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Agent Fleming, INS Agent
Erica Kane
Boyd Larraby
Lena Kundera (Olga Sosnovska)
Greenlee du Pres
Casey Wexler
Bianca Montgomery
Erica sics the INS on Lena; Lena asks Greenlee for a job and greenlee refuses; Binks sees them talking and, clearly softening toward Lena, reminds Greenlee about Leo; Erica p.o.'s Greenlee, who gets her grandfather to hire Lena as a financial analyst. Next on AMC: Bianca asks Boyd a favor and Michael asks Lena how badly she wants to stay in the country
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From The Official Site at ABC.com:
http://abc.go.com/daytime/allmychildren/episodes/2003-04/20030605.htmlBoyd walks in on Erica's meeting with an INS agent and accuses Erica of trying to get Lena deported because of her relationship with Bianca. Erica denies Boyd's accusation, claiming it was her duty to alert the INS about Lena's change in work status. Erica insists her actions have nothing to do with Bianca's feelings for Lena. Greenlee refuses to hire Lena at Fusion. After Lena leaves, Bianca challenges Greenlee's belief that people are incapable of changing their ways by mentioning Leo and comparing him to Lena. After clashing with Erica, Greenlee calls her grandfather and asks him to give Lena a job.
http://allmychildren.about.com/cs/recaps/a/bl20030605r.htmErica meets with the INS agent and confirms Lena’s last day of employment. He thanks her for contacting the Immigration Service, but Erica smiles as she says she’s merely doing her duty as a good citizen.She asks if Lena has been notified and what the time frame is for deportation, and he tells her that Ms. Kundera will be escorted onto a plane in a matter of hours. Boyd comes to the door and demands, “Excuse me, you’re having Lena deported?” When Erica says this doesn’t concern him, Boyd tells her, “Going after Lena is probably the worst move you can make!” Erica shows the agent out, and he thanks her again for apprising them of the change in Miss Kundera’s work status. When Erica tells Boyd the R&D meeting isn’t until after lunch, he says he’s the first to blast Lena for her ethics; Erica notes that she doesn’t have any! Boyd goes on that he knows Lena used people and abused them, but he really believes she’s sincere about wanting to turn her life around, “And besides, does Bianca know you’re having her girlfriend deported?” Ms. Kane points out that it’s her ex-girlfriend! She protests that she runs a business and had agreed to sponsor Lena as long as she was employed by Enchantment; Lena is no longer on her payroll, so she was just doing her civic duty! She goes on about Federal mandates, but Boyd says they both know that’s bureaucratic bull—she’s trying to run Lena out of the country any way she can! Boyd knows this is not about Enchantment, but Erica insists it is, “And if, at the same time, I can protect Bianca from Lena, then it is worth it!” He exclaims, “You see?” Erica declares that if he’s not on board with this, maybe he should clear out his lab and join Lena in a battle he can’t win! Boyd incredulously says he challenges her motives, and now she’s threatening to fire him? Erica angrily says challenging her motives is not part of his job description; she’s about five seconds from having Security escort him from the building! She says no one is indispensable, and she already owns the patent on his formula; Boyd agrees she owns the formula, but doesn’t own him, and surely doesn’t own Bianca or dictate her life. Erica demands to know, if he really cares about her daughter, how he could want to wish that Polish plague on her? Boyd sighs that Bianca and Lena love each other, and he’s learned that you take love where you can find it. He argues that Lena has given Bianca a lot more than misery; if she was half as honest as she expects Lena to be, she’d own up to that. They are interrupted when Casey Wexler, Greenlee’s old co-worker, arrives for her meeting with Erica. She congratulates Boyd on his breakthrough formula, though she hates him for not giving her first dibs! Boyd pointedly says the formula belonged to Erica, and his commitments mean something. He leaves after warning Casey to proceed with extreme caution! Erica gets down to business—she wants to warn her about Lena Kundera! Casey calls her the Stealth Slut who worked with Michael Cambias, and promises, “Lena Kundera will never eat lunch in this town again!”
Lena finds Greenlee having coffee at the Valley Inn. She introduces herself, but Greenlee knows she’s the Polish predator who crashed the Fusion party and did scout work for Michael Crummiest, “Why aren’t you in jail?” Lena explains that she agreed to cooperate with the District Attorney in exchange for immunity. When she says she made a terrible mistake, Greenlee tells her this is another one! Lena goes on that she got a letter from Immigration this morning, and her visa has been revoked. Greenlee questions what that has to do with her, and Lena replies, “I need a job.” Greenlee wants to make sure she’s getting this, “You angle to bring down Enchantment, and on the basis of your stunning deception, you want me to give you a job?”
