Another World 286
Created by: William J. Bell and Irna Phillips
Written by: C. Nathaniel Richardson
Consultant: A. Washington-Beeby
PREVIOUSLY ON ANOTHER WORLD:
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In the
early 90s, Christy Carson met Cass through college friend Frankie Frame, and
became obsessed with him. She poisoned
her husband Douglas Carson to death, and framed Frankie for the murder. Christy also tried to poison Cass and was
later sent to prison. Christy
blackmailed Grant Harrison into calling in a favor to the Governor’s office and
she was pardoned. Christy, still
obsessed with Cass, wanted to get pregnant with Cass’s baby. After her release, Christy started receiving
fertility treatments. She then had
Brianna kidnap Maggie and hold her as leverage to make Cass give her a sperm
sample. Christy got pregnant, but lost
the baby after a three car accident caused by Felicia.
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Grant
wants Paulina to marry him, and he blackmailed Jack Snyder into leaving Bay
City. Jack and Paulina were getting
involved. Grant also knows that Jack is
Remy’s father.
·
Michele
McKinnon hacked into the Bay City Medical Center mainframe and switched
Bridget’s test with another patient’s test that tested positive for
chlamydia. Bridget was “diagnosed” with
chlamydia. She has accused her boyfriend
Cory Hutchins of cheating on her and giving her chlamydia.
PART 1
AT GRANT’S HOUSE, GRANT OPENS THE DOOR AND THERE’S
CHRISTY.
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| Grant Harrison |
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| Christy Carson |
CHRISTY: May I come in?
GRANT: Sure.
GRANT SHUTS THE DOOR BEHIND CHRISTY.
GRANT: What’s this about?
CHRISTY: Gee I’m happy to see you, too.
GRANT: There are errands that I have to run so if
you’ll excuse me.
CHRISTY: Come on you don’t have time for an old
friend?
GRANT: We’re friends?
CHRISTY: Grant I…I don’t have anyone else. My son wants nothing to do with me.
GRANT: I’m sorry, maybe you should consider
counseling now I have…
CHRISTY: Where are you in a hurry to get to? Paulina perhaps?
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JAKE IS STANDING IN FRONT OF A DOOR WHEN PAULINA OPENS
IT.
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| Jake McKinnon |
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| Paulina Cory |
PAULINA: Hey.
JAKE: Hey you.
PAULINA: Well don’t just stand there come in.
PAULINA SHUTS THE DOOR
AFTER JAKE WALKS IN.
PAULINA: Have you talked to Bridget since we visited?
JAKE: No.
PAULINA: Maybe we should go back over there and check
on her. She needs us.
JAKE: You’re right.
I mean of all the things that have happened to the girls, Bridget has
this happen to her.
PAULINA: I don’t understand. It’s gotta be Cory. He’s the one who had to have given this to
her. They had gotten so close. How could he have done this to her?
JAKE: I dunno.
I think the best thing we can do is support Bridget right now.
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AT BAY CITY CENTER, ELIZABETH IS SITTING AT A TABLE
AND MICHELE WALKS UP AND SITS ACROSS FROM HER.
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| Elizabeth Hutchins |
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| Michele McKinnon |
ELIZABETH: I got your text. What happened?
MICHELE: Wellllllll, I went to my grandmother’s house
last night.
ELIZABETH: Annnd?
MICHELE: I was about to leave and I…I heard Bridget
and Cory arguing.
ELIZABETH: Ooooh I wonder what came of that.
MICHELE: I was practically a fly on the wall and I
heard everything. I mean I couldn’t have
planned it better.
ELIZABETH: Are they gonna break up?
MICHELE: After Cory gets tested for chlamydia, I’m two
hundred percent that they will.
ELIZABETH: So Cory knows that Bridget has a S.T.I.?
MICHELE: Yep.
In fact they’re probably at the hospital now.
ELIZABETH: They both
went?
MICHELE (smiling): Sure did?
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AT THE HOSPITAL, BRIDGET IS SITTING ON A CUSHIONED
BENCH IN THE HALL AND CORY WALKS UP TO HER.
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| Cory Hutchins |
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| Bridget McKinnon |
CORY: They just took the test.
BRIDGET: How long is it before we know?
CORY: I had them put a rush on it. We’ll know before we leave the hospital.
CAMERA PAN ON CORY…SLOW FADE TO THEME SONG.
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PART 2
GRANT: No.
CHRISTY: So after all this time you haven’t made any
progress with Miss Muffet?
GRANT: That’s not what I said.
CHRISTY: I gave you all the ammunition you needed to
break up Jack and Paulina.
GRANT: And that’s exactly what I did.
CHRISTY: So then why aren’t you two on your way to the
altar?
GRANT: She…she hasn’t…accepted my proposal yet.
CHRISTY: You actually popped the question? And you still don’t have an answer?
GRANT: I’ve given her some time.
CHRISTY: Grant you’re not that stupid are you? The longer you wait, the chances of her
saying no increase. I bet she’s getting
closer to Jake every day. I think you
need strike fast, or you will be pushed right out of the picture.
GRANT: She’ll accept. She doesn’t want anything to happen to Jack.
CHRISTY: I guess I can agree with that, especially
since he’s her daughter’s father.
