Mar Tower -- and Liza and Tad WITH IT!!!! He slams the bottle down, grabs a handy crowbar and starts hitting everything in sight with it. [He must be VERY strong, because he managed to make a large cement pillar move :-)] He continues to ineffectually smack at things with the crowbar. Then he spies a large circuit panel. He starts whacking at it, resulting in the standard issue fiery circuit panels.
On the next AMC:
At Wildwind (the living room or the mausoleum -- it's hard to tell the difference) Edmund asks Alex (who is standing next to Dimitri): "Can I see you for a minute alone, Alex?"
Adam to Arlene at the foot of the living room stairs: "If you need me, I'll be in the attic getting the biggest suitcase I can find!" Arlene: "No, no, no, you can't!"
Liza walks calmly onto the Col-Mar Tower site calling out: "Adam, are you here? What are you up to?"
Irreverently submitted,
Robin "does anyone EVER scream 'YES!! YES!! YES!! about 50 times in the space of 40 seconds while making love? That would take ENTIRELY too much concentration" Coutellier
Leo: "You said you love me." Greenlee: "That night on the island, you told me that I was your ideal woman."
Erica: "I don't have any right to cram this party down your throat." Bianca: "Let's go through with it."
Stuart: "I'm almost positive that she's the one that hit me." Marian: "Arlene?"
Tad: "Adam is right next door. You wanted Adam to hear the two of us making love."
[NOTE: I relied more heavily than usual on quotes -- I've worked up to part-time crutches, and it's a little hard on the wrists.]
ERICA'S HOUSE
On the telephone, Leo reiterates to Lt. Frye that Wade Randall is menacing Greenlee. The Lt. will be right over. Leo then calls Erica, who, on Thursday, WAS waiting with Bianca in the bar for a table in the Valley Inn dining room. He asks for Bianca, who informs him they just FINISHED dinner. [Huh? They never got up from the table in the bar!] He asks Bianca to keep Erica away from the house for a while because the police are coming over and he doesn't want to deal with Erica's dramatics just now. She agrees to go along (after being reassured it's no big deal). When Erica questions her about it afterward, Bianca says Leo just wanted to borrow her laptop. Erica jumps up to leave, but Bianca says she just had a craving for a really big, really decadent dessert.
ADAM'S ATTIC
Stuart runs around trying to open windows, but discovers that they are all sealed. Marian says of course they are -- Adam's house is a FORTRESS! Stuart says he wonders sometimes whether Adam is trying to shut people out or lock them in. Marian says there's no one left to lock in -- except Arlene. She can't BELIEVE what Arlene did to Stuart, hitting with her car, lying to him and trying to keep them apart! Stuart frets that Adam is now MARRIED to her -- he is getting agitated, needing to get out so he can talk to Adam. He crouches down trying to open the door.
ROYAL PLAZA
In the hallway, Dixie is crying in David's arms as Arlene (wearing the skimpy baby doll nightie and a short leather coat) tries to sneak out of her room. David calls to her and asks what she's doing there. She asks as to Adam's whereabouts and is pointed toward the lobby. She then notices Dixie is crying and tells her what a tough break it must have been -- Dixie must have heard the floorshow -- you could have heard them all the way down in the lobby! Poor thing -- the wife is always the last to know! Dixie continues to cry [maybe it's because she looks like such a bimbo at the moment, but her crying seemed VERY fake to me; she's usually pretty good about that stuff].
In Liza's room, Tad (looking more like Joe Martin by the hour) accuses Liza of trying to make Adam jealous all along -- that's probably the sole reason she hired him in the first place! She weakly denies it. Tad, however, finally puts 2 and 2 together and realizes that's what all the emergencies and late-night sessions were all about. She says she hired him because she NEEDS him. He says he's giving notice right now because he's tired of being her blow-up monkey-love doll! Liza: "No, I hired you because I have faith in you. We are doing incredible things together!" Tad: "Oh, yeah. We managed to screw up a perfectly good office building. Look, as much as I'd love to hear you tout my prowess, corporate or otherwise, the simple fact is you put me on your payroll because your psychotically possessive husband hates my guts!" Liza (meekly): "Ex-husband." Tad: "Oh, I'm sorry -- that isn't a distinction that seems to mean a whole hell of a lot to you! The only thing that mystifies me is after everything the man has done, after everything you have been through, how you can possibly love him!"
