Dorian/Mel Scenes

Summary of the 7.21.08 episode.
Since I’m able to watch the show, I decided to type up a summary. Here goes!

Scene 1

Agnes Nixon (I think she is playing God) and Erin Torpey (Jessica’s daughter, Megan) are watching a large-screen TV. I guess it is in Heaven. On the TV are Dorian and Viki in the car. Dorian calls out Viki’s name. “No pulse, she’s gone. Viki’s dead.”

(Agnes Nixon—the God character): I think you should go get her.

Megan leaves.

Back to the reality of the crash.

Dorian: Victoria Lord is dead.

Mel (in hat and trench coat.) appears from the bushes and says , “The best people are. “

Dorian (glimpses him, pleased but seems a little in disbelief): Mel. You’re dead.

Mel: It’s not going to stop us from having this conversation. Dorian you blew it so tonight you’re going to have to answer to me.

Scene 2
Dorian( gets out the car): Mel is it you?

Mel: Well, do you know of any other dead alcoholic reporters you were married too? (He kind of dances around.) It’s been awhile since I’ve had my feet on the ground. (Takes his hat off) How do I look? (Dorian tells him he looks perfect and leaps into his arms. He says that she doesn’t look too bad herself. --Great scene!)

Scene 3
Mel tells Dorian that he knows she kidnapped Viki’s boyfriend and poured vodka down his throat. He's angry because of how hard it was for him fighting the booze. He asks, "Why didn’t you just shoot him?" Dorian tells him that she hates it when he is sarcastic. She says that she is a business woman. He asks her why was it important for her to take over BE anyway? Says it didn’t’ have anything to do business, that it was to hurt Clint like he hurt her. He wants to know what she was doing with Clint.

Dorian asks, "What was I supposed to do? Throw myself on a funeral pyre! You’re a difficult man to replace." He says that should have found someone, who as he describes him sounds a lot like Mel. He adds, “You’re doing it again. Living in reaction to Viki.”

Scene 4
Dorian defends that her relationship with Clint had nothing to do with Viki since he and Viki had ended their relationship.

Mel goes on to talk about Charlie and her telling Viki that she slept with him. He says that she has been cruel, though she is a terrific woman in so many ways.

Dorian responds that if he came just to lecture her, he wasted his day pass.

He tells her that she is insecure. Says that she seemed to like Charlie, even took him back to LaBoulaie but then got scared about pursuing anything with him because she might lose to Viki. So, instead of taking the risk, she decided to destroy him.

Scene 5
Dorian seeks to clarify what Mel has said and asks if Mel wants her to cop to feelings for Charlie and stop living in Viki’s shadow. He tells her that he sees where she is headed and that she needs to make amends. Says that she doesn’t have a future unless she atones. He tells her this is her last chance. Dorian hesitates but then agrees to atone. She starts toward the car. She hesitates and then says that everyone will blame her because Viki is dead. Mel responds: “Then, you’ll have to bring her back won’t you?”

OMG I cant believe this!!! Its been almost 10 years...... Nothing's lost. That and I have to give kudos to RS at the last scene where she let our a cry that OMG no one's going to believe me" Ohhhhh I miss Mel. But it was long overdue.

I love seeing Dorian in a scene with someone who actually cares about her and is speaking to her with her best interest in mind. It's rare and it was rarer still that I should be treated to watching Markle and Strasser again after nearly 10 years. They are thespians to the umpteenth power. They didn't have to say ILY. You can see it. Dorian is insecure. She does need to move out of reacting to Viki and thereby empowering Viki over herself. I was confused about the dialogue as it relates to Charlie. I know that Dorian liked him, but I didn't really see her develop anything more than that so I didn't understand Mel suggesting Dorian cop to her feelings. I do want Dorian's life to take a more positive direction, but I won't hold my breath.

One Life to Live Transcript Monday 7/21/08
from TVmegasite.net

Provided By Boo
Proofread By Kathy

Scene 1
Dorian: Viki? Viki? Viki? No pulse.

Dorian: She's gone.

Dorian: Viki is dead.

Woman: I think you should go get her.

Scene 2

Dorian: Viki?

Dorian: Victoria Lord is dead.

Mel: All the best people are.

Dorian: Mel?

Dorian: You're dead.

Mel: That's not going to stop us from having this conversation. Dorian. You blew it. So, tonight, you're going to have to answer to me.


Scene 3
Dorian: Mel.

Dorian: Is it you?

