EUTERPE / SIDEWALK / PARKING LOT OUTSIDE THE CLUB. WE HEAR "ANOTHER OP'NIN' ANOTHER SHOW" BY COLE PORTER. WE SEE THE CLUB MARQUEE WHICH FEATURES A PHANTOM OF THE OPERA MASK AND ROSE AND THE WORDS "MUSIC OF THE NIGHT, A BENEFIT FOR THE SALEM COMMUNITY CENTER." PAN TO THE BUSY SCENE BELOW. CARS AND LIMOUSINES PULL UP AND SALEMITES STEP OUT TO ENTER THE CLUB, WHILE OVERWORKED PARKING VALETS COME AND GO. WE SEE KAYLA AND MARCUS AT THE DOOR, GREETING GUESTS AND HANDING OUT PROGRAMS. A STYLISH BLACK LIMOUSINE PULLS UP AND VICTOR KIRIAKIS STEPS OUT, ASSISTING HIS EDITOR, KATE ROBERTS. VICTOR IS DASHING IN HIS TUXEDO. KATE IS LOVELY IN A WHITE, GRECIAN GOWN. NICO FOLLOWS THEM OUT OF THE CAR, A FEW STEPS BEHIND. ANOTHER LIMOUSINE PULLS UP AND LAWRENCE ALAMAIN STEPS OUT ALONE. LAWRENCE ALSO WEARS A TUXEDO. HE ALMOST LITERALLY BUMPS INTO JOHN AT THE DOOR. JOHN LOOKS DIVINE IN A BLACK TUXEDO WITH BLACK SHIRT, AND DEEP RED TIE AND CUMMERBUND. LAWRENCE SCOWLS AT JOHN, WHO SMILES IN RETURN AND STOPS TO CHAT WITH KAYLA AND MARCUS AT THE DOOR. GO TO: ARRIVING GUESTS. WE SEE SHAWN, CAROLINE AND BO. SHAWN IS IN A SPORT COAT, CAROLINE IN A FLOWING CHIFFON GOWN IN PEACOCK BLUE. BO WEARS A TUXEDO SHIRT WITH A BLACK LEATHER VEST AND BOLO TIE, TUXEDO PANTS AND BOOTS. LEIGH ARRIVES ALONE, IN A CLASSIC 1960 CORVETTE. THE VALET ADMIRES BOTH LEIGH AND HER CAR BEFORE HE DRIVES OFF. LEIGH IS IN A SIMPLE BLACK SHEATH DRESS, SHORT-SKIRTED, WITH LONG BLACK GLOVES. HER UPSWEPT HAIR DRAWS ATTENTION TO THE INTRICATE FILIGREE GOLD NECKLACE AND EARRINGS SHE WEARS. JUSTIN AND ADRIENNE ARRIVE NEXT. JUSTIN LOOKS DASHING IN A WHITE TUXEDO JACKET AND BLACK PANTS. ADRIENNE WEARS A FUCHSIA DINNER SUIT WITH BEADED DETAIL WORK ON THE LAPELS. CARRIE AND JONAH ARRIVE TOGETHER. JONAH LOOKS VERY SMART IN BLACK TUXEDO PANTS AND JACKET, WITH A MATCHING TIE AND VEST IN A WILD TURQUOISE, CORAL AND GOLD PATTERN. CARRIE WEARS A RED DRESS, SHORT SKIRTED, WITH A HIGH NECK, CUT-OUT SHOULDERS AND A CUT-OUT DIAMOND BACK. JACK AND JENNIFER PULL UP IN JACK'S RECENTLY REPAINTED JAGUAR. JACK LEAPS OUT AND QUICKLY COMES AROUND TO HELP JENNIFER FROM THE CAR. JACK WEARS A CLASSIC BLACK TUXEDO, WITH A SOFT PINK ROSE IN HIS LAPEL. JENNIFER WEARS A SOFT PINK LACE-OVER-SATIN DRESS, WITH MID-LENGTH POUF SKIRT, LEG-O-MUTTON SLEEVES AND A DEEP SWEETHEART NECKLINE. HER HAIR IS IN A CHIGNON WITH SOFT PINK ROSES, THE SAME AS JACK'S, TUCKED INTO IT. SHE LOOKS PALE, BUT LOVELY, AND JACK IS VERY PROTECTIVE OF HER. SEVERAL OF THE SALEM P.D. ARRIVE, INCLUDING JOE, BOB, AND MORGAN. THE D.A., SPENCER, IS WITH THEM AND THEY JOKE WITH KAYLA AS THEY ENTER. AN EXTREMELY LONG, BLACK STRETCH LIMOUSINE ARRIVES. THE DOOR OPENS, AND A STARTLED VALET NOTICES THAT THERE IS A HOT TUB IN THE BACK OF THIS HUGE VEHICLE. A GROUP OF LADIES EMERGE ONE AT A TIME FROM THE LIMOUSINE. FIRST, COMES A STUNNING RED-HEAD IN A DEEP AMETHYST GOWN. THE GOWN IS LOW-CUT AND TIGHT-BODICED WITH SEQUINS AND BEAD-WORK ON THE TOP AND A FULL CHIFFON SKIRT. PERHAPS THE MOST DRAMATIC THING ABOUT THIS WOMAN, BESIDES HER DEEP GREEN EYES, ARE HER EARRINGS. A CASCADE OF PERFECT DIAMONDS FALL FROM HER EARS AND ALMOST BLEND WITH ANOTHER CLUSTER OF DIAMONDS WOUND AROUND HER NECK. HER HIGH-HEELED PUMPS ARE THE EXACT SHADE OF HER DRESS. SHE'S FOLLOWED BY A PETITE BRUNETTE, WHOSE AUBURN HIGHLIGHTED TRESSES ARE UPSWEPT INTO A FRENCH TWIST WITH TENDRILS THAT SLIP LOOSE TO CARESS HER SHOULDERS. SHE'S WEARING A GOWN WITH A DEEP CRANBERRY-COLORED BEADED BODICE, FITTED AND LOW CUT, WITH AN EMPIRE WAIST AND A TIGHT BLACK VELVET SKIRT SLIT TO HER UPPER THIGH. SHE WEARS A NECKLACE AND EARRINGS OF RUBIES SO DEEP RED THEY ARE ALMOST BLACK. HER HIGH-HEELED PUMPS ARE BLACK VELVET. AFTER A MOMENT, A THIRD WOMAN EMERGES, A SOMEWHAT TALLER LIGHT BRUNETTE WITH VERY SHORT HAIR. SHE WEARS TURQUOISE CHIFFON, WITH A FROTHY CONFECTION OF A SKIRT, A SWEETHEART NECKLINE, AND SHAWL-LIKE SLEEVES. HER NECK IS ENCIRCLED BY A SIX-STRAND PEARL CHOKER WITH A TURQUOISE AND DIAMOND CLASP, AND MATCHING PEARL EARRINGS. HER TURQUOISE SHOES MATCH THE DRESS AND HAVE DIAMOND AND TURQUOISE CLASPS. THE NEXT LADY OUT OF THE CAR IS NEARLY THE SAME HEIGHT, WITH BROWN HAIR AND WARM BROWN EYES. SHE'S WEARING A STRAPLESS FOREST GREEN VELVET GOWN WITH A MATCHING VELVET BOLERO JACKET WITH BLACK TRIM. HER PUMPS ARE BLACK SATIN AND MATCH HER BLACK SATIN EVENING BAG. SHE'S WEARING EMERALDS, IN A VERY OLD-FASHIONED WHITE-GOLD SETTING, NECKLACE, AND EARRINGS. ANOTHER PAUSE, AND THE NEXT OCCUPANT EMERGES. SHE HAS A MANE OF BROWNISH-RED HAIR AND GOLDEN EYES. THE BODICE OF HER GOWN IS GOLD LAME, CUT NEARLY TO THE NAVEL AND LACED UP WITH BLACK SATIN LACES. THE SLEEVES ARE SIMPLE, OFF THE SHOULDER STRIPS OF BLACK SATIN, AND THE SKIRT HAS BLACK SATIN POUFS OVER A TIGHT INNER SKIRT OF GOLD LAME. HER SHOES ARE BLACK SATIN HIGH PUMPS WITH GOLD DETAILS. AROUND HER NECK IS A BLACK JADE DRAGON NECKLACE WITH RUBY EYES. SMALLER DRAGON EARRINGS DANGLE FROM HER EARS. SHE IS FOLLOWED BY A PETITE JAPANESE LADY. HER GOWN IS BLACK VELVET, OFF THE SHOULDER AND FORM-FITTING, WITH A SHORT SKIRT AND A DEEP "V" NECKLINE. SHE WEARS A SINGLE STRAND OF PEARLS LOOPED TWICE AROUND HER NECK, WITH A MATCHING BRACELET, AND SINGLE PEARL STUDS IN HER EARS. HER SHOES ARE BLACK PATENT LEATHER HIGH HEELED PUMPS. THE LAST LADY TO EMERGE IS PETITE, BUT TALLER THAN THE PREVIOUS. SHE HAS LONG, WAIST-LENGTH STRAWBERRY BLONDE TRESSES AND HAZEL EYES. SHE'S WEARING A DEEP, WARM PINK SATIN GOWN, WITH A HIGH VICTORIAN NECKLINE THAT HAS A HEART-SHAPED INSET OF LACE AT THE BODICE, LONG SLEEVES, AND A MID-LENGTH STRAIGHT SKIRT. THE HEART-LACE PATTERN IS COPIED ON THE TOPS OF THE SLEEVE POUF AND AT THE WRIST. SHE WEARS A PRICELESS CARVED CAMEO OF A ROSE AT HER THROAT AND MATCHING CARVED ROSE EARRINGS. FINALLY, A SINGLE MAN EMERGES, SMILING, FROM THE LIMOUSINE. HE'S TALL, WITH WHITE-BLONDE HAIR, CUT SHORT ON THE SIDES, BUT WAVY ON TOP. HE WEARS A WHITE SILK SHIRT WITH A BANDED COLLAR, A BLUE AND PURPLE PATTERNED VEST, DARK ROYAL BLUE BLAZER, BLACK SLACKS AND BLACK SHOES. HE SPORTS A GOLD HOOP IN HIS LEFT EAR, AND A KERCHIEF IN HIS POCKET THAT AMAZINGLY BLENDS THE COLORS OF ALL THE LADIES' GOWNS IN IT'S PATTERN. AS THE MUSIC FADES, GO TO: SPENCER AND THE SALEM PD, AS THEY REACT TO THIS GROUP.

