AMC: Update Thurs 29 Feb 96 THE CASE OF THE ICKY INTERN
Courtenay Keough
>Janet: "I'm doing the best job I can--this is my first case!"
>She continues at Jason, hard and furious. Do you hate gays? "No." Has a gay
>man ever made a pass at you? "No." Have you (smirk) every found yourself
>attracted to someone who was gay? "No." "No." "No." "No."
My favorite part of this was when she remembered that Jason's brother was
the kid who outed himself. She made this wonderful "woo" noise that sounded
for all the world like a Kate Collins Janetism. Part of me wondered at that
point if Mattson had spent some time with the old AMC tapes----it was the
first time Old Janet and New Janet fused together in my brain.
Courtenay
Ashley Lambert-Maberly
THE CASE OF THE ICKY INTERN
Featuring Janet "Perry" Green, Laura "Della" Kirk, and Jackson "Loser"
Montgomery.
But first, in other storylines:
GENERIC BRAND BABY: The Santosgreys introduce Sweet Pea to his bedroom: linen
by Laura Ashley, blankie by Granny Santos. Kelsey's bedroom, on the other
hand, is filled with boxes marked "Oregon." What gives?
Edmund blames a clued-out Peggy, saying she must have done it back when
Kelsey had run away (right ... and they knew she was gone for what, thirty
minutes before she called them?) Kelsey buys this ridiculous story and
apologizes for her attitude, blaming once again her post-pregnancy hormones,
causing "Wacky Emotions."
Kelsey leaves, but hovers outside the door, listening in to Maria and Edmund
differ about their comfort level in having Kelsey around. Kelsey only leaves
for her room once she hears Maria admit "But we like her," and Edmund agree
"I'm crazy about her." Kelsey stews in her room, and rereads her diary,
especially the part about how they owe her bigtime.
Maria and Edmund tell each other they have both picked out names
independently, oh no! Edmund is partial to "Sam" and Maria is shocked, and
well she should be, because "Sam" was her choice too!
[Updater note: My "Name the Baby" book has 100 pages for the boys names, about
50 names per page. 100 x 50 = 5,000 boys names. Chances of Maria and Ed
picking out the Sam/e name--given they had different reasons for their
choice--is 1 in 5,000 x 5,000, or 1 in 25,000,000.]
After Maria giggles about this 1 in 25 million chance, she tells Edmund her
story about how "Sam" was a code word for her and Julia that we've *never*
heard them use, not even together in private, meaning that Special Guy who
would be charming and sexy and romantic and committed to you. Maria had hoped
Edmund would be her "Sam," but strangely, she's decided this new baby is her
"Sam" instead.
[Whole point of her explanation: Whoosh over the head of this updater. Didn't
get it.]
They're thrilled by this choice. The baby's name is to be Sam Carlos Grey.
[Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahh! *SAM*????? What are they thinking?]
Kelsey arrives to nurse; professes in public to like the name ("it's cute")
but wrinkles her face at it afterward. She hold the baby and tells it's she's
determined to stay at Weirdwynd forever.
AMBUSHED? ERICA, DEAR, TEN-TO-ONE SHE *SOLD* THEM THE STORY: Lois lies on
Erica's freshly made bed, and shows her roomie the Intruder: Bianca tells all.
Erica is furious with the low-lifes who must have ambushed her daughter.
[Updater note: The Headline was "Daughter Confirms She's A Druggie." For a
moment my heart leaped as I thought this was Day One of a shocking Kendall
Returns storyline, but no such luck. Just poor old Binky again.]
"I hate my Mom, I'll never speak to her again," Bianca apparently says.
Erica, a woman of the world, realizes that tabloids like the Intruder make up
their articles since stupid people aren't discriminating; Lois, on the other
hand, is clearly a stupid person, believing the Intruder tells the gospel
truth, and suggesting that Bianca will get over it.
