Recap by Kaydee B.

One Life to Live Recap for Wednesday, March 13, 2002 

SHOWDOWN AT THE GALLERY!! ACT TWO-SCENE 1:

After knocking Lindsay out, she reaches for the phone and calls Bo. Only Bo’s not there and the person on the other end puts her on hold…. An all-too-convenient (and predictable) turn of events for a quickly recovering Lindsay. Lindsay jumps to her feet and attacks Nora from behind, grabbing the …(YES) tape and tossing it down the trash chute. Tell me something, folks. Is it me, or do the stars seem to keep refueling that Rappaport Superbroom?

LOONVIEW COMMISH AND THE …FLOOZY?

Bo steps into the Vega diner for lunch, but before he orders, in tramples Gabrielle, right behind him. She slips into a booth right across from him and when he finishes ordering from Carlotta, she innocently turns to him and greets him, saying what a pleasant surprise it is to see him there. Bo, detective that he is, tells her pleasant remains to be seen, and as for a surprise…

It’s not. She’s been following him, and he wants to know why.

Flash over to the counter, where an irate Cristian has just entered and removed his coat. His mother takes note of the upset look on his face and asks him what’s wrong. He tells her nothing, but hell-bent as she is, she refuses to accept that answer and goes on an investigation mission. “I know my children, and I know exactly what’s wrong. Jen Rappaport.”

Cris doesn’t reply, and his mother starts pouring out her words of “wisdom”. Why doesn’t Cristian fight for Jen? It’s clear that he loves her and it’s quite evident that Jen is as miserable as he is, so why not fight for her? Cris tells his mother it’s not that simple…

“Why?” Carlotta counters, “Because Al’s in a wheelchair? What’s wrong with my sons? Antonio is going out with probably the worst woman in the world for him…. (Uh-oh!  “Mad mom’s” horns are showing again!) And you are giving up the woman you love…”

Back at the commissioner’s table, Gabrielle confesses to following him. After all she has very little friends, well, she doesn’t have any friends exactly….and, well...Bo is amused and they delve into a slew of small talk. Bo asks her about her job, and she says it’s good.

“Working for Todd Manning is good?” He openly implies that he knows something is up. He has been reading her fashion columns and it appears that Todd has given her a free reign. Gabrielle sidesteps the implication with a nonchalant, “He appreciates my skills.”

Bo excuses himself and heads over to the counter, where he spots Cristian. He happily greets Cris, telling him that it’s been a while since they’d seen each other. He heard Cris had returned to school, and he said that he hoped Cris would pursue a career in law enforcement. He continues to ramble on about how grateful he was to Cris for his part in helping them get RJ when he worked undercover. Cris didn’t share in the commissioner’s joy, however. For every good thing Bo praised him, Cris countered with a negative result of his “undercover” work. The main thing being that he lost Jen in the process. He goes on to confide in Bo about how hard it is for him to stay away from her and let her be with Al. And then the Voice of Doom emerges from behind them saying,

“Well, you’d better damned well try!” They look around to see Gabrielle, all of five feet with ten feet of venom spewing from her slanted little eyes. The men looks down upon her, really quite annoyed with her interference, but they oblige her the opportunity to ramble on about how her son is in a wheelchair because of him, and Jen is the only thing that is keeping him hopeful of the future. If Cris thinks that he’s going to interfere with her son’s progress after all that he’s done to Al, he was sorely mistaken. Okay, lady, will you puhleeze sit back down?

A short pause followed, and Bo informs her that she was totally out of line because he and Cris were discussing police business that had nothing to do with Al, and if anyone was interrupting anything, it was she interrupting them. Cris adds to her embarrassment by telling her that he’d already received that same speech from Max, and he agreed to stay out of Al’s and Jen’s business, and she should do the same.

DR. VIKI DAVIDSON: PSYCHOLOGIST TO THE MANNINGS?

As Viki and Ben share an intimate moment, their doorbell rings. They hesitate before deciding to open it. Enter The Mannings, minus Starr, with worried looks on their faces. They tell the tale of the older sister from hell, and Blair appeals desperately to Viki’s sense of wisdom and life experiences. What should they do about Starr?  Sibling rivalry is bad enough, but Starr has taken it to another level. Viki steers Blair into the living room for a private chat, leaving Ben to deal with Todd. Inside the living room, Viki asks Blair if she’s absolutely positive that Starr wasn’t telling the truth. Blair, at her wits’ end, says she doesn’t think so. Viki then tells her that the best thing to do is constantly reassure Starr that she is still loved. IT’S a must. She should know, because she herself is going through the same problem with her own two daughters…

She constantly has to remind Jessica that she’s still loved, while on the other hand, she has to try to inject some security into Natalie, who clearly never got that security from Roxy. Blair once again comments that she is still having a hard time believing that the whole baby-switching scenario even took place. How could a mother not know her own baby? (She’s one to talk!) Her words upset Viki, and she immediately tries to reassure Viki that she meant no criticism with regards to Viki’s parenting skills. But Viki isn’t really hearing her. She suddenly begins to look as if she’s going to faint, scaring the life out of Blair, who’s nerves are so shaken by the sight of her sister-in-law in such a strange state that all she can do is offer Viki some water.  Viki accepts the glass obliviously, as she’s replaying Blair’s question over and over in her mind. How could a mother not know her own baby….?

