Recap by Kaydee

One Life to Live Recap for Tuesday, July 30, 2002

THE SUPERBROOM RIDES AGAIN!!–PSYCHOS' GREAT ESCAPE!!

Lindsay brings psycho from a different angle as she hears police sirens blaring from behind her in the getaway car. She tells herself that she cannot go back to prison, and she's come too far to go back. Realizing that time is not something that's in her favor as she stops the car, her Super-turbo-charged brain wheels gets to turning. (Think fast, think fast, think fast...GOT IT!)

She unbuttons the blue prison shirt and awaits the approaching police officer to arrive. She nervously smiles, trying to sweet talk the officer out of a ticket.

"Is something wrong?" she asks innocently. The officer tells her she knows exactly what's wrong, and she's in big trouble. No, it's not what you think, folks. Lindsay pulls one of her backup tricks out of that Superbroom glove compartment and tells the officer that she doesn't know what she did wrong. She asks him to pardon her aloof approach, but she's just finished a hard volunteer's work session cleaning up the banks of Llantano River and she was lost.

The officer is not buying that line of b....fish bait and asks her for her license and registration. So she just finished cleaning up the banks of Llantano River, and that's why she looks so muddy! And is that also why she was doing 50 in a 35 MPH zone?

"35? Really? Where?" Lindsay says, stalling big-time.

They indulge in a roundabout discussion about a speed post that was a mile back that Lindsay claims not to have seen..then Lindsay pulls a left-fielder, folks, she starts to flirt with the officer! She makes implications about how muddy and grungy she must look, and all she wants to do is freshen up. You know, come out looking like a different person?

Well, brains-in-the-pants Officer New Boy falls for it. At first, I thought we finally had a real earthling role happening here, because he initially told Lindsay she was coming down to the station, despite all of her seduction attempts, but his eyes began to roam over things other than Lindsay's license and registration, and suddenly his badge was out of his mind. He told Lindsay that she's coming with him. Lindsay, believing that her time had run out, starts to babble, once again stalling for a way out. The officer repeats that she's coming with him. Lindsay tries again to steer his mind away from his badge, and he starts to waver.

"You really are a beautiful woman. Now the way I see it, you can either come with me down to the station and answer questions, or you can spend some quality time with me and forget this ever happened," he says.

Just what the Superbrooms need to restart their engines! VAROOM! VAROOM! Now, people, we are once again forced to take that daily dose of alien pixie dust, for Lindsay tells the officer, with that all-too-familiar hint of mischievous gleam in her eyes,

"You do realize that Bo Buchanan is a close and personal friend of mine, don't you?"

The officer doesn't believe her at first, but she becomes more skilled at bluffing and suddenly, she turned the situation turned around from a near arrest to the officer showing her the way back to Allison Perkins.

(There goes that Superbroom again! Maybe she can pick up these writers and fly them back to EARTH??)

"THE GODFATHER" GANNON & WACKISON PERKINS!!

It's a showdown at high noon in Llanview, folks! After nearly driving both RJ and herself off the road, (not to mention risking them getting caught by the police), Allison and RJ face-off in Rae-Ray's house. Allison threatens to expose RJ's role in the breakout if Lindsay didn't show up soon.

He tells her that it was her fault that Lindsay got separated from them in the first place, and..never mind. She's out of jail, she's safe and his job is done. He's outta there...

"Not so fast, JR!" Allie Wack calls out. RJ angrily turns to face her, telling her that his name is R-J. Get it right. He respects her by calling her by her right name, and he's not going to tolerate much more of her disrespect. Allison softens and tells him that Lindsay had better show up soon, or else.

RJ reminds her that his only job was to provide a getaway car and a safe house, both of which he did indeed provide. There was nothing in the arrangements that called for him to be Lindsay's keeper. Besides. Lindsay wouldn't be stupid enough to back out now. Allison is about to tear into him again, but she looks past his shoulder and spots Fright Night Roxy peering into the window from outside the porch. She's drunk out of her mind, as usual, and her new makeover is now a deadover with mascara streaks and the return of the hair frizzies.

RJ impatiently asks Allison if something is wrong, turning to see what it was that caught her attention. He sees nothing, and Allison quickly dismisses him to zoom in on the target that has now captured her predatory interest. Much to her annoyance, RJ isn't leaving until he gets her word that their business is concluded and she has no intention of running into his daughter. Allison assures him of such and they part.

Allison makes a beeline straight for her drunken trespasser. Roxy is walking a tightrope between inebriation and hallucinations. She sees Allison, but thinks she losing her mind. Allison stands over her, and Roxy squints up at her, trying to blink a few times to rid herself of the image above her fallen heap of drunken body.

