just say no!
Hey guys.......the muscle relaxants were the pills she gave me to make him immobile so she could give him the 'DRUG COCKTAIL". That is the hypo with the mixture that would paralyze him, and imitate the symptoms of a stroke, while letting him be aware of what goes on around him.
sooooo...that explains why you're such a great writer, poirot! (and i mean that, sincerely) ya know, all the greatest authors were on some kind of drugs, too, mostly opium. maybe, just maybe, you could ask marlena to give all the writers and the powers that be some of those awesome muscle relaxers, so, they too, can write something meaningful and exciting!
and... wouldn't it be cool if the footsteps (that georgia belle mentioned) going away form the empty water heater were really huge, like a sasquatch, or an alien, or something like that, that dragged mean old ford away? time to call in the x-files crew, i'd love to see david ducovney on days for 6 episodes, too! or TPTB can kill off a few more core days' actors, and hire stephen king to write 6 episodes, or get martin scorsese to direct 6 episodes. i mean, we're talking big money here for these kind of projects. hehe, i guess, what's one or two core actors? who needs belle, shawn, bo or billie, when you can have big named stars for 6 episodes? i love shirley jones, btw, but i really really can't see offing our favorite soap stars to pay for her.