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Original posting of Episode 16:

Date: 21 Jan 97 00:46:32 GMT
From: kmp@harlequin.com (Kent Pitman)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv.soaps.cbs
Subject: Y&R: Another Way Out, episode 16
Message-ID: <KMP.97Jan21004632@romulus.harlequin.com>

"Another Way Out" takes plotline state at time of publication and shows that
there are interesting places right around the corner.  The goal, besides
having some fun with good-natured parody, is to challenge the notion that we
must be mired in certain tired plotlines for months just to have a good time.
There is always another way out...

   Archives of this and older episodes of "Another Way Out"
    as well as the more serious "morals" that underly them,
    can be found at:  http://world.std.com/~pitman/awo/index.html

INSIDE... * Ashley learns the deadly truth about Kurt.
        * Cricket offers Danny a wedding present to die for.
      * A killer new image for Jabot.

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ANOTHER WAY OUT, Episode 16, 21-Jan-97  by Kent Pitman (kmp@harlequin.com)
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The doorbell rings at Phyllis' apartment and Danny answers.  It's Cricket.
"Hi, uh--I didn't call ahead--am I interrupting anything?"  Danny shakes his
head.  "No, no--it's a fine time to visit.  Come on in and sit down."  She
seats herself on the couch and asks, "Where's Phyllis?"  "Oh, she and Joanie
went shopping with Little Daniel.  It's just the two of us."  She offers an
ambiguous smile, halfway between relief and satisfaction.  "I'm sorry I
didn't bring a present for you at the wedding..." "Oh, you don't have to do
that, Cricket." "Oh, but I do," she says.  "It's a tradition."  She stands
and drops her clothes to the floor.  "One last fling, Danny.  For old time's
sake.  What do you say?"  Danny's jaw drops and he stares for a moment as we
fade to commercial.

Kurt and Ashley arrive in Cape Cod and proceed to the police station.  "Help
you folks?" the police sergeant asks.  "Yes, we're here in regard to the
Costner matter," Ashley explains.  "Oh that.  He's been moved; you should
try Framingham."  Kurt and Ashley look at each other, both confused.  Ashley
inquires cautiously, "He?"  The sergeant is now confused, too..  "Yeah, the
guy that did it--looks a lot like your friend there, come to think of it.
What'd you say your name was?"  "Costner, Kurt with a K Costner."  "Oh, no
wonder.  Yeah, I remember now, it was Curt with a C Costner that got sent
up.  I always wondered why he was so careful about the spelling that way.
You guys related?"  "Twins," Kurt replies.

Danny and Cricket are together in bed, still sweaty, with the sheets pulled
up over them in a standard soap opera "we did it" pose.  Phyllis enters and
sees them together.  "Danny!" she screams, "How could you do this to me?
And not with just any person but with that stupid insignificant little
b--bug!!"  She walks to the bed and starts to raise her fist to Cricket and
then stops.  Cricket smirks at her, "I guess you don't have quite the hold
on Danny that you thought you had."  Phyllis slowly reaches for the bedside
table, pulling open a drawer.  In it, she finds a gun and a pair of
scissors.  She takes the gun and nudges the scissors toward Cricket.  "Cut
it."  "Cut what?"  Cricket asks, confused.  "That stupid icky stringy hair
of yours.  Cut it!"  Cricket takes the scissors and jerkily does as she is
told, cutting an uneven ring around her hair.  "Now don't do anything you'll
regret," says Cricket.  Phyllis giggles.  "Well, if you insist, Cricket.  I
WAS going to let you go, but I'm sure I'll regret it.  So......" She aims
the gun at Cricket's chest and shoots her.  Her arms and legs flail briefly
and then she stops, dead.

Outside the police station, Kurt hears the voices again and falls against a
tree and sits in the snow at its base.  "Are you ok, Kurt?"  "It's coming
back to me Ashley."  Ashley sits in the snow next to him.  "Isn't it cold
sitting in the snow in that dress?" he asks.  She shrugs.  "Didn't notice.
People are always saying I'm seeming cold lately--maybe they're right."
"Well, I'm cold.  Let's continue on to my wife's grave," Kurt suggests.
They get up, brush the snow off, and continue down the street and into a
graveyard.  "This is a little creepy," says Ashley.  "Now even I am feeling
cold," she adds. Kurt doesn't hear her though--he's lost in his memories.
"I remember it all now.  I think this was a very bad idea," says Kurt.  "Out
with it," she says.

Phyllis is still staring at the mess she's made shooting Cricket.  Danny
takes the gun from her and sets it on the table, holding her in his arms.
"Oh, Phyllis, I'm so sorry," he says.  Phyllis gets suddenly panicked.
"They'll be coming for me Danny.  You have to tell them how it was--you have
to tell them.  I saw you with Cricket and I went temporarily insane--I was
out of my mind at the moment I did it."  Danny starts to laugh and laugh.
"What??"  "An insanity defense?" he says.  "It suits you.  But don't push
it... I don't think anyone's going to believe the `temporary' part."

