ONE LIFE TO LIVE
TUESDAY, JANUARY 28, 1992
Starring
SUSAN BATTEN Luna Moody
LAURA BONNARIGO Cassie Buchanan
MARK BRETTSCHNIEDER Jason Webb
MARILYN CHRIS Wanda Wolek
JAMES DePAIVA Max Holden
MIA KORF Blair Daimler
WORTHAM KRIMMER Andrew Carpenter
GRACE PHILLIPS Sarah Gordon
ELAINE PRINCI Dorian Lord
CLINT RITCHIE Clint Buchanan
ERIKA SLEZAK Viki Buchanan
JESSICA TUCK Megan Harrison
ROBERT S. WOODS Bo Buchanan
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DORIAN’S PENTHOUSE (Blair, Dorian)
(Doorbell rings)
Dorian: (holding head) Gently, gently. Coming! (Opens door) Blair.
Blair: Good morning.
Dorian: Have you any idea what time it is?
Blair: It’s eight o’clock.
Dorian: Oh! Oh, please, come in.
Blair: That is the time you wanted me to report every morning, isn’t it?
Dorian: Yes, yes, absolutely. Eight o’clock.
Blair: I’m sorry if I misunderstood. You said to come directly to your apartment and not to the
INTRUDER offices, didn’t you?
Dorian: I think so. It’s just that I just got up. I haven’t had my morning coffee yet.
Blair: Oh. Well, let me make it for you.
Dorian: No, no. Please, Blair, that’s all right. You’ll have to excuse me. Usually I’m up and working
at six o’clock. I do some of my best work early in the morning, or late at night. I only need two hours
sleep, but you see, last night, I--
(Jason enters in robe. Blair does a double take.)
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SARAH’S HOUSE (Bo, Sarah)
(Bo and Sarah are sleeping. Bo wakes up.)
Bo: Oh. (picks up phone and dials) Come on, Cassie. (Hangs up when there is no answer) Damn.
Sarah: What’s the matter?
Bo: I was just trying to make a call.
Sarah: To Cassie.
Bo: Yeah. She’s on assignment, on the road. I didn’t know if she was going to try to get a hold
of me. I didn’t tell her I was going to be out all night.
(Sarah is smiling.)
Bo: (Similing) What?
Sarah: Nothing.
Bo: Nothing? You’re smiling. What?
Sarah: No. You just have that morning look I used to think was so funny.
Bo: What, is my hair sticking up or something?
Sarah: (Laughing) No, just your eyes are kind of puffy. Look, do you want some breakfast. I could
make an omelette, or French toast, if I have eggs. I would have to check.
Bo: No. Sarah.
Sarah: Then I’ll make you some-- You’re not hungry?
Bo: No, Sarah.
Sarah: Coffee?
Bo: No. Sarah!
Sarah: I’m doing it again.
Bo: You’re going to see Megan now.
Sarah: Yes. OK.
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PHONE CONVERSATION
Andrew: Hello?
Viki: Andrew? Oh, finally. I’ve been trying to reach you since last night.
Andrew: Viki?
Viki: Yes, I’m sorry to interrupt your retreat.
Andrew: Something has happened to Megan, hasn’t it?
Viki: She rejected the kidney.
Andrew: Dear God.
Viki: Look, she’s on dialysis. The real problem, you see, is that her immune system is so
damaged now because of the lupus, and Larry’s looking for another donor, but--
Andrew: All right, Viki, I’m going to leave right now. I’ll be there in less than an hour,
all right? I promise. I’m leaving right now. (Hangs up phone. Viki hangs up and looks sadly at
Megan, who is sleeping.)
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DORIAN’S PENTHOUSE (Dorian, Jason, Blair)
Dorian: Jason, would you like to put some clothes on?
Jason: I might. Then again, I might not.
Dorian: Please.
Jason: (to Blair) It’s nice talking to you.
(Jason leaves)
Dorian: (to Blair) Well, let me take your coat. All right, now Blair, it’s show and tell.
Blair: Pardon?
Dorian: Well, your assignment was to come to me this morning with three ideas on how to
increase the INTRUDER’s circulation. So. Idea number one.
Blair: A sports page.
Dorian: I beg your pardon. I could have sworn you said sports.
Blair: I did.
Dorian: I hate sports. The INTRUDER’s readers hate sports.
