SCENE ONE: THE NEXT DAY JENNIFER IS WALKING IN THE ALLEY WHEN JACK APPROACHES HER.
JACK: Jennifer!
JENNIFER: Jack, you nearly scared me half to death.
JACK: I'm going to do more than scare you if you don't have that housing assignment for me.
JENNIFER: What?
JACK: The assignment I gave you yesterday, you remember?
JENNIFER: Yeah I'm sorry. I haven't even started it yet.
JACK: Uh, uh. Uh! Try again.
JENNIFER: Jack I was at the prison all day today.
JACK: Oh come on. I could make up something better than that.
JENNIFER: Look Jack, Sally is miserable. Her baby is with some strangers who are keeping her for the money and I can't think about anything else.It's not like I haven't tried.
JACK: Try harder.
JENNIFER: Look I know that you went out of your way to hire me back alright but I can't change how I feel. And I don't know what to do.
JACK: I do. Forget it. Forget the whole thing. Forget the housing story and pretend it never happened and....um....take another assignment. I have another assignment for you and it starts tonight. I want you to cover the revival that's going on down at the pier.
JENNIFER: I can't. I'm sorry. I can't even think about....
JACK: Don't say, don't think, just do. And tomorrow at twelve noon have the story on my desk or it's bye bye Jennifer. And don't try to come back to me crawling and begging because I won't take you back this time, you understand that?
JENNIFER: Yes.
JACK: Good, good. I'm glad we understand each other. Now you get your priorities straight and....
JENNIFER: Look Jack, I am not giving up on Sally. Alright you will get your article but my first priority is Sally and her baby. I do not give up on anyone or anything that I care about and there is nothing you can do or say to change that.
JENNIFER STORMS AWAY.
JACK: Yeah. I kinda noticed.
SCENE TWO: JENNIFER GOES DOWN TO THE PIER WHERE THEY ARE SETTING UP THE REVIVAL TENT. JENNIFER BEGINS HER RESEARCH WITH FAITH THE DAUGHTER OF THE GUY IN CHARGE. SHE ENCOURAGES FAITH TO WEAR SOME MAKEUP BUT HER FATHER GETS UPSET WITH JENNIFER AND WANTS HER TO LEAVE.
SCENE THREE: JACK ARRIVES JUST AS ALL THIS IS HAPPENING.
JACK: Reverend. Is there a problem here?
REVEREND: And who might I ask are you?
JACK: Jack Deveraux sir. Owner and publisher of The Salem Spectator. "25 cents at your local newstand."
REVEREND: Ah a member of the press. Why didn't you say so my friend? What can I do for you?
JACK: Well actually, I was hoping to do a cover story on your ministry.
REVEREND: Excellent. The more who know of our good work the more souls that are brought to the fountain. My daughter and I are at your complete disposal Mr. Deveraux.
JACK: Then you don't mind being interviewed by a reporter then?
REVEREND: Not at all. Any questions you like.
JACK: Well actually I was going to have one of my staff reporters....
REVEREND: Well I'd be very pleased to give your representative as much time as he needs.
JACK: Well I'd like to introduce you to one of my reporters, Jennifer Horton. She's the reporter I was talking about.
REVEREND: You?
JENNIFER: I'm fully qualified Reverend.
REVEREND: I'm sure you are. My dear young lady. I hope you'll forgive me. The pressure of setting up in a new town is my cross to bear although that doesn't excuse my somewhat hostile behavior. I just hope we can put all that behind us and begin again.
JACK: Well there, all friends!
JENNIFER: You know Reverend, I would like to interview you sometime soon. I mean at your convenience.
REVEREND: Anytime, after Friday evening.
JENNIFER: Well I'll be at the revival so maybe we can talk afterwards. Great and it was really nice meeting to met you Faith.
JACK: We better be going. Let's run along. God bless you both.
JENNIFER: Bye.
JACK AND JENNIFER LEAVE THE TENT.JENNIFER: Oh I suppose you're waiting for me to thank you for helping me out with him, huh?
JACK: Only if the spirit moves you sister. (Jennifer laughs) Allelujah to you.
JACK WALKS AWAY.
SCENE FOUR: LATER THAT DAY, JACK WALKS INTO THE STAFF LOUNGE AT THE HOSPITAL AND FINDS JENNIFER THERE.
JACK: (Imitating Gomer Pyle) Surprise, surprise, surprise. It's Jennifer.
JENNIFER: You following me around Jack?
JACK: No. I'm here for a board meeting.
JENNIFER: Oh good for you. And I'm here checking the volunteer list.
JACK: Did I ask?