BOB: That is one lucky man...

GO TO: KAYLA AND MARCUS.

MARCUS: You have to admit, that is quite a group there...

KAYLA: I don't believe I know them. But by the looks of them, we can probably get some hefty donations... look at those jewels!

MARCUS: Yes... jewels... All in all, I'd say they are quite an "appeeling" group!

HOLD ON MARCUS' APPRECIATIVE LOOK.

CUT TO: EUTERPE / BACKSTAGE. THE ROOM IS LOUD AND CHAOTIC. DOUG NERVOUSLY LOOKS AROUND. CALLIOPE IS DRESSED IN A FULLY PADDED RED SHIRT THAT IS STUCK FULL OF PINS AND NEEDLES AND A GREEN HAT SOMEWHAT RESEMBLING A LEAF. SHE LOOKS, ODDLY ENOUGH, LIKE A PIN CUSHION. SHE ALSO WEARS BRIGHT PINK ROLLERBLADES WITH ELBOW AND KNEE PADS TO MATCH. IAN IS TRYING TO ORGANIZE EVERYONE IN THE ORDER THEY GO ON STAGE. ALICE IS TYING MICKEY'S TIE. JULIE AND CANDIS ARE GETTING THE FINISHING TOUCHES ON THEIR MAKE-UP.

ALICE PATS MICKEY'S TIE AND HE GOES OVER TO CHECK IT IN THE MIRROR.

CALLIOPE: Mrs. H, look at your costume... it's crooked... turn around and let me fix it.

ALICE SIGHS AND TURNS AROUND AND LETS CALLIOPE ADJUST HER OUTFIT. MEANWHILE, DOUG IS CALLING FOR EVERYONE'S ATTENTION.

DOUG STANDS UP ON A TABLE STILL TRYING TO GET EVERYONE'S ATTENTION. FINALLY, THINGS QUIET DOWN AND DOUG BEGINS TO SPEAK.

EVERYONE CLAPS.

MICKEY: That goes for you, too... Sir Douglas!

CANDIS: And we want to thank you for organizing the Benefit and donating your club. We at the Community Center appreciate it more than you can know.

EVERYONE CLAPS FOR DOUG, WHO BOWS SLIGHTLY.

HOLD ON IAN STANDING ON THE TABLE, READY TO READ FROM A CLIPBOARD.

CUT TO: EUTERPE / MAIN ROOM. EVE AND DAVE ARE AT THE BAR. DAVE IS DRESSED IN A FULL TUXEDO. EVE WEARS A LONG BLACK SATIN EVENING GOWN WITH A HALTER TOP AND A LONG SLIT SKIRT. SHE ALSO WEARS LONG, DANGLING DIAMOND EARRINGS AND A DIAMOND CHOKER. EVE IS DESPERATELY SEARCHING FOR SOMETHING UNDER THE BAR. IN PROGRESS.

DAVE: I mean it's not there.

EVE: But I told you to put it there!

DAVE: No, you didn't.

EVE: Yes, I... Fine, I didn't. Then where did you put it?

DAVE: In the wine cellar, where else?

EVE: (HOLDING HER HEAD WITH HER HANDS) Ohhh... I have such a headache. I may never survive tonight...

GO TO: JASMIN, WHO IS CIRCULATING AMONG THE GUESTS WITH A TRAY OF HORS D'OEUVRES. SHE PASSES BY JONAH, WHO STOPS HER AND GRABS A HANDFUL OF FOOD.

JASMIN: Will that be all?

JONAH: Actually, no.

JONAH GRABS SOME MORE, CLEANING THE PLATE, AS JASMIN GLARES AT HIM.

JASMIN: Just little ol' pickled rattlesnake.

JASMIN SMILES TRIUMPHANTLY AND WALKS OFF AS JONAH COVERS HIS MOUTH WITH HIS HAND.

GO TO: CAROLINE, WHO WALKS UP TO THE BAR.

DAVE: Thanks. You know Doug... Class all the way.

EVE SNORTS IN THE BACKGROUND, AS SHE PICKS UP A CLIPBOARD AND BEGINS MARKING OFF ITEMS. EVE REACHES A SPOT, HER EYES GROW WIDE, AND SHE DASHES OFF WITH A MUFFLED CRY AS CAROLINE AND DAVE LOOK AFTER HER.

DAVE: So do we all.

CAROLINE: But I really am impressed. Pass it on to Doug for me, all right?

DAVE: I will.

CAROLINE HURRIES TO HER TABLE AS THE LIGHTS BEGIN TO DIM.

GO TO: THE STAGE. MARTY, WEARING A TUXEDO, SLOWLY WALKS OUT ON STAGE AND TO HIS PIANO. HE PULLS THE BENCH OUT AND SITS DOWN. SUDDENLY, THE LIGHTS GO OUT AND WE ARE IN DARKNESS. AND OUT.

EUTERPE. THE STAGE IS DARK. MARTY BEGINS TO PLAY. WE HEAR DOUG'S VOICE, SOFTLY SINGING "MUSIC OF THE NIGHT" FROM OFFSTAGE.

WE SEE DOUG'S SHADOWY FIGURE COME ONTO THE STAGE.

THE LIGHTS SLOWLY COME UP ON STAGE. DOUG IS WEARING A TUXEDO, WITH A FLOWING CAPE, LINED IN DEEPEST PURPLE. HE WEARS THE HALF-MASK OF THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA, AND HOLDS A RED ROSE.

APPLAUSE FROM THE AUDIENCE. DOUG BEGINS TO SING AGAIN.

WE SEE JULIE, ENRAPTURED, WATCHING DOUG FROM THE WINGS.

THE MUSIC SWELLS.

WE SEE JOHN, WHO WINCES SLIGHTLY AT THIS LINE.

WE SEE LEIGH, HALF-SMILING, WATCHING DOUG SING.

WE SEE EVE. HER EYES ARE CLOSED. FADE TO: EVE'S FANTASY. WE CAN STILL HEAR DOUG'S SINGING. EVE IS STANDING IN THE MIDDLE OF A LARGE CIRCLE OF GLOWING CANDELABRA. BEYOND THE CIRCLE OF CANDLES IS A CIRCLE OF MIRRORS, SO IT APPEARS SHE IS SURROUNDED BY THOUSANDS OF TINY LIGHTS. EVE IS ALONE, MIST FILLS THE ROOM. EVE NERVOUSLY LOOKS AROUND. A SHAPE TAKES FORM IN THE MIST AND MATERIALIZES: A SLENDER, WELL-BUILT MAN IN A TUXEDO, CAPE AND MASK. HE WALKS TO EVE AND BOWS TO HER, OFFERING HIS HAND. SHE HESITATES, THEN TAKES IT, AND HE WHIRLS HER INTO HIS ARMS TO DANCE. AS HE IS ABOUT TO REMOVE HIS MASK, WE FADE OUT OF FANTASY AND GO BACK TO EVE. IAN BUMPS INTO HER. EVE OPENS HER EYES, LOSING HER TRAIN OF THOUGHT, AND GLARES AT IAN, WHO SMILES BACK INNOCENTLY. WE SEE DOUG ON STAGE, SINGING.

WE SEE KAYLA, LOOKING AT MARCUS. MARCUS SENSES HER ATTENTION AND LOOKS BACK, SMILING WHEN SHE BLUSHES SLIGHTLY.

THE LIGHTS GO DOWN, THEN A SPOTLIGHT SHINES ON DOUG.

THE MUSIC SWELLS, THEN DIES. WE HEAR THUNDEROUS APPLAUSE FROM THE AUDIENCE. DOUG REMOVES THE PHANTOM MASK AND BOWS, GALLANTLY TOSSING THE ROSE INTO THE CROWD. LEIGH CATCHES IT, SURPRISED.

MARTY SOFTLY PLAYS THE PIANO.

CANDIS WALKS OUT ON STAGE.

CUT TO: EUTERPE / BACKSTAGE. COSTUMES AND SHOES ARE STREWN EVERYWHERE, AS CALLIOPE DEFTLY ROLLERBLADES AROUND ALL OBSTACLES. IAN IS TALKING TO A CHORUS GIRL.

IAN: Try the dressing room!

CALLIOPE: I did! She's not there. Paging Maggie Horton! Paging Maggie Horton!

CALLIOPE ROLLERBLADES OFF. SEVERAL MORE CHORUS GIRLS WALK IN AND IAN IS TRAPPED AMONG A SWARM OF WOMEN DRESSED IN BLACK.

IAN: Stuff some newspaper in there, okay?

GIRL 2: I have a run in my hose! Where are the spare pantyhose?

IAN: How would I know?

EVE WALKS IN AND PUSHES HER WAY TO IAN.

IAN: I put it in the kitchen so it'd be easier to get to. I hope Aki understood what I was doing. He came after me with a filet of salmon.

CALLIOPE ONCE AGAIN ROLLERBLADES THROUGH AT TOP SPEED.

CALLIOPE ROLLS OFF, ACCIDENTALLY BOUNCING OFF A WALL.

GIRL 1: Tylenol? Someone has Tylenol? Where?

IAN AND EVE LOOK AT EACH OTHER AND SIGH.

EVE: (GRINS BACK) I keep asking myself the same question...

MORE CHORUS GIRLS EMERGE, CONVERGING ON IAN, WHO LOOKS AROUND IN VAIN FOR AN ESCAPE, BUT IS TRAPPED. EVE, GRINNING MALICIOUSLY, SLIPS OFF. ALICE WALKS BACKSTAGE AND SURVEYS THE CHAOS.