Blair: Well, they hate results. You know, Philadelphia 9, Chicago 3. But sports stars are
celebrities and they lead private lives, sometimes with other celebrities.
Dorian: Oh, you mean, which hockey player was seen coming out of which actress’s apartment?
Blair: Or actor’s apartment.
Dorian: Blair, that’s downright smutty and absolutely delicious! All right, idea number two.
Blair: Photo contest. Best candid shot of someone famous. I mean, why pay thousands of
dollars to so-called professionals for pictures that amateurs would give you for a trip to
Atlantic city or some such place?
Dorian: I like it. Well, idea number three.
Blair: A personal philosophy column written by the owner and publisher. How Dorian Lord
feels about life, love, friends, relationships. I thought you might call it “Lord of the
Manners.”
Dorian: You have some very interesting ideas.
Blair: Well, I see the INTRUDER as the cutting-edge of the new journalism. A paper that’s
not afraid to stick its chin out and take a hit. People like that, they admire guts. And that
is why the BANNER’s circulation is sinking. All it has is its moth-eaten integrity.
Dorian: Yes, it is kind of a stuffy old newspaper, isn’t it?
Blair: An aging lady.
Dorian: Are you talking about the paper or your ex-boss?
Blair: Let’s just say that both have seen better days.
Dorian: And are going to see worse?
Blair: If I have anything to say about it.
Dorian: Well, I don’t see why you wouldn’t. I like what you say, I like it very much.
(Jason enters, dressed)
Blair: There is one more thing.
Dorian: What?
Blair: I hesitate, because I don’t want you to think that I’m presumptuous.
Dorian: Oh, but I inisist, that’s why I hired you.
Blair: OK. We have a chance to really embarrass the BANNER. Are you interested?
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LLANVIEW HOSPITAL (Bo, Sarah)
(Cassie enters)
Bo: Cassie.
Cassie: Bo, I’ve been trying to-- Sarah.
Sarah: Hi.
Cassie: Hi. (To Bo) So where have you been?
Bo: Where have you been? I just tried to reach you.
Cassie: You did? Well, I just got back from Washington an hour ago
Bo: Oh, that’s what I figured.
Cassie: I was trying to reach you all night. Well, not exactly all night. I guess I
gave up around 3 a.m. I thought maybe something had happened to Megan, so I came right
here from the airport.
Bo: Oh. So you haven’t been home?
Cassie: No. And you haven’t either, right? I mean, were you at the hospital all night?
Sarah: Excuse me. I’m going to go get a cup of coffee.
(Sarah exists)
Cassie: You were here, Bo?
Bo: No, no. I wasn’t here.
Cassie: Then where were you? Why couldn’t I reach you?
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LLANVIEW HOSPITAL; SUN ROOM (Clint, Viki)
Clint: Honey, this will all be over before you know it.
Viki: Will it?
Clint: I know what a nightmare this is right now, but even nightmares end.
Viki: But how is this one going to end? I mean, what if Megan--
Clint: Megan is going to live.
Viki: You say that with such certainty.
Clint: It isn’t certainty, honey, it’s faith.
Viki: I’ve prayed too, Clint. But I have doubts. Oh God, this cannot happen to us, not
after everything we’ve just been through, losing Cord. I mean, I know how much you’re still
hurting now.
Clint: And I’ll go on hurting. But that doesn’t mean that I don’t want to talk about it.
Just hearing his name brings back so many memories. I loved him. I loved him, but he’s gone.
And Megan is alive. And that’s what we have to concentrate on right now.
Viki: I thank God every single day of my life that I have you.
Clint: Same here. (They kiss) You know, the day I met you was the luckiest day of my life.
I was thinking about that last night.
Viki: Oh?
Clint: Mmm-hmm. After you went to sleep.
Viki: I didn’t sleep last night. Not one bit.
Clint: You sure didn’t move around much.
Viki: I was trying not to disturb you. I thought you were sound asleep.
Clint: No, I was there all night, just staring at the ceiling and turning things over in
my mind. Wrestling with my faith, as Andrew would say.
Viki: Did your faith win?
Clint: I feel better this morning.
Viki: Hold me, please. (They hug) Oh, good, now I feel better.
Clint: What you have to feel is positive.
Viki: I am trying.