David ushers Dixie into his suite. She wants to leave so she can confront Tad about what's going on. David tells her EVERYONE knows what's going on (David, Dixie, Tad, Liza, Adam -- even Arlene). If she goes to his room right now, she's only going to degrade herself! Dixie wails that he doesn't understand -- Tad PROMISED he would ever do this again -- he PROMISED! David offers to take her home right now.
In Liza's room, Tad tells Liza she can't take her eyes off of Adam and never STOPPED loving him. Liza protests that he practically raped her to get Colby and he's hurt SO many people -- how could she forget that? How could she love him? Tad: "I don't think you can help yourself around Adam. You're like a poster child for the Stockholm Syndrome, you know? You're like this devoted hostage who would never think of trying to escape!" Liza insists Adam has no hold whatsoever on her. Tad scoffs and reminds her of her little "When Harry Met Sally" floorshow. She says she was just trying to have some fun with Adam and his little 90-proof bride. Tad: "You're pathetic! He treats you like a Porta-Potty, you keep coming back for more!" She points out the company takeover, but Tad doesn't buy it. He points out that she fondles and gets generally touchy-feely with Tad whenever Adam is around. Did she really think she was being SUBTLE? She relents and says she doesn't WANT to be subtle -- she can't BELIEVE he married Arlene! Tad says "EXACTLY!" She can't believe that Adam would marry ANYONE but HER. She wants him BACK! He denies it -- she's furious with Adam and she HATES him! Tad: "Maybe. But you also love him. It's like there's this war going on inside that you keep losing over and over and over again. For your own sake, why can't you just admit the truth to yourself?" Liza: "Fine. I'm in love with him. Are you satisfied?"
VALLEY INN BAR
Erica is THRILLED that Bianca wants to eat a calorie-laden dessert and wants a big, heaping chocolate sundae. Erica says it's HER favorite too! [yeah, we can see that by your -1 size]. In a bit of overkill on both sides, Erica orders the big heaping sundae and says to tell the chef to be extra generous with the fudge -- Bianca adds that they want lots of whipped cream and cherries -- Erica suggest they go for nuts, too. Right on cue Hayley and Mateo enter [Hayley makes Erica's size -1 look positively plump] and go over to their table. Hayley is wearing a spaghetti-strapped, light sea-green dress with a dark green and watermelon-colored pattern that kind of looks like hoofprints. The bodice is ruffled. Mateo is wearing a dark orange button-down shirt (Erica is still wearing the sparkley K-Mart top she wore all week). Erica mentions to Bianca that BBMak had played at SOS a few months ago. A light bulb goes off over Bianca's head and she invites them to sit down and tell them all about it (thus prolonging their return home). Bianca wants to know EVERYTHING.
ERICA'S HOUSE
Greenlee clops into the living room again and Leo says he thought she was going to crash in his room. She says that every time she closes her eyes she sees Wade Randall coming at her. He says she needs a nightcap and proceeds to pours brandy for both of them [I'm sure Derek will appreciate the brandy on their breath as they tell their story]. She says she needs a restraining order [I'd venture to say RYAN would like one with HER name on it, as well]. [I notice at this point that there are OPEN French doors leading to the patio. So much for security against mob assassins (not that a French door would stop anything but a French poodle (miniature, not standard))]. He tries to tell Greenlee about calling Derek, but gets tongue-tied and mumbles about feeling responsible for introducing her to Wade. She misunderstands and thinks he's embarrassed about having said he loved her. He says that's not it, but then the doorbell chimes. Why it's Lt. Frye! Derek stiffly reintroduces himself to Greenlee (and any new viewers). Greenlee is stunned that Leo had called the police.
