ANOTHER WORLD 292 Kirkland confesses all to Charlie?

Another World 292
Created by:  William J. Bell and Irna Phillips
Written by:  C. Nathaniel Richardson
Consultant:  A. Washington Beeby

KIRKLAND CONFESSES ALL TO CHARLIE?  

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BRIDGET VS. MICHELE…the final showdown? Continued

IN THIS EPISODE:  Dr. Steven Frame, Joy Kramer; Kirkland Harrison, Charlie Winthrop Harrison; Donna Love, Vicky Hudson; Bridget McKinnon, Michele McKinnon

PREVIOUSLY ON ANOTHER WORLD  

• Kirkland was being blackmailed by Eric Stenbeck into having an affair with him.  He has since been wracked with guilt and has struggled to tell his wife Charlie the truth
• Michele, who was a straight A student in high school, drew praise from her mother and father, Vicky Hudson and Jake McKinnon. Michele also dated Cory in high school. This made Bridget jealous.  Bridget stole vodka from her great grandfather Reginald's liquor cabinet to assist in her seduction of Cory on prom night.  Michele caught Bridget kissing Cory, who thought he was kissing Bridget's identical twin Michele.  Bridget and Michele argued which carried on outside.  Michele slipped and was struck by an oncoming car.  She was declared brain dead, but Reginald gave her a drug to make it appear that way.  He got Michele's face changed, and nursed her back to health.  Michele, however, had revenge on her mind and returned to Bay City.  Since Michele returned, she has set out to make Bridget's life miserable.  Bridget, seeing right through Michele, slept with Cory Hutchins, and bragged about it to Michele.  Bridget also posted a derogatory comment on social media about Michele.   This caused Michele to devise her most dastardly plan yet.  She broke into the Bay City Medical Center mainframe and changed Bridget's negative chlamydia test with another patient's positive test.  Bridget thinks she has chlamydia and this has led to her and Cory's breakup  

PART 1

IN A CAR, STEVEN IS DRIVING AND JOY IS SITTING IN THE PASSENGER’S SEAT…

Dr. Steven Frame

Joy Kramer

STEVEN:  I wonder what Hilda made.  Her food’s always been good.
JOY:  Who’s Hilda?
STEVEN:  She’s the housekeeper.
JOY:  Oh.  Who else is coming to dinner?
STEVEN:  Just us and…Cory and Elizabeth.
JOY:  I can’t believe you have an aunt and an uncle that are so much younger than you.
STEVEN:  I should have invited my brother.  He could use his family right now.

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KIRKLAND WALKS INTO HIS SUITE AND SHUTS THE DOOR.  CHARLIE WALKS OUT OF THE BATHROOM.

Kirkland Harrison

Charlie Winthrop Harrison

CHARLIE:  Hi baby I didn’t hear you come in.

KIRKLAND WALKS UP TO HER AND HUGS HER TIGHTLY.

CHARLIE:  Oh.  What was that for?

KIRKLAND DISENGAGES HIS HUG, SITS ON THE COUCH, AND LOOKS STRAIGHT AHEAD.  CHARLIE SITS NEXT TO HIM.

CHARLIE:  Something is definitely on your mind.  What’s going on?
KIRKLAND:  I’m…I’m so sorry.  I’m so sorry for what I did.
CHARLIE:  What exactly did you do?  Wait a minute.  Is this about the toilet seat?  You’ve been pretty good about leaving it down lately. 
KIRKLAND:  No.  It’s…it’s much more serious than that.

KIRKLAND GETS UP AND WALKS SLOWLY TOWARD THE DOOR, STOPPING A FEW STEPS FROM IT.  CHARLIE THEN GETS UP.

CHARLIE:  Okay you’re scaring me. 

HE TURNS AROUND, WALKS UP TO HER, AND PUTS HIS HANDS ON HIS SHOULDERS.

KIRKLAND:  I love you…so much.  All I wanted to do was protect our marriage.
CHARLIE:  What do you mean protect our marriage?  I mean you act as if it’s in trouble.  Is it?
KIRKLAND:  After what I’m about to tell it probably will be.
CHARLIE:  Kirkland…what are you talking about?  Why will our marriage be in…?  Are you…are you?  No. 

CHARLIE TURNS AROUND FACING AWAY SHAKING HER HEAD.

CHARLIE:  No.  You’re…are you trying to tell me that…you’re cheating on me?
KIRKLAND:  Babe I…

CHARLIE TURNS AROUND WITH HER ARMS FOLDED.

CHARLIE:  Answer the question.

KIRKLAND WALKS SLOWLY TOWARD HER.

KIRKLAND:  Yes. 
CHARLIE:  No…no you’re not.  You wouldn’t…put our marriage in jeopardy like that would you?
KIRKLAND:  I’m so sorry.  I think…maybe you’ll…try to understand.  I was trying to protect us.
CHARLIE:  Protect us?  From whom?  What did she say?  Did she threaten to hurt you or me?
KIRKLAND:  No…there’s…there’s no she.
CHARLIE:  Okay you’re not making any sense here.  You’re saying you…cheated on me to protect us, and it’s not from another…oh my God.  

