IN on JACK, in his seat, bouncing his leg up and down anxiously. He can’t sit still. Finally, he picks up the jet phone and dials. BILL across the aisle, briefly looks at him and resumes reading.

CUT TO

IN on JENNIFER, passed out on the floor. COLIN immediately jumps up and grabs her wrist, shaking and trying to wake her.

COLIN: Jennifer? Jennifer, come on…

JENNIFER is not waking up. Behind them, the phone begins to ring. COLIN looks around nervously as the machine picks up.

Message:

ABBY: (v.o.) You have reached the Horton-Deveraux residence. We can’t come to the phone right now, so if you kindly (In the background, JACK whispers to her to go on) leave your name and number we’ll get back to you as soon as possible.

JACK: (in a whisper) Say thank you, Abigail.

ABBY: (v.o.)Thank you, Abigail.

The machine beeps and JACK begins to leave his message.

JACK: (v.o., kind of low so that BILL cannot hear him) Jennifer? Jennifer, if you’re there, pick up. Listen, I….I want to tell you that…oh shoot, I’ll come right out and say it, I don’t have a good feeling about this trip. I know I’ve said it before but I mean it, I don’t want to be doing this. I’m…I’m…I’m scared, Jennifer…for you, for Abigail, for…for me. (long pause as he regains some composure) Anyway, I…I just had to let you know that…that…that I love you. I know I don’t say it enough or show that I mean it, but I do…I (thick with emotion)…I do. From the moment that you walked into my off---(the machine beeps and cuts him off)

COLIN: (listening with one ear to the message) That’s right, Jackie-boy, you shouldn’t feel good about this trip. You shouldn’t feel good about this at all.

All of a sudden, there is a knock on the door.

BO: (v.o.) Jenn? Jenn, are you in there? Your car’s outside. I just figured you might be--

COLIN: Dammit. I hate to do this, but….(kissing a passed out JENNIFER’S forehead) ‘Til we meet again, my love.

COLIN rushes out just as BO kicks the door in and sees JENNIFER on the floor.

BO: (running over) Oh no…(kneeling down and checking her pulse and then calling on his police radio) Hi, this is Officer Bo Brady. We need an ambulance right away to 488 Fletcher Avenue. (beat) Yes, 488.

Hanging up, he leans back over and frantically tries to jostle JENNIFER.

SCENE THREE: INT. KIRIAKIS JET

IN on JACK, hanging up the jet phone. Behind him, VICTOR’S stewardess watches.

BILL: Jennifer not home?

JACK: How did you know I called Jennifer?

BILL: Who else are you going to call from 30,000 feet up? (beat) Are you two still going through with this insane scheme to make others think you are broken up?

JACK: We are broken up.

BILL gives him a look.

BILL: Jack, Bo told me that Jenn is working to get to the bottom of Colin’s identity.

JACK: And you don’t care that we’re putting your daughter in harm’s way?

BILL: Bo promised that he’d watch her like she was his own.

JACK: Need I remind you of the Princess Gina fiasco, vats of acid?

BILL: Jack-(sighing) Look, why don’t you give her another call? I’m sure she was just in the ladies room and couldn’t get to the phone.

JACK: You’re….you’re probably right. (picking up the jet phone and listening) That’s funny.

BILL: What?

JACK: No dial tone.

BILL: Hmmm…maybe it’s the altitude.

JACK: (hanging up, not buying it) Maybe. BILL: Did you try your cell phone?

JACK: (taking it out) No signal. (beat) I wonder what’s going on.

In the back of the plane, the stewardess is seen with wire cutters. She’s cut the lines to the jet phone.

SCENE FOUR: INT. HOSPITAL

The emergency room doors swing open and the EMTs wheel JENNIFER in. She has come to, but is still groggy. CRAIG, stepping out of his office runs over.

CRAIG: (to BO) What happened?

BO: (worried) I don’t know. I got to her house and found her passed out cold on the living room floor.

CRAIG: (shining his pocket light into JENNIFER’S eyes) Jennifer? Jennifer, can you hear me?

JENNIFER nods slowly.

CRAIG: (to the EMTS) Take her to emergency. I’ll have one of our best on staff check her out. (to a passing nurse) Brenda, can you find Dr. Murphy for me? (she nods and rushes off)

JENNIFER’S eyes widen as she is being wheeled off. She obviously does not want COLIN treating her.

BO: (watching her go but not noticing her trepidation) Craig, listen, I don’t think having Colin treating Jenn would be the greatest idea.