Greenlee pulls Leo aside for a nanosecond of I'm-going-to-get-you-for- this, then confidently strides over to Derek who is looking at a framed photo that he felt compelled to pick up. Greenlee smiles at Derek and asks why he's there. He understands she has info about Wade Randall and he would be VERY interested to know what that info is. She wants to know what makes him think SHE knows anything him. He says Leo tells him Wade has been harassing her. She turns to Leo and chides him for involving Lt. Frye in one of his pranks. Leo tells her to knock it off -- she needs police protection! Derek says that if he's been insinuating himself into her life, she's going to need their help -- people who get involved with Wade usually regret it, especially if there is money involved. She says she hardly knows Wade. Leo: "Give it a rest, Greenlee. Wade Randall is not going away. I don't know what I would do if anything happened to you, so please just talk to the lieutenant!"
ADAM'S ATTIC
[Marian's nipples are once again standing at attention -- since this has been going on for a week now (albeit in the same yellow suit), I suspect the use of prosthetic nipples. I don't think I've ever used the word "nipples" so much in the space of one week.] Stuart gives up trying to get out the door. Marian says they'll probably just have to stay there until tomorrow when a member of the staff can get them out of there. He's frustrated, but Marian suggests they make good use of their time and sits on the floor near the quilt, which is now surrounded by a myriad of pillows. He grins and says they won't have any trouble staying warm. "Or cozy," adds Marian as they kiss and lower themselves to the floor.
ROYAL PLAZA
In David's room, as he tries to stop Dixie, she pulls away and says she's not going home or anywhere else. He notices that she's hyperventilating and says she should let him give her something for that [wocka, wocka, wocka]. She gets more and more worked up as she tries to get away from him to confront Tad. She breathlessly tells him that her marriage is on the line and if Tad is going to throw away HER life, then she has to know why. She breaks away and heads toward the door. Just before she reaches it a muffled shout causes her to stop and turn in the direction of the wall on our left (note that David was near the wall on our right).
In Liza's room, Liza has given up any pretense of hating Adam. She is now berating herself for being braindead. Tad suggests her brain has nothing to do with it. She's ashamed of acting like a porn queen and using Tad, her FRIEND, just to make Adam jealous. Tad tells her that now is not the time to be hard on herself. [When WOULD be a good time?] She says she's as bad as Arlene! He says no, but she's kind of getting close. She rues not being able to learn her lesson -- she's doomed to a lifetime of loving Adam. Tad: "Face it, baby, you're just a helpless romantic with incredibly bad taste." He pulls her into a comforting hug as she sniffles and clutches him. The door opens [because the Royal Plaza hotel rooms (in the middle of Manhattan] don't HAVE locks] and Dixie rushes in with David on her heels [what was with the muffled shout about then?] Tad's back is to Dixie and Liza breaks away and sadly tells Dixie it's not what she thinks. Tad's eyes get REALLY BIG as he whips around to see Dixie gaping at him with hurt, self-righteous disbelief.
Tad asks what she's doing there with David and she says the more important question is what is HE doing there? He says she knew he was on a business trip and she wants to know if the "business" including making out with Liza. Tad is stunned that she would think that and Liza steps around him earnestly telling Dixie it was HER (Liza's) fault -- she did something REALLY stupid earlier. Dixie cuts her off and doesn't want to hear anything Liza has to say; she just wants to talk to her HUSBAND. David suggests that he and Liza go take a walk and leave the MARRIED COUPLE to talk. Dixie, looking every bit the toe- tapping, arm-crossing, narrow-eyed, lip-biting wronged wife (the only thing missing was a rolling pin), turns to Tad and tells him that she's waiting -- and it had BETTER be GOOD!
VALLEY INN BAR
The camera pans back from a disgusting sundae that probably contains about 20,000 calories. The whipped cream is melting and dripping all over the table as Erica takes teeny-tiny bites of the whipped cream while she waits for Bianca, Hayley and Mateo to finish discussing music and artists that have played at SOS, and whatever else it is that young people talk about these days. She's getting antsy to leave, but presses her lips together and forces herself sit tight. When she can finally get a word in edgewise, she gushes that she's happy that Bianca is finally having some positive feelings about the idea of a party. Bianca excuses herself to go to the ladies room [hmmmm, huge (but mostly untouched) sundae followed by a trip to the ladies room -- bulemia alert?] Erica takes the opportunity to confide to H&M that she's arranged for O-Town from ABC's "The Making of the Band" TV show to play at the party [are Goofy and Mickey going to be there, too?] She further confides that after the first song, one of the boys from the band, Ashley Angel, is going to go over to ask Bianca to dance, all alone, just the two of them with a spotlight on them -- all the other girls will be GREEN with jealousy (clearly a situation in which the teenage Erica would have REVELED)! Hayley wonders if that's a good idea. Girls that age can be uncomfortable with themselves, and Bianca's really shy. Erica blissfully insists that when Ashley asks her to dance, the only think on Bianca's mind will be going into his arms. Hayley and Mateo give each other smugly superior looks and Erica determinedly looks down at the sundae she picks at, pushing away any thought of the party being anything but perfect in every way.