Victoria is with Tony in the coffeehouse.  "All right, out with it Tony.
You don't care at all about me--you're just interested in my family's money,
aren't you?"  "Maybe," he says with his typical, mysterious obstinance. Then
he adds, "Maybe not."  "Well, which is it?" Victoria says, as if she really
expects him to blurt it out.  "I have to admit that you're not the
attraction..."  "I knew it," she says instantly.  "But not for the reason
you think.  Really I'm interested in your brother...  he is SUCH a hunk.
And I have to admit the fact he stands to receive a juicy inheritance
doesn't hurt."  Victoria does a double-take, intrigued, then asks, "So,...
you figured you could just hang around with Grace as an excuse to meddle
with the marriage between my brother and Sharon?"  "Something like that," he
says, then asks: "You gonna rat on me?"  "Maybe," she says coyly, parroting
his earlier response, "maybe not.  Frankly, I'm not so sure my brother and
Sharon belong together.  Maybe it would be fun to see you get your chance to
spice things up ... how about if I get you a position at Jabot so you can
continue to hang around for a while."  "Hey, that'd be cool," he says.
"I'll make it worth your while."

Back from commercial, we find Danny still laughing.  The camera draws back
from his face to Cricket who stands in front of him nude in the living room.
"Danny!  You phased out there.  Are you all right?"  He stops abruptly.
"Sorry, Chris.  I, uh, was lost in thought there for a moment.  Look, you
can probably tell by my reaction that I'm not really interested.  I'm sorry,
but given a choice between you and Phyllis...  well, I just can't believe
you'd think a guy would--I mean--it's really great that Paul is willing to
overlook that time he had with Phyllis and stay with you--" "He told you
about that?" She asks, amazed.  "Of course he did.  Guys always compare
notes on these things.  After his description, I was amazed he stayed with
you..."  Phyllis enters suddenly and eyes Cricket up and down.  "Cricket
dropped by, but she's not staying," Danny explains hastily.  Phyllis nods:
"If that's all she's got to offer, I can see why Danny.  No wonder Paul was
so receptive that time--" "He was NOT receptive, he was disgusted," Cricket
replies defensively. Phyllis just shakes her head sadly.  "Uh, I don't THINK
so.  Have you thought about getting your little bug-eyed vision checked?
That wasn't disgust he was telegraphing over his antenna, I assure you.
Anyway, if you don't mind, I left Little Daniel with Joanie so I could be
with my husband, so if you can get yourself back into those discarded wraps
you've moulted all over my living room floor, I'm sure you can find your way
out..."

The Jabot board room.  John, Jack, Jill, and Nick are gathered around the
table.  Tony stands at the head of the table, waiting to begin.  "Ashley's
gone to Cape Code and we shouldn't expect her," Jack says.  John nods and
prompts him: "Then you'd better get started, young man.  Time is money."
Tony nods and starts in, "Mr.  Abbot, distinguished members of the board, as
you know, Jabot's youth product line, Brash and Sassy, has been primarily
targeted at teenage girls and women."  John chimes in, "Yes, that's because
it's women who wear perfume."  Tony shakes his head, "With all due respect,
Mr.  Abbot, these are the 90's, and there are a lotta would-be customers out
there who wish to no longer live in the closet."  There is whispering about
the room as Tony makes a dramatic gesture and prepares to pull a cover from
the poster on an easel next to him.  "Of course, in so short a time and with
so little training, I could never have designed a new fragrance, so I had to
work with our existing scents.  But I'm sure no one will care--the point
here is packaging and image.  Allow me to present Jabot's latest--for men
who would be women, and vice versa: Butch and Sissy."  All gasp in
amazement, but John is apparently embarrassed more than the others.  He
starts to object, but then collapses.

"Ok, Ashley" Kurt says, "but don't say I didn't warn you.  It wasn't my wife
after all.  It was Curt-with-a-C's wife.  I was having an affair with her,
and then she decided to call it off.  I was so mad, I drove her and her
daughter into a river and stood by to watch them drown.  I had arranged an
alibi for myself, but a lot of people saw me and so they assumed it was my
brother.  He's been sent to prison for life."  Ashley is stunned.  "Gee,
Kurt.  That's not at all what I expected.  I, uh, don't know what to say."
"I feel so relieved to have it out.  It's very good of you to be so
understanding.  How about settling down here with me."  Ashley is still
incredulous. "Uh, let me give you a rain check on that Kurt.  I've got to be
going."  Kurt stares at her with cold eyes.  "You're not backing out on me
are you?  It's VERY important to me to have people's trust.  Haven't I
always said that?  That trust in me is important?  I remember now what I do
when people who don't trust me... and you WON'T like it."