ALL STOP AND LOOK AT ALICE.

EVERYONE VISIBLY TRIES TO RELAX. WE SEE CALLIOPE, KNEELING AT MAGGIE'S FEET.

CHAOS ERUPTS ANEW. HOLD ON ALICE, SHAKING HER HEAD.

CUT TO: EUTERPE / STAGE. CANDIS IS WEARING A WHITE EVENING GOWN, WITH LONG, TIGHT FITTING SLEEVES AND A SWEETHEART NECKLINE. THE TOP OF THE DRESS IS BEADED, WITH SOME BEADWORK ON THE CUFFS OF THE SLEEVES. THE SKIRT IS STRAIGHT DOWN TO MID-THIGH, THEN DISSOLVES INTO LOOSE, CHIFFON RUFFLES. DOUG LEADS THE APPLAUSE, THEN EXITS. MARTY BEGINS PLAYING "BEGIN THE BEGUINE" AS CANDIS SINGS.

CANDIS SWAYS GENTLY TO THE MUSIC AS SHE SINGS.

CANDIS WALKS TO THE EDGE OF THE STAGE AND CATCHES MORGAN'S EYES, SINGING TO HIM FOR A MEASURE.

WE SEE JULIE, STANDING IN THE WINGS, WATCHING. DOUG COMES UP BEHIND HER. HE WRAPS HIS ARMS AROUND HER FROM BEHIND, AND THEY SWAY TO THE MUSIC FOR A MOMENT. WE SEE CANDIS WALK BACK TO CENTER STAGE.

CANDIS EXECUTES A FEW WALTZING STEPS AS SHE SINGS.

THE AUDIENCE APPLAUDS WILDLY AS CANDIS TAKES HER BOW. DOUG COMES BACK ON STAGE AND TAKES HER HAND, WHIRLING HER AROUND IN A QUICK SERIES OF BRILLIANTLY EXECUTED DANCE STEPS, WHILE THE AUDIENCE APPLAUDS EVEN MORE.

DOUG: Thank you, Candis. (HOLDING CANDIS' HAND) Now I'd like to introduce the other driving force behind the Community Center, Kayla Johnson!

KAYLA COMES ON STAGE TO MORE APPLAUSE. WHEN THE AUDIENCE QUIETS, SHE SPEAKS.

APPLAUSE.

KAYLA'S VOICE BREAKS SLIGHTLY. MARCUS JOINS HER ON STAGE, WALKING OUT FROM THE WINGS, AND TAKES HER HAND. SHE LOOKS AT HIM GRATEFULLY AND CONTINUES.

MARCUS NODS TO THE AUDIENCE AS KAYLA LOOKS AT HIM, SLIGHTLY RAISES HIS HAND, AND SQUEEZES IT.

DOUG: And, like you, Kayla...

AUDIENCE APPLAUDS.

AUDIENCE LAUGHS. OUT ON KAYLA, CANDIS, MARCUS, AND DOUG.

EUTERPE / STAGE. KAYLA AND MARCUS EXIT. DOUG STANDS ALONE ON THE STAGE.

THE AUDIENCE IS SILENT.

THE CROWD LAUGHS.

THE CROWD APPLAUDS AND DOUG EXITS. MICKEY AND MAGGIE ENTER. MICKEY IS WEARING A CLASSIC BLACK TUXEDO. MAGGIE IS IN A LONG NAVY SKIRT WITH A HIGH NECKED WHITE LACE BLOUSE. AT HER THROAT IS A CAMEO. MAGGIE'S HAIR IS SWEPT UP IN A TOP KNOT AND SHE IS WEARING PEARL DROPS IN HER EARS. AS THE MUSIC, "MAGGIE BLUES," BEGINS TO PLAY, MICKEY STANDS NEXT TO MAGGIE, CLASPING HER WAIST.

MAGGIE SPINS OUT OF MICKEY'S ARMS, AND SIDESTEPS TO THE LEFT. MAGGIE BEGINS TO SING AND THE DUET BEGINS. EACH SINGING HER/HIS PART OF THE SONG AT THE TIME.

MICKEY AND MAGGIE DANCE A FEW STEPS TOGETHER. THEN MICKEY STEPS TO THE RIGHT.

MICKEY AND MAGGIE SING THE LAST LINES OF THEIR RESPECTIVE PARTS TOGETHER. THEY KISS AS THE MUSIC FADES AND THE CROWD APPLAUDS. BOTH MICKEY AND MAGGIE BOW. MICKEY WAVES TO THE CROWD AS HE EXITS. MAGGIE APPLAUDS IN HIS DIRECTION.

THE CROWD BREAKS INTO APPLAUSE AS JULIE COMES ON STAGE, DRESSED NEARLY IDENTICALLY TO MAGGIE, JULIE'S SKIRT IS RED. THE TWO WOMEN HUG AS MUSIC BEGINS TO PLAY, "FRIENDSHIP."

MAGGIE: (SINGING) If you ever need a pal... (HAND TO CHEST) I'm your gal...

JULIE: (SINGING) If you ever feel so happy to land in jail, (HOLDING IMAGINARY BARS) I'm your bail...

BOTH: (LINKING ARMS) (SINGING) It's friendship, friendship... Just a perfect blendship... When other friendships have been forgot... Ours will still be hot... (WIGGLING HIPS) Lahdle-ahdle----dig, dig, dig...

MAGGIE: (HAND OVER EYES, SCOUTING) (SINGING) If you ever lose your way... come to May...

JULIE: (SINGING) If you ever make a flop... (HAND CUPPING MOUTH) call for Pop...

MAGGIE: (SINGING) If you ever take a boat and get lost at sea... (MAKING WAVE MOTIONS) write to me...

BOTH: (ARMS AROUND WAISTS) (SINGING) It's friendship, friendship... Just a perfect blendship... When other friendships have been forgit... Ours will still be it... (ELBOWING EACH OTHER) Lahdle-ahdle-ahdle-chuck, chuck, chuck...

JULIE: (SINGING) If you're ever down a well... (HAND UP AND DOWN) ring my bell...

MAGGIE: (SINGING) If you ever catch on fire... (PATTING JULIE) send a wire...

JULIE: (SINGING) If you ever lose your teeth and you're out to dine... (BITING MOTIONS) Borrow mine...

BOTH: (HANDS ON KNEES) (SINGING) Friendship, friendship... Just a perfect friendship... When other friendships have ceased to jell... Ours will still be swell... (GIVING EACH OTHER HIGH FIVES) Lahdle-ahdle-ahdle-hep, hep, hep...

MAGGIE: (MAKING TWO FISTS) (SINGING) If they ever black your eyes... put me wise....

JULIE: (SINGING) If they ever cook your goose... (CHUGGING MOTIONS WITH ARMS) turn me loose...

MAGGIE: (MAKING A GUN OF POINTER AND THUMB) (SINGING) If they ever put a bullet through your brr-ain... I'll complain...

BOTH: (WALKING AROUND IN A CIRCLE) (SINGING) It's friendship, friendship... Just a perfect friendship... When other friendships go up in smoke... Ours will be oke... (THE TWO DO A LITTLE SOFT SHOE) Lahdle-ahdle-ahdle-chuck, chuck, chuck... Gong, gong, gong... Cluck, cluck, cluck... Woof, woof, woof... Peck, peck, peck... Put, put, put... Hip, hip, hip... Quack, quack, quack... Tweet, tweet, tweet... Push, push, push... Give, give, give...

JULIE: (SINGING) If you ever lose your mind... (MAKING LOCO SYMBOL) I'll be kind...

MAGGIE: (SINGING) If you ever lose your shirt... (HAND TO CHEEK) I'll be hurt...

JULIE: (MAKING SAWING MOTIONS) (SINGING) If you're ever in a mill and get sawed in half... I won't laugh...

BOTH: (ARMS AROUND EACH OTHER, CHEEK TO CHEEK) (SINGING) It's friendship, friendship... Just a perfect blendship... When other friendships have been forgate... Ours will still be great... (SWAYING) Lahdle-ahdle-ahdle-goof, goof, goof...

MAGGIE: (THUMBS IN IMAGINARY GUN BELT) (SINGING) If they ever hang you, pard... send a card...

JULIE: (SINGING) If they ever cut your throat... (FINGER ACROSS THROAT) write a note...

MAGGIE: (SINGING) If they ever make a cannibal stew of you... (STIRRING MOTIONS) Invite me too...

BOTH: (HAND IN HAND) (SINGING) It's friendship, friendship... Just a perfect blendship... When other friendships are up the crick... Ours will still be slick... (TWIRLING EACH OTHER AND CURTSYING) Lahdle-ahdle-ahdle-zip, zip, zip...

JULIE AND MAGGIE HUG AND BLOW KISSES TO THE CROWD.

CUT TO: EUTERPE / BACKSTAGE. IAN IS RUNNING AROUND, LOOKING FOR CALLIOPE.

CALLIOPE DASHES OUT. SHE IS DRESSED IN A BLACK-SEQUENCED LEOTARD. THE UPPER PORTION OF THE LEOTARD IS FASHIONED LIKE A TUXEDO TOP. SHE IS WEARING A TEACUP HAT AND TEABAG AND SUGAR CUBE EARRINGS. SHE RUNS UP TO IAN, WEARING ONLY ONE TAP SHOE.

IAN RUNS OFF TO LOOK FOR HER SHOE. CALLIOPE STARTS TOSSING COSTUMES UP IN THE AIR, DESPERATELY SEARCHING FOR THE SHOE. IAN RETURNS, TWIRLING THE OTHER SHOE WITH HIS FINGER. CALLIOPE RUSHES UP TO HIM AND PLANTS A KISS ON HIS CHEEK.

IAN: It was inside one of your roller blades...

CALLIOPE: (DEADPAN) Oh yeah, I forgot.

IN THE BACKGROUND WE HEAR APPLAUSE.

CALLIOPE: Where's Doctor Horton?

IAN POINTS TO TOM, WHO IS WEARING A BLACK TUXEDO WITH TAILS AND CARRYING A TOP HAT AND CANE.