Blair once again poses the question: What should they do about Starr? And Viki offers some quick advice that she extracted from a textbook somewhere in the back of her twisted mind. She’s still struggling with her own demons, and she is also concerned with the sudden strange feeling that was triggered by Blair’s question.

Later, after she somehow manages to dispose of her visitors, she falls asleep on the couch, the question still echoing in her mind…

Somewhere between pieces of dreams, she jolts awake, and looks over to the couch across from hers, and her eyes meet with Niki Smith’s!

TEEN BEAT: LOONVIEW’S SPECIAL WEDNESDAY EDITION!

After Al delivers Jen a blow by suggesting they really get married as a way of sticking it to Shawna and Molly, Jen, (who nearly dropped dead from loss of breath) subtly leads him away from that suggestion by telling him that although it would be a funny sight to see the expressions on the Gabbing Gals faces, they don’t need to worry about satisfying the rumor because they know the rumor is not true. Al senses her hesitation to commit to him and his previous suspicions, (the ones of which he was aware all along!) are confirmed. His solution? Start delving into the self-pity act and refer to his “handicap” to refresh her memory.  Jen, (who seems to be digging herself into a deeper hole every day), lets him know that there’s more to him than whether or not he can walk. He’s smart, he’s funny, he’s cute…he has so much to offer. Al makes a semi-joke, laced with a “yada, yada, yada” tone, and then on a more serious note, he asks her why she’s doing all that she’s doing for him. She says, “Because I love you.” Al’s face brightens with happiness, and I folks, can hear the resounding thump of Jen’s body hitting the second sublevel of that hole she’s been digging since Al’s accident.

LOONVIEW ENGINE LADDER 14: FIREFIGHTERS IN ACTION!!

Troy screams at a fallen Sam to wake up!! After several tries and no response, he attempts to use his free hand to reach for the crowbar that fell from Sam’s hands when he fell. After a very hard struggle, he manages to accomplish that feat, and he bangs against the only remaining restraint. He finally gets free just as Sam recovers, and now the men set out against the towering flames to escape the funhouse inferno. They get out safely, and Sam tells Troy that he’s going to take him to the hospital. Troy declines the offer, telling Sam that they have no time to waste, Nora’s in trouble. THE MAGIC WORDS…

Sam and Troy head to the gallery. HURRY, boys!!

SHOWDOWN IN THE TRASH COMPACTOR!!

Nora recovers from her despair of losing the tape to the garbage chute, and races down the stairs to recover it before it gets destroyed. Lindsay’s radar picks up on Nora’s intentions…(BEEP, BEEP), and she follows Nora trail to the basement.

Nora stands in front of the trash bin, hesitant at first, (and cursing herself for resorting to such low methods), but realizing this may be her only chance to put Lindsay away, dives into the trash bin and begins searching through the debris for the evidence she so desperately needs. She handles each piece of her trash she touches with the very tips of her fingers. A few seconds later, she boldly delves into the trash as Lindsay has arrived and decided to join in her trash venture. Both women tear through the pile of garbage furiously, each with their own agenda. A few seconds into the rage, Nora spots the tape. Lindsay grabs it and they struggle. Lindsay’s smug feeling of victory is short-lived as she realizes that the tape in her hand is labeled “Chumbawumba”.

“Chumbawumba? What the hell is that?” (Okay, one point to the Superbroom operator for a humorous line!) She tosses the tape and they hear a buzz. Lindsay wants to know what the noise is, and after Nora stops to investigate the sound for just a minute, she announces that she doesn’t give a damn what the noise is, Troy went through a lot of trouble to get that tape to her, and she’s not going to let him down. She resumes her frantic rummaging and Lindsay scoffs: “Why bother? He’s never gonna know anyway!”

Nora again demands to know what Lindsay did to troy. Again she attacks Lindsay when she’s met with silence, and halfway through the scuffle, the noise gets louder. Only this time they realize that the walls are closing in around them from both sides! Someone turned on the trash compactor, and the Superbroom and Loonview’s most respected defense attorney are part of the trash!

Upstairs at the gallery, the men walk into the gallery in a mess. They are met with the sight of fine art pieces flung carelessly all over the place! Troy immediately heads over to the Ramali, and notices that it has been removed the wall and the tape is gone.

“One of them found it,” he says worriedly. Sam, confused, asks him what he’s talking about. Troy says simply, “Lindsay’s confession tape.” Sam, on alert, says, “There’s a tape?” Now he realizes the danger of the situation. “And one of them found it. The question is, who found it first?”

And that, folks, is the question we must ask again, tomorrow. Who will have the tape? Will the ladies be saved, or will they be minced meat? Tune in tomorrow, folks! Same Broom Time, Same Broom Station.   

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