CHARLIE WALKS SLOWLY UP TO KIRKLAND.

CHARLIE:  It’s…it’s a man?  You’re gay?
KIRKLAND:  No that’s not what I’m…

CHARLIE SLAPS KIRKLAND ACROSS HIS LEFT CHEEK WITH HER RIGHT HAND.

CHARLIE:  How could you do this to us?

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AT VICKY’S, SOMEONE RINGS THE DOORBELL AND VICKY WALKS THROUGH THE LIVING ROOM TO OPEN THE DOOR.

Donna Love

Vicky Hudson

VICKY:  Donna.
DONNA (walking in):  How could you?
VICKY (closing the door):  What are you talking about?
DONNA (facing Vicky):  You don’t believe Bridget?
VICKY:  No as a matter of fact I don’t.
DONNA:  Look I don’t know whatever it is that you have against Bridget, but you need to stop it and start being a mother to her!
VICKY:  Excuse me? 
DONNA:  Bridget insists she didn’t sleep with anyone else.
VICKY:  Okay so you’re telling me that she ate a chlamydia burger and that’s how she got it.  She’s obviously lying.
DONNA:  Bridget loves Cory and she would never cheat on him.
VICKY:  I don’t believe one word of that.  As far as I’m concerned Bridget made this mess, and I’m not about to call in a crew to clean it up for her.

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IN FRONT OF THE CORYS, BRIDGET AND MICHELE FACE OFF…
MICHELE FACES THE FRONT DOOR OF THE CORY MANSION WHEN BRIDGET EMERGES FROM BEHIND.

Michele McKinnon

Bridget McKinnon

BRIDGET:  You just couldn’t wait to get your hands on him could you?

MICHELE ROLLS HER EYES, FROWNS, AND TURNS AROUND SLOWLY TO FACE HER SISTER.

MICHELE:  What the hell are you talking about?
BRIDGET:  I saw you.  You were all over him.
MICHELE:  Seriously?  Cory is my friend.
BRIDGET:  Oh please.  You wanna be more than friends.  I know mom told you.  As soon as you found out, you came running over here to be around Cory!
MICHELE:  That’s because you were diagnosed with chlamydia.  Mom told me that, too, and there’s only one way you can get it.
BRIDGET:  Cory thinks I slept with someone else and I didn’t. 
MICHELE:  And he thinks you’re lying to him right?
BRIDGET:  It’s not a lie.  I never slept with anyone else.
MICHELE:  And I believe you.

CAMERA PAN ON MICHELE…SLOW FADE TO THEME SONG.

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JOY:  Wow is…is everything okay with Kirkland?
STEVEN:  He’s just got some things on his mind. 
JOY:  You really…care about him.
STEVEN:  Course I do.  I mean I…we almost lost him.  I remember he was hit by a car when we were little.  He was lying there in the hospital connected to all those tubes.  I told my little brother that I loved him.  Ever since that day I…I vowed that I’d be there for him.

JOY PUTS HER LEFT HAND ON STEVEN’S RIGHT HAND AS HE STEERS WITH HIS LEFT HAND.

JOY:  That’s really sweet.  He’s lucky to have you as a big brother.

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KIRKLAND:  I can’t begin to tell you how sorry I am.
CHARLIE:  No you can’t! 

CHARLIE TURNS HER BACK TO KIRKLAND.

CHARLIE:  You…were sleeping with Eric?  Oh my God.  I…he pretended to be my friend. 

CHARLIE TURNS BACK AROUND TO FACE KIRKLAND.

CHARLIE:  And you pretended to be my husband.  It all makes sense now.  You were so…stern about me staying away from Eric.  That’s because you wanted to keep sleeping with him!
KIRKLAND:  I…he…all I wanted to do was protect our marriage.
CHARLIE:  Seriously Kirkland?  You expect me to believe that!  You and Eric have been playing me this whole time!  I hate you!
KIRKLAND:  No…please…Charlie I love you.
CHARLIE:  You and Eric can go straight to hell!
KIRKLAND:  Charlie?  Charlie?

KIRKLAND FLASHES TO THE PRESENT AS HE STOPS HIS DAYDREAM.  HE STANDS IN FRONT OF THE DOOR TO HIS SUITE. 

KIRKLAND:  Here it goes.

HE SLIDES THE KEY CARD INTO THE SLOT.  THE GREEN LIGHT FLASHES AND HE OPENS THE DOOR.  HE SHUTS THE DOOR, TURNS AROUND, AND SEES CHARLIE WALKING OUT OF THE BATHROOM.

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KIRKLAND WALKS INTO HIS SUITE AND SHUTS THE DOOR.  CHARLIE WALKS OUT OF THE BATHROOM.

CHARLIE:  Hi baby I didn’t hear you come in.

KIRKLAND WALKS UP TO HER AND HUGS HER TIGHTLY.

CHARLIE:  Oh.  What was that for?