"She never said it!" Erica exclaims, and Lois thinks Erica's just in denial
again. Lois is particularly edgy today, and accuses Erica of getting high
during her prison break, and of paying off the staff to get back into the
program.
[Updater note: I had thought the purpose of Lois was just to be a normal
regular person--that alone would be enough of a conflict for Erica. Instead,
Lois is a persistently annoying, rude, insensitive person, and I don't blame
Erica one bit for disliking her.]
Myrtle arrives, gorgeous in green, to give Erica comfort and promise to be
back for family day. After Myrtle goes ("Mona would be proud a ya,
sweetheart,") Dr. Kinder calls.
He's anxious because he's just received an ultimatum: pay up or *this* is your
last shipment of Mystery Box--though of course he doesn't tell Erica this. He
insists he's coming out for family day ... he has a lot of free time, he says,
especially since, after Erica's drugged-out tirade in public at the awards
show, he barely has a practice anymore.
BADGERING THE WITNESS: Jason takes the stand. He is persistently nervous, a
fact Jack calls attention to. Jason says that one day, when Janet came to
claim fan mail, she saw him put the guns in the drawer. He apologizes for
forgetting how dangerous Janet can be when, on the day of Laurel's murder, he
then left Janet alone with Amanda and Guns.
He freaks out for no real reason, calling Janet a psycho and demanding that
the court lock her up. Janet, of course, objects, and the court calls a recess.
During the recess Kevin tries to find a temporary home. Scott turns him down,
claiming not enough space (something both Stuart and Kevin see is patently
untrue), but Bobby happily takes Kevin in--"We're still buds, right?"--and
gets Palmer and Opal to quickly agree.
Anita wanted to offer Kevin the spare room, but her parents haven't learned
the anti-violence message yet: "They would kill me," she darkly confides.
Trevor snubs Tad, so Liza assures Tad that he's an easy guy to forgive.
Meanwhile, Tink tells Jason he'd better tell the truth or else--but Jason
knows she'd bluffing, she'd never dare tread on the toes of the Twelve-step.
Court's back in session. Janet starts in on her witness, and she is Masterful,
Exciting, Clever, and Effective. She has trouble believing that Jason, hired
to rile up thugs, spent the show upstairs in the Video Library, and so for
that matter does Tink:
Tink: "Liar! Tell the damn truth! Just tell it--right now!"
Jason doesn't, of course. Janet proceeds to barrage Jason with questions--I
can't tell you enough how good she is. Jack, of course, objects.
Janet: "I'm doing the best job I can--this is my first case!"
She continues at Jason, hard and furious. Do you hate gays? "No." Has a gay
man ever made a pass at you? "No." Have you (smirk) every found yourself
attracted to someone who was gay? "No." "No." "No." "No."
She ups the ante, all the while subtly insinuating that Jason himself is in
fact gay.
Janet: "In fact, since you're not a heterosex--oh ... sorry ... --since you're
not a homosexual, you must be very comforted that your gay brother
has a role model like Michael Delaney to look up to--in fact, you admire
Michael Delaney, don't you! You like him!!"
That's too much for Jason to take. "Delaney it should have been you, faggot!
You should be dead! I was aiming at you!" he shouts.
Jason details more of the unplanned crime. He blames Tink, who wasn't there
for him when he needed her: "Thanks a lot!" He blames Dixie, who ... well,
who should have slept with him, I guess. I'm not sure. He blames Liza, who
wanted him to personally ensure a ratings bonanza, yielding the LOD:
Jason: You want to take credit for ratings through the roof? Why dontcha come
up and take credit for *THIS*, you Ratings WHORE!!!
Liza, a sensitive lass, runs out, and Dixie follows, and Tad follows her. I
thought Dixie was going to comfort Liza (Huh?) but nothing happened except she
ragged on Tad (i.e. "Jason's accomplice") and stormed off; Liza for her part
tells the WRCW camera crew to go back to the station or get fired.