Clint: That’s what faith is, isn’t it? Being positive that things will work out for the
best.
Viki: Do you really believe that?
Clint: What I believe is our love. I believe that our love, no matter what happens, that
love will be there forever. Just as our love for our children will be forever, and their love
for us will be forever. (Pauses) And I believe in crullers.
Viki: What?
Clint: Crullers. They have French crullers in the cafeteria. I saw them unloading it from
the bakery truck this morning. (Viki laughs) And you know, I think I could be talked into
letting you buy me a couple.
Viki: (Laughing) Oh, you could, could you?
Clint: Providing that you promise to think positively. Now, you promise?
Viki: I promise.
Clint: OK. And a pot of piping hot coffee to wash ‘em down. Maybe I’ll even dunk ‘em.
Viki: Dunk them?
Clint: Dunk ‘em.
Viki: Oh, wait a minute now. You can dunk doughnuts. But a French cruller? Isn’t that
rather unconventional?
Clint: Only a timid soul is bound by convention.
Viki: And you have never been a timid soul.
(Viki and Clint leave)
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MEGAN’S ROOM (Megan)
(Megan is sleeping. Max enters. Megan stirs.)
Max: (Sadly) I don’t know about you, Megan. When the fun gets going, the going’s
supposed to get fun. You’re the most fun, kiddo.
Megan: (Weakly) Hey. So? Tell me about fun. What have you been up to?
Max: Oh, I don’t want to tell you. I want you to see that for yourself. That’s why
you’ve got to get out of here.
Megan: What’s that?
Max: I’m building a spa. A spa to end all spas.
Megan: Oh really? Have you started construction?
Max: Well, not yet. Actually, we haven’t drawn up the final plans yet. Well, actually,
we haven’t done the first plans-- Well, actually, I don’t own the land yet.
Megan: (Smiling) Mmm. Minor details.
Max: It’s going to be spectacular. This is going to be one spectacular spa.
Megan: Well, maybe you should name it Spa-tacular.
Max: (Smiling) Megan, I’m telling you, this is going to be going to be something
else. People are going to come from around to world to see this place. It’s going to be
so wonderful, it’s going to knock their cashmere socks off. We’re talking about hot and
cold running springs, and saunas, herbal mud rooms.
Megan: What are you going to call it?
Max: Serenity. Serenity Springs.
Megan: I like that.
Max: Oh, well, I hope you do, because I expect you to be there at the grand opening.
You’re going to cut the ribbon.
Megan: (Smiling) I’ll have to check my schedule, you know. All my conflicts.
Max: Yeah. Megan, this mud, it’s wonderful. There’s all kinds of good stuff in it.
There’s minerals, there’s vitamins.
Megan: Yeah? Will it do something for my immune system? Maybe grow me a couple of
kidneys? (Megan writhes in pain)
Max: You OK?
Megan: I wish I could say it only hurts when I laugh, but--
Max: Don’t talk, alright? (Max holds her hand)
Megan: Max, make your dream come true.
Max: Shhh.
Megan: Just promise me.
Max: I promise.
(Megan falls asleep. Max kisses her and leaves)
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LLANVIEW HOSPITAL; HALLWAY (Bo, Cassie)
Bo: Cass, this is exactly what I was afraid of.
Cassie: What?
Bo: Well, that you’d be all upset about where I was last night.
Cassie: You haven’t told me where you were last night.
Bo: Well, I was about to.
Cassie: Don’t bother.
Bo: No, no. Come on, Cassie.
Cassie: Come on what?
Bo: You’re getting all upset about this.
Cassie: You spent the night with Sarah, Bo. That’s a damn big deal to be.
Bo: She was afraid to be alone.
Cassie: So you held her hand all night. How sweet.
Bo: No, I sat with her. Period. That’s all.
Cassie: Well, that’s a relief. Yes, sir, a real load off my mind.
Bo: Come on. Don’t do this, please.
Cassie: Would you prefer that I not care that you spent hour after hour with your
ex-wife? Would you like me to encourage it? What the hell do you want from me, Bo?
Bo: I want you to trust me.
Cassie: Then don’t make it so hard.
Bo: What, is it so hard to understand that I’m afraid?
Cassie: Afraid?
Bo: I told you. Sarah is in therapy now. All these feelings are coming out, and
she’s having a hard time handling some of them.