ERICA'S HOUSE
Leo tells Greenlee to tell Derek the truth. She remains silent and he YELLS at her to tell Derek about how Wade is harrassing her. Greenlee hears Wade's voice and what he said at the bar: "I heard you and Du Pres unravel your little scheme. Poor little rich girl. I will make you sorry. And how much you hurt -- that'll be up to me." She gulps and turns back to Derek, telling him that the PVPD would be the first place she'd turn to if she ever needed help. Derek tells her to cut the flattery and just tell him the facts -- has Wade Randall been harassing her? Greenlee says no. Leo jumps in and tells her not to do that. She waves him off and tells Derek that Leo dragged him over there for nothing. Derek gets fed up and starts in with his patented "I don't know what kind of game you two are playing and I don't appreciate you wasting my time" speech. Leo pleads with him to stay -- it's NOT a joke -- Greenlee is in REAL danger! Behind Leo's back, Greenlee shrugs at Derek and throws up her hands to indicate that Leo is insane. Derek asks Leo what's up with him -- first Paolo Caselli and now this -- does he have a death wish? Leo earnestly tells him to talk to GREENLEE, not him. Derek walks back to Greenlee and tells her he's only going to say this once and then he'll go: Mr. Randell's 'business associates' tend to develop medical problems. "So far, Wade Randall has avoided prosecution because he is exceedingly clever and ruthless. You're no match for him, either of you. So if he has somehow ensnared you in one of his money-laundering schemes, you'd better tell me because I can promise you it won't be a happy ending." Greenlee insists she has nothing to tell. Leo shakes his head in futility. Derek doesn't believe her, but has no recourse. Leo glumly says he'll keep an eye on her. Now it's Derek's turn to shake his head, obviously thinking it's a case of a pea-shooter against a cannon. Derek turns and walks out as Greenlee continues to smile at him.
Greenlee's smile drops when the door closes and she shoves Leo, calling him a jerk. When Wade finds out she went to the police, the FIRST person he's going to go to is her grandfather! Leo is beside himself and is positively spitting with frustration: "LISTEN TO ME! You cannot hold Wade Randall off by yourself! She says the alternative is to tell Derek that she's implicated in a $3M embezzlement scheme -- that's a felony! He says he'd rather see her go to jail than to get hurt by that creep! She takes a pass on both options. He asks what she's going to do and she tries to think out loud: "I can't go home because that's the first place Wade's going to go to, and he's way too sophisticated. He can track my credit card, so I can't go to a hotel. Oh, god, and I can't run because he's going to rough up my grandfather!" Leo says it's settled, then -- she's staying there (at Erica's house). [So now he's going to involve Erica and Bianca and it will LOOK like Greenlee has run, so Woody might get roughed up, anyway] Leo: "Greenlee, I can't let anything happen to you. I can't let anything hurt you or our friendship, ok?" Greenlee: "Our friendship means a lot to me, too." They look meaningfully at each other -- Leo bends his head down and she cranks her neck back as their lips move closer and -- CUT TO COMMERCIAL ...
Amazingly enough, they actually ARE kissing after the commercial break! Well, it's more like they are devouring each other. A car pulls up in the driveway and Leo rushes over to the window [the better to be sighted in a rifle scope, methinks] and shows us his adorable tushie as he leans forward. He announces that it's Erica (apparently Erica doesn't have a garage). They remember the last time Erica found them there together when they were alone in the house and they start to panic. Greenlee grabs her purse and runs to find a hiding place.