NO DICE, Rox! The more you blink the more into focus that "hallucination" becomes. Roxy says, "Allison Perkins?? What are you doing here?"

"They let me out."

"NO WAY!" Roxy says, struggling between slurred speech and blurred vision.

"WAAAY!" chants Allison in reply, " They let me out for good behavior."

Roxy stumbles to her feet, still squinting against her hangover, and tells Allison that she came to give Rae-Ray her Woman of the Year award. Allison watches in disbelief as Roxy pulls out the actual award. Allison lets out a psychotic laugh and mocks Rae-Ray's nomination, saying that she can't believe they actually voted that "quack" Woman of the Year.

She gets serious very quickly and tells Roxy that she has to figure out what to with her now that Roxanne has seen her. Even in her inebriated state, Roxy instincts are ringing. She stumbles to gather up her possessions and heads for the door. She tries to leave, but Allison calmly walks up behind her. Roxy realizes that the door is locked, and she's left to face Allison alone...

THE CASTAWAYS!!

With the tension still thick between them, Tea manages to avoid Todd's lunacy by walking along the shore. Suddenly, she lets out a scream and doubles over. Todd races down the sand and lifts her up, asking her what happened. Tea manages a tearful, "Something bit me," but she's slipping away fast. Todd, totally freaked out, races with her back to the cave, screaming out if she still has multiple allergies.

"DELGADO! Are you still allergic to a lot of stuff?"

He doesn't wait for an answer. He lays her down and softly tells her, to hang in there. He's going back to his shore apartment to get food and first-aid supplies, and he'll be right back. He's about to turn away, but he notices that she's starting to pass out. He gently taps her face, saying,

"No, no, no..don't go to sleep. Stay awake for me. I'll be right back."
Tea stars mumbling something about dying, and Todd assures her that nobody ever died to a jellyfish sting. Just hang in there and let him get the supplies. Tea weakly nods in agreement, and Todd turns to leave, once again turning right back to her.

"I just wanted to tell you something, Delgado," he says softly, "You were right to stop me from kidnapping my children. If you hadn't, they'd be here right now."

Tea cries happy tears and tells him to go, and hurry! He does and she says again..

"Hurry, Todd! Hurry!"

LLANVIEW PD BLUE: THE SEARCH IS ON!!

There's a whole lotta bustlin' goin' on in this here PO-lice station!

The whole department is hustling...Gotta get that Superbroom back! It's on the loose, and what's worse? There's a new psycho passenger on the flight!

(I hear the sounds of Mystikal's "Danger" playing in the background!)

Bo is barking orders at every officer in the building, passing and idle, telling them that he wants another APB out on the escapees yesterday!
He spots Antonio, but before he can get to him, Troy comes barging over and asks Bo if he's found Nora yet. Bo says he hasn't. Troy informs Bo that he's been trying to find Nora to no avail, but he did find her cell phone. He tells Bo that he hit the redial button on it and found out that the last place Nora dialed was the Lone Pine Motel. Could the motel possibly be a link to Lindsay? Bo replies that it's a possibility..

(Okay, correct me if I'm wrong here, but if the motel were even a REMOTE connection to Lindsay, wouldn't the call have come FROM the Lone Pine Motel, and not from Nora's cell phone TO the motel? Hmm,
Braniac? Use your BRAIN, commish! Maybe you could actually SOLVE a crime or two! Like, um, let's say.. Viki is NIKI, for example? JEEZ!)

Troy panics and tells Bo that they have to find Nora. She has to know about the escape as soon as possible. Bo agrees. Troy's imagination gets the best of him, and he starts rattling on about all of the worst-case scenarios..

Maybe Lindsay got into Nora's house and took her hostage? Bo says..impossible. There have been officers guarding Nora's home from the moment the escape was announced. Troy is not reassured. Lindsay is capable of anything. (Um, ya THINK???)

Bo tells Troy that Lindsay didn't have time to do that. Troy asks Bo to pardon him if he doesn't take Bo's reassuring words to heart. He knows Lindsay well enough to know that she can make the impossible happen.
Troy says aloud that at least he can take comfort in knowing that Lindsay escaped on foot. 

No comfort here, doc! Take a look at the Commish's face! Troy is disgusted, and he's panicking all over again. How did they escape anyway? Bo tells him that they must have had someone waiting for them on the other side...
(Um, yeeeeaaah! She called the accomplice from the illegal cell phone she has in her J-A-I-L C-E-l-l!)

Troy impatiently asks Bo how the two ladies managed to escape in the first place. And who would help them knowing how dangerous they are??

Let's continue our tour and gather a few answers for ourselves, shall we?