Cassie: Right, you told me. And it’s up to you to help her handle them?
Bo: I’m not going to abandon her. Not when she needs me. And not when I’m afraid
of what she might do.
Cassie: So you’re being a great friend to someone in need. And I’m being what? A
jealous wife?
Bo: No, come on. Cassie, I love you more than anyone or anything in this world.
(They kiss and she pulls away) What?
Cassie: This is a hospital, Bo.
Bo: OK, if you say that you’ll believe me, I won’t kiss you anymore, at least not
here in the hospital.
Cassie: I believe you.
Bo: OK, now that we got that out of the way, I’ve got a special assignment for you,
all right? I want you to research the most romantic honeymoon getaway in the whole
country.
Cassie: Most romantic?
Bo: Yes. Can you handle that.
Cassie: Oh, it’ll take all my investigative skills.
Bo: You’re on.
(Andrew arrives)
Andrew: Bo. Cassie. Hi. Viki called me about Megan. How is she?
Bo: She’s steady, I think.
Cassie: Maybe she shouldn’t have too many visitors at once. How about if I cover for
you at the BANNER, and come back later?
Bo: OK, that’d be great. Thanks.
Cassie: Will you give Megan my love and tell her I’ll be in to see her sometime today?
Bo: Yeah.
Cassie: Take care, Andrew, it’s good to see you.
(Cassie leaves)
Bo: (To Andrew) Look, I was just about to look for Larry Wolek or for Dr. Pasquin,
somebody, to get an update for today to see how Megan is doing.
Cassie: No, I’m going to see her now. I’m not going to wait.
(Andrew leaves)
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WANDA’S PLACE (Wanda, Max, Luna)
Wanda: Megan was making jokes?
Max: Well, one or two. But the best thing was that she was smiling.
Luna: And you told Megan about Serenity Springs?
Max: You bet I did. She’s going to be for the opening. She’s going be there with big
scissors and snip the ribbon.
Luna: That’s great.
Wanda: Was Dr. Larry there?
Max: No, I didn’t see him.
Wanda: Well, the last I heard, her body had rejected the transplant, and her immune
system was giving her trouble.
Max: Hey, don’t you worry about it. We’re talking about modern medicine here. We’re
talking miracle drugs. We’re taking about innovations; they’re coming out with new stuff
everyday.
Wanda: Right. And I’m still going to pray for her. Excuse me. I’m coming, I’m coming.
(Wanda leaves)
Luna: You know what? I never got a chance to get to know Megan very well, but I always
thought she was a real sweet lady.
Max: Why are you talking about her in the past tense?
Luna: I’m not, honey, I’m just--
Max: You’re the one that’s always going about these positive vibrations and everything.
Luna: Well, I’m keeping positive.
Max: She is going to be well. She is going to be in here eating your blue-plate special
before you know it, with your sunflower seeds and black-eyed pea soup.
Luna: (Laughing) Well, I hope so. Any word about that land?
Max: Oh, yeah. One of Asa’s legal beagles called.
Luna: He ain’t gonna sell.
Max: No.
Luna: He is playing games.
Max: He certainly is.
Luna: You know what, he just needs a little nudging, and I think I got just the nudge
that’s gonna do it.
Max: Yeah, what’s that?
Luna: You go sit at that table over there. I’m going to go out in the kitchen and get
something I’ve concocted.
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DORIAN’S PENTHOUSE (Jason, Blair, Dorian)
Blair: Exposing that man was a terrific opportunity, and the BANNER blew it.
Dorian: And Viki didn’t print it because what the man told you was off the record?
Blair: No, Congressman Dudley never said anything like, don’t print this.
Dorian: Well, yes, but even if he had, an article that exposes how an elected politician
feels about a very important figure of state. Well, who would turn that down? It’s in the
public interest.
Jason: I think I’m going to take off, Dorian.
Dorian: What? Where?
Jason: I don’t know. Out, maybe. I’ll see what’s happening outside.
Dorian: No, Jason don’t, just stay for awhile. So, now, Blair, you’d expand on the
article?
Blair: Oh, by all means. I’d build on it. The public has a right to know the character
of their elected officials, the good and the disgusting.
Dorian: I just wish there was something a little more compromising we could get on
Congressman Dudley. Something deliciously low in his private life.