Inside the courtroom, Jack drops all charges against Janet Green. Laura rushes
forward and hugs her tightly, apologizing of ever doubting her even the
slightest. Laura continues to squeeze Janet, while Trevor looks on, and I cry.
Jason is led away in handcuffs while Kevin asks in anguished doofussy tones,
"How could you do it?" Dixie comforts Michael, and Scott (hypocrite in
training) talks loudly about Hate breeding Hate, while the elder Santoses look
upset (upset at their choices, or upset that Scott's picking on them? Hard to
tell.)
[no cliffhanger today]
Ashley Lambert-Maberly
(ash...@oldadm.ubc.ca)
Keeper of the FAC List, and RATSA Reading Group Moderator
FAC Marianna Starkweather, LCAS Spearcarrier #3
Pope Ular of the IHLC, & Cheese Hostess for SPERM
Tapper
while the elder Santoses look
>upset (upset at their choices, or upset that Scott's picking on them? Hard to
>tell.)
>
Great update. Actually I thought this final scene was also quite good.
Scott reminded the crowd that they were all to blame, seemingly his
redeeming moment. Perhaps he's had a change of heart? And the Santoses
appeared to finally "get it" -- they were/are part of the problem. Kinda
like a Shakespearean tragedy where nobody wins ... great finale to an
eventful episode.
Tapper "could be I'm reading too much into it???"
Joanna Grymes
>Hello, and welcome to the Thursday update:
and a wonderful update it is! Just a comment or two on the updater notes:
wonderful update mostly snipped
>[Updater note: My "Name the Baby" book has 100 pages for the boys names, about
>50 names per page. 100 x 50 = 5,000 boys names. Chances of Maria and Ed
>picking out the Sam/e name--given they had different reasons for their
>choice--is 1 in 5,000 x 5,000, or 1 in 25,000,000.]
and your point is? Isn't everything that happens in PV in about that range
of probability? But I figure that if PV has different physical laws
governing time and distance, maybe it has different mathmatical laws governing
arithmatic? Could this be why, regardless of one's job (or lack of job)
PVites are usually well-dressed, well-housed, and seem extremely
well-heeled? (unless you are the biological children of Erica and Dimitri,
in which case you live at the Pine Cone, or the beneficiary of a trust
fund, in which you live on Front Street?) I figure this is how Pierce
continued to purchase art supplies for years even though he was living off
the land.
>They're thrilled by this choice. The baby's name is to be Sam Carlos Grey.
>[Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahh! *SAM*????? What are they thinking?]
That a PVite male of means needed a semi-average name? (Is this
indicative of where baby names are going, folks? Are we returning to
those tried and true names of middle class america?)
I kept thinking it would turn into that Dick Van Dyke show where they told
Richie how his middle name came to be Rosebud.
snipped the Erica/Lois interlude
>[Updater note: I had thought the purpose of Lois was just to be a normal
>regular person--that alone would be enough of a conflict for Erica. Instead,
>Lois is a persistently annoying, rude, insensitive person, and I don't blame
>Erica one bit for disliking her.]
We seldom like those who are just like ourselves...
>Court's back in session. Janet starts in on her witness, and she is Masterful,
>Exciting, Clever, and Effective. She has trouble believing that Jason, hired
>to rile up thugs, spent the show upstairs in the Video Library, and so for
As an invited member of the ILJC, I have claimed for myself Janet's
Ability To Think On Her Feet. Thank you for that just tribute to the
character!
>[Jason] blames Dixie, who ... well,
>who should have slept with him, I guess. I'm not sure. He blames Liza, who
>wanted him to personally ensure a ratings bonanza, yielding the LOD:
>Jason: You want to take credit for ratings through the roof? Why dontcha come
> up and take credit for *THIS*, you Ratings WHORE!!!
You've got to admit, he did call that one on target.
