# 2672 (6/28/76):
Julie is working on Sharon's portrait, tells her Amanda is better and wants to go see her. Sharon says they should cut the sitting short anyway, her husband, Karl, is coming back today from his hunt for rare tropical plants in South America. Meanwhile, Don and Marlena have lunch at Doug's Place. Marlena asks Don to visit Mickey more often, seek out his advice as a lawyer, renew confidence in himself again. Don questions her personal life, finds out she's single. Mary and Bob are also having lunch, and when Mary sees Don's interest in Marlena, Bob tells her she must see other men. But no one compares to Don, she says.
Brooke comes by and Bob tells her Adele pretended she was seeing another doctor, but caught her in a lie when she said she had just come from her first visit. A doctor couldn't give her a clean bill of health on a first visit. He wouldn't have the lab tests back. Brooke says that in a way she's glad her mother made it up, because if she had really gone to another doctor, it would mean only one thing: that she's feeling a lot worse than she let on. Don runs into Sharon at Doug's Place, is a bit curious and thrown by this rather strange lady.
Amanda is discouraged about her progress in speech therapy when Neil comes to visit. He works with her through the therapy "word cards" and finally she is able to say a word. Delighted, he also tells her she'll be able to go home soon and keep up her therapy as an outpatient, and that her bandages will come off tomorrow. Amanda clasps her head in devastation, turns away from him, tears in her eyes, and Neil is at a total loss to understand her reaction, thinks she is fearful of leaving the protection of the hospital, fears facing the outside world. Julie runs into Neil outside Amanda's room and realizes, as a woman, that what is bothering Amanda is that she'll have to leave tomorrow without a wig. But Julie, to the rescue, has the wig box with her.
She goes in to see Amanda, who is thrilled and grateful that Julie remembered and got there in time with the wig. But Julie is devastated when Amanda tries to ask with the word cards and her slate if there is a man in her life. Later, Julie tells Tom about Amanda's questions. Tom says it's up to Neil and Greg to make the decision just how much Amanda should be told. Don and Marlena arrive, meet Tom and Julie. Tom and Marlena go off for their appointment and when Julie tells Don about Amanda, he says perhaps he'd better hold off seeing her right now. As her attorney, he'd be expected to tell Amanda things that should only come from Neil and Greg. Tom sees a forceful woman in Marlena, but they like each other immediately.
She tells him she wants Mickey to spend time away from the sanitarium, increasing the time away as they go along, get the man out in the world again. Tom is impressed with this girl who pulls no punches. When Marlena leaves, and Neil comes in to answer Tom's call, Tom tells him that Amanda is asking about any man in her life. Tom says Neil and Greg must talk it over. Could Neil step aside so that Amanda could have Greg, a man who loves her, and is unmarried. Neil is deeply torn. Tom makes some strong points as to what it could do to Amanda to discover she's in love with a married man.
Mary comes to the boutique to take over for Phyllis while she goes to lunch with Neil. Don enters and asks Mary what kind of a gag gift he can get for a lady who must eat crow. Mary is shaken by his interest in the girl she saw him have lunch with. Neil and Phyllis have lunch. He tells her what is happening with Amanda and asks what he should do. P
hyllis says she can't ask her husband to pretend he's only Amanda's doctor. It's up to him. Neil admires Phyl in her attempt to understand, speaks of how far they've come in their marriage, how good it fells that he can talk about something like this so openly with her. Phyl, touched and in tears, escapes to the powder room, and Brooke comes over and asks Neil why he hasn't sent any bill for her mother. Neil tells a startled Brooke that Adele has been seeing Tom Horton. Brooke is deeply shaken, knowing in her heart that it means her mother is feeling worse than she's letting on.
Julie is working on Sharon's portrait, tells her Amanda is better and wants to go see her. Sharon says they should cut the sitting short anyway, her husband, Karl, is coming back today from his hunt for rare tropical plants in South America. Meanwhile, Don and Marlena have lunch at Doug's Place. Marlena asks Don to visit Mickey more often, seek out his advice as a lawyer, renew confidence in himself again. Don questions her personal life, finds out she's single. Mary and Bob are also having lunch, and when Mary sees Don's interest in Marlena, Bob tells her she must see other men. But no one compares to Don, she says.
Brooke comes by and Bob tells her Adele pretended she was seeing another doctor, but caught her in a lie when she said she had just come from her first visit. A doctor couldn't give her a clean bill of health on a first visit. He wouldn't have the lab tests back. Brooke says that in a way she's glad her mother made it up, because if she had really gone to another doctor, it would mean only one thing: that she's feeling a lot worse than she let on. Don runs into Sharon at Doug's Place, is a bit curious and thrown by this rather strange lady.
Amanda is discouraged about her progress in speech therapy when Neil comes to visit. He works with her through the therapy "word cards" and finally she is able to say a word. Delighted, he also tells her she'll be able to go home soon and keep up her therapy as an outpatient, and that her bandages will come off tomorrow. Amanda clasps her head in devastation, turns away from him, tears in her eyes, and Neil is at a total loss to understand her reaction, thinks she is fearful of leaving the protection of the hospital, fears facing the outside world. Julie runs into Neil outside Amanda's room and realizes, as a woman, that what is bothering Amanda is that she'll have to leave tomorrow without a wig. But Julie, to the rescue, has the wig box with her.
She goes in to see Amanda, who is thrilled and grateful that Julie remembered and got there in time with the wig. But Julie is devastated when Amanda tries to ask with the word cards and her slate if there is a man in her life. Later, Julie tells Tom about Amanda's questions. Tom says it's up to Neil and Greg to make the decision just how much Amanda should be told. Don and Marlena arrive, meet Tom and Julie. Tom and Marlena go off for their appointment and when Julie tells Don about Amanda, he says perhaps he'd better hold off seeing her right now. As her attorney, he'd be expected to tell Amanda things that should only come from Neil and Greg. Tom sees a forceful woman in Marlena, but they like each other immediately.
She tells him she wants Mickey to spend time away from the sanitarium, increasing the time away as they go along, get the man out in the world again. Tom is impressed with this girl who pulls no punches. When Marlena leaves, and Neil comes in to answer Tom's call, Tom tells him that Amanda is asking about any man in her life. Tom says Neil and Greg must talk it over. Could Neil step aside so that Amanda could have Greg, a man who loves her, and is unmarried. Neil is deeply torn. Tom makes some strong points as to what it could do to Amanda to discover she's in love with a married man.
Mary comes to the boutique to take over for Phyllis while she goes to lunch with Neil. Don enters and asks Mary what kind of a gag gift he can get for a lady who must eat crow. Mary is shaken by his interest in the girl she saw him have lunch with. Neil and Phyllis have lunch. He tells her what is happening with Amanda and asks what he should do. P
hyllis says she can't ask her husband to pretend he's only Amanda's doctor. It's up to him. Neil admires Phyl in her attempt to understand, speaks of how far they've come in their marriage, how good it fells that he can talk about something like this so openly with her. Phyl, touched and in tears, escapes to the powder room, and Brooke comes over and asks Neil why he hasn't sent any bill for her mother. Neil tells a startled Brooke that Adele has been seeing Tom Horton. Brooke is deeply shaken, knowing in her heart that it means her mother is feeling worse than she's letting on.