Blair: Well, that’s easy.
Dorian: Oh?
Blair: Well, if the way the man came on to me is any indication, the man has a very
active roving eye and hand. I can’t imagine he has a whole lot of energy left over for
his wife.
Dorian: This has all the makings of a delicious scandal. We’d be exposing a hypocritical
congressman and beating the BANNER at the same time. What a coup!
Blair: Wouldn’t be bad for circulation, either.
Dorian: Oh, advertisers would just be begging for space. I love it!
Blair: So I’ve got the green light?
Dorian: Blair, you had the green light ten minutes ago. Now you do anything you have to
do to catch Congressman Dudley in a compromising sexual situation. I want words and pictures.
And that, Jason, that’s where you come in.
Jason: Me?
Dorian: Yes, you’re going to be working with Blair. Now, when she gives you the green light,
you go and get Congressman Dudley. I mean if he so much looks at an attractive woman, I want
pictures. And if he takes a woman to bed, I want pictures that are so sharp you can see the
hairs on his back. We will show Victoria Lord how to put out a newspaper! Have I got a hot
team working for me or what? (Dorian hugs Blair; Blair freezes up)
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LLANVIEW HOSPITAL; MEGAN’S ROOM (Andrew, Megan)
(Megan is tossing and turning in a delirious panic)
Andrew: Megan?
Megan: No! I don’t want to be alone! I don’t want to be alone!
Andrew: Megan! Megan! You’re not alone, I’m here. Megan, I’m right here. Right here.
Here.
Megan: Oh, my God. You made it, you’re here.
Andrew: Yes, I’m here. I’m here.
Megan: It’s a miracle.
Andrew: Viki called me, Megan. I got here as quickly as I could.
Megan: I knew it. I knew it, I could feel it.
Andrew: And I’ll stay here as long as you want me to. This is where I belong. Right
by your side. And I’m sorry I wasn’t.
Megan: Always.
Andrew: Always.
Megan: Oh, Jake, don’t ever leave me again.
Andrew: (taken aback) I’ll never leave you.
Megan: I missed you so much, Jake.
Andrew: I’m here. I’m here.
Megan: You’ll never leave me?
Andrew: Never. I’ll never leave you again, darling. Never.
(He kisses her hand)
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WANDA’S PLACE (Jason, Wanda)
Wanda: OK, James, here you go. And this one is on the house. OK, if you would
excuse me please. OK (To Jason) So? You have come to tell me what a rotten, stupid
person I am, and how you are embarassed to be my nephew, right? I mean, I was loud.
I was hysterical and I made a dumb scene, and you hate me, right?
Jason: (Looking for something) It’s got to be here somewhere, right?
Wanda: Well, I’m not getting any arguments. OK, then, Jason, let me tell you just
what it is I’m feeling, Jason. I love you very much and I would like you to come back.
What do you think about that?
Jason: Look, you thought I was dealing drugs, OK? You thought that.
Wanda: Jason, but that’s because I love you. You have to understand that if I didn’t
care about you, I wouldn’t--
Jason: Go a little nuts, rights? Go a little nuts.
Wanda: Well, now I know what it’s like to feel like a mother. And at my age. Ain’t
that a hoot? I got some friends, they’ve got teenagers, they’re always rolling they’re
eyes, they’re always saying how hard it is. What are you looking for? What?
Jason: This.
Wanda: That’s your portfolio.
Jason: It’s my pictures, that’s right.
Wanda: Where are you taking them?
Jason: I already told you where I was staying?
Wanda: Jason.
Jason: Aunt Wanda, I know you love me.
Wanda: But?
Jason: I don’t think it’s going to be a good idea for both of us if I move back. At
least, not for a while.
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LLANVIEW HOSPITAL; SUN ROOM (Andrew, Bo)
Bo: Andrew.
Andrew: Bo. I didn’t even see you.
Bo: Were you just in with Megan?
Andrew: Yeah.
Bo: Was Larry in there?
Andrew: No. No.
Bo: Did you see him?
Andrew: No.
Bo: I was hoping maybe I’d run into him, and get an update on how things are
going, you know. Some news about this donor. But I guess not. Was Megan awake?
Andrew: Yeah.
Bo: Did she say anything?
Andrew: No, no. Nothing that made much sense.
