karen@wjvax.UUCP (Karen Pline) (04/16/85)
Sorry about this, but our VAX had problems this weekend. I'm reposting this since some of you were not abole to see it. If you've already read this, please forgive me and go on to the next message. Friday, April 12 ---------------- Erica found a photo album of Mike's when she returned home from the hospital. There was a picture of someplace in Tibet, and under the picture Mike had written that he wanted his ashes to be scattered there. Erica phoned Mark and got him to come over. She showed him the picture, then asked him to go with her to Tibet. Now - for the murder story. Oh, where to begin? This is going to be very complicated for a while. Myra was worried about Palmer - he had been gone a long time. Phoebe showed up at the Manor to talk to Palmer, but he still wasn't there. Finally, he showed up, with the briefcase still in his hand, looking upset and agitated. He got rid of Phoebe. Myra asked him what's going on. He told Myra that he never did go to Zach's. He said that he drove around thinking, then decided to come home. Myra said that he should have given Zach the money and gotten the whole thing over with. She's afraid that Zach is going to use those pictures. Palmer said that Zach is too greedy to use them yet, and not to worry about it. Then he went upstairs and changed his clothes. Jasper returns shortly thereafter, and he is very upset and nervous. Myra tells him that Palmer returned. Jasper tells Myra that he followed Palmer, but lost him at a stop sign. He also reassures Myra that Zach will not used the pictures. He's glad to be home safely. Daisy and Dr. Martin look all over for Nina, but they can't find her. Daisy realizes that Nina has taken her car and tells Dr. Martin that Nina is very upset about something and that Daisy must get to Zach's right away. So she borrows Dr. Martin's car and heads over there. When she gets there, she sees her own car in the driveway. She gets out of Dr. Martin's car, there is the sound of a car starting and pulling away, then she goes into the building. Nina arrives at home. Cliff arrives right after her. They start to discuss the pictures. Cliff tells Nina about the $20,000 bribe. He says that he went to the bank, got the money, then went over to Zach's to pay him off. As he was about to get out of his car, he saw Nina coming out of the building. He got so mad that Nina was in there making love to Zach that he felt she deserved to have those pictures published. Nina tells Cliff that she never went up to see Zach. She says that she went over to kill him, but when she went into the building, she got scared, so she left. Cliff only saw her leaving the building, not the apartment, she swears. Then Nina tells Cliff that the pictures were set up by Zach and Linda. Cliff doesn't believe Nina. He wants to know where Linda is. Nina tells him that she had a terrible fight with Linda and threw her out of the house. And she tries to convince Cliff by telling him the whole story about Linda. Andrew comes home to Courtlandt Manor also looking very upset and behaving strangely. He wants to know if his mother has returned. Palmer hasn't seen her all evening. Palmer asks Andrew where he's been. Andrew replies that he was at the Chateau, then left to do some things at school. The last murder scene. Daisy has gone into the building and they show her gently opening the door to Zach's apartment. Later, they show Ross coming up the stairs. He opens the apartment door, walks inside, then comes to a startled stop. There on the floor is Zach's body, his face covered with blood. And leaning over the body, holding that long kitchen knife, is DAISY! Poor Daisy. She doesn't even see Ross come in. She crawls away from the body with the knife still in her hand, and she looks horrified. You can tell that she thinks Nina did it. The End. Thoughts - I think Linda stabbed Zach. We have no idea as of yet whether Zach died of stab wounds, was shot, etc. But at least I think she inflicted some injury on him. Then she took what money was in the apartment and used the plane ticket to get out of town. But I think Palmer and Jasper saw the body (and maybe killed Zach, or inflicted further injury together). As of this moment, of course, we don't know if they'll find any money or the plane ticket in the apartment. But we do know which of the suspects could not have committed the murder - Myra. She never left the Manor, and she was totally against taking that man's life. Also, I don't think Ross is the murderer, unless he left and came back. He looked too startled, and the murder weapon was still there. Lastly, I don't think Andrew could have murdered Zach. I think he's agitated because he's worried about his Mom. Like Linda said, he just doesn't have the imagination. One more - Daisy. She's the suspect, so she's obviously not the murderer. But I think she'll admit it because she thinks Nina killed Zach, and Daisy wants to protect her daughter (sound familiar to those of you who saw Gen. Hosp. when Laura killed David and Leslie took the rap for her and went to jail until Laura regained her memory?). But they didn't account for Tad, Cynthia, or Adam on today's show. Well, so long for now. -- Karen Pline --