CALLIOPE: Okay.

CALLIOPE RUNS UP TO TOM AND GRABS HIS ARM.

TOM: You got it!

CUT TO: STAGE. JULIE AND MAGGIE STAND ARM-IN-ARM.

TOM AND CALLIOPE WALK ON STAGE. JULIE AND MAGGIE EXIT. TOM CARRIES A CHAIR, PLACES IT ON THE FLOOR AND SITS DOWN. CALLIOPE SITS ON HIS LAP. THE MUSIC STARTS AND TOM AND CALLIOPE TAP AND SING "TEA FOR TWO".

CALLIOPE STANDS UP AND OFFERS HER HAND TO TOM.

TOM TAKES CALLIOPE'S HAND AND STANDS UP.

BOTH: (SINGING) Just me for you, and you for me alone...

TOM AND CALLIOPE TAP DANCE TO THE CENTER OF THE STAGE.

TOM HOLDS CALLIOPE'S HAND AS SHE TAP DANCES AROUND HIM.

CALLIOPE: (SINGING) And start to bake a sugar cake...

TOM: (SINGING) For me to take for all the boys to see...

TOM AND CALLIOPE TAP TOGETHER IN SYNC.

CALLIOPE: (SINGING) A boy for you, a girl for me...

BOTH: (SINGING) Oh can't you see how happy we will be?...

THE AUDIENCE BREAKS INTO APPLAUSE, AS TOM TAKES A BOW, AND CALLIOPE BLOWS KISSES TO THE AUDIENCE. OUT ON THE APPLAUSE.

EUTERPE / STAGE. DOUG STANDS ON STAGE.

JO AND VERN WALK ON STAGE, HOLDING HANDS. JO IS WEARING A PINK POODLE SKIRT, A WHITE SWEATER, AND SADDLE SHOES. HER HAIR IS TIED BACK INTO A PONYTAIL WITH A RED SCARF. VERN IS WEARING KHAKI PANTS, A LETTER SWEATER, AND A FELT HAT WITH ITS BRIM TURNED UP. HE IS HOLDING A FELT BANNER, WITH "SALEM" WRITTEN ON IT. JACK WATCHES FROM THE WINGS. HE SEES THAT JO AND VERN ARE HOLDING HANDS AND FROWNS. VERN NOTICES THIS AND HE DROPS JO'S HAND. THE MUSIC, "I'M BEGINNING TO SEE THE LIGHT," STARTS AND JO PICKS UP VERN'S HAND TO HOLD ONTO AGAIN. JO AND VERN SING, AND DANCE A LITTLE SOFTSHOE.

JO CUPS VERN'S FACE IN HER HANDS.

VERN GETS ON HIS KNEES, AND HOLDS JO'S HAND AS HE SINGS.

VERN STANDS UP AND PUTS HIS ARM AROUND JO'S WAIST AS THEY SLOWLY STROLL ACROSS THE STAGE.

VERN: (SINGING) I never made love by lantern shine...

JO: (SINGING) I never saw rainbows in my wine...

BOTH: (SINGING) But now that your lips are burning mine...

VERN TAKES JO'S HAND AND TWIRLS HER AROUND.

THE AUDIENCE APPLAUDS. HOLD ON JO AND VERN TAKING A BOW, HAND IN HAND.

CUT TO: EUTERPE / BACKSTAGE. JACK IS DRESSED IN VICTORIAN STYLE, WITH A WHITE FRILLY SHIRT, DARK TROUSERS, AND A DARK VEST. JULIE IS HELPING JACK INTO A PAIR OF BOOTS AS THE MAKEUP ARTIST IS ATTEMPTING TO POWDER HIS FOREHEAD. JACK INHALES SOME OF THE POWDER AND COUGHS. ANNOYED, HE WAVES THE MAKEUP ARTIST AWAY.

THE MAKEUP ARTIST WALKS OFF.

JULIE: Come on, Jack, it's almost time!

JACK: Julie, is it absolutely necessary that I wear this puffy shirt?

JULIE: (STERNLY) Yes, Jack, it is. (BEAT) Don't worry, you look very dashing.

JACK: (SKEPTICALLY) If you say so...

JULIE: (TURNING TO RICHARD) Richard, are you ready?

RICHARD: (STANDING NEXT TO HIS HARP) Absolutely.

JACK: Good, that makes one of us... I haven't been on a stage since prep school...

CUT TO: THE STAGE. VERN AND JO ARE HOLDING HANDS AND BOWING AS THE AUDIENCE APPLAUDS. WHEN THE APPLAUSE DIES DOWN, JO INTRODUCES JACK.

THE AUDIENCE APPLAUDS. JACK WALKS CAUTIOUSLY ONTO THE STAGE, HIS HANDS BEHIND HIS BACK. HE INTENTIONALLY WALKS BETWEEN JO AND VERN, FORCING THEM TO LET GO OF EACH OTHER'S HANDS. JO GIVES JACK A HUG, AND THEN SHE AND VERN EXIT.

AS JACK SPEAKS, RICHARD AND IAN QUICKLY CARRY RICHARD'S CELTIC HARP ONTO THE STAGE.

JACK LOOKS BACK TO RICHARD, WHO IS NOW SEATED AND READY TO PLAY. RICHARD NODS.

BRIEF APPLAUSE FROM THE AUDIENCE. WHEN THE APPLAUSE DIES DOWN, RICHARD BEGINS TO PLAY. AFTER RICHARD COMPLETES THE MUSICAL PRELUDE, JACK BEGINS. HE IS READING FROM A PARCHMENT-LIKE PIECE OF PAPER, BUT FOR THE MOST PART, HIS EYES ARE LOCKED ON JENNIFER, WHO IS SITTING IN THE FRONT ROW.

JENNIFER IS BEAMING, A SINGLE TEAR RUNNING DOWN HER CHEEK. JACK RISES AND KISSES HER. RICHARD CONCLUDES WITH A FLURRY, AND THE AUDIENCE APPLAUDS LOUDLY. JACK KISSES JENNIFER ONE MORE TIME AND THEN GOES BACK UP TO THE STAGE. RICHARD STANDS, AND THEY TAKE A BOW TOGETHER. DOUG COMES OUT ON STAGE.

DOUG APPLAUDS THEM AS THEY EXIT.

MICKEY ENTERS FROM STAGE LEFT.

DAVE ENTERS FROM STAGE RIGHT. THE ACCOMPANYING MUSIC BEGINS. DOUG SINGS FIRST, WHILE MICKEY AND DAVE LISTEN WITH ARMS FOLDED.

MICKEY: (SINGING) One must know Homer, and... b'lieve me, beau... Sophocles, also Sappho-ho... Unless you know Shelly and Keats and Pope... Dainty debbies will call you a dope...

DAVE: (SINGING) But the poet of them all... Who will start 'em simply ravin'... Is the poet people call... "The bard of Stratford on Avon."...

ALL: (ARMS AROUND EACH OTHER) (SINGING) Brush up your Shakespeare... Start quoting him now... Brush up your Shakespeare... and the women you will wow...

ON "WOW," THEY RAISE THEIR HANDS IN THE AIR. (THEY REPEAT THIS ACTION FOR EACH CHORUS)

DOUG: (SINGING) If your blonde won't respond when you flatter 'er... (CUPPING HIS HAND NEXT TO HIS MOUTH) Tell her what Tony told Cleopat-er-er...

MICKEY: (SINGING) If she fights when her clothes you are mussing... What are clothes? Much Ado About Nothing...

ALL: (SINGING) Brush up your Shakespeare... And they'll all kow-tow...

THEY BOW IN UNISON.

MICKEY: (SINGING) With the wife of the British Embessida... Try a crack out of Troilus and Cressida...

DAVE: (SINGING) If she says she won't buy it or tike it... Make her tike it, what's more, As You Like It...

DOUG: (SINGING) If she says your behavior is heinous... Kick her right in the Coriolanus...

THEY KICK THEIR FEET UP IN UNISON.

THEY BOW.

DOUG: (SINGING) If you can't be a ham and do Hamlet... They will not give a damn or a damnlet...

DAVE: (SINGING) Just recite an occasional sonnet... And your lap'll have "Honey" upon it...

MICKEY: (CLASPING HIS HANDS) (SINGING) When your baby is pleading for pleasure... Let her sample your Measure for Measure...

ALL: (SINGING) Brush up your Shakespeare... And they'll all kow tow...

THEY BOW.

MICKEY: (SINGING) Better mention the Merchant of Venice... When her sweet pound o' flesh you would menace...

ON "MENACE," THEY ALL DO AN ELVIS-LIKE PELVIC THRUST.

DAVE: (SINGING) And if still she won't give her bonus... You know what Venus got from Adonis!...

ALL: (SINGING) Brush up your Shakespeare... And they'll all kow tow...

DAVE: (CONTEMPLATIVELY TOUCHING HIS FINGER TO HIS CHIN) (SINGING) Thinks thou?...

ALL: (SINGING) And they'll all kow tow... Odd bodkins... They'll all kow tow...

THEY BOW.

DAVE: (SINGING) If your goil is a Washington heights dream... Treat the kid to A Midsummer's Night's Dream...

MICKEY: (SINGING) If she then wants an all-by-her-self night... Let her rest ev'ry 'leventh of Twelfth Night...

DOUG: (SINGING) If because of your heat she gets huffy... Simply play on and "Lay, on, Macduffy!"...

ALL: (SINGING) Brush up your Shakespeare... And they'll all kow tow!...

MICKEY: (SINGING) We trow...

ALL: (SINGING) And they'll all kow tow...

DOUG: (SINGING) We vow...

ALL: (SINGING) And they'll all kow tow...

THEY BOW. THEY REMAIN BOWED AS THE MUSIC CONCLUDES AND THE AUDIENCE APPLAUDS. THEN MICKEY AND DAVE WALK OFF STAGE.