She laughs when Lena insists she’s very good at what she does and suggests she leave her card so she can give her a jingle when she has an opening for a backstabber! Undeterred, Lena sits down and tells Ms. du Pres she has an MBA and a further degree in international finance; she got her work permit based on her very specialized expertise.
Greenlee agrees they all know what she’s good at, but Lena goes on that Erica Kane hired her because of her background in finance with the cosmetics industry. Greens notes that Erica also kicked her out on her kielbasa, but Lena keeps on plugging. She insists they each have something have something the other one needs. She won’t make excuses for what she did behind closed doors, but will tell her that her hands were tied. Greenlee stands to leave, saying that Kendall Hart is her business partner—the woman that thought Michael Cambias loved her, all the while he was tearing up the sheets with the Whore of Warsaw! Lena asks if Greenlee has ever done anything because she’s been desperate? Greens wonders how desperate you have to be to use your body as a bargaining chip? Lena quietly tells her, “I hope you never have to find out.” She pleads that she needs to stay in America, close to Bianca, but Greenlee insists that is so not her problem! She angrily says Lena really is good when she brings up that Bianca was close to her late husband; she’s trying to guilt her into giving her a job because that’s what Leo would have wanted! Bianca comes up as Greenlee is telling Lena there’s nothing she can say to change her mind. Binks steps back before they see her, and Lena leaves after thanking Greenlee for her time. Bianca comes out and asks Greenlee what that was about? Greens tells her that her Polish pastry’s being deported, so she hit her up for a job and she told her to get lost. Bianca sighs that she has no idea what Lena’s been through and Greenlee asks, “Binks, how can you side with her when she used you and tried to ruin you and your mother?” Bianca says that people change, but Greens says that’s not true. “What about Leo?” Bianca asks, “How do you explain him?” Greenlee is outraged that Bianca is comparing Lena to her Leo, but Binks asks if she doesn’t see the connection? Leo came to Pine Valley after her money, acting under the influence of his mother; Lena came to Pine Valley after Boyd’s formula, acting under the influence of Michael Cambias—it’s the same M.O.! Greenlee asks why she’s defending Lena, and is taken aback when Bianca says she’s doing it because of her! She recalls the night of their engagement party when Greenlee found out Leo had been married before for money, not love, she was hurt to the core. She broke it off saying she didn’t ever want to see him again; she didn’t take him back right away, but she did forgive him. Greenlee asks, if she’s such a shining example, what’s she waiting for? Why not find Lena, kiss and make up? She has to agree that’s not what she did; she made him suffer, and herself along with him—it was Hell for both of them. Bianca asks how she knew she could trust him again, after everything he had done to her? Greenlee says she just looked deep into those big brown eyes of his and knew it was right and they were right, “If you’re lucky, I mean really lucky, you’ll feel it, too.” Erica shows up and sees the two together, and asks what Bianca is doing with Greenlee? Greenlee asks if she wants to know what she and Binks were talking about? “I was telling your darling daughter to go for the girl—give Lena a second chance.” Erica notes that Bianca is way too savvy to take her advice about anything! Greenlee says Bianca did most of the talking, comparing Lena to Leo. Surprised, Erica says Leo was charming and caring, but Bianca says that Lena is, too. She leaves and Greenlee tells Erica she’s not going to win this one, “Lena is ga-ga over Binks, and I think it goes both ways!”
Erica says Casey Wexler told her about this little contest she’s running, for the “Sexiest Man in America” and notes that she’s desperate! Greens wonders if Casey also told her that Fusion girls are lining up their boyfriends from coast to coast, giving them national name recognition? Erica laughs that fad promotions are a dime a dozen, but Greens counters that it’s a solid gold idea and she’s jealous she didn’t think of it first! When Erica says she’ll be here today, gone tomorrow, Greenlee agrees, “Just like one of Bianca’s girlfriends! How long before Binks does the math and figures out you engineered her return to the Mother Land?” She says Lena gets a call from the INS saying she’s being deported—that has “Erica Kane” written all over it! When Erica sniffs that Lena is a cancer on this town, Greenlee says she’s going to remove her with surgical precision! Erica wonders why she would even care? Greenlee says maybe she doesn’t like it when mothers think they can run their daughters’ lives, or maybe she thinks Lena’s love life deserves a second act, or maybe she’s a hopeless romantic who wants to see Lena and Bianca live happily ever after and float down Main Street in the Gay Pride Parade! Erica thinks Greenlee hates her so much because she wants to BE her when she grows up, “But you know you’ll never be me!” She warns Greenlee to stay away from Bianca—she’s the last person on Earth she would need any help from! She leaves, and Greenlee calls her grandfather to say she has a lead on a brilliant financial mind, a good friend who needs a job ASAP, “Promise you’ll hire her, no questions asked?”