Bo: Pardon me?
Andrew: She’s delirious.
Bo: Ah.
Andrew: She didn’t even recognize me, Bo.
Bo: She under a lot of medication right now, so that’s probably--
Andrew: Yeah. Probably.
Bo: So how was your retreat? You were on a retreat?
Andrew: Oh, yeah.
Bo: Did you get what you wanted to out of it? (Both laugh) That’s a pretty
stupid question, I’m sorry.
Andrew: No, you don’t really go on a retreat to get something out of it. You go
there just to, you know, straighten things out. Figure out what you want.
Bo: Yeah. How do you go about doing that?
Andrew: Meditation. Long walks in the woods, you know. I like to run. I found
this one hill, ran about a half a mile straight up it. Reminded me of when I was in
military school
Bo: You went to military school?
Andrew: Oh, yeah. Like my father before me. My dad, he graduated number one from
the Citadel. Number one from West Point. He was a major at thirty, brigadier at
forty-four.
Bo: That’s pretty impressive.
Andrew: It’s not over yet. He retired a general. He plays a four handicap.
Bo: (Laughing) Well, now I’m really impressed.
Andrew: You know, most of my friends from the Citadel, they went on to be career
men. I don’t see them very much, I miss them. The comaraderie and everything, you
know, being a minister, it gets kind of lonely. It’s a little bit isolating, you know.
Bo: Wait a minute, wait a minute. Carpenter. General Sloan Carpenter, was that
your dad?
Andrew: Yeah. The man.
Bo: Take a look at this. (Takes a picture out of his wallet; it’s a picture from
his days in Vietnam)
Andrew: Bo, you were a baby.
Bo: Yeah, on the outside, we were all babies, seemed like then. But by the time
that picture was taken, I had been through a whole lot, Andrew.
Andrew: Saw a lot of combat?
Bo: Well, I happened to be in the wrong places at the wrong times. That kid in the
picture there had really been through hell. But I tell you something, Andrew, these past
couple of months--I'd sooner be in a combat situation than be dealing what I’ve been
dealing with. You know, in a war you’re always moving. You know, you don’t want to stay
in one place, you don’t want to get pinned down. So you assault, you know. You advance,
you retreat. You advance. But you’re always moving. You know. But not now, for me,
it’s like I’m frozen. It’s like I’ve totally lost my control.
Andrew: Bo, I know what you mean. And I still think I would rather face love than war.
Bo: I don’t know, I feel pretty battle-scarred right now.
Andrew: Maybe you don’t have to be in this much conflict over Cassie and Sarah as you
think.
Bo: What do you mean?
Andrew: Maybe you have to accept that you have feelings for both of them.
Bo: Yeah, and then I feel so damn guilty.
Andrew: You think you can just cut off Sarah and go on with your life with Cassie.
Bo: No, no. There’s no way. I couldn’t do that.
Andrew: That’s because you love Sarah. You have deep feelings for her, you always will.
They’re just not going to go away.
Bo: What am I going to do?
Andrew: Sarah’s going to move away from you, Bo, on her own accord.
Bo: When?
Andrew: I think it’s going to be when you finish helping her go through whatever it is
she’s going through right now. Which is the pain of the last year, I guess.
Bo: So what you’re saying is I should stay involved with Sarah’s life right now.
Andrew: Yeah. I know it’s causing you a lot of pain. It’s probably causing Cassie a
lot more.
Bo: Yeah. I wonder how she can handle it, sometimes.
Andrew: A lot of strength in love. She loves you.
Bo: What about you, Andrew?
Andrew: What about me, what?
Bo: What kind of advice are you going to give yourself? I’m not blind. You’re in
love with Megan. So you’re in a bit of a muddy war zone yourself. So what are you going
to do? Are you going to advance, or are you going to retreat?
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LLANVIEW HOSPITAL; MEGAN’S ROOM (Andrew, Megan)
(Megan is sleeping. Andrew is looking out the window)
Andrew’s
Voice: Another perfect day, Lord. All your days are perfect, and we thank You for our
lives, which are miracles, but fragile. Unlike Your days, we are not perfect. But I’m
trying, Lord. I’m trying. And this woman, Megan, who I love so much. And I’m beginning
to understand that that’s all right, if it’s the best kind of love. She deserves nothing
less. I’ve asked so often for Your help, Lord. Please, Lord, give me strength. Help me.