CUT TO: EUTERPE / BACKSTAGE. JULIE IS GETTING THE FINISHING TOUCHES ON HER HAIR AS DAVE AND MICKEY WALK PAST HER. JULIE IS WEARING A DEEP PURPLE VELVET, OFF THE SHOULDER, GOWN.

MICKEY: And you look beautiful...

JULIE: I hope so...

WE HEAR DOUG BEGIN TO SING.

CUT TO: THE STAGE. DOUG STANDS ALONE.

JULIE WALKS ON STAGE. THEY JOIN HANDS.

APPLAUSE. THEY EMBRACE AND DOUG SINGS, "OTHER PLEASURES/FIRST MAN YOU REMEMBER," TO JULIE.

THEY BEGIN TO DANCE AROUND THE FLOOR TOGETHER AS DOUG CONTINUES TO SING.

DOUG NOW EXPECTS JULIE TO SING THE NEXT VERSE BUT INSTEAD WE HEAR A VOICE FROM OFF-STAGE, SINGING.

ROBERT LE CLERE WALKS ON STAGE AND DOUG BREAKS DOWN. THE MUSIC STOPS. THE MEN EMBRACE. JULIE KISSES ROBERT. ROBERT TURNS AND CUES MARTY.

THE MUSIC "TOGETHER" BEGINS AND ROBERT SINGS.

DOUG NODS AND HE AND JULIE JOIN ROBERT CENTER STAGE.

DOUG: (SINGING) We may not go far... But sure as a star... Wherever we are... It's Together...

JULIE: (SINGING) Wherever I go I know he goes... (POINTING TO DOUG)

DOUG: (SINGING) Wherever I go I know she goes... (POINTING TO JULIE)

ROBERT: (SINGING) No fits, no fights, no feuds and no egos...

THEY ALL LINK ARMS AND DO SOME CHORUS LINE KICKS.

ALL: (SINGING) Together... Through thick or through thin... All out or all in... And whether it's...

DOUG: (SINGING) win...

ROBERT: (SINGING) place or...

JULIE: (SINGING) show...

ROBERT: (SINGING) It's you for me and...

DOUG: (SINGING) me for you...

JULIE: (SINGING) We'll muddle through whatever we do...

ALL: (SINGING) Together, wherever we go... We go in a group, we tour in a troupe... We land in the soup, but we know... The things we do, we do by three... Some perfect team...

JULIE INTENTIONALLY MAKES A WRONG STEP IN THEIR CHORUS LINE.

DOUG/JULIE: (SINGING) Together...

ROBERT: (SINGING) Wherever...

DOUG/JULIE: (SINGING) Wherever...

ALL: (SINGING) Together, wherever we go!...

THUNDERING APPLAUSE. DOUG AND ROBERT HUG AGAIN.

MORE APPLAUSE AS JULIE, DOUG, AND ROBERT WALK OFF STAGE.

JULIE: My darling, then it wouldn't have been a surprise!

DOUG: Well, at least I won't be the only one surprised tonight!

OUT ON DOUG'S MISCHIEVOUS GRIN.

EUTERPE / VICTOR'S TABLE. VICTOR IS EATING WHEN JOHN APPROACHES.

JOHN: Hey, Vic.

VICTOR: (MOTIONING TO A CHAIR NEXT TO HIM) Please, sit down.

JOHN: (SITTING) Thanks. (BEAT) Quite a show, huh?

VICTOR: Quite. I never would have expected to see some of the people I've seen up on that stage...

JOHN: Yeah. Well, it's for a good cause.

VICTOR: Yes, and one in which I firmly believe. (BEAT) So, how is my grandson doing?

JOHN: (BEAMING AT THE MENTION OF BRADY) He's just great. Y'know, I missed him even more than I realized.

VICTOR: Well, I hope to see him soon. I thought it would be best that I not visit while he was with Kayla or Caroline...

JOHN: Probably. Don't worry, I'll bring him for a visit sometime soon.

VICTOR: Excellent. So, are you ready to tell me anything about what you learned on your trip?

JOHN: Well, I'm still trying to sort it all out, but... My conversations with Danielle were very... enlightening.

VICTOR: How so?

JOHN: She and Carly knew each other as children. Danielle's mother worked as a housekeeper for the Von Leuschners.

VICTOR: I see. Very interesting...

JOHN: Apparently, Carly was quite a terror, even at a young age. And she just got worse as she grew older.

VICTOR: Hmmm... I suspected that she was hiding something.

JOHN: She was hiding a lot. She was responsible for Dani becoming a thief. She was also responsible for Dani's disappearance and the end of our marriage.

VICTOR: So you were married to Danielle, after all...

JOHN: Yes, I was. I remember it now.

VICTOR: Do you remember everything?

JOHN: No. There are still some holes. I'm hoping that those memories will come back... in time.

VICTOR: You said that Carly was responsible for ending your marriage to Danielle?

JOHN: Yes. She blackmailed her. She told Dani to leave, or she would tell me that Dani was Romulus.

VICTOR: But why? What did Carly have to gain?

JOHN: Me.

VICTOR: What? I don't understand...

JOHN: Carly got Dani out of the picture so she could move in.

VICTOR: You and Carly became involved?

JOHN: More than that. We got married.

VICTOR: (SHOCKED) Married?

JOHN: Yeah. She found out I was Forrest Alamain, and she wanted to get her hands on my money.

VICTOR: But her family was very wealthy. Why...?

JOHN: I think she wanted more. I also think she got a thrill out of it.

LEIGH APPROACHES.

VICTOR AND JOHN STAND.

VICTOR AND LEIGH SHARE A FRIENDLY HUG.

JOHN: Did you forget? It's John.

LEIGH: All right... John.

VICTOR: Please, sit down.

THEY ALL SIT DOWN.

LEIGH: I think we've worked things out. Wouldn't you say so... John?

JOHN: (SMILING) Yes, Leigh, I'd say so.

VICTOR: I'm glad to hear it...

VICTOR'S VOICE TRAILS OFF AS HE SEES JOHN TENSE. VICTOR FOLLOWS JOHN'S GAZE TO SEE LAWRENCE APPROACHING.

VICTOR: Lawrence.

LAWRENCE TURNS TO LEIGH.

LEIGH: (STANDING AND EXTENDING HER HAND) Leigh McCloud.

LAWRENCE: (TAKING LEIGH'S HAND) Ahhh, so you're Leigh McCloud. (KISSES HER HAND AND RELEASES IT) This is indeed a pleasure. You've made quite an impact at Ecosystems... I've been hearing your name a lot in the last few weeks.

LEIGH: (SITTING BACK DOWN) Good things, I hope.

LAWRENCE: Absolutely. Ecosystems has been doing much better than it had previously...

LAWRENCE TURNS AND GLARES AT JOHN.

LAWRENCE: (COOL) John. (GRINNING SLIGHTLY) If you'll excuse me, I'm going to go make a donation to the Community Center.

LAWRENCE LEAVES THE TABLE.

JOHN: Don't be too impressed.

VICTOR: That is one man in Salem that you can never trust.

LEIGH: Oh?

JOHN: Absolutely. The less you have to do with him, the better.

HOLD ON LEIGH'S INTRIGUE.

GO TO: JACK AND JENNIFER'S TABLE. JACK IS NOW WEARING HIS TUXEDO. JENNIFER TURNS TO JACK.

JACK: Then, Mrs. D., we exit, stage left...

JENNIFER: Before we go...

JACK OPENS HIS MOUTH TO ARGUE, BUT JENNIFER CUTS HIM OFF.

JACK: A quick good-bye?

JENNIFER: I promise!

JACK: Deal.

JACK RISES AND OFFERS HIS ARMS TO JENNIFER. SHE TAKES IT AND, ARM-IN-ARM, THEY PROCEED BACKSTAGE.

CUT TO: BACK STAGE. TURMOIL REIGNS. BILL SEES JACK AND JENNIFER ENTER AND GOES TO THEM. THEY ARE JOINED BY ROSIE, TOM, ALICE AND ROBERT.

JACK: She's still little...

JENNIFER: Hey, no short jokes...

ROBERT: But she is so lovely... (KISSING JENNIFER'S HAND)

JACK: (EYEING ROBERT SUSPICIOUSLY) You're French, right?

JENNIFER: Jack! (TO ROBERT) I don't believe you've met my husband, Jack Deveraux.

ROBERT: Enchante...

JACK AND ROBERT SHAKE HANDS.

ROSIE: Just wait until you see our act...

JACK: I'm afraid we have to be going. Jennifer admitted she was tired, which leads me to believe she's far more worn out than she'll confess.

ALICE: Darling, are you alright?

JENNIFER: Really, I'm fine. I wish I could stay to see the whole show, but...

JACK: But your over-solicitous husband, insists you take care of yourself.

BILL: Besides, there's one last surprise for you, daughter mine. The entire show is being video-taped and a copy will be delivered to your house tomorrow. You won't miss a thing!

JENNIFER: Oh, thank you! That's wonderful...

ROSIE: We all remember how you hate to be left out of anything, Jennifer Rosie!

ROBERT: So you take care of yourself...

JACK: I'll be sure of that...

ROBERT: It is clear that you will... such amour, it is a delight to see...

JENNIFER BEAMS AT JACK, WHO ACTUALLY BEAMS BACK A LITTLE, AS THE REST LAUGH HAPPILY.

JACK: Right away, I assure you. Say good night, Jennifer...

JENNIFER: Good night, Jennifer...

EVERYONE GROANS.

HOLD ON EVERYONE'S LAUGHTER AS JENNIFER GRINS.

CUT TO: EUTERPE / JANET'S TABLE. MARCUS AND JANET ARE SEATED, TALKING.

MARCUS: I think it's been great. I'm just happy we're having this Benefit. When those pipes burst at the Community Center, I thought that was it. (BEAT) We really owe Doug... big time.

JANET: What about the entertainment?

MARCUS: I've enjoyed it. There have been some surprises. I didn't realize I knew so many artistically talented people. (BEAT) Speaking of artistic people, what about you? How come I haven't seen you up there yet?

JANET: (SMILING) Patience, Doctor. The night is still young...

