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Days of Our Lives
Tuesday, Mary 24, 2016
Oh, Wow. An absolutely not to miss episode. Lucas, Jack, Jen, plus Doug & Julie for the entire episode. Kudos to Melissa Salmons who wrote the dialogue today for an episode entirely devoted to Jennifer & her addiction.
Jen is in the dark, pacing, looking out the window, saying to herself, I cannot do this. She grabs her purse, and despite being in robe & slippers, opens the door to leave...but Lucas is standing there....going somewhere? She stammers, no, not really. He is there to help, she says she needs help. But do you want help? Jen crumbles into Lucas's arms, yes, she needs help. They go inside, it is a mess, he jokingly asks if she is redecorating. He understands...the conversation is really wonderful, Lucas saying all the right things about being dependent on something, referring to himself. In the course of their talking, she is remembering back, and we see her tearing thru drawers, looking up on draperies, tearing down curtains, pulling apart pillows, even calling a pharmacist, trying to get just a couple of pills....sinking down to the floor, calling Lucas to come, she needs help.
She tells him how she was visiting JJ, who was so sick, then goes to see Abby, who refused to see her, or her husband, or baby, and how she offered to take Thomas for the night, Chad is taking this all so hard, but he refused, made excuses, but finally told her he could not trust her with Thomas. This upset her terribly, and she says she took all her pills and flushed them down the toilet. Knows you are not supposed to do that, but would have gone searching in the trash for them if she had not. Lucas tells her there is an AA meeting at 6 a.m., he will call Maggie. Jen is hesitant, but accepts the idea. 4 hrs. to go.
Eventually, Jen goes to sleep, and begins dreaming. Abby comes in, looking for her son, Jen is supposed to be watching him so Chad could go pick Abby up. Jen was sleeping on the sofa, the crib is empty, she is frantic, Abby is calm, telling her mother she found Thomas crawling around on the driveway. Jen is mortified, Abby says she won't be seeing Thomas any more, picks up the bottle of pills saying something about what happened to JJ, but not telling Jen what, just that it is her fault. Abby stalks out. Jen is now at the jail, JJ in the orange jump suit comes in, just as Jen is popping a couple pills from a bottle on the table. JJ asks her to share, she is perplexed. He is in for distributing & possession (I think). She protests that he cannot do that to his life, he is saying it is her fault, she showed him this way. She denies this, he mentions leaving him half way round the world in boarding school, when Dad died, He needed HER, but she left him there.
Eventually, a hand is on her shoulder, time is up, back to the cell. She looks, JJ is gone, stands up, and guard is Jack!! She tells him he is dead, what is he doing there, he is asking her where she went, mentioning the fun loving gal who rode a fire truck when she did not want to, who never missed a chance to do a scam when after a story....and we get flashbacks to early Jack & Jen, when she got him to put a ring on her finger, when he made snow people for her, a couple others. (sigghhh)
They get into some serious conversation, she is talking of him being gone, having to raise the family by herself, he talking of how he returned for keeps, she says but he died, he talks of the months they had, which were so good. She feels he should have had more than just some months. He says she has to start anew, fresh. They talk of the kids being grown, gone, their own lives, partners, etc. So, she is now free, says Jack. She doesn't know what to do, where to start. He talks like the editor he once was, (gosh these scenes are so good) to start with the first sentence, build from there. She always was able to just fill it up fast. She laughs. She is not alone, she is surrounded with help, whether dead or living, they are all around you, all the time.
Lucas has called Julie, who comes with Doug. Jen awakens with a start, seems glad Julie is there, claims she is better now, wants to go up and rest. Julie is going with her, Jen protests, Julie insists, tucks her in upstairs, sits in a chair. Julie comes down when Jen seems asleep, Doug thinks they should move in there until Jen is strong enough to be on her own again. .Jen is awake, just cannot do this, gets up, drops something, goes to pick it up, and finds a pill bottle under the bed. Julie comes in, realizes Jen found a bottle she stashed under the bed, says to give it to her. Jen won't, her back is bad, she needs just one, just one. No, Julie replies, you have made it thru the worse part, don't go back. She reaches for the bottle, Jen slaps her, is immediately contrite, is hugging Julie, I am sorry, I am sorry.
Julie is asleep in the chair, wakes up, Jen is gone, rushes downstairs to tell Lucas & Doug, but they are helping Jen on with her coat. They all assure her they love her, are supporting her, & into a group hug.
Later, they are all at the AA meeting. Maggie is there, Brady has come, Jen is nervous, Lucas says to just sit, listen. People talk and if you want to, you can. It begins with Maggie reciting the Serenity prayer, We see Lucas talking to all, saying something about he could say it's been years, but actually, it always is just one day at a time. He talks just a bit, Maggie asks if anyone else wants to talk. Jen looks uncomfortable, but gets up, goes to the front, saying this is her lst meeting.....she hesitates, but it won't be her last. She looks at Maggie, at Lucas, at Brady....and then, by the window, there is Jack, smiling at her. She finally, slowly, gets out the rest. My name is Jennifer...the people all say, Hi, Jennifer. She looks again at Jack, has teared up a bit.......and she finally gets it out......."and I am an addict".
