This edit covers seven months of storyline and covers the entire drug storyline. It picks up from where Emily #5 ended and goes through her entire period of drug use. Every Emily scene is included. It also contains her heroin use, trying to fly off the roof, her recovery in the hospital and Dr. Dorman's murder. It also contains the Thanksgiving dream episode and Em's performances at the Nurse's Ball. This edit also has some of Em's earliest scenes with Nik, in the hospital when he notices that she is stoned and takes her home in his limo so Monica won't catch on, and when she kisses him.

Note: This was previously the Early Emily vhs tape #6 - an 8 hour tape...now it is titled the Early Emily Dvd #5 & Dvd #6 to fit in sequence with the transfer of the Early Emily vhs edits to dvd.

Early Emily #1-4, Early Emily #5, Early Emily #6, and Emily's Blackmailed

Early Emily DVD #5 and DVD #6  November 20, 1996 - June 20, 1997 - 8 hr original edit

DVD #5  Jason is wandering around the docks by Kelly's.  He notices Emily sitting on a bench.  He sits down with her, and they make small talk at first.  He notices Emily is cold, and wraps her in his leather jacket.  She tells him things have been bad at the house, and he tells her he was there and heard Alan and Monica arguing.  It doesn't bother him.  "I knew you wouldn't care; I just wish I didn't care so much," replies Emily.  She begins to cry, and Jason puts an arm around her and draws her head onto his shoulder.  Emily has stopped crying and is telling him about the photo of Lois's baby.  She thinks Lois will make a good Mom; Jason guesses so, but doesn't know much about it.  Emily remarks that Monica tries to be a good mother, and tells him about Monica's promise to Page.  Emily worries that Monica might die too; Jason asks why. Emily begins to explain about follow-up check-ups for breast cancer patients, and Jason discovers that he knows a fair amount about the subject.  He supposes that Jason Quartermaine must have learned everything he could.  Emily explains that Monica cancelled her check-up.  She had hoped the phone call to Alan would help, but if Alan & Monica were fighting, that probably means she failed.  She's scared.  Jason doesn't know how to help her. Emily:  "I have to learn not to care so much."  Jason offers her a motorcycle ride home; Emily is happy to accept.  She tells Jason he is a "nice guy."

At the Q mansion, AJ and Emily wait for Monica.  Neither knows what Monica wants to talk to them about but are worried that it has something to do with Monica's cancer checkup. When Monica arrives, he tells them it went OK and she's healthy, then Alan arrives and they announce that they're back together and Alan is moving back to the mansion.  AJ makes a snide remark about their reconciliation, saying there will be no more arguing or fighting...until next time, and Emily gets bent out of shape over it.  Sally the maid announces a visitor, who Monica assumes is Dorman.  She goes to tell him off and then sees it's Jason.  Jason says he's there to see Emily and inquires about Monica's checkup, she tells him she's fine and that Alan has moved back home.  Jason tells her he didn't know she had cancer and says it's good that she's all right.  AJ comes in and Monica goes back to the living room.  AJ and Jason exchange words about how happy Monica was to see him; Jason tells him that no matter how happy she may be, he can't be what she really wants, then he leaves.