MARCUS: (INTRIGUED) So you are performing? What are you going to do?

JANET: You'll find out soon enough.

MARCUS: Oh, man... You're going to make me wait?

JANET: Absolutely. I wouldn't want to spoil it for you.

MARCUS: I don't think that would happen. I'm sure you're going to be a smash hit.

JANET: Thank you for your confidence. I'll do my best.

MARCUS: You seem pretty much at ease. Aren't you nervous about being up on stage?

JANET: No, not really. I've been through enough recitals in my life to overcome any fears of being in front of an audience.

MARCUS: Well, that's good. I have terrible stage fright, myself.

JANET: You? I find that hard to believe.

MARCUS: Believe it. I was going to be the next Sidney Poitier until...

JANET: Until what?

MARCUS: You don't want to hear this...

JANET: Yes, I do. (BEAT) Don't try to weasel out of it, Marcus Hunter. Tell me.

MARCUS: All right. It was my freshman year of high school, and I was in the drama club...

GO TO: KAYLA, SITTING A FEW TABLES AWAY FROM MARCUS AND JANET. SHE IS AGITATED, OBVIOUSLY JEALOUS, AS SHE WATCHES THEM TALK. SHE DOESN'T NOTICE AS KATE ROBERTS WALKS UP TO HER.

KAYLA: (SURPRISED) Oh! Ms. Roberts, hello! (STANDING UP) Please, call me Kayla.

KATE: (HANDING KAYLA A CHECK) On behalf of Titan Publishing, I wanted to make an additional donation to help the Community Center.

KAYLA: (DISTRACTED, FREQUENTLY GLANCING OVER AT MARCUS AND JANET) Thank you... Thank you very much, Ms. Roberts.

KATE: Please, call me Kate.

KAYLA: All right, Kate, thank you. This is very generous.

KATE: Well, it's an admirable thing you're trying to do with the Center. I wish you the best of luck.

KAYLA: Thank you.

KATE: (LOOKING OVER KAYLA'S SHOULDER) Oh, would you excuse me? I see someone I need to speak to...

KAYLA: Certainly.

KATE WALKS AWAY, AND KAYLA AGAIN LOOKS OVER AT MARCUS AND JANET. THEY ARE BOTH LAUGHING HEARTILY AT MARCUS' STORY. KAYLA QUICKLY TURNS HER BACK TO THEM.

KAYLA BEGINS TO WALK AWAY WHEN A MAN PUTS HIS HAND ON HER SHOULDER. SHE TURNS TO SEE THAT IT IS LAWRENCE.

KAYLA: (PULLING AWAY FROM LAWRENCE'S HAND) Mr. Alamain.

LAWRENCE: (HANDING HER A CHECK) This is for the Community Center.

KAYLA REACHES OUT SLOWLY, WINCING SLIGHTLY AS SHE TAKES THE CHECK.

LAWRENCE: You're welcome. I was afraid you might not accept it.

KAYLA: The Center needs all the help it can get. (BEAT) I won't let my personal feelings get in the way of that.

LAWRENCE: (SMILING SLIGHTLY) Well, I admire your professionalism.

KAYLA: Will you excuse me, please?

KAYLA TURNS AND WALKS AWAY FROM LAWRENCE.

GO TO: CAROLINE, SITTING AT A TABLE. VICTOR WALKS UP.

CAROLINE: Hello, Victor. How are you?

VICTOR: I'm doing well, thank you. And you?

CAROLINE: I'm fine. Are you enjoying the show?

VICTOR: Very much.

CAROLINE: I saw you speaking to John earlier. How is he doing?

VICTOR: He has a lot on his mind. He learned quite a bit in Europe, and now he has to come to terms with it.

CAROLINE: He's very reluctant to talk. I'm a little worried, to be honest...

VICTOR: Don't worry. I'm sure he'll tell you everything in time. He'll be fine... he has the support of the Brady clan, after all.

CAROLINE: Yes... yes, he does. As far as we're concerned, he's still family.

VICTOR: Speaking of family, how is Bo doing with Shawn-Douglas? I spoke to him several days ago, but...

CAROLINE: But he didn't have much to say, I'm sure.

VICTOR: No. Has he talked to you?

CAROLINE: A little. He's very worried about how Shawn-Douglas is taking Carly's death. Shawn-D is a very confused little boy. I just hope that Dr. Ector can help them.

VICTOR: If he can't, then I'll find someone who can. I want Bo and Shawn-Douglas to be happy.

CAROLINE: That's all any of us want.

GO TO: MORGAN, BOB, AND SPENCER SITTING TOGETHER.

SPENCER: I don't think we'll have any trouble pushing it through. But, I'm not sure how much good it's going to do, since Bartoli isn't ever the one who approaches her.

BOB: I hope you've got a really good case against that greasebag. When I think about what he's put Carrie Brady through, I just wanna wring his neck...

MORGAN: Easy there, big guy!

BOB: Sorry. It's just... she's good people, you know? I get mad when slime like Bartoli try to make life miserable for people like her.

SPENCER: Well, we're going to do our best to make sure that Bartoli doesn't have the chance to hurt people like Carrie for a long, long time...

CANDIS AND LEXIE APPROACH.

BOB: Sort of...

CANDIS: (PUTTING HER ARMS AROUND MORGAN) Well, consider the shop-talk session officially over. This is a night to relax and enjoy.

MORGAN: Yes ma'am.

BOB: Hey, Lexie! Where's your old man?

LEXIE: Backstage, getting ready for his number...

MORGAN: He's performing?

LEXIE: Yes, he is! Don't look so shocked...

BOB: (CHUCKLING) Oh boy, this oughtta be good...

CANDIS: You guys had better be nice to Abe.

MORGAN: And why would we want to do that?

CANDIS: Because he's performing with your boss.

HOLD ON MORGAN AND BOB'S SURPRISE.

CUT TO: EUTERPE / BACKSTAGE. EVE IS STANDING IN THE WINGS, LOOKING OUT ONTO THE STAGE. HER EYES ARE UNFOCUSED, AND SHE IS OBVIOUSLY OFF IN ANOTHER REALM. DISSOLVE TO: EVE'S FANTASY. EVE STANDS ON AN EMPTY STAGE. SHE IS DRESSED IN A GOWN OF PURE WHITE GOSSAMER. HER HAIR IS PULLED UP ON HER HEAD, AND A CASCADE OF RINGLETS DRAPES DOWN HER BACK. IT IS DARK. SUDDENLY, THERE IS A DIM LIGHT. SHE HEARS A PIANO IN THE BACKGROUND, SOFTLY PLAYING THE "MOONLIGHT SONATA." EVE LOOKS AROUND, CONFUSED. MIST COVERS THE GROUND, SURROUNDING HER. IT SLOWLY DISSOLVES, AND SHE LOOKS UP. THERE IS A MAN, DRESSED IN A TUXEDO, WEARING THE MASK OF THE PHANTOM. HE HOLDS HIS HAND OUT TO HER. SHE HESITATES, BUT TAKES IT. HE BOWS AND KISSES HER HAND. SHE CURTSEYS TO HIM. HE SWEEPS HER INTO HIS ARMS, AND THEY BEGIN TO WALTZ. AS THE CAMERA PULLS BACK, WE SEE THE PREVIOUSLY EMPTY STAGE HAS BEEN FILLED WITH CANDLES IN GOLD CANDELABRA, AND WHITE AND RED ROSES. AS THEIR DANCE COMES TO A CLOSE, SHE LOOKS AT HER PARTNER IN CONFUSION. SHE REACHES UP TO TAKE OFF THE MASK, BUT HE CATCHES HER HAND AND HOLDS IT CLOSE. HE BENDS DOWN TO KISS HER. HE SAYS HER NAME. FADE OUT OF EVE'S FANTASY. EVE IS STILL STARING OFF INTO THE DISTANCE AS A HAND TAPS HER ON THE SHOULDER. SHE JUMPS AND WHIRLS AROUND, ANGRY.

SHANE: Er. Surprise?

EVE'S EYES WIDEN AS SHE SEES HER FATHER.

SHANE: In the flesh!

EVE THROWS HERSELF INTO HIS ARMS AND THEY SHARE A LONG HUG.

SHANE: John called me and told me about the Benefit. The ISA didn't have anything for me to do right now... I heard you were going to perform. I couldn't miss that, could I?

EVE: Thanks, Dad! I'm so glad you're here!

SHANE: And besides, I think there are a few things you and I need to straighten out, young lady.

EVE LOOKS AT HER FATHER IN TREPIDATION. OUT ON EVE.

EUTERPE. THE LIGHTS FLICKER TO SIGNAL THE END OF INTERMISSION. THE CROWD QUIETS AND TAKES THEIR SEATS. THE LIGHTS DIM AND MARTY BEGINS TO PLAY "ALL I ASK OF YOU." AS DOUG TAKES CENTER STAGE, THE LIGHTS GO OUT TOTALLY, A SINGLE SPOTLIGHT ILLUMINATING HIM.

WE SEE EVE, STANDING AT THE BAR. SHE LOOKS SAD AND ALONE. BUT SHANE WALKS UP BEHIND HER AND PUT HIS ARM AROUND HER SHOULDER. EVE SMILES.

ANOTHER SPOTLIGHT, TO DOUG'S RIGHT AND BEHIND HIM, COMES UP TO REVEAL JULIE. SHE IS WEARING A VIOLET SHEATH WITH A SWEETHEART NECKLINE AND A SLIT UP ONE SIDE. A FLORAL VINE WORKED IN SILVER BEADING FOLLOWS THE SLIT AND CONTINUES DOWN ONE SLEEVE. SHE BEGINS TO WALK TOWARD DOUG, HER HAND OUTSTRETCHED.

WE SEE TOM AND ALICE, HOLDING HANDS.

WE SEE VICTOR IN PROFILE. PULL BACK TO REVEAL HE IS WATCHING CAROLINE FROM AFAR.

JULIE: (BRINGING DOUG'S HAND TO HER CHEEK) (SINGING) All I want is freedom... a world with no more night... and you, always beside me... to hold me and to hide me...