>Scott (hypocrite in training) talks loudly about Hate breeding Hate, while
<the elder Santoses look upset (upset at their choices, or upset that Scott's
picking on them? Hard to tell.)
I'm curious about your reaction to how TPTB had Scott act - the hypocrite
in training remark. I thought that Scott seemed very sincere and that he
truly wished that he had reacted differently. It seemed, to me, to be an
earnestly written speech in which Scott said: I did something wrong. Many
of us did something wrong. We've not learned from what has gone one before
us and we should have. Many of bear some responsibility for what has
happened to Mike and Laurel. I accept that responsibility, but I want to
try to do better in the future. The fact that he continued even in the
face of the Santos' disapproval seemed to support that character's
earnestness. Is it hypocritical because it came after the damage was
done? Because you don't buy that that is really what Scott thinks? Or
perhaps we view it differently because our perspectives widely differ?
Anyone else want to comment?
RE: the Santos - I think that in some ways it was a combination in that Scott
seemed to be directing his speech toward them, they were used to Scott
being such a "respectful of his elders" young man, and partly because (to
me) Scott seemed to earnest that it had to make them think at least a little.
>Ashley Lambert-Maberly
jmg; FAC Ruth; plebian member IHLC; BL&P; ILJC, Janet's Ability To Think On
Her Feet
Joanna Grymes
gry...@kiowa.astate.edu
Katey Mallory
-> Date: Fri, 1 Mar 1996 09:54:44 UNDEFINED
Excellent update - really enjoyed reading it!
-> [Updater note: My "Name the Baby" book has 100 pages for the boys
-> names, about 50 names per page. 100 x 50 = 5,000 boys names.
-> Chances of Maria and Ed picking out the Sam/e name--given they had
-> different reasons for their choice--is 1 in 5,000 x 5,000, or 1 in
-> 25,000,000.]
-> After Maria giggles about this 1 in 25 million chance,
I know it's hard to believe, but my husband and I also chose the
exact same name for our cat separately....so it does happen, but
at least "Sebastian" (our cat!) is a better name than "Sam!" Yuck!
He'll grow up to be a bartender with that name....hahaha
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Julia Hendricks-Mueller
>I'm curious about your reaction to how TPTB had Scott act - the hypocrite
>in training remark. I thought that Scott seemed very sincere and that he
>truly wished that he had reacted differently. It seemed, to me, to be an
>earnestly written speech in which Scott said: I did something wrong. Many
>of us did something wrong. We've not learned from what has gone one
before
>us and we should have. Many of bear some responsibility for what has
>happened to Mike and Laurel. I accept that responsibility, but I want to
>try to do better in the future. The fact that he continued even in the
>face of the Santos' disapproval seemed to support that character's
>earnestness. Is it hypocritical because it came after the damage was
>done? Because you don't buy that that is really what Scott thinks? Or
>perhaps we view it differently because our perspectives widely differ?
>Anyone else want to comment?
>
I think what annoyed me about it is that the Santos', even though
wrongheaded, blind, ignorant, bigoted and narrowminded, actually believed
in what they were doing. Scott, who knew better, was behaving spectacularly
badly towards Michael, who had supported him in the past and with whom he
was close, because it might be socially awkward for him if he did the right
thing. Yet somehow, when the light dawned on Scott (and when it became
apparent that homophobia was no longer cool in PV High), he whipped right
past his own responsibility and p***poor behavior and laid into the
Santos', like they were the villains of this piece. Which, of course, they
were, but so was he, and he owed Michael and Stuart a little more
recognition of that fact.
Just my .02
Julia Hendricks-Mueller
FAC Palmer's eyebrows
Terry's humble newbie
Ashley Lambert-Maberly
>Speaking of Baby Sam Gray, can I have HIM for My FAC????
>CAZ "trying out my part/auditioning to be FAC Baby Sam Gray"
Sorry Caz, baby Sam was claimed months ago by Kevin Ginnety! Of course, he was
called FAC Kelsey's baby then, since we didn't know, but he gets an automatic
upgrade to FAC Sam.