THANKSGIVING Dream Episode - Edward is relaxing and Alan, Monica and Emily come in with some wood for the fireplace.  It's nice and nippy and and crisp and wonderful.  They stick the wood in the fireplace.  Alan says: "I can't wait for it to start snowing. I just want to go sledding so badly!"  They stand in front of the fireplace hugging and Edward says, snidely, "Let me guess.  The Waltons!  Very good.  You keep this up all through dinner and you will make Lila very happy."  Emily hopes they won't have pizza again.  "Mercy, no!"  Monica says.  "Bite your tongue!" adds Alan.  "It's going to be a traditional, old-fashioned Thanksgiving."  "Not so fast!" interrrupts Reginald.  "Sonny Corinthos." The violins play.  Sonny says, "Tell me something, Reginald.  What is it I do that makes you so nervous all the time?"  "Uh, I don't know, breathe maybe?"  "Nonsense," beams Alan, "Sonny's a PAL.  An Invited Guest come to spend the holiday with us."  Monica chirps up "And we COULDn't be more pleased!"  Sonny tells Reginald: "I've always been a believer in live and let live.   I never saw any reason why we all just can't be friends." He puts his hand out for Reginald to kiss.  Edward is huffing about Sonny and that jax character stealing his business and Sonny tells him not to take it personally, he'll have himself another heart attack.  Emily goes to Sonny and hugs him.  "How are you?"  "So much better now!" she responds.   Justus bops on in.  "Hey! (to Sonny)  My Main MAN!"  He has all the deep dark nasty secrets on Edward.  Sonny is delighted to know that Edward whacked Damian Smith!  "I did no such thing!"  Sonny shows the file to the family.  "Grandpa!"  "Edward!"  "Father!"  Ned comes in wearing an Eastern monk's robe.  "Oh, Ned!" exclaims Edward.  "Thank God you're here!  This whole room has gone mad!  Although I shouldn't be surprised and I -- uh -- what the devil are you wearing, Ned?"  (Mysterious Asian music plays)  "Ah.  Grandfather. That is precisely the point.  The devil is no more.  All is peace.  Harmony.  Oneness in the universe.  Now that I've discovered my spiritual path."  "Isn't that Wonderful?" beams Alan. "GOOD for Ned!" enthuses Monica.  They applaud.Brenda and Jax come in, wishing everyone a happy Thanksgiving.  Jax and Sonny shake hands.  "Yo, Sonny BOY!"  "Yeah, what's the word?" "Thunderbird."  "What's the price?"  "Eddie twice."  Edward is blustery and baffled.  "ELQ has been taken over by cretins and imbeciles!  Now, Ned, you have to do something!"  "I intend to," Ned replies calmly. "Sonny, Jax, come to me, please. I propose we donate all existing ELQ assets to various Bensonhurst charities and start all over."  They think this is a great idea.  Brenda remarks: "Jax and I should rummage through all these old knickknacks and pick out some wedding gifts for ourselves, don't you think?"  Ned agrees.  Brenda smiles at Jax: "Come allong, my little blueberry muffin!"  Jax: "Whatever you say, sweetums." Alan says: "Perhaps now, Father, there'll be room for me in a kinder,
gentler ELQ."  Edward isn't going down without a fight: "That'll be a cold day in Hell."  Ned says, "The CEO position is wide open.  You and Justus can fight it out to your heart's content."  Justus says "Oh, no, please, please, Alan you take it, I insist.  I'm gonna work with Sonny on his end of things."  Edward blusters "No no no, now this is unthinkable for you to betray me like this!"  Justus says: "EDWARD!  I'm struggling with my identity!  Today -- I'm the Rebel in the family!"  Reginald comes bouncing in: "They're here!"  The family all assumes their positions. It's President and Mrs. A.J. Quartermaine.    Keesha is in pillbox hat and Chanel suit, very Kennedy-esque. ("Ruffles and Flourishes" plays.)  "My Fellow Americans: One thing that you can be certain of is that A.J. Quartermaine likes his sweet potatoes -- with plenty of marshmallows."   Edward shouts: "This is a NIGHTMARE!" and they chorus: "SHUT UP, EDWARD!" Lila wheels in.  "Good news, everyone, good news!  I just spoke to Tracy.  She's coming home, and she's bringing Dylan with her!" 