DOUG: (SINGING) Then say you'll share with me... one love, one lifetime... let me lead you from your solitude...

WE SEE JOHN, SITTING WITH HIS CHIN ON HIS FIST.

JULIE: (EYES WELLING WITH TEARS) (SINGING) Say you'll share with me... one love, one lifetime... say the word and I will follow you...

BOTH: (SINGING) Share each day with me... each night, each morning...

JULIE: (SINGING) Say you love me...

DOUG: (SINGING) You know I do...

BOTH: (SINGING) Love me... that's all I ask of you...

THEY KISS, THE MUSIC SWELLS.

THE LIGHTS GO BLACK AND THE CROWD APPLAUDS. JULIE EXITS THE STAGE, DOUG REMAINS.

DOUG BLOWS A KISS IN JULIE'S DIRECTION.

AS THE AUDIENCE APPLAUDS, ABE WALKS ON STAGE, DRESSED IN A BLACK TUXEDO, WITH A GOLD-SPECKLED BOW TIE. JANET, DRESSED IN A LONG EVENING DRESS, TAKES A SEAT AT THE PIANO. HER DRESS IS DEEP CORAL, WITH LONG SLEEVES WITH WHITE CUFFS, AND A WHITE COLLAR OVER A DEEP NECKLINE. JANET BEGINS PLAYING THE PIANO. ABE STARTS SINGING "THE WAY YOU LOOK TONIGHT."

ABE LOOKS LOVINGLY AT LEXIE, SEATED NEAR THE STAGE, WHO SMILES BACK.

ABE WALKS DOWN AND STANDS NEXT TO THE PIANO.

WE SEE MARCUS, WHO IS SMILING AS HE WATCHES JANET.

ABE TURNS TO FACE JANET, WHO BEGINS A SMALL PIANO SOLO. WE SEE BOB AND JOE, WHO LOOK AT EACH OTHER IN AMAZEMENT.

ABE WALKS OVER TO STAND IN FRONT OF LEXIE.

ABE BENDS DOWN AS LEXIE STANDS AND THEY KISS. THE AUDIENCE BREAKS INTO APPLAUSE. ABE STANDS UP AND BOWS. HE TURNS TO JANET, APPLAUDING. JANET STANDS UP FROM THE PIANO, TURNS TO THE AUDIENCE, AND WITH A WIDE SMILE, TAKES A BOW. DOUG TAKES CENTER STAGE AS ABE AND JANET EXIT.

DOUG EXITS AND JUSTIN ENTERS. JUSTIN IS WEARING BLACK PANTS, A WHITE DINNER JACKET, AND A BLACK BOW TIE.

WE SEE VICTOR, SMILING PROUDLY.

JUSTIN GESTURES TO ADRIENNE, WHO IS SITTING IN THE FRONT ROW. SHE BEAMS UP AT HIM.

THE MUSIC BEGINS, "DON'T GET AROUND MUCH ANYMORE."

JUSTIN STROLLS ACROSS THE STAGE, ONE HAND IN HIS POCKET.

HE RETURNS TO CENTER STAGE HOLDING HANDS UP IN A "WHY" GESTURE.

AS THE CROWD APPLAUDS, JUSTIN LEANS DOWN AND PULLS ADRIENNE UP ON STAGE.

JUSTIN HOLDS ADRIENNE'S HAND AND BEGINS TO SING. HE IS ACCOMPANIED ONLY BY MARTY ON PIANO.

JUSTIN HOLDS OUT HIS ARMS AND TAKES ADRIENNE INTO HIS EMBRACE AS THEY SLOWLY BEGAN TO DANCE. JUSTIN CONTINUES TO SING.

AS THEY DANCE, ADRIENNE HIDES HER FACE IN JUSTIN'S SHOULDER. HE COAXES HER WITH A FINGER UNDER HER CHIN.

ADRIENNE BEGINS TO CRY AND LAUGH AT THE SAME TIME.

JUSTIN KISSES ADRIENNE. HE JUMPS OFF THE STAGE AND THEN HELPS ADRIENNE DOWN. AS THE CROWD APPLAUDS, JUSTIN AND ADRIENNE SIT DOWN AT THEIR TABLE. JUSTIN KISSES ADRIENNE AGAIN. OUT ON THEIR KISS.

EUTERPE / STAGE. ROBERT COMES OUT ON STAGE IN WHITE TIE AND TAILS, WITH A TOP HAT, CANE, AND ROSE. THERE IS A FULL-LENGTH MIRROR ON STAGE. HE DOES NOT NOTICE THE AUDIENCE. HE IS GETTING DRESSED FOR A BIG DATE. HE COMBS HIS HAIR, SMELLS THE ROSE AND PUTS IT IN HIS LAPEL. THEN HE SPOTS THE AUDIENCE AND BEGINS TO SING, "ALL I NEED NOW IS THE GIRL."

ROBERT BEGINS TO TAP DANCE. THEN CALLIOPE APPEARS IN A BEAUTIFUL, LONG FLOWING SILVER GOWN AND THEY WALTZ ACROSS THE FLOOR. ROBERT TWIRLS CALLIOPE AND LETS GO OF HER HAND. JUST THEN ROSIE, WEARING A LONG GOLD GOWN, APPEARS, UPSTAGES CALLIOPE, AND JOINS ROBERT FOR THE END OF THE DANCE. THERE ARE A SERIES OF LIFTS, ROBERT TRIES TO LIFT ROSIE THE FIRST TIME AND FALLS, HE TRIES AGAIN AND FALLS. ON THE THIRD LIFT, ROSIE PICKS UP ROBERT. FOR THE FINALE OF THE SONG, CALLIOPE JOINS THEM AND THE THREE OF THEM FINISH THE DANCE TOGETHER. CALLIOPE DANCES OFF STAGE AS MICKEY, DAVE AND BILL DANCE ON STAGE TO JOIN ROBERT AND ROSIE. THE MEN WEAR TOP HATS AND TAILS. ROBERT BEGINS TO SING HIS OWN VERSION OF "HELLO DOLLY."

THE MEN LINE UP ON EITHER SIDE OF ROSIE

THEY ALL DANCE WITH ROSIE INDIVIDUALLY.

ROBERT ENDS UP ON ROSIE'S KNEES AS THEY ALL KNEEL DOWN AT THE FRONT OF THE STAGE. APPLAUSE. DOUG WALKS OUT ON STAGE AS ROSIE, ROBERT, BILL, DAVE AND EXIT.

THE AUDIENCE SHOWS NO SIGN OF STOPPING THE APPLAUSE, SO ROSIE AND ROBERT COME BACK ONTO THE STAGE FOR ANOTHER OVATION. THEY EXIT AND THE APPLAUSE FINALLY DIES.

APPLAUSE. MAGGIE HAS CHANGED INTO A GORGEOUS RED BEADED LONG-SLEEVED DRESS WITH A HANDKERCHIEF HEMLINE. SHE IS WEARING A WHITE BOA SLUNG OVER HER SHOULDERS. MARTY IS AT THE PIANO AND MAGGIE IS LYING ON TOP OF IT. MICKEY JOINS HER. MAGGIE BEGINS TO SING "NIGHT AND DAY."

MAGGIE WORKS THE BOA NEAR MICKEY. MICKEY LEANS INTO MAGGIE.

MICKEY PULLS MAGGIE OFF THE PIANO AND INTO HIS ARMS.

MICKEY: (SINGING) In the roaring traffic's boom... In the silence of my lonely room... I think of you...

TOGETHER: (SINGING) Night and Day...

MAGGIE AND MICKEY BEGIN TO DANCE ACROSS THE FLOOR. THEY ONLY HAVE EYES FOR EACH OTHER. WE SEE TOM AND ALICE EMBRACING.

THEY STOP DANCING, AND MAGGIE RUNS HER LEG UP AND DOWN MICKEY'S.

MAGGIE WRAPS THE BOA AROUND MICKEY'S NECK. THEY STAND FACE-TO-FACE, SINGING ONLY TO EACH OTHER.

THEY EMBRACE AND KISS, HOLD ON THEIR KISS AND THE APPLAUSE.

CUT TO: EUTERPE / BACKSTAGE. SHANE IS DRESSED IN HIS BEST ENGLISH GENTLEMEN'S SUIT. HE IS OBVIOUSLY LOOKING FOR SOMEONE. EVE WALKS UP.

EVE: The very-married Mr. Deveraux is home with wifey-poo. Why?

SHANE: He was supposed to play Pickering in the next scene. Oh well, I'll just have to wing it. (BEAT) Wing it? What am I saying? Where's Doug? I'm a spy, not a singer.

EVE: Wait a minute, Dad, don't panic, I have an idea.

HOLD ON EVE.

CUT TO: STAGE. DOUG IS APPLAUDING AS MICKEY AND MAGGIE WALK OFF STAGE.

APPLAUSE. SHANE WALKS OUT ON STAGE AND BEGINS TO "SING" "HYMN TO HIM."

ANOTHER "MAN" JOINS SHANE ON STAGE. "HE" IS DRESSED MUCH LIKE SHANE, BUT IS WEARING A HAT. WHEN THE LIGHT HITS "HIM," WE REALIZE THE OTHER MAN IS EVE. SHANE TURNS TO "PICKERING"

EVE: (SINGING) I beg your pardon?

SHANE: (SINGING) Yes, Why can't a woman be more like a man?... Men are so honest... So thoroughly square... Eternally noble... Historically fair... When you win they always give your back a pat...

SHANE PATS EVE'S BACK.

SHANE TURNS TO "PICKERING."

EVE: (SINGING) Of course not...

SHANE: (SINGING) Would you be livid if I had a drink or two?...

EVE: (SINGING) Nonsense...

SHANE: (SINGING) Would you be wounded if I never sent you flowers?...

EVE: (SINGING) Never...

SHANE: (SINGING) Why can't a woman be like you?... One man in a million may shout a bit... Now and then there's one who's slightly fixed... One perhaps whose truthfulness you doubt a bit... But by and large we are a marvelous sex...