Erica and Bianca enter and Leo tries to be nonchalant and his usual casual self, but he's trying too hard, is a little out of breath and his face shows that he's quite tense. Erica gives him a shrewd look and notices the 2 wineglasses. She asks if he's been entertaining and he asks what would make her say that. She bends down and plucks an earring off the carpet. Erica: "Here's a clue -- an earring. It's not mine. It's not Bianca's. I'd be very surprised if it belonged to you. Let me see -- hmmm, who could this belong to? Well, my first guess is Greenlee Smythe (Greenlee, standing behind a screen, looks worried). Yes, that's my final answer, too, because it looks like Greenlee -- cheap and a little bit tacky." Greenlee starts to enter the room behind Erica, giving her an "EXCUSE ME?" look. Erica: "You know something, Leo? I would be so angry at you if I thought that you snuck her back in here again when I was out." Greenlee comically sidles back behind the screen. Erica: "I mean, what kind of a message would that be to send my daughter, Leo? And Greenlee obviously doesn't care. I mean, Greenlee is shallow and self-centered, and she'd obviously chase anything in pants!" Greenlee gasps quietly and starts to take a step, but holds her position. Leo: "I can see why that would really offend you, Erica." Erica: "You should really be more discriminating about the company you keep." Leo: "You know, you're the second person who's told me that today." Erica: "Look the point is, as you well know, you are not allowed to entertain any women in my home. Capisce?" Bianca sighs in mortification and sneaks a look at Leo. Erica suggests she and Bianca turn in because they have a big day tomorrow. Bianca says she'll be up in a minute. Erica stops at the bottom of the stairs, to yell out: "Oh, Greenlee? I'm leaving your earring on the table. Don't forget to pick it up on your way out!" Bianca looks like she wants to sink through the floor. Greenlee tries to compose herself, trying to sort her feelings of fear, anger at being insulted, the knowledge that Erica was pretty much right, and despair at her overall situation.
VALLEY INN BAR
Arlene, still wearing her baby doll nightie and a short leather coat, frantically rushes into the bar and over to H&M's table (someone at SOS told her they would be there). Hayley asks if it's raining outside :-) Arlene is startled from her mission for a moment, but then desperately asks if they've seen Adam. Mateo asks her if something is wrong. Arlene sputters a while, then mutters that they had a tiff and have to work something out. She won't tell them what it is, though, and Mateo says she's on her own, then. They continue to eat. Arlene says fine, she can't stand there flapping her gums. She rushes to the door, but runs into Frank walking in -- he's happy to see her. [I don't think this is the same Frank -- he looks a little younger] He says he did his part to sabotage the Col-Mar Tower and now it's her turn. She coquettishly says he'll get his money soon enough. He says that's fine, but at present he has services she can render right now in mind. She says she wouldn't mind settling up right now and opens her coat to reveal her nightie. She moves in close and tells him he'll have to take a raincheck, then she am-scrays. Frank looks startled and more than a little turned on. Hayley watches in genuine disbelief: "That was WEIRD". Mateo, still shoveling down the chow: "Well, nobody does weird like your mother."
ROYAL PLAZA
In the hallway, David asks if Liza is happy now that Dixie is devastated. She tells him to put a sock in it -- she doesn't need any moral lectures from HIM! He says she is breaking up Tad and Dixie's marriage and she says he should stick to medicine because he doesn't know anything about feelings. Nothing is happening to their marriage -- Tad is very much in love with Dixie. David asks if that's why Tad was unfaithful. She says Tad didn't do anything to her -- he wouldn't have even if she'd WANTED him to. He says Adam seems to think otherwise -- he ran out of there like a scalded dog, with Arlene at his heels. Liza: "Mmmm." She walks away as David smirks.