CRAIG: (lost) Why? I mean, I’m sorry, Bo, but he’s obviously very comfortable with her.

BO: A little too confortable if you catch my drift. Look, I know Jenn’s brother isn’t your favorite guy in the world, but…

CRAIG: Water under the bridge. I’ll check her out myself. (walking away and then turning back) By the way, where’s her husband or whatever you call him? Jack, right? He should really be contacted.

BO: He should. I’ll do that. (beat) Craig, take good care of her.

CRAIG: I will.

CRAIG rushes off and BO leans against the nurses’ station.

BO: Now to get a hold of Jack. (sighing, then with emotion) I’m sorry, buddy, I think I may have failed you.

SCENE FIVE: INT. HOSPITAL

A little while later. BO is standing by the hall payphones when VICTOR gets off the elevator and quickly walks over.

VICTOR: Bo, what’s wrong? Is it Hope?

BO: No…no, it’s Jenn.

VICTOR: Jennifer? Is everything alright?

BO: Would it matter to you if it wasn’t? (catching himself) No, no, I’m sorry, it’s just that things have been crazy lately.

VICTOR: I’ve always liked Jennifer Horton, Bo. It’s that husband of hers that rustled my feathers if you’ll recall.

BO: Yeah, well, Jack does that to a lot of people. (beat) Let’s make a long story short, Jennifer passed out and I found her, Craig’s waiting for her test results to come back, and I need to get a hold of Jack.

VICTOR: Did you try the jet phone?

BO: (nodding to the payphone) Just tried again. I can’t get through.

VICTOR: Does he or Bill have a cell phone you could call?

BO: Tried those. Do you think maybe one of your in-flight staff may have accidentally turned off the phone?

VICTOR: That’s impossible.

BO: Why’s that impossible?

VICTOR: Because other than the pilot and his co-pilot, there’s no one else on the plane.

CUT TO

SCENE SIX: INT. KIRIAKIS JET

A nervous JACK is anxiously swirling around his empty glass so that the stewardess could hear the ice clinking. BILL is asleep in the seat across the aisle from him.

BILL: (annoyed) How long do you plan on doing that, Jack?

JACK: (nervous laughter) Oh, this (twirling the ice faster and louder)? I don’t know. Maybe when I get it refilled, I’ll stop.

BILL: How many of those have you had, Jack?

JACK: Oh…two….three. I’ve lost count.

BILL: You might want to keep a clear head for things, y’know?

JACK: Perhaps I’m drinking to keep my mind off other things.

BILL: (sitting up) Still no word from Jennifer? JACK: Still no phone (picking up the dead receiver). You?

BILL: My phone’s been dead since lift-off.

JACK: Mine, too. (standing up and pacing) Dammit, I know something’s wrong.

BILL: How do you know that, Jack? How could you possibly know something’s wrong with Jennifer?

JACK: I…I don’t know…I just, and forgive me for sounding like (imitating her voice) Miss Cleo, man, but (resuming his voice) I just feel it. (picking up his empty glass and rushing towards the back of the plane) What does it take to get service on this plane? You’d think Victor would hire better (his voice drops off as he rushes through the curtains. There, on the floor, are the wires to the phone that have been cut.)

OUT on a devastated JACK.

SCENE SEVEN: INT. HOSPITAL ROOM

JENNIFER has been stabilized and is now in her own room. BO walks in to see her. She’s a little groggy, but responsive.

BO: You sure gave us a scare back there, kid.

JENNIFER: (smiling weakly) I’m good for that.

BO: Craig back with your tests yet?

JENNIFER: No…he said he’d be by as soon as he got them in. (beat) Thank you.

BO: For what?

JENNIFER: For taking me here. For not letting him have Colin treat me.

BO: (playing it off and looking out the window, where the wind has picked up and rain is pouring down) It was nothing. I just you to feel uncomfortable, especially since this plan of ours has just, you know, started.

JENNIFER: What are you looking at?

BO: The rain. It’s really coming down out there.

JENNIFER: (getting a bad feeling about the storm) Oh. (beat) Jo and Abby?

BO: (turning towards her) They’re fine. Here, actually. Vern told Abby that Mommy was sleeping. Hope’s here, too. And Mrs. H.

JENNIFER: (laughing weakly) The whole gang, huh?

BO: The Horton support team.

The room door opens up and JO and ABBY poke their heads in.

JO: (nervously) Is this a bad time?