JENNIFER: No but you were going to. Oh and then you were going to ask me about the revival article but I can't get it to you until after Friday so don't bug me alright.
JACK: "Thank you Jack."
JENNIFER: Excuse me?
JACK: "Thank you Jack. For giving me that first assignment and having the compassion to give me another second chance which I probably didn't deserve in the first place. And....for showing up at the tent and saving my second assignment. I am waiting for a thank you on that one."
JENNIFER: Thank you.
JACK: Well, so much for great expectations. Friday?
JENNIFER: Friday.
JACK: Hmmm. Well since there's no typewriters around here maybe I can give you a lift back to the newspaper.
JENNIFER: Actually I wasn't headed to the paper Jack.
JACK: No more crusading for Sally and the baby?
JENNIFER: Yes. I told you before that Sally and the baby were....
JACK: Oh, oh, oh, okay, I understand. I'm sorry. "Truth, Justice and the American way." "Don't give up the ship."
JENNIFER: Look I know that there is some way to get Hannah away from those foster parents.
JACK: You are dreaming you know that. You are talking about bureaucracy beyond your wildest dreams. You are just going to be wasting your time banging your head against a brick wall.
JENNIFER: Look, Sally and her baby are not an assignment anymore right?
JACK: Well yes that's one thing we do agree on.
JENNIFER: Great. Okay then we're not talking about work which means I don't have to stand around and listen to this bull after hours.
JACK: Whoa!
JENNIFER: Look Jack, if I want to be depressed, I'll read your biography.
JACK: No, no, no. Wait for the movie...... (Jennifers leaves) Better yet rent the video.
JACK PICKS UP THE PHONE.
JACK: Hello, I want to talk to Dan LeGant. (Beat) Danny, Danny, hi this is Jack. I need a little bit of that legal voodoo that you do so well. Remember I was talking to you about that little baby, the ward of the state, yeah, her name is Hannah Wales, yeah right, mother named Sally. I want you to tell me how I can have her assigned to me as a foster child.
SCENE ONE: LATER JACK IS BACK IN HIS OFFICE WHEN HE GETS A VISITOR.
JACK: Archer, you said your name was.
ARCHER: Doyle Archer. My boss said he spoke to you already.
JACK: Yes, yes, he mentioned something about some real estate he's planning on developing.
ARCHER: Yes that's right. What he was hoping is perhaps you could write an article about him in the paper. Ah, here's a portfolio about him.
JACK: Thank you. Have a seat. Yes, yes, this is very interesting. Your boss has some big plans for Salem.
ARCHER: You got a problem with that?
JACK: Who me? No, no. But there are some people in this town who are not as broad-minded as I am.
ARCHER: We've run across slow growth movement before but it's taken a lot more than that to stop a man like my boss.
JACK: We'll see. Anyway thank you for bringing this to me. I'll be in touch.
ARCHER: Goodbye.
JACK: Goodbye.
SCENE TWO: ARCHER LEAVES JACKS OFFICE AND RUNS INTO CAL. THEY RECOGNIZE EACH OTHER. AFTER A TALK ABOUT OLD TIMES, CAL GOES IN TO SEE JACK.
JACK: Enter. Oh Lieutenant. Come on in.
CAL: Listen this won't take long now.
JACK: Have a seat.
CAL: Yeah thank you.
JACK: Thank me for what?
CAL: Well I know that you're the one that put up my bail. What I don't know is why. I mean Jack you barely know me. I just don't see why you'd put up my bail.
JACK: I may know you better than you think.
CAL: That's not much of an answer. I guess that's about as much as I'm going to get from you right now, eh? Okay, look, I'm going to pay you back.
JACK: Don't worry about that. Please don't worry. I'm not worrying about it. Besides I know that Diana would have bailed you out if she'd been in town. You know that she's in Hawaii with Roman don't you?
CAL: Yeah, I knew that.
JACK: And that was where you two got together.
CAL: Yeah it was but once she gets there, she's going to remember. She's going to remember what we had. She won't be able to deny it any longer.
SCENE THREE: A SHORT TIME LATER ANJELICA COMES BY TO SEE JACK.
ANJELICA: Jack I have to talk to you.
JACK: Anjelica.
ANJELICA: Ah well it's finally happening. Victor is moving in on me and he's doing everything he can to get my baby.
JACK: Sit down. Sit down. Please sit down and tell me what has Victor done.
ANJELICA: Victor, it seems, has been financing Neil's gambling habits and now he's calling in every single one of his markers so he's going to get every single dime that Neil has so I now have to go to him for support.
JACK: No that is a ridiculous plan in the first place because you know that I would give you anything that you and Alexander need.