In Liza's room, Tad tries to get Dixie to believe him: "Baby, no, no, no. TRUST me! Look, whatever you think you thought you saw, there was nothing to see. I promise you -- I mean, I know that I haven't got a very good track record in this respect, ok? But I'm not the same man I was a few years back. I've changed, ok? I've changed because of you. You are the love of my life, and I would never, EVER in a million years do anything to hurt you like that ever again with ANY woman, much less LIZA. Sweetheart, you walked in on an innocent hug. You got to believe me!" Dixie, her voice shaking, says she HEARD him accusing Liza of wanting Adam to hear the two of them making love. He explains that it WAS what Liza wanted -- she found out he and Arlene were in the next room and she wanted to make Adam jealous. Dixie: "Why?" Tad rolls his eyes at Liza's pathetic addiction to Adam: "Because she's still in love with him." Dixie gives an 'I-can't-BELIEVE-that-she-would-STILL-love-him--is-she-INSANE?' look. Tad: "I know, I know, honey. I swear, I thought the same thing. But that's why she was up here a while back trying to make it sound like we were tearing the old headboard off the wall, you know what I'm saying?" Dixie: "And you went ALONG with it?" Tad says of course not! He wasn't even in the ROOM at the time, and he reamed her out for trying to use him like that! [I thought this was an interesting choice of words, all things considered :-)] And just where WAS he during this alleged incident? Tad: "I was downstairs in the lobby. And then I -- you know, I came back in and I found Liza sort of, you know, auditioning for a part in a porno movie." He walks over and shakes the headboard for emphasis. He promises Dixie on everything that matters to him that that was EXACTLY what happened. Dixie relents a little and says it must have worked because Adam walked out angrier than she's ever seen him. Tad says it's not because of anything HE did -- look at him -- his clothes are on, the bed is made -- well, okay the bed is a little funky, but that's because of Liza's gymnastics :-) Tad looks deeply into Dixie's eyes and says: "After everything we've been through together, it would kill me if I knew you thought I'd been unfaithful." Dixie looks torn about believing him.
Dixie thinks about it a little bit, then turns and says [in an ASTOUNDING move for AMC]: "I believe you." He's relieved and wants to make sure. She says: "You'd have to be pretty stupid to make up a story like that." He tells her he loves her and they kiss. Dixie says she just hates it that Liza is doing this sort of scenario -- it just doesn't make SENSE! Tad: "Not to mention it's immature and incredibly, incredibly desperate. You got to give her high marks for enthusiasm, though." She tells Tad this is NOT funny -- this is a very degrading situation that Liza has created for herself. She can't understand how Liza could STILL love Adam! She really HATES it that Liza is pulling them both into her ridiculously insane orbit [amen]! She doesn't want any misunderstanding between her and Tad, and she is sick of Liza creating them! Tad promises that it will never, EVER happen again. On the bright side, there were some fringe benefits. Dixie: "Huh?" He points out the REALLY nice hotel room and the incredible view that shouldn't be wasted; he nuzzles and kisses her some more. She giggles [HEY! Neither one of them is looking out the window at the incredible view! I guess it IS being wasted ;-)] Tad breaks off and asks what Hayward was doing there. She says he had a medical convention and she tagged along to surprise Tad. She asks for a minute and runs out. Tad sits on the arm of the couch and heaves a silent, but melodramatic sigh of relief at having dodged such a major bullet.
Dixie walks over to David, who has been sitting in a chair outside the room, and apologizes to him for leaving him sitting there. She stops suddenly and suspiciously inquires as to Liza's whereabouts. He says she left. Dixie explains that the whole thing was a RIDICULOUS misunderstanding, so she's going to stay and she'll see him back in PV. He keeps asking if she's all right and she assures him that she is. She goes back into the room and hugs and kisses Tad while David watches from the open doorway. [Why do they even bother to PUT doors on the rooms?]