ON THE NEXT ALL MY CHILDREN:
Woody knows Greenlee doesn’t want to help Bianca—she wants to hurt Erica!
When Boyd says he thought she needed a favor, Bianca tells him it’s probably already too late!
Michael asks Lena, “Just how badly do you want to stay in this country?”
David has a vision of his daughter at about age 6, and she asks, “Did you miss me, Daddy?”
http://pub18.ezboard.com/fsoapslutfrm16.showMessage?topicID=87.topicBoyd [Mmm...Boyd... Sorry. Had to be said.] walks in on Erica's meeting with an INS agent and accuses Erica of trying to get Lena deported because of her relationship with Bianca. Erica denies Boyd's accusation, claiming it was her duty to alert the INS about Lena's change in work status. Erica insists her actions have nothing to do with Bianca's feelings for Lena. [Umm, there's really nothing more to say.]Greenlee refuses to hire Lena at Fusion. After Lena leaves, Bianca challenges Greenlee's belief that people are incapable of changing their ways by mentioning Leo and comparing him to Lena. After clashing with Erica, Greenlee calls her grandfather and asks him to give Lena a job. [Oh, the Greenlee/Bianca scene was great (if memory serves). Greens helps the Binkster out because it's what Leo would have wanted. Plus, there's the perk of ticking Erica off. Greenlee's a happy camper lately. Now, if only we could do something about her taste in men as of late...]...
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TODAY ON AMC:
- Pine Valley is out of beef.
- Lena begs – for a job.
- Lena gets several new nicknames.
- Bianca is not over Lena.
- Erica dreams of Evita. And Sally Fields.
Before The Break - Erica chats with an INS Agent who clearly doesn't know anything about Immigration Law, but why get picky now? According to GI Man, Lena will be deported in a matter of hours. We must have entered a new temporal shift, one in which the Government works efficiently and without due process when it comes to immigrants. Oh, wait, that is our reality.
Lena walks into a bar. A Rabbi, a Priest and a Presbyterian Minister are having a drink. What? Oh, sorry.
Lena: "Ms. DuPres, I got a letter from Immigration this morning: my Visa has been revoked."
Greenlee: "What does that have to do with me?"
Lena: "I need a job."
Does this mean that Lena has given up all hopes of ever getting to call Erica "Mom?"
Erica's Office - Boyd and Erica are comparing wardrobes. Is Erica wearing leather? Between her skirt and all those dead cows at Anna and David's place, it's a miracle any bovines still exist in Pine Valley: maybe it's time to bring back crocodile wear.
Erica: "Boyd, I'm running a business here. I agreed to sponsor Lena as long as she was employed by Enchantment: now that she's not longer on my payroll, I am doing my civic duty."
Boyd: "To what, turn her in?"
Erica: "I merely notified INS of change in her work status: that is what I am obliged to do to meet the criteria of the Federal mandate."
Oh my gosh, that is actually accurate! Well, except for the mandate bit.
Erica: "Since when did you become the great defender of this lying, conniving thief?"
Boyd: "Maybe since I found out there is more to Lena than her mistakes."
Apparently, there isn't a whole lot that comes with a chemistry degree like, oh, I don't know, an English class perhaps? And Boyd, I hope you've found out those things about Lena in the most platonic way possible: the way Binks is getting these days, I wouldn't want you to find that the shortest way to S.O.S. is through the window.
Erica: "Mistakes? Boyd, Lena is a corporate saboteur. She tried to steal your revolutionary anti-aging formula..."
OK, blah, blah, blah, we all know this stuff inside and out, right? By now we can predict with a high degree of accuracy all the lines Erica will say about stealing and lying and the company and Bianca's heart and the pain! Oh, the pain. I've got a pain right here Erica: what are you going to do about that, hum?
Boyd: "Admit it, this isn't about Enchantment."
Erica: "This is all about Enchantment. Our cutting edge research, our hard work, our success. If, at the same time, I can protect Bianca from Lena..."
U-huh. His research, you mean? All you've done was try the d*** formula. Several times, I'm sure. Does it work like layers do?