(Megan stirs.)
Megan: (Groggy) Hello, Andrew.
Andrew: Hi.
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WANDA’S PLACE (Wanda, Jason)
Jason: I don’t need any of your money, Aunt Wanda.
Wanda: Don’t you argue with me. I don’t want you to have to worry about anything.
Jason: I’ve got a job.
Wanda: You don’t know how long it’s gonna take you to-- You got a job?
Jason: Yeah. I’m working on the INTRUDER.
Wanda: As what?
Jason: I’m taking pictures, what the hell else would I--
Wanda: Hey, hey, hey. Watch your mouth.
Jason: That’s the reaction? Watch your mouth? I get a job, a real job as a
photographer, and that’s the reaction I get?
Wanda: But at the INTRUDER?
Jason: It’s a job, isn’t it? I mean, that’s good news, right?
Wanda: Oh, I’m supposed to be proud of that?
Jason: I was hoping.
Wanda: Oh, I would be proud that you are working for that viper? That you are
living with her?
Jason: I’m out of here, Aunt Wanda.
Wanda: No, no, please. I’m sorry. I’m sorry. I shouldn’t have said that. I
just--
Jason: You just what? You think I’m a loser. You just don’t think aything I do
is worth a damn.
Wanda: Oh, no. Oh no, Jason. Nothing could be further from the truth. I swear.
I think you are so smart. I think you are talented. And I think the world of you, I
really do. That’s why it’s so hard for me to see you messing up your life with that
horrible woman. I’m sorry, I’m sorry. I won’t do that. I won’t lay on Dorian ever
again, I promise you. I just want to say that I love you so much. I just love you so
much, and I will always be here for you, for whatever happens. Now, please get out of
here, because I’m going to start to cry, and people are going to stare at me. So
please, just get out of here. (Wanda begins to cry)
Jason: I love you too, Aunt Wanda. (Jason kisses her and she begins to laugh)
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LLANVIEW HOSPITAL; SUN ROOM (Viki, Clint)
Viki: Well, I hear that was the finest dunking I have ever seen. That French
cruller should feel honored.
Clint: It’s all in the wrist. All in the wrist.
Viki: You are a very talented man, Clint Buchanan.
Clint: Well, I wish I had the talent to get you to take a break.
Viki: Hey, I sat while you had breakfast, didn’t I?
Clint: The idea was for both of us to eat, sweetheart.
Viki: I hope Jessie remembers to take her book bag to school. I put her lunch
in it.
Clint: When has Jessie ever forgotten her book bag?
Viki: (Smiling) Never. She is so responsible, isn’t she? Do you know, so is
Joey. He has a big biology exam at the end of the week and he has spent hours every
day studying for it.
Clint: We were talking about you and eating.
Viki: I’ll eat, darling, I’ll eat.
Clint: When? When?
(Viki wanders over to the window)
Viki: Boy, it looks so cold out there.
Clint: It’s January, sweetheart.
Viki: Look, you can see people’s breath. Little puffs of white.
Clint: That kind of weather, you could freeze your little nose.
Viki: (Sadly) There’s nothing more unforgiving than a bitter winter wind. It’s
blown all the snow off the trees. I guess spring will be late this year.
Clint: But you know what? It’s always worth waiting for.
Viki: Always.
(Clint kisses her)
Clint: I think we should go to D.C. this year. See the blossoms. Take the kids.
Viki: If only I could trade places with her.
Clint: Honey, I played the if-only game for a while there with Cord. And it’s a lousy
game, because nobody wins.
Viki: But couldn’t we at least make it easy for our children? Is that really too
much to ask?
(Clint and Viki hug)
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LLANVIEW HOSPITAL; MEGAN’S ROOM (Megan, Andrew)
Megan: (Groggy) Oh, Andrew.
Andrew: I love you, Megan.
Megan: I’m so glad you’re here.
Andrew: I love you more than you’ll ever know.
Megan: Tell me that you’ll never leave me again. Tell me that you’ll never leave.
Andrew: Megan, I am going to leave you--
Megan: (Upset) No. No.
Andrew: Listen. But it’s because I love you that I’m going. Listen. I’m going to go
to the Middle East. To Jake. And I am going to bring Jake home to you.
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END