ANJELICA: Oh Jack thank you but I would never put you in that position because that's what I did to Neil and look what's happened. No, Victor is never going to do that to you. (She brushes his cheek with her hand.)
JACK: Look I can handle Victor.
ANJELICA: I know you can and I appreciate the offer but this is my problem and I got myself into it and I will get myself out of it.
JACK: How do you plan to do that?
ANJELICA: I only know one way I can. It's very risky and I may lose everything but I don't have any other choice right now.
SCENE ONE: THE REVIVAL MEETING IS UNDERWAY ON THE PIER WITH STEVE AND KAYLA SHARING THE LIMELIGHT WITH A FUNDRAISER FOR THE COMMUNITY CENTER. EVERYONE IS ARRIVING INCLUDING JENNIFER WHO IS THERE TO DO HER STORY FOR JACK AND THE SPECTATOR.
THE REVEREND ASKS STEVE AND KAYLA ON STAGE TO THANK THEM FOR THEIR HELP. AS THEY ARE ON STAGE ONE OF THE TIMBER SUPPORTS FOR THE TENT, BREAKS AND THE WHOLE THING COLLAPSES ON TOP OF THE CROWD AND JENNIFER IS PINNED UNDER A BEAM.
SCENE ONE: JACK IS VISITING ANJELICA AND ALEXANDER.
ANJELICA: Hi Jack.
JACK: Anjelica, I thought you were going to be in the nursery.
ANJELICA: Oh no, no, no. Well?
JACK: How's the little fellow doing?
ANJELICA: Well take a look.
JACK: Hey pal. How are you doing?
ANJELICA: Look whose come to see you baby.
JACK: Actually Anjelica, I came to see you.
ANJELICA: Oh.
JACK: After our talk the other day you left me a little worried.
ANJELICA: Oh Jack I'm sorry. I didn't mean to do that.
JACK: Oh really. Something up then?
ANJELICA: Well, not exactly. Not yet anyway, but it will be.
JACK: Huh, uh. Got some things in the works?
ANJELICA: Maybe I don't want to jinx it but who knows. If things go the way I want them to, you're never going to have to worry about me again.
JACK: Well I don't worry about you. I just want you to be happy.
ANJELICA: Thank you sweetheart.
JACK: No thanks necessary. You deserve it. Both of you do.
ANJELICA: Yes we do. We both deserve it and I think he deserves a little lunch right now.
JACK: Can I use the phone?
ANJELICA: Oh Jack, don't ask.
JACK: Good. I'm keeping an eye on a particular story which at this time is only about....eight hours overdue. (Talking on the phone.) Vern Schofield please. (Beat) Vern, hi. Has junior miss gotten back from the revival me....what? Wait a minute. When did that happen? Okay, don't worry, I'll be right down there. Okay. I'll be right there.
ANJELICA: Jack?
JACK: (Very upset) There's been an accident down at the pier.ANJELICA: Jack what?
JACK: (Frantic) One of my reporters is down there.
JACK RUNS OUT TO GO TO THE PIER.
SCENE TWO: ON THE PIER, JENNIFER IS UNCONSCIOUS AND TRAPPED. STEVE IS TRYING TO GET HER OUT WHEN JACK ARRIVES.
JACK: Press, press, coming through.
MAN: No one's allowed inside.
JACK: Look, I'm looking for one of my reporters. Jennifer Horton.
MAN: I don't care who you're looking for no one's allowed in.
JACK LEAPS PAST THE MAN AND INTO THE COLLAPSED TENT.
JACK: Press, press. JENNIFER, JENNIFER!....JENNIFER!
STEVE: We need some help over here.
JACK: Jennifer. We got to get this thing off her. Come on let's move it.
JACK: (To Steve) What the hell are you looking at? Let's move it.JACK FRANTICALLY TRIES TO LIFT THE BEAM OFF JENNIFER WHILE STEVE STOPS TO STARE AT HIM.
STEVE: Let's do it.
JACK: Come on. One, two, threeeeee. Oh, where the hell's the ambulance?
STEVE: We got it Billy.
JACK: Jennifer, hang in there Jennifer. Hang in there.
STEVE CONTINUES TO STARE AT JACK AS HE SHOWS HOW MUCH HE CARES ABOUT JENNIFER.
SCENE THREE: JENNIFER IS TAKEN TO HOSPITAL AND IS STILL UNCONSCIOUS. JACK WAITS OUTSIDE HER ROOM AS ALICE, TOM AND MICKEY LISTEN TO MIKE'S DIAGNOSIS. MIKE SAYS THERE IS AN INJURY BUT THEY WILL HAVE TO WAIT FOR MORE TESTS.