THEY LINK ARMS.

EVE: (SINGING) Of course not...

SHANE: (SINGING) If I forgot your silly birthday would you fuss?...

EVE: (SINGING) Nonsense...

SHANE: (SINGING) Would you complain if I took out another fella?...

EVE: (SINGING) Never...

SHANE: (SINGING) Why can't a woman be like us?... Why can't a woman be more like a man?... Men are so decent, such regular chaps... Ready to help you through any mishaps... Ready to buck you up whenever you are out of luck... Why can't a woman be a chap?... Wise thinking - something women never do... Wise logic - never even tried... Straightening up their hair is all they ever do... Why don't they straighten up the mess that's inside?... Why can't a woman behave like a man?... If I was a woman who'd been to a ball... Hailed as a princess by one and by all... Would I start weeping like a bathtub overflowing?... Or carry on as if my home were in a tree?... Would I run off and never tell me where I'm going?... Why can't a woman be like me?...

SHANE AND EVE EMBRACE. THEN EVE PULLS OFF HER HAT TO REVEAL HER "TRUE" IDENTITY. OUT ON THE AUDIENCE'S OVATION.

EUTERPE / STAGE. THE ORCHESTRA BEGINS TO PLAY "SINGING IN THE RAIN." DOUG COMES ON STAGE, SKIPPING TO THE MUSIC. HE IS STILL WEARING THE TUXEDO, BUT HAS ADDED A YELLOW RAINCOAT AND A YELLOW UMBRELLA. AS HE SINGS HE DOES A GENE KELLEY DANCE SPINNING HIS UMBRELLA IN THE AIR AND SPINNING HIMSELF AROUND IT AND JUMPING UP AND CLICKING HIS HEELS TOGETHER.

AS DOUG IS SINGING, JULIE SKIPS ON STAGE WEARING A CLASSIC WOMEN'S PANTS SUIT IN GOLD WITH GOLD HEELS. DOUG MEETS HER HALFWAY AND LINKS HIS ARM WITH HERS. TOGETHER THEY TURN TO THE AUDIENCE AND SING THE FOLLOWING LINE.

THE MUSIC FADES OUT AND FADES IN WITH THE TUNE "YOU ARE MY LUCKY STAR." DOUG AND JULIE TURN TO FACE EACH OTHER AND SING. THEY SMILE AND THEIR EYES ARE FILLED WITH LOVE.

DOUG: (SINGING) You are my lucky charm... I'm lovely in your arms... You've opened heaven's portal... Here on earth for this mere mortal...

TOGETHER: (SINGING) You are my lucky star...

DOUG: (WHISPERING) I love you, fair lady.

DOUG AND JULIE BREAK FROM THEIR INTENSE GAZE TO FACE THE AUDIENCE.

AS DOUG AND JULIE EXIT, CANDIS WALKS ON STAGE WEARING A RED AND SILVER SHORT SKIRT DRESS THAT GRADUALLY CHANGES SHADES OF RED FROM THE SKIRT TO THE NECKLINE. SHE HAS ON RED HEELS. MARTY AND THE ORCHESTRA BEGIN TO PLAY "TOO DARN HOT." CANDIS DANCES AND SINGS.

CANDIS CATCHES THE EYES OF HER HUSBAND, MORGAN. SHE MOVES TO STAND IN FRONT OF HIM AND CONTINUES HER DANCE.

CUT TO: BACKSTAGE. CANDIS CAN STILL BE HEARD SINGING IN THE BACKGROUND. THE CAST AND CREW WHO ARE BACKSTAGE SURROUND DOUG.

DOUG: Don't worry about it Ian, I've got everything under control.

JULIE: Doug... What are you up to? The show is almost over. How can you possibly keep the finale secret any longer?

WE HEAR CANDIS' SONG END AND THE AUDIENCE APPLAUD.

CUT TO: EUTERPE / STAGE. DOUG HURRIES OUT ON STAGE TO AVOID ANSWERING THE QUESTION.

EVE COMES OUT AND BEGINS TO SING A MEDLEY OF "THEY CAN'T TAKE THAT AWAY FROM ME" AND "I WISH I WERE IN LOVE AGAIN."

THE MUSIC, "THEY CAN'T TAKE THAT AWAY FROM ME," BEGINS.

IAN WATCHES HER WITH RAPT INTEREST FROM THE WINGS. THE MUSIC CHANGES TEMPO ("I WISH I WERE IN LOVE AGAIN").

EVE SCANS THE AUDIENCE FOR RICHARD. SHE WALKS OVER AND SINGS DIRECTLY TO HIM. HE SMILES POLITELY.

THE MUSIC CHANGES.

AS IF IN A DREAM, EVE SEES A GHOSTLY IMAGE OF NICK. HE STANDS STAGE LEFT. HE WEARS A WHITE DINNER JACKET AND IS HOLDING A CIGARETTE. A CURL OF SMOKE RISE FROM THE CHEROOT. HE IS WATCHING HER.

THE MUSIC CHANGES.

MUSIC CHANGES AND EVE SINGS DIRECTLY TO THE GHOSTLY IMAGE OF NICK.

AS EVE FINISHES, THE APPLAUSE SWELLS. EVE WALKS TOWARD THE PIANO AND MARTY.

EVE LOOKS AT NICK. HE TAKES A PUFF ON THE CHEROOT AND GENTLY BLOWS THE SMOKE IN HER DIRECTION. IT IS NEARLY A KISS.

WE SEE VICTOR LOOK AT JUSTIN, THEN AT CAROLINE WHO IS SEATED NEXT TO BO.

WE SEE JOHN LOOK UP TO HEAVEN, PERHAPS TO ISABELLA'S STAR, AS LEIGH WATCHES HIM.

WE SEE JULIE LOOK AT DOUG, ALICE AND TOM. THEY ALL HOLD HANDS.

CUT TO: JACK AND JENNIFER'S BEDROOM. WE STILL HEAR EVE'S SINGING. JENNIFER, LYING IN BED, LEANING BACK AGAINST THE HEADBOARD, HAS ABIGAIL IN HER ARMS. THEY ARE BOTH ASLEEP. JACK WALKS IN, LOOKS DOWN AT HIS WIFE AND DAUGHTER AND KISSES THEM. HE THEN DOFFS HIS ROBE AND GETS INTO BED, GENTLY EMBRACING JENNIFER AND ABIGAIL.

CUT TO: EUTERPE / STAGE. EVE'S SONG CONTINUES.

WE SEE KAYLA LOOK AT MARCUS.

EVE CATCHES SHANE'S EYES. HE MOUTHS "I LOVE YOU."

THE AUDIENCE APPLAUDS. EVE LOOKS AT NICK, WHO TAKES A FINAL PUFF ON HIS CHEROOT, THEN TOSSES IT TO THE STAGE FLOOR AND PUTS IT OUT UNDER HIS SHOE. HE MOUTHS, "I LOVE YOU, EVIE". A TEAR ROLLS DOWN EVE'S CHEEK. SHE TURNS TO THE AUDIENCE TO TAKE A BOW AND WHEN SHE TURNS BACK TO LOOK AT NICK, HE IS GONE. EVE WALKS OFF STAGE, CROSSING NEAR DOUG, WHO WALKS ON STAGE WITH KAYLA

APPLAUSE.

KAYLA: (LAUGHING) Yes, Doug they have been generous! (TO THE AUDIENCE) We can't thank you enough. This evening has proven that dreams do come true. Now all we need is a finale. (WORRIED) Doug, we do have a finale, don't we??

DOUG: I thought you'd never ask. I invited a friend who is in town from his native London to come and help us out tonight. He wasn't sure that he'd be good enough for a Benefit such as this... but I persuaded him to come. Ladies and gentlemen... may I introduce my friend, Michael Crawford.

MICHAEL CRAWFORD WALKS OUT ON STAGE. EVERYONE IS STUNNED. JULIE LOOKS AS THOUGH SHE COULD STRANGLE DOUG FOR NOT TELLING HER. THERE IS A STANDING OVATION.

MICHAEL CRAWFORD SHAKES DOUG AND KAYLA'S HANDS, THEN TURNS TO THE AUDIENCE.

MICHAEL HANDS KAYLA A CHECK.

MICHAEL: Michael, please. If I may call you Kayla?

KAYLA: (STAMMERING) Oh, yes. Of Course!

MICHAEL KISSES KAYLA'S HAND AND SHE WALKS OFF STAGE.

MICHAEL: (INTERRUPTING) Hey, that's my song!

DOUG: What, you want royalties? (LAUGHING) Yes, thank you all for making tonight so special for us all... for Salem and its citizens... especially the children. As Michael will tell us, love can change everything.

MICHAEL: What a wonderful segue!

DOUG: If I do say so myself! Ladies and gentlemen, it is my pleasure to present... Mr. Michael Crawford.

MICHAEL BOWS AS DOUG EXITS STAGE LEFT. MARTY BEGINS TO PLAY AS TRUMPETS SOUND OFF STAGE.

CANDIS JOINS MICHAEL ON STAGE. APPLAUSE.

CANDIS: (SINGING) Days are longer, words mean more...

MICHAEL: (SINGING) Love, love changes everything...

CANDIS: (SINGING) Pain is deeper than before...

MICHAEL: (SINGING) Love will turn the world around...

BOTH: (SINGING) And that world will last forever...

MICHAEL: (SINGING) Love, love changes everything... Brings you glory, brings you shame...

THE CURTAIN OPENS AND THE ENTIRE ENSEMBLE, ARMS LINKED STEPS FORWARD TO JOIN MICHAEL AND CANDIS.

THE MUSIC BUILDS.

AS HE HOLDS LAST NOTE, THE CHORUS SINGS OVER IT.

CHORUS: (SINGING) Love changes everything... Hands and faces, earth and sky!...

THERE IS A THUNDERING STANDING OVATION. EVERYONE ON STAGE BOWS, THEN HUGS AND KISSES EACH OTHER. OUT ON THE JOY OF A SUCCESSFUL SHOW. FADE TO BLACK.