Over by his desk, Antonio battles with a tough decision. He found evidence at the escape routine that incriminate RJ, but he knows now that Keri will be heartbroken. He picks up his cell phone and dials RJ's penthouse, pleading aloud for Keri to tell him that RJ was with her all night. He's dialing, but there's no answer.

Bo arrives, and asks Antonio if all of the officers have responded to the APB. A very distracted Antonio says all have except one. The new guy, Robert something or other. Bo angrily says that new guy or not, he must report to Bo's office the minute he comes through the door..

(WEEEELLL, commish, you're gonna have to look for him wherever women are driving 50 in a 35 MPH zone by themselves!)

Bo is about to leave, but notices the upset look on Antonio's face. Concerned, Bo asks Antonio what's wrong. Antonio slowly reveals that he wanted to find the right time to bring this up to Bo, but there's no right time, so....

Bo watches in confusion as Antonio produces RJ's gold nameplate gift from Keri. He tells Bo where he found it, and Bo asks him if he's sure it's RJ's. Antonio says that he's sure, but he's having the item dusted for prints to confirm. Bo tells him that he made a wise decision, because if this means what I think it means...

"..Then Keri's heart will be broken." Antonio says.

Flash over to the Godfather's suite... Keri is asleep. A real Rip Van Winkle sleep, too! RJ quickly and quietly sneaks back into his place, careful not to wake Keri. Relieved that she's still out cold, he quickly closes the door, reconnects the phone, and then changes the clocks back.
Feeling of guilt take over as he glances over his sleeping daughter. He apologizes to her for what he's about to do, but says that he really needs an alibi. He wakes her up and tells her that he hates having to wake her, but her program is about to start.

She jumps up, saying that she must have missed it by now. He tells no, it's only nine. She says that's impossible! She's been sleeping for hours!

NORA/BLAIR: CATFIGHT COUNTERATTACK!

Blair and Nora face each other and Blair asks Nora how's she's doing. Nora, trying to keep her anger with her discovery of Blair's deceptions, says that she's not doing so well. Blair, fishing, says,

"Oh, really? What's wrong, Nora?"
"I think Troy is cheating on me!"
"Why would you think that?"
"I found this motel key, in his lab coat pocket, where you told me to look for the instructions. See?" Nora says, dangling the planted key in Blair's face.
"And that's not all," Nora continues, "I overheard a message from a woman with a German accent asking Troy when he was going to meet her again. The woman said that Troy always tells her that she's satisfies her better than I do."

Well, everyone, Blair continues to play innocent, and finally Nora lets her have it. The jig is up, Manning lady, I know you're behind this whole set-up. Blair tries to deny it, but Nora only becomes more enraged. Quit lying, Blair!  I know you did this, I just haven't figured out why. But either way, this scheme of yours is despicable, and I want to know why you did it.

Nora and Blair are screaming at the top of their lungs, and through the commotion, Nora has an epiphany. Blair wants Troy for herself! Blair once again sticks her foot in her mouth when she responds with that genuinely disgusted look on her face, saying,

"Oh, puhleeze! I wouldn't want Troy MacIver if he were the last stinking man on Earth!" (Earth, get it, writers?)

Nora asks her why not? Blair says because Troy is a lying manipulating man, and Nora counter-quips..

"Well that would make him a perfect match for you, wouldn't it, Blair?"
The cat fight is heating up, and little Starr stands out in the lobby, listening to every word exchanged between the women. She's had enough and she calls Troy. Troy answers, immediately calling for Nora. Starr tells him that it's not Nora, it's her.

Troy softly tells her that he can't talk to her right now, it's a really bad time. Starr says, you don't wanna talk to me? Troy says, of course he does, but there's some emergencies going on at the moment...

He buckles down and indulges Starr in a little conversation. Starr asks him if the iguana is okay. Troy says she is. Starr is not buying it, and she asks him again. Then she asks him if it's true that Nora doesn't like Priscilla the Iguana. Troy says,

"Why would you ask something like that?"
Starr says that Nora told her so. Troy is on alert and asks Starr if she personally spoke to Nora. Starr says yes. He asks her when. She said a few minutes ago. She's here talking to my mother. Troy is on pins and needles now.

"Nora's there? At your house?"
"YEAH," Starr says impatiently. Troy asks her to get Nora for him. Starr puts up a little resistance, but heads into the living room to comply with his request. However, Blair shoos her out of the room before she can say anything, and after two attempts to get through to her mom, she tells Troy that Blair won't let her get Nora because they're really mad and yelling at each other right now.

Troy says good-bye to Starr and races over to the Manning household.

Thank you for travelling with WKAYDEE-TV in our special spaceship edition. We now return you to Planet Earth, where REAL things happen! Tune in tomorrow, folks!

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Recap written by Kimberley Barnett, © Copyright by Katherine Thurston & 2002.