Mel: Well, do you know of any other dead alcoholic reporters you were married to? [Laughs] Because if you do, I want you to tell me.

Dorian: Mel Hayes. It is you.

Mel: Mm-mm-mm, whoo.

Mel: It's been awhile since I've had my feet on the ground.

Mel: How do I look?

Dorian: Perfect.

Mel: You're not so bad yourself.

Scene 4
Dorian: Please stay for a while.

Mel: I can’t. You've been a very bad girl.

Dorian: This isn't my fault. I wasn't even --

Mel: I'm not talking about that, Dorian. You drugged Viki's boyfriend and poured a fifth of vodka down his throat. You know what a terrible time I had staying off the booze. And you do to this kid what? When he's doing everything he possibly can to stay away from the booze, you pour it down his throat. It's obscene, girl.

Dorian: It was necessary. I had a really huge deal riding on his silence.

Mel: Well, then why didn't you just shoot him? After all, you are Dorian Lord. You deserve whatever you get. I'm sure the jury would be most understanding. After all, it's you.

Dorian: I hate it when you're sarcastic.

Mel: I hate it when you demean yourself by hurting other people. You preyed on that man's weakness.

Dorian: I'm a business woman. I use whatever means are necessary.

Mel: Why? Why was it so important for you to take over Buchanan Enterprises?

Dorian: It's a multi-billion dollar conglomerate.

Mel: Oh, try again.

Dorian: I don't know what you mean.

Mel: You don't care about Buchanan Enterprises or Cramer Enterprises -- whatever you call it. That was a little coup you pulled to hurt Clint, to hurt Clint for hurting you.

Dorian: And he was supposed to walk away unscathed?

Mel: What were you doing with Clint Buchanan anyway?

Dorian: What was I supposed to do? Throw myself on a funeral pyre just because you were -- gone?

Mel: No. You're supposed to find yourself a warm, compassionate guy with a decent sense of humor and try and let him make you happy.

Dorian: You're a very difficult man to replace.

Mel: It's not about me, is it? Because you're doing it again, Dorian.

Dorian: What are you talking about?

Mel: You're living in reaction to Viki. Why don't you try and lead your own life?

Scene 5
Dorian: My relationship with Clint had nothing to do with Viki. They'd been apart for years.

Mel: And Charlie?

Dorian: You don't know anything about Charlie.

Mel: I know everything.

Dorian: Then you know I didn't have a relationship with Charlie.

Mel: You told Viki you slept with him.

Dorian: A little white lie.

Mel: Why?

Dorian: She deserved it.

Mel: Aha. So it wasn't enough that you stole her children's legacy, killed her son-in-law?

Dorian: I had nothing to do with that.

Mel: Almost killed the man she loves? To leave him in desperation? Just add a little insult to injury, huh?

Dorian: All right, it was a little self-indulgent.

Mel: It was cruel.

Mel: You're such a terrific woman in so many ways.

Dorian: Time out here. Did you come back in order to lecture me? Because if you did, you wasted a day pass.

Mel: Why are you so insecure?

Dorian: Me? Insecure?

Mel: Yes, you. You liked Charlie Banks.

Dorian: Oh.

Mel: Come on, admit it.

Dorian: He had a little rough charm.

Mel: He was kind to you after Alex Olanov ran you down. You invited him back to Llanview, and you wanted to put him up in that pile of bricks you call -- what? La poum-bai-yay.

Dorian: La Boulaie. That was before I found out that Viki wanted to realize her lifelong dream of being a waitress.

Mel: And when you found out he was interested in Viki you got scared. You couldn't pursue him, because what if you lost? So instead of taking a risk you tried to destroy the man. Not your finest hour, my love.

Scene 6
Dorian: So you want me to cop to these feelings I have for Charlie Banks, Viki's ex -- and I'm not saying that I have those feelings. And you want me to stop living in Viki's shadow. Now, do you want me to do these two things at the same time?

Mel: I want you to face your feelings and live your life. But first things first. You have to make amends.

Dorian: Oh, please.

Mel: Dorian, you've done a lot of damage, Dorian, and you have no future unless you atone.

Dorian: Atone? You're forgetting who I am. I'm Dorian Lord. I don't atone.

Mel: Listen to me, chickadee, this is your last chance, because I see where you're heading.

Dorian: All right. I'll atone.

Mel: Good.

Dorian: Oh, good God, no. It's not going to do any good, don't you understand? They're all going to blame me because Viki is dead.

Mel: Well, then you'll just have to bring her back, won't you?