SCENE FOUR: JACK CONTINUES TO WAIT OUTSIDE WHILE THE FAMILY IS BY JENNIFER'S BEDSIDE. MIKE COMES OUT AND JACK ASKS HIM ABOUT HER.
JACK: Excuse me, Mike.
MIKE: What do you want?
JACK: Well I'd like to see how Jennifer's doing?
MIKE: Well we don't know yet.
JACK: Wait a minute, wait a minute. Come on, tell me. Is it serious or what?
MIKE: Since when are you so concerned about what's happened to my sister?
JACK: Well I think it's only natural. She's my employee and a good reporter and I'm....concerned. Actually I'd like to see her.
MIKE: Well you can't. Family only and that's doctor's orders.
JACK: Whatever you say.
MIKE: Leave her alone Jack. It's best thing for her.
SCENE FIVE: JACK IS WORRIED AND GOES BACK TO WATCHING THROUGH THE DOOR. A BIT LATER MIKE COMES BACK WITH GOOD NEWS. IT IS ONLY A SEVERE CONCUSSION AND SHE SHOULD BE OUT OF IT SOON. JACK OVERHEARS AND IS HAPPY.
MIKE ORDERS EVERYONE HOME TO GET SOME REST. JACK WAITS UNTIL THEY HAVE LEFT AND GOES IN TO SEE JENNIFER.
JACK: Hey Jennifer. Look we got a lot of work to do. You can't just lie around like this all day. You better wake up. Look I want to tell you something, I've got a surprise for you so you got to wake up real soon. (Beat) Okay.
SCENE ONE: JACK WALKS INTO BLONDIE'S AND DUMPS HIS BRIEFCASE RIGHT NEXT TO CALLIOPE.
JACK: You know it's funny. I've been looking everywhere for a Seat Yourself sign and I can't seem to find one anywhere.
CALLIOPE: In your case it's suit yourself. Excuse me, I'm sorry. Have you been waiting long sir?
JACK: Well, I haven't gathered any cobwebs yet.
CALLIOPE: Because spiders never gather them, they just weave them. It just so happens that I have been working on my column. "The Lonely Hearts" column for your newspaper.
JACK: Well if it takes as long to write your column as it does to seat people, I won't hold my breathe.
CALLIOPE: Well hold onto this and listen to how well I'm doing. "Dear Miss Lonely Hearts, How can I ever thank you enough? Now I know there's help. Because of your letter of encouragement, I have finally figured out who is the perfect woman for me. I want a woman who is can make me laugh, likes dogs and is a spiffy dresser too." Is this a man after my own heart or what? Professionally speaking of course.
JACK: Professionally speaking I don't think you should give up your day job. Speaking of which, why don't you get me a table seeing as I'm waiting for someone very important and I need to get my act together.
CALLIOPE: Why must I be all things to all people? It's a curse. Even the likes of you I have to deal with. Come this way. Here's your table. Would you care for drink. God knows you could use one.
JACK: No thank you.
CALLIOPE: So you want to stay sober for your very special guest.
JACK: Yes, yes.
CALLIOPE: Might I know the name of your guest?
JACK: No, no. Look I don't want to talk about it.
JACK STARTS TO GO OVER SOME PAPERS AND CALLIOPE BEGINS TO READ THEM OVER HIS SHOULDER.
JACK: Calliope, is there something you could be doing?
CALLIOPE: Nah, nothing.
JACK: Well how about getting me a phone?
CALLIOPE: If you don't want to talk about it, why would you need a phone? HA!
CALLIOPE GOES TO GET A PHONE.
JACK: You know this just might work.
SCENE TWO: TOM IS IN WITH JENNIFER WHO IS STILL UNCONSCIOUS. THE PHONE RINGS AND IT IS JACK CALLING FROM BLONDIE'S. HE IS HOLDING A PEN IN HIS MOUTH TO DISGUISE HIS VOICE.
JACK: Hello. Is this Jennifah Hawton's room?
TOM: Yes it is. This is her grandfather.
JACK: Ah, could I speak to Jennifah please?
TOM: I'm afraid she's sleeping. May I ask who's calling?
JACK: No. No message. Thank you.
JACK: I need a menu.CALLIOPE BENDS DOWN AND STARES AT JACK.
CALLIOPE TAKES THE PEN OUT OF HIS MOUTH.
CALLIOPE: You need more than that.
SCENE THREE: JACK IS STILL AT BLONDIE'S AND THE GUYS HE IS WAITING FOR TURN UP. THEY ARE THE TWO INTERESTED IN THE REAL ESTATE DEVELOPMENT.