KIRKLAND DISENGAGES HIS HUG, SITS ON THE COUCH, AND LOOKS STRAIGHT AHEAD.  CHARLIE SITS NEXT TO HIM.

CHARLIE:  I’m glad you’re home.

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JOY TAKES A DEEP BREATH AND LOOKS STRAIGHT AHEAD.

JOY:  I have a question though.  You guys were little right?
STEVEN:  Yeah.
JOY:  So was Vicky watching Kirkland at the time?
STEVEN:  We were outside playing.
JOY:  What kind of mother doesn’t look after her child?
STEVEN:  Okay I’m not…I’m not gonna let you bash my mom.  She did the best she could under the circumstances.
JOY:  You lived in Paris didn’t you?
STEVEN:  My mom sent me there to live with my dad.
JOY:  Are you serious?  Why?  How could she do something like that?

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DONNA:  Nobody is asking you to make excuses for Bridget, but let’s face it, you haven’t exactly been supportive of her at all and I don’t like it.
VICKY:  I do support my children.
DONNA:  Only the ones you like.
VICKY:  I love all of them.  Steven, Kirkland, Michele and Bridget.
DONNA:  Well then you need to show that to Bridget.
VICKY:  What are you talking about?  That’s all I’ve shown her.
DONNA:  My goodness Victoria how much deeper in denial could you be?  You disowned her at Michele’s memorial.
VICKY:  I was grieving for my daughter.
DONNA:  Do you realize how much that must have hurt her?  I don’t think she’s ever going to forget that.
VICKY:  Bridget knows that I love her.
DONNA:  How could that be possible by the way you treat her?   As hard as I am working to keep this family together, maybe you’re the one who’s making everything difficult.  You are one of the reasons that the girls are fighting.

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BRIDGET:  You believe me?  Please your fake is showing.
MICHELE:  Oh it’s not false.  I totally believe that you didn’t sleep with someone else. 
BRIDGET:  Cory tested negative for chlamydia.

MICHELE TURNS AROUND AND FACES THE FRONT DOOR AGAIN.

MICHELE:  Oh it was…it was so easy.  The hospital really needs to upgrade its firewall protection.

BRIDGET SLOWLY APPROACHES MICHELE.

BRIDGET:  What are you saying?

MICHELE TURNS AROUND AND FACES BRIDGET.

MICHELE:  Oh you’ve always been so…incredibly…stupid.
BRIDGET:  Not when it comes to you.
MICHELE:  Yeah…you are. 
BRIDGET:  People think that you’re sweet little Michele; doing the right thing by getting help from Dr. Bingham.  I know it’s all for show.  Deep down you’re really evil and you’re trying to make me look bad.
MICHELE:  Is it working?  I’d say it is.  Dad, mom and grandma Donna are pleading with you to talk to Dr. Bingham aren’t they?  I’m doing the right thing.
BRIDGET:  And it’s not real! 
MICHELE:  And neither is your chlamydia.
BRIDGET:  What?  That makes no sense.
MICHELE:  Oh but it makes perfect sense Bridget.  It was the perfect way to make you look really…really bad. 

BRIDGET STARTS SWEATING.

BRIDGET:  You’ve done enough of that, and it’s not gonna last.  People are gonna see what an evil bitch you are.
MICHELE:  So how did you get a S.T.I. without sleeping with anyone else?  If Cory is the only person you’ve ever slept with…
BRIDGET:  He is!
MICHELE:  Then how could you have possibly gotten chlamydia stupid?  Did you ever consider the possibility that…you might not have it all?
BRIDGET:  My doctor ran the tests three times.  It wasn’t a mistake.
MICHELE:  That’s because…I made it happen.
BRIDGET:  What?

MICHELE WALKS CLOSER TO BRIDGET AND STOPS RIGHT IN FRONT OF HER.

MICHELE:  The security breach at the hospital?   Hello?
BRIDGET:  That was…that was you?  You…tampered with my test.
MICHELE:  And your test was negative.

BRIDGET’S BREATHING BECOMES LABORED.

BRIDGET:  You…you?   I…
MICHELE:  You don’t have chlamydia, but I accomplished my goal.  Cory broke up with you, and mom certainly doesn’t trust you.

MICHELE WALKS BY BRIDGET BUT BRIDGET GRABS ON TO MICHELE’S SHIRT AS SHE SLIPS TO THE GROUND.

BRIDGET:  How…could…you?  I…I can’t breathe!

BRIDGET TRIES TO TAKE OUT HER CELL PHONE BUT SHE’S TOO WEAK.  HER FACE IS TURNING RED AS SHE STRUGGLES FOR EACH BREATH AS SHE FALLS ON THE GROUND.

MICHELE:  Oh now you suddenly can’t breathe?  Stop faking!

BRIDGET STOPS STRUGGLING AS SHE BECOMES UNCONSCIOUS.

MICHELE:  Bridget? 

MICHELE SQUATS DOWN AND LOOKS AT BRIDGET, WHO IS LYING ON THE GROUND UNRESPONSIVE.

FREEZE FRAME ON BRIDGET…SLOW FADE OUT…END OF 292