ATWT Recaps Week of Oct. 10, 2005
Friday, October 14, 2005
We came back from news that Manhattan continues to take on water to learn that Princess Lily is “holding on to hope with everything I’ve got” regarding her mother. Holden assured her that Lucinda is a tough cookie and she’ll be okay. Emma (Emma!) arrived with flowers and got an update on the Mexico madness. Lily went to put the bouquet in water, but Emma stayed with her son and pried about their relationship. He doesn’t want to talk about it and risk “jinxing” it, and they’re taking things slowly. Emma agreed with that course of action, but she’s definitely a Lilden fan. Meg showed up and Emma instantly called her on what she was thinking: that she’s annoyed that her mother is not a Musty or Deg or whatever they’re calling it fan. Meg had to cancel dinner because she’s got to meet Dusty regarding some information about Jennifer, which gave Emma a chance to question her daughter’s motives again. “I know what I’m doing and everyone’s gonna benefit from it,” insisted Meg, and they left it with “I love you”s and a hug. Meg then called Street Jeans and learned that Dusty lied about where he was going. Meanwhile, Lily headed to Java, where Keith was on the phone with a real estate broker about a new apartment. She was annoyed to realize that he wasn’t leaving her kingdom; he claimed that he’s sticking around for J.J. “You don’t own this town. I can do whatever I want,” he said stubbornly. Actually, she kind of does own most of town. Frustrated by not having her orders obeyed and her emotions conflicted, Lily tried to leave, but Keith grabbed her wrist. That’s when Holden walked in.
In Tampa, Jennifer and Dusty were lost in their kiss when the P.I. interrupted to say that the trail on Nurse Thompson is “pretty cold,” even though she’s only been gone a couple of hours. But it doesn’t matter anyway — the P.I. suspects that Nurse Thompson left her job abruptly because of her felonious brother in Alabama, and not necessarily because of the baby. Bummed out but undeterred, Dusty and Jen questioned the hotel waitress, who remembered seeing Nurse Thompson with a blonde woman. Who could it be? they wondered, and considered the idea that it was Kristen’s common-law-sister-in-law. Still, Jen had to admit that they’re back where they started; she’s sorry he wasted his time and urged him to go back to his life. He took her hand and assured her that he’s right where he wants to be and he feels like there’s something more between them. Jennifer weakly suggested that their kiss was just a moment, and in any case, she’s not ready for that right now. He urged her not to give up.
At the police station, an anxious Hal grilled, threatened and cast character aspersions on Cass, causing Winthrop to break all kinds of attorney-client privilege rules and reveal that Paul paid for Gwen’s legal expenses. At Java, Emily (last seen making a dramatic revelation over the phone to Paul), was back to spying on Meg, and Paul, who is still circling Oakdale International, called her (for once). “What’s going on?” he asked nonchalantly, as though she’s just firming up some dinner plans. Em reported that Meg knows the truth. He calmly, but firmly announced that she has to stop Meg from telling anyone, but Emily asked how. “I don’t know. Think like me,” he advised. But instead of seducing Meg to gain her allegiance, Emily simply sat down with Meg (who had been trying to reach Dusty on the phone) and offered to help/stall. But Meg took off as Hal arrived to speak with his ex-wife alone about Will’s getaway. If Hal only knew they have bigger worries. Well, actually, he’s got a suspicion: “Paul’s got something going on Emily. He has for weeks … just how deep in are you, Emily?” She stonewalled as usual and he worried about her, as usual. She insisted that Paul can’t have helped Will escape because he’s focused on the Jennifer and the impending move to Italy. Hal still wanted to know why Paul is suddenly so interested in Gwen and her baby. On the plane, Paul complained to the flight attendant about this endless circling while he’s got schemes in disarray on the ground. She apologetically suggested a nap. He took her advice, and was soon having a fuzzy dream about coming home and calling for Emily, only to find Jennifer, who had learned the truth from Meg Snyder. And if dreams are the true indication of someone’s true feelings, Paul’s got some serious nagging doubt/guilt. In the dream, Jen sought revenge by drugging his scotch and soda, then smothering him with a pillow — and Super Henry didn’t swoop in to the rescue! The next time we saw him, he was getting on yet another plane, to Tampa — and sitting right next to Meg, a wide smile on his face.
In New York City, Jack tackled Will and demanded to know Gwen’s whereabouts, but The Best Teen Ever insisted that he was only trying to help her, and bluffed. “I watched you grow up. I’ve known you most of your life. Hell, your father is my best friend. Do you have any idea what this is doing to him?” argued Jack, but Will insisted that Gwen was in the basement, so Jack demanded his car keys and told him to wait in the basement room. Instead, Will finished his jog. At the same time, Iris asked around and managed to track down her daughter. Meanwhile, Carly had already found Gwen and they argued about who would be a worse mother to Rory/Billy: a possible one-time baby killer or a teenage runaway. Carly tried to convince Gwen that she’s making a huge mistake, and promised her that she wouldn’t press charges. A tearful Gwen seemed ready to relent until she spotted Will running up and both Gwen and Carly grabbed for the carriage. Carly pulled it one way, while Gwen tried to push it forward until suddenly the carriage went careening (Battleship Potemkin-style; or, if you prefer, The Untouchables-style) down the stairs. Carly and Gwen stood at the edge of the steps, screaming. They finally had started to run (Will, too) once we got back from commercial, but the carriage was going too fast in slow motion. Luckily, Jack appeared at the bottom and did a little twisty move, scooping the baby out of the carriage before it tipped over. Everyone breathed a sigh of relief, then resumed fighting over who could go near the baby, which resulted in Gwen’s own slow-motion tumble, but these are no Odessa Steps — in fact, she only ended up going down about eight of them (we counted). Nevertheless, she was knocked out cold. While The Best Teen Ever frantically rushed to her side (sigh), Iris arrived, and Jack made a show of checking her pulse, then called 911. But Carly, seemingly in a trance, listened to Iris shrieking “Angel Girl” about Gwen; then had flashbacks to the Frankenstein carriage of her youth, and Iris cradling a baby she called “Angel Girl” and cooing that she’s got a plan to get her away from “all of this.” Then there were more flashbacks of Iris shrieking about that thing that happened with that beautiful boy that time. “Oh my God. It wasn’t a boy,” Carly gasped.
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