GRANT: And she has no idea. I think she’ll come to her senses soon
enough, and this time Jake won’t get in the way.
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IN THE CAR, JAKE IS DRIVING WHILE PAULINA IS RIDING IN
THE FRONT SEAT…
JAKE: So…umm…have you talked to Grant?
PAULINA: No not yet.
JAKE: Well I think you need to give him an answer.
PAULINA: It’s very surprising that you are pushing to
marry Grant.
JAKE: You have to get that blackmail material.
PAULINA: There’s gotta be another way Jake.
JAKE: What do you suggest we do? Break in and ransack his house?
PAULINA: That doesn’t sound like a bad idea.
JAKE: Now you know we can’t do that.
PAULINA: So you really think that the only way I can
get Grant off of Jack’s back is by marrying him?
VICKY: Anyone sitting here?
BRADLEY: I’m looking at you hoping that
you’d be.
VICKY: I thought you’d never ask.
FROM A SHORT DISTANCE,
JAKE OBSERVES THEM.
JAKE
FLASHES BACK TO THE PRESENT…
JAKE: Of course I don’t want that! I don’t
want you marrying that sociopath! But if
you want him to stop blackmailing Jack, then that’s…that’s the way we have to
go.
PAULINA: I don’t want that either.
JAKE: The object of the game to get closer to Grant
so you can get the material and destroy it.
PAULINA: So I become Paulina Harrison, get rid of all
of the blackmail and then what?
JAKE: Well…when we get to that bridge…
PAULINA: Look I don’t wanna talk about Grant. We’re going to see your daughter. We need to focus on her.
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ELIZABETH: Wow you’re right. This is…really working out.
MICHELE: Yep.
ELIZABETH: I kinda feel bad for my brother though.
MICHELE: I don’t want him to be hurt either. I don’t want anyone to be hurt.
ELIZABETH: Not even Bridget?
MICHELE: I want Bridget to feel…everything I felt on
prom night. She was working to ruin my
life, and now…I wanna ruin hers. This
isn’t about me and Cory.
MICHELE: Come
on Lizzie I don’t wanna think about things like that right now. All I want…is for Bridget to suffer!
ELIZABETH: And
I want my brother to be away from her.
MICHELE: So you
shouldn’t feel bad for anyone. Cory will
be hurt for a short while, but he’ll realize he is better off without my
sister, and she’ll get a taste of her own medicine.
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CORY: That’s all we can do.
BRIDGET: Are you…nervous?
CORY: Why wouldn’t I be? I gotta find out if I have a S.T.I.
BRIDGET: And I bet you’re thinking this is all because
of me.
CORY: What else am I supposed to think?
BRIDGET: You think that I slept with someone else.
CORY: And you think that I slept with someone else. I
mean isn’t that why we’re here?
BRIDGET: You don’t believe me. I never cheated on you. I would never cheat on you.
CORY: Then how else did you get diagnosed with
chlamydia?
BRIDGET: My God I don’t know!
CORY: There’s only one way I can think of.
BRIDGET: I don’t know how else to tell you. I did not cheat on you.
CORY IS SHAKING HIS HEAD.
CORY: I just…I don’t…
BRIDGET: You don’t believe me. So what if this test is positive? It means you gave it to me.
CORY: And what if this test is negative? That would mean that you’re lying.
BRIDGET: So what are you saying? Whatever the test result is, we’re over?
CORY: I…I guess you would be right.
BRIDGET: We went through a lot to get closer, even
after what I did.
CORY: It was at the expense of your sister.
BRIDGET: You helped me get through the guilt of losing
her…or when we thought we lost her, and you’re willing to just throw it all
away.
CORY: If that test comes back negative, then you
will the one who threw us away.
WORKER: Cory
Hutchins?
CORY: Yes.
WORKER: These
are your test results.
THE WORKER GIVES CORY THE ENVELOPE AND LEAVES. CORY LOOKS AT BRIDGET. HE OPENS IT AND LOOKS AT THE RESULTS.
BRIDGET:
So…what does it say?
CORY:
Negative.
BRIDGET’S EYES START TO WELL UP.
BRIDGET: So I
guess…that means it’s over. Just like
that?
FREEZE FRAME ON
BRIDGET…SLOW FADE OUT…END OF 286
Well, Bridget, you are on your own, I guess!
ReplyDeleteA good, character based episode but still moved things forward in a big way.
First with Christy and Grant talking about Grant's plans with Paulina. I like how Christy is egging Grant on to make quick moves. Will he give in? Will giving in to Christy's insticts backfire?
I liked the focus on the three angles of the test result, first with Paulina and Jake on their way to see Bridget, but discussing their situation with Grant. Paulina is desperate, but Jake is being her voice of reason. I suspect the desperation will win out, though.
Then to Michele and Elizabeth, thrilled that their scheme is paying off. These two are delicious together, largely because it's the underdogs giving their enemy their comeuppance. In their minds, it is worth the pain it's causing, though Elizabeth had doubts. Hey conscience is kicking in.
Finally, Cory and Bridget, finding out Cory's test results. The moment we all waited for. Cory, of course, comes up negative. Is it over between Bridget and Cory? Probably. Lol.
Excellent work as always, Cary. I'm loving every episode!