Tuesday, Mary 24, 2016
Oh, Wow. An absolutely not to miss episode. Lucas, Jack, Jen, plus Doug & Julie for the entire episode. Kudos to Melissa Salmons who wrote the dialogue today for an episode entirely devoted to Jennifer & her addiction.
Jen is in the dark, pacing, looking out the window, saying to herself, I cannot do this. She grabs her purse, and despite being in robe & slippers, opens the door to leave...but Lucas is standing there....going somewhere? She stammers, no, not really. He is there to help, she says she needs help. But do you want help? Jen crumbles into Lucas's arms, yes, she needs help. They go inside, it is a mess, he jokingly asks if she is redecorating. He understands...the conversation is really wonderful, Lucas saying all the right things about being dependent on something, referring to himself. In the course of their talking, she is remembering back, and we see her tearing thru drawers, looking up on draperies, tearing down curtains, pulling apart pillows, even calling a pharmacist, trying to get just a couple of pills....sinking down to the floor, calling Lucas to come, she needs help.
She tells him how she was visiting JJ, who was so sick, then goes to see Abby, who refused to see her, or her husband, or baby, and how she offered to take Thomas for the night, Chad is taking this all so hard, but he refused, made excuses, but finally told her he could not trust her with Thomas. This upset her terribly, and she says she took all her pills and flushed them down the toilet. Knows you are not supposed to do that, but would have gone searching in the trash for them if she had not. Lucas tells her there is an AA meeting at 6 a.m., he will call Maggie. Jen is hesitant, but accepts the idea. 4 hrs. to go.
Eventually, Jen goes to sleep, and begins dreaming. Abby comes in, looking for her son, Jen is supposed to be watching him so Chad could go pick Abby up. Jen was sleeping on the sofa, the crib is empty, she is frantic, Abby is calm, telling her mother she found Thomas crawling around on the driveway. Jen is mortified, Abby says she won't be seeing Thomas any more, picks up the bottle of pills saying something about what happened to JJ, but not telling Jen what, just that it is her fault. Abby stalks out. Jen is now at the jail, JJ in the orange jump suit comes in, just as Jen is popping a couple pills from a bottle on the table. JJ asks her to share, she is perplexed. He is in for distributing & possession (I think). She protests that he cannot do that to his life, he is saying it is her fault, she showed him this way. She denies this, he mentions leaving him half way round the world in boarding school, when Dad died, He needed HER, but she left him there.
Eventually, a hand is on her shoulder, time is up, back to the cell. She looks, JJ is gone, stands up, and guard is Jack!! She tells him he is dead, what is he doing there, he is asking her where she went, mentioning the fun loving gal who rode a fire truck when she did not want to, who never missed a chance to do a scam when after a story....and we get flashbacks to early Jack & Jen, when she got him to put a ring on her finger, when he made snow people for her, a couple others. (sigghhh)
They get into some serious conversation, she is talking of him being gone, having to raise the family by herself, he talking of how he returned for keeps, she says but he died, he talks of the months they had, which were so good. She feels he should have had more than just some months. He says she has to start anew, fresh. They talk of the kids being grown, gone, their own lives, partners, etc. So, she is now free, says Jack. She doesn't know what to do, where to start. He talks like the editor he once was, (gosh these scenes are so good) to start with the first sentence, build from there. She always was able to just fill it up fast. She laughs. She is not alone, she is surrounded with help, whether dead or living, they are all around you, all the time.
Lucas has called Julie, who comes with Doug. Jen awakens with a start, seems glad Julie is there, claims she is better now, wants to go up and rest. Julie is going with her, Jen protests, Julie insists, tucks her in upstairs, sits in a chair. Julie comes down when Jen seems asleep, Doug thinks they should move in there until Jen is strong enough to be on her own again. .Jen is awake, just cannot do this, gets up, drops something, goes to pick it up, and finds a pill bottle under the bed. Julie comes in, realizes Jen found a bottle she stashed under the bed, says to give it to her. Jen won't, her back is bad, she needs just one, just one. No, Julie replies, you have made it thru the worse part, don't go back. She reaches for the bottle, Jen slaps her, is immediately contrite, is hugging Julie, I am sorry, I am sorry.
Julie is asleep in the chair, wakes up, Jen is gone, rushes downstairs to tell Lucas & Doug, but they are helping Jen on with her coat. They all assure her they love her, are supporting her, & into a group hug.
Later, they are all at the AA meeting. Maggie is there, Brady has come, Jen is nervous, Lucas says to just sit, listen. People talk and if you want to, you can. It begins with Maggie reciting the Serenity prayer, We see Lucas talking to all, saying something about he could say it's been years, but actually, it always is just one day at a time. He talks just a bit, Maggie asks if anyone else wants to talk. Jen looks uncomfortable, but gets up, goes to the front, saying this is her lst meeting.....she hesitates, but it won't be her last. She looks at Maggie, at Lucas, at Brady....and then, by the window, there is Jack, smiling at her. She finally, slowly, gets out the rest. My name is Jennifer...the people all say, Hi, Jennifer. She looks again at Jack, has teared up a bit.......and she finally gets it out......."and I am an addict".
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