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Original posting of Episode 3:

Date: 22 Oct 96 19:42:51
From: kmp@harlequin.com (Kent Pitman)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv.soaps.cbs
Subject: Y&R: Another Way Out, episode 3 (SPECIAL SPOILER EPISODE)
Message-ID: <KMP.96Oct22194251@romulus.harlequin.com>

This SPECIAL SPOILER EPISODE is a hypothetical spoiler of events that
might take place in the near future, offered as a service to those who
wonder whether they would have wanted to tune in--if only these were
the real plots and not just ... [drum roll] ... Another Way Out.

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ANOTHER WAY OUT, Episode 3, 22-Oct-96   by Kent Pitman (kmp@harlequin.com)
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Victor learns from Paul that Joshua's first wife is not really dead.
Convinced a scam is afoot, he bolts over to the ranch and kicks down
the front door.  Victor races up the stairs and into the master bedroom,
where he finds Joshua tying Nikki's arms with daisy-covered scarves to
the bedpost.  He surveys the scene and mutters a knowing ``Ah, huh, just
as I suspected.''  Then, in a voice tone that rises suddenly toward
audibility, he says ``You... you punk... I knew you were no good.'' 
He pulls a gun from his black leather rescue jacket (which he has 
apparently changed into on his way over) and says ``Now, you little scum,
you're going to tell me everything about this little scam of a marryage
you have perpetrated on my former wife.''

It's a Saturday night near Halloween, and Ryan's hotel is full of
people in wild costumes, partying.  As Victoria had expected, Ryan is
ordering food in alone in his hotel room.  She distracts the room
service guy momentarily and drugs his coffee.  Later, disguised as a
space alien, she calls for room service to bring up towels.  When the
maid arrives, she stops her in the hall and says "Are those the towels
I just ordered?  Just leave them in my room." and starts to walk on,
but as soon as the maid has the door open she says, "On second
thought, I'll take care of them."  She takes the towels from the maid,
and pushes her way into the room, shutting the door behind the maid,
who just shrugs and walks away.

Josh, realizing Victor is nuts, decides he'd better give up.  He
bursts into tears and admits that he's impotent.  His first wife left
him because of it.  He made up the story about her dying because it
was less embarrassing than admitting his weakness.  He's been
struggling for excuses not to have sex with Nikki, hoping that by the
time the issue finally comes up, she'd love him so much she'd stay
with him anyway.  That's why he had to pretend to be worried about the
death certificate at the airport--there was none.  "I'm sorry for lying
about my former wife's death, but the marriage was legally anulled
and there's nothing improper about the present marriage."

Once inside, Victoria clears a table and lays Ryan atop it.  She pulls
down a bright light over him, and undresses him.  Ryan momentarily regains
consciousness but is very woozy.  Through a fogged lens, he sees a space
alien atop him and a very bright light behind it.  He hears a distorted,
alien voice telling him their race is dying and they need his seed to make
a new race.  Then a hand waves something under his nose and he passes out 
again.  (Commercial break.)

For a moment it is no longer Saturday night. Adam has called a board
meeting to announce he is leaving.  Much though he's enjoyed his time
at Jabot, memories of what happened here in Genoa City to his cousin
Shawn continue to haunt him.  And anyway, the petroleum companies have
offered him a huge sum of money to develop "good smelling gasoline" so
that when people get gas on their hands at the pump, they won't have
to go wash up after afterwards.

Apparently satisfied that she got what she wanted, the space alien
dresses Ryan in a haphazard way, resets the table, and leaves him
lying on the floor.  Moments later, he starts to regain consciousness.
"What a weird dream," he thinks.  Then he notices that his underwear
is on inside out and calls Nina.  "You're not going to believe this,"
he says, as he offers his blurry account of being raped by space
aliens.  "Space aliens?" asks Nina. "No way!  If you've been having
great cosmic sex with Victoriarella, how about you just keep it to
yourself."  "It's not like that," he pleads.  But according to
prevailing Genoa City telephone protocol, the phone has already hung
up without so much as a "good-bye".

Back to Victor and Nikki and Joshua.  Nikki glares at Victor.  "Now,
Victor, don't you feel stupid," she says.  "The scarves were just for
fun, and you're spoiling it.  So will you please get out of here.  And
on your way out, could you ask Miguel to replace the front door again,
since you no doubt kicked it in for dramatic effect instead of using
your key?  Thank you..."

Cut to Victoria at the all night Genoa City Sperm-Bank-O-Rama wanting
to make a deposit.  "I want to keep most of it on tap but use a little
of it now for a first injection."  "No problem", the attendant (who
looks a lot like a refugee from the Love Boat) says, "I'll just need
two forms of identification."  "ID? I'm Victoria Newman and my father
is Victor Newman."  "Ok, says the attendant.  That sounds like two
identifications to me."

Victoria walks to a nearby pay phone, in the lobby of the
Sperm-Bank-O-Rama.  "Ryan?  You won't believe what just happened.  I
was driving along the road to the ranch and there was this silver
thing in the sky and -- no, this is just too silly.  You'll never
believe it."  "No, Vikki, go on."  "OK, well, I stopped the car and
these guys in spacesuits came out and took me in.  They laid me on a
table and poked at me with strange metal devices.  I'm not sure what
they were doing.  Oh, Ryan, it was so scary.  And I'm afraid no one
will believe me--they'll think it was just that Dr. Josh guy invading
my space."  "Well, I believe you Vikki.  Can we get together?"  But
the attendant is calling her name from behind the desk.  "Uh, I have
something I have to do first; how about in an hour?"