Would you like to be FAC Nasty Bottle instead? ;-)
Scott Lindstrom
|> Erica Ann Champion (cham...@ix.netcom.com) wrote:
|> : ASH...@oldadm.ubc.ca (Ashley Lambert-Maberly) writes:
|>
|> : >>[Updater note: My "Name the Baby" book has 100 pages for the boys
|> : names, about
|> : >>50 names per page. 100 x 50 = 5,000 boys names. Chances of Maria and
|> : Ed
|> : >>picking out the Sam/e name--given they had different reasons for
|> : their
|> : >>choice--is 1 in 5,000 x 5,000, or 1 in 25,000,000.]
|>
|> : name because Maria picks a name and then Edmund has 5,000 names to
|> : choose from. So one out of those 5,000 names would be the one Maria
|> : picked. The chances would be 1 in 25,000,000 if Kelsey also picked the
|> : same name.
|>
|> : If anybody would like further explanation (yeah, right), e-mail me!
|> : I'd be glad to expand using pictures (that I would have to describe,
|> : since this is all text).
|>
|> : Erica "I knew that combinatorics class theyr'e making me take would
|> : come in handy in real life!" Ann Champion
|>
|> You're BOTH wrong, for the simple reason that no one RANDOMLY picks baby
|> names from a book. The distribution of names is not uniform--Maria is not
|> equally likely to choose John as she is Polonius. For this reason, it's
|> probably not too uncommon for two parents to independently decide on the
|> same popular name.
|>
|> Erica does have a point though. What do you have to say about that, Mr.
|> Statistics? :) :)
|>
|> Ken
Let me preface this comment by saying that I have not done statistics in years,
and that my Aunt did not get an MFA because she couldn't pass statistics. So I
am not Mr. Statistics at all.
I say Ashley is right. The chances that Maria would pick "Sam" out of n names --
if the names she chooses are random -- is 1/n. The chance that Edmund will pick
the same name is 1/n*1/n. Given that Maria has picked the name Sam, then the
chances that Edmund will pick it are 1/n. The chances that all three (Maria,
Edmund, and Kelsey) would pick the same name would then be 1/125000000000, very
small chances indeed.
Anyway, since when did statistics mean anything on a soap? And maybe Maria would
name someone Polonius. After all, AMC has had characters named Silver and Skye.
Scott "Trying to think of other weird AMC names and failing" Lindstrom
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Mike & Caroline Hardester
>Speaking of Baby Sam Gray, can I have HIM for My FAC????
>Please? waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah
> waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa?
>Please Uncle Ashley? I'll be a good wittle boy, I promise!
>I hope Kelsey (not MY mom!) moves away because I wuv Edmund and \
>Mawiah to be my mommy and daddy. Her milk wasn't all that great,
>anyway. I'll do the bottle thing unless Mama Mawia wants to try
>breastfeeding me, she's so pwetty....And My dad is soooo handsome,
>he has a soft hairy chest i can rub up against.
>CAZ "trying out my part/auditioning to be FAC Baby Sam Gray"
FAC Kelsey's Breasts On:
"Listen, Little One With the Ambiguous Name, I can understand your
preference for the Greys over Kelsey, but the crack about her milk is
uncalled for! I've provided you with many important vitamins,
minerals, and antibodies to fight against germs. Maria's plasticine
breasts couldn't begin to do those things for you! Yeah, I know,
Kelsey is kind of a pain -- I have to put up with her too -- but you
need my milk for awhile yet, not just for your health but for the
storyline. So if you want to let off some steam, fulfill the name of
Plunger Face and hold on for dear life! It's okay -- I can handle it,
it's what I'm built for -- but it will bug Kelsey and you'll get back
at her a little. Hang in there ... literally."
FAC Kelsey's Breasts Off
FAC Kelsey's Breasts
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