ERICA'S HOUSE
Greenlee comesout of hiding and picks up her earring as Leo tells Bianca that it is CRUCIAL that she help him hide Greenlee for a few days. Bianca thinks that's a pretty tall order -- he heard her mother! They can't hide Greenlee indefinitely! What about the police? Leo said they came and went and couldn't help. Bianca says it would have to be part of the house her mother NEVER goes to -- the laundry room! [Millions of AMC fans flash back to Erica, dressed in a frilly blouse and Phantom of the Opera mask, filing her nails and standing in the laundry room over David, whom she had adroitly knocked out with her hand mirror and dumped down the laundry chute, then chained him to some kind of vintage carpenter tool/torture device.] Greenlee is aghast at the idea: "What, you want me to stretch out on the tile and cuddle up to a box of fabric softener or something?" Bianca says that's the ONLY place she won't be discovered [Bianca seems inordinately happy at the thought of Greenlee cooped up in the laundry room :-)] Leo delightedly says: "We'll take it!" Bianca: "Okay! Well, Leo (she tosses a couch pillow at Greenlee), would you please show Greenlee to her quarters? Oh, and Greenlee, if you get cold during the night, just turn on the dryer. It'll warm you right up. Sweet dreams." BWAHAHAHAA!!! Greenlee just stares at her. Leo beckons and she follows, looking back in bewilderment at the grinning Bianca, who gives a decidedly Erica- esque toss of her head.
VALLEY INN BAR
Frank sits at the bar drinking; Hayley looks like she thinks she may be hallucinating as she says: "Did you see Arlene FLASH that guy?" Mateo: "Yeah, unfortunately, I did." He looks like he has indigestion and tries to dislodge food from his teeth. Hayley works up some steam and demands to know why Arlene would do something like that when she's finally snagged the rich husband she's always wanted -- why would she then have an affair right under his nose?" Mateo: "Oh, come on, Hayley. You know your mom. She can resist anything but temptation." Hayley insists Arlene is up to something and she's going to find out exactly what it is. They both stare at Frank.
ADAM'S ATTIC
Stuart is moodily staring off into space and Marian shakes him out of his reverie. She just got him back and it frightens her to see him looking far away like that. He was just thinking about Adam -- Marian had told him that Adam's life is so empty now. Stuart says it's all his fault. Marian assures him that that is not the case, but Stuart insists. He says it all started when he told Adam he wasn't his brother any more. Marian says it was because Adam was trying to destroy their marriage and Marian says it was unforgivable. Stuart doesn't think anything is unforgivable: "You know what I was thinking when I was walking along the road just before Arlene hit me with the car? I was thinking that Adam did that because he was trying to help me." He says Adam was trying to protect him. When Adam gets an idea in his head, anything that gets in his way is broken. It's backward thinking, but it's true. All their lives Adam has been the one trying to protect him when it should really be HIM protecting ADAM! She says he's right because when Adam lost him, he pushed away everyone who ever loved or cared about him. Stuart sniffles and says he has to get out of there -- he has to find Adam and tell him that it's okay.
COL-MAR TOWER CONSTRUCTION SITE
Adam wanders in holding a paper bag with a bottle in it. He toasts the Col-Mar Towers and takes a generous swig from the bottle. He wanders around and stops next to a box with what looks like a black blanket on top of it. It's next to a spool of cabling and a bag of who-knows-what [potting soil? fertilizer? black cement? It appears to be something having to do with building the roof ledge] He flashes back to Liza squeezing Tad's leg at the PV bar, them hugging in Liza's office and her staring right back at Adam, then hearing Liza's loud, bed-rocking performance in the hotel room. Adam, who is quite stubbly by now, whips his head around and looks the place over with a different eye. He looks up and yells that he SWEARS he will bring down Col-Mar Tower -- and Liza and Tad WITH IT!!!! He slams the bottle down, grabs a handy crowbar and starts hitting everything in sight with it. [He must be VERY strong, because he managed to make a large cement pillar move :-)] He continues to ineffectually smack at things with the crowbar. Then he spies a large circuit panel. He starts whacking at it, resulting in the standard issue fiery circuit panels.
On the next AMC:
At Wildwind (the living room or the mausoleum -- it's hard to tell the difference) Edmund asks Alex (who is standing next to Dimitri): "Can I see you for a minute alone, Alex?"
Adam to Arlene at the foot of the living room stairs: "If you need me, I'll be in the attic getting the biggest suitcase I can find!" Arlene: "No, no, no, you can't!"
Liza walks calmly onto the Col-Mar Tower site calling out: "Adam, are you here? What are you up to?"
Irreverently submitted,
Robin "does anyone EVER scream 'YES!! YES!! YES!! about 50 times in the space of 40 seconds while making love? That would take ENTIRELY too much concentration" Coutellier
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