JENNIFER: (smiling bravely) No, not at all. Come on in.

JO and ABBY step in, and immediately ABBY runs and jumps in the bed with JENNIFER.

JENNIFER: (grunting) Man, you’re getting big. (stroking ABBY’S hair lovingly)

ABBY: Gramma Jo says you’re sick. Not like Daddy sick, right?

JENNIFER: No…no, not like Daddy sick. Mommy just got dizzy. (beat) Did Gramma Jo tell you that Daddy went away for a bit?

ABBY: On a business trip?

JENNIFER: You could say that. (noting her sad face) Hey, what’s wrong?

ABBY: I miss him. And I’m scared.

JENNIFER: I miss him, too.

ABBY: Maybe when he gets back you can work things out?

JENNIFER: (avoiding JO’S look) Maybe.

ABBY: Mr. Kiriakis (butchering the name) is here and he was telling me all kinds of things about Greece. I’d like to go there someday.

JENNIFER: (to BO nervously) Victor’s here? BO: Yeah…I was going to tell you that, but…

JENNIFER: (to JO) Jo, can you give us a minute?

JO: (lost) Sure. C’mon, Abby (taking her by the hand). Let’s go tell Vern his Jenny-Girl’s okay.

JENNIFER waits until after they leave and then looks to BO.

JENNIFER: (worried) You can’t get a hold of him, can you?

BO: Jenn, we tried. I even called Victor to maybe see if there was something wrong with the plane phone.

JENNIFER: I don’t like this, Bo.

BO: Calm down. I’m sure everything is alright. We should worry about you, Jenn. What the heck happened anyway?

OUT on JENNIFER, remembering COLIN’s threat about hurting JACK while in flight.

SCENE EIGHT: INT. JENNIFER’S HOSPITAL ROOM

IN PROGRESS

BO: Jenn? Jenn, did you hear me? JENNIFER: I heard you. (lying) Nothing…nothing happened. I just got dizzy, that’s all.

BO: Nothing caused this? Nobody in particular?

JENNIFER: (adamant) No.

CRAIG: (peeking his head in) Is this a bad time?

JENNIFER: No. It’s fine.

CRAIG: I have your results back, Jennifer.

BO: I’ll leave you two alone. (on his way out) Jenn, this conversation is not over.

JENNIFER nods and waits for him to leave.

JENNIFER: So, what’s the diagnosis? It’s not serious, is it?

CRAIG: It is, actually. (noting the look on JENNIFER’S face) But in a good way.

JENNIFER: I’m not sure if I follow you.

CRAIG: You’re passing out today had to do with a combination of stress and hormones. Both your blood pressure and your respiration dropped and boom, down you went. It’s not uncommon, actually, for someone in your state.

JENNIFER: What are you saying, Craig?

CRAIG: I’m saying you should really try and cut out a lot of that stress, Jennifer. And you should start looking around for good OBGYNs.

JENNIFER: I’m…(shocked)

CRAIG: (smiling) You’re pregnant. See, a happy surprise. (seeing her shock) Or not so happy.

JENNIFER: No…happy. Just, just unexpected, that’s all.

CRAIG: Good. I’ll let you tell Abby that she’ll have a new brother or sister now. And we’ll be keeping you overnight to monitor your process. Congratulations, Jennifer.

JENNIFER waits for CRAIG to leave and then immediately begins crying. She knows something is wrong. Touching her belly, she walks over to the window and looks out at the pouring rain.

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SCENE NINE: INT. KIRIAKIS JET

JACK: (rushing back through the curtains) We need to get off this plane.

BILL: (jumping up) What are you talking about?

JACK: This (holding up the wires) This is what I’m talking about. Someone cut the wires to the phone.

BILL: Why would they do a thing like that?

JACK: You tell me.

The plane starts shaking. JACK looks frightened.

JACK: We’ve been set up.

The plane is now descending fast and loudly. They have to shout to hear one another.

BILL: What?

JACK: We’ve been set up, Bill! (the plane lights begin blinking on and off and BILL finally gets it).

BILL: What are we going to do?

JACK: I…I don’t know!

The lights go out and they both begin to scream.

CUT BACK TO

SCENE TEN: INT. JENNIFER’S HOSPITAL ROOM

JENNIFER is still standing by the window and crying when someone walks into the room.

COLIN: You called for me?

JENNIFER: (turning around slowly;emotionally) We need to talk.

END OF EPISODE 86

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