Erica is about so say something, but is interrupted by another bimbo, I mean, blonde, whose name is Casey. Erica wants to warn her about Lena, to whom she refers as a "corporate shark." Casey knows all about her: for Casey, Lena is a "Stealth Slut who worked with Michael Cambias."
You know, for one long, horrifying moment, I thought this was the woman Erica chose to "distract" Bianca from Lena: it was frightening.
At A Bar - Greenlee is reading The Wall Street Herald. Yeah, you're as surprised as I am that she can read, aren't you?
Greenlee: "Lena, let me see if I'm getting this: you angled to bring down Enchantment and, on the basis of this stunning deception, you want me to give you a job?"
Why not? I can think of several government jobs she absolutely qualifies for.
Lena: "I'm very good at what I do."
Binks would certainly agree with that, but there is no reason to parade that kind of talent around town, Lena.
Greenlee: "Yeah, yeah, we all know what you're good at."
Yeah, especially Bianca.
Lena: "Erica Kane employed me because of my background in finance with a focus in the cosmetic industry and now that I've left Enchantment..."
What? Oh, you mean you have a background in those things, as in practice. 'Cause, well, I don't think any finance school offers courses in international economics and the impact of the Euro on the local Beauty Salon.
Greenlee: "You mean, got kicked out on your Kielbasa."
Greens just called Lena a sausage! Bwah! Sapphicmac, are you writing for this show? What are the chances that two days after you mention the Smoked Polish, it shows up on AMC? This is highly, highly suspect.
Lena: "Look, I think Fusion would be the perfect venue: we each have something the other one needs. I won't make excuses for what I did behind closed doors. All I can say is that my hands were tied."
Binks! If I weren't blushing, I'd say I'm impressed. And your first time out, too. Lena, I'm thinking vitamins ought to be a daily ritual for you now, just in case Bianca gives you that second chance.
Greenlee: "You know what? Save your S&M exploits for your memoirs."
Bwah!
Greenlee: "...and bedded while he was tearing up the sheets with you, the Whore of Warsaw?"
She's not a whore! She was a little trampy, but that's it! And I'm just shocked that Greens knows Warsaw is in Poland.
Lena: "Have you never done something because you're desperate?"
Greenlee: "How desperate do you have do be to use your body as a bargaining chip?
Lena: "I hope you never have to find out."
Oh, that was sad. It's a good thing that, with the emotional swings this crappy soap can induce, I'm not bipolar.
Bianca makes her way into the bar, but slinks back into the corner when she spots Lena.
Bianca, be a man! Woman. Lesbian. Whatever! Develop some courage, reverse that lobotomy and go get your girlfriend back, all right?
Once Lena disappears, Bianca makes her way into the room and goes directly to Greenlee.
Bianca: "Hey, what was that about, you and Lena?"
Greenlee: "She's making a play for me."
Bianca: "What?"
Hey Bianca, you've got something on your shoulder. Yeah, there: it looks like a gnome: it's cranky and it's green.
Greenlee: "Your Polish pastry is being deported, so she hit me up for a job. Seems she wants to stay in the U.S.A. and be your good-time girl."
Bianca, don't look now, but you haven't been blinking.
Greenlee: "Bianca, you're comparing Lena to my Leo?"
Bianca: "You don't see the connection? Leo came to Pine Valley after your money acting under the influence of his mother. Lena came to Pine Valley after Boyd's formula acting under the influence of Michael Cambias: it's the same m.o.."
Don't look at me: I don't know anything about this and I don't want to know, either.
Bianca: "How did you know that you could trust him again? After everything that he did to you."
Greenlee: "I just looked at him, deep into those big brown eyes and I knew it was right. We were right and, if you're lucky, I mean really lucky, you'll feel it, too."
Bianca, put that jaw back in or it'll fall out. No good conversation can ever proceed without LaKane's interruptions, so here she comes, waltzing in while music originally composed for the Wicked Witch Of The West plays on.
Erica: "Why do you even care, Greenlee?"
Greenlee: "Gee, let's see: maybe I don't like it when mothers get in their daughters' way, or maybe I do think Lena's love life rates a second act or maybe, just maybe, I am a hopeless romantic who wants to see Lena and Bianca hook up so they can live happily ever after and float down Main Street in the Gay Pride Parade."
But they'd be the only 2 lesbians there. How sad.
TOMORROW ON AMC : Binks asks Boyd for a favor; Michael grabs Lena and asks how badly she wants to remain in the States.