JACK: It's a pleasure to meet you.
MAN: It's a pleasure to finally meet you Mr. Deveraux.
JACK: Jack please. And please sit down. (Beat) I'd like to be the first to welcome you to Salem and I can't tell you how much I look forward to doing business with you.
MAN: Well let's get right to it then shall we. I appreciate the fine write up you gave me.
JACK: I'm glad you liked it.
MAN: Yes almost as much as The Esquire piece.
JACK: "The Walls of Jericho."
MAN: Oh you read it.
JACK: Yes. Quite a success story. Very impressive. I mean the self made man of the eighties and it all started with one building.
MAN: Yes. In Chicago and then we developed in San Francisco, Los Angeles and Hawaii. That's where I met Doyle.
JACK: What's amazing to me is how you amassed so much money so quickly.
MAN: Well let's not confuse brains with the bull market. It was very difficult to lose money in the last few years. Particularly on west coast real estate.
JACK: I guess the question now is if the walls of Jericho will ever come tumbling down?
MAN: Not with the plan I have for Salem. I think we'll all prosper. With the master plan we'll inject a lot of jobs into the local economy. We'll build a lot of affordable housing for people of all incomes.
JACK: All this and a philanthropist too. You should make a lot of friends in Salem.
MAN: Well as fate would have it, I have a good friend here already. I really would like to call him. Would you excuse me?
JACK: Oh no, no. Please, go ahead. (Beat) So tell me Doyle, what's it like working for a living legend?
DOYLE: Well you may find out for yourself. We all end up working for Colonel Jericho, one way or another.
JACK: Is that so?
JACK AND JERICHO ARE STILL TALKING WHEN SHANE WALKS IN AND RECOGNIZES HIS OLD FRIEND. JERICHO AND SHANE GREET ONE ANOTHER.
JACK: Well I guess you've met your friend.
JERICHO: Yes. Donny and I go way back.
JACK: Well if you'll excuse me, I have something I need to attend to. I will see you later. Excuse me. Good day all.
JACK LEAVES.
SCENE FOUR: JACK IS AT THE HOSPITAL. HE PEEPS THROUGH JENNIFER'S DOOR AND AS NO ONE IS WITH HER HE GOES IN, CARRYING A DOZEN LONG STEMMED PALE PINK ROSES WITH A LARGE PINK BOW AROUND THEM. HE REACHES OVER HER AND PLACES THEM NEXT TO HER ON THE BED. HE STANDS BY THE BED AND LOOKS AT HER LOVINGLY, NEARLY KISSING HER CHEEK.
AS HE GOES TO LEAVE SHE SLOWLY WAKES UP AND SEES THE ROSES.
JENNIFER: Jack? What are you doing here?
JACK LOOKS BACK AT HER IN SHOCK.
JENNIFER: Jack what's going on? What am I doing here?
JACK: Ah....we....well you're here because you were involved in a major accident down on the pier. I mean the whole revival tent collapsed on top of you.
JENNIFER: That's right, I remember. OUCH!
SHE TRIES TO SIT UP BUT HER HEAD ACHES.
JACK: No, no, no. Take it easy, take it easy. I mean you're going to be okay but you've got a mild concussion here. Lay back, just relax. There you go.JENNIFER: Why are you here?
JACK: Ah.... well.... I.... er.... I had a board meeting you know and I just thought I'd just drop in and see how you were doing, you know.
JENNIFER: Oh. Are these from you?
JACK: No, no. They're from the gift shop downstairs. But I...um....yes I brought them up, yes.
JENNIFER: Thank you.
JACK: Think nothing of it.
JENNIFER: Well I mean you really didn't have to do this.
JACK: Well I....actually I did want to see you and tell you some news about Sally.JENNIFER: What about Sally, Jack?
JACK: Well....er....I think there's going to be some good news for her very soon.
JENNIFER: Well Jack tell me.....
JACK: Well now don't get yourself all excited. Just relax.
JENNIFER: Jack I want to know.
JACK: You'll know when you get out of here.
JENNIFER: Well I can't wait that long.
JACK: Well think of it, think of it, as an incentive to get better. Alright?
NURSE: Mr. Horton, I'm afraid you have to leave now. We have to check on her
JENNIFER: (Whispering) Mr. Horton?
JACK SIGNALS JENNIFER TO BE QUIET.
JACK: Sure, sure. (Whispering to Jennifer.) I said I was a member of the
family.
JENNIFER GRINS.
JACK: Look you just....you take care okay and....ah....I tell you what, maybe I'll sneak back in here tomorrow. Check in on you.
JACK LEAVES.JENNIFER IS LEFT WONDERING.