Edward covers his eyes.  Lila dimples at A.J:  "Nice to see you, Mr. President."  Jason drives his motorcycle into the room.  Lila hopes he'll stay for dinner.  "Oh, grandmother, I can't. I've only got enough time to rip off a few candlesticks and meet up with my buds at the tattoo parlor."  At this, Emily lights up.  "Oh, Alan, can I go, PLEEEEASE. I've been dying to get 'Quartermaines rule' tattooed on my thigh!"  Alan beams: "Of course you can, my precious girl!"  Edward asks: "Have you all gone stark staring mad?"  He tells Emily that she's not setting one foot out of the house with that hoodlem.  Emily sweet-talks him: "Ah, Edward, I would rethink that position. You see, Justus and Sonny have taught me to use surveillance equipment and I've taped all your private conversations.  If I don't get my way, I'll turn them all over to Dara Jensen."  Monica says, "I'm so proud of you, Emily!"  Alan agrees: "A True Quartermaine at last!"  Keesha informs them that the CIA has checked into Edward's background.  It turns out he has another illegitimate son. That's enough for Lila: "That's IT!  Dominican Republic, here I come!" Sonny grins at Edward: "Hey-ya Pops, how's it going?"  "Oh, goodie," says Prince Charming.   "I've always wanted another brother!  jimmie Lee Holt never made it for me!  Sonny!  My bro!"  They hug. Monica was having so much fun she forgot to give Edward his medical results.  It's Good News!  He needs surgery right away!  "What for?"  "It doesn't matter."  Alan's hand is all fixed and he's ready.  Alan puts his claw up: "Gee, Monica, ya think?"  He hopes he remembers how to do surgery.  "It's like falling off a bike," Jason comments.  Alan has a bright idea: "You (to Jason) used to be premed, would you like to assist?  What do you think?"  "I don't know.  Sonny?  What do I think?" Sonny thinks it'd be great, and Justus agrees that "having a henchman with surgical skills could prove invaluable."  "Cool," Jason enthuses. They gather around Edward. He mumbles and mutters.  He's asleep in the chair with Reginald and Lila watching him.  Reginald asks: "You think we should wake him?"  Lila thinks "might as well let him sleep while he can." Edward wakes up with Lila watching.  Ned comes in: "Happy Thanksgiving." The family comes in.  Ned asks Emily if she's happy about her parents' reconciliation.  She changes the subject.  Justus and Keesha come in, and AJ starts to talk business till Keesha stops him.  Reginald announces that Cook has resigned.  Someone sullied her kitchen by making a peanut butter and jelly sandwich.  "I was HUNGRY, OK?" A.J. sputters.  The turkey is still half-frozen.  Alan says, "Well,  I think we know what that means!"  Ned says "Make mine pepperoni!"  They start to sing while Reginald tries to place the order.  Reginald finally says "You do this every year!"
    
Emily arrives downstairs for breakfast, complete with new goth look, funky hair and tons of eye makeup. Edward is appalled. She also has acquired an Attitude and is snarky right  back. They remind her of what the family is dealing with, and Monica tells her she looks much better with no makeup at all. Emily says that Blair Bixler called and asked her if it was true about the charges and she hung up on her. They offer to take her to school, and she says perkily that she will walk. Monica worries that she is taking this too well.
    
Dorman and  Nurse are walking around discussing a patient's  file. Emily approaches in New Teen Look. She's looking for Nikolas. Dorman converses with her, and she's cocky and dismissive of him. Alan approaches and they get into it. Alan asks why he feels he has to destroy Monica's reputation. "Whose reputation are you really concerned  about, Alan? Monica's? Or yours in the sack?" Alan bristles, and roomie  and I agree that Dorman will soon be added to Alan's murder victim list.  Alexis and Monica come up to him as Alan's eyes light up with rage and Dorman leaves. Alexis advises both of them to have some self control.  "That WAS self-control," Alan growls through clenched teeth.

The Q's question Emily about school and how everything is going. She tells them everything is just fine. Justus arrives at the mansion and tells Monica, Alan, Edward, and Ned that Laura Spencer is dead from a presumed gas leak explosion at a house in Rochester. The Q's are shocked by the news. When Emily hears, she immediately calls Luckyand tells him she understands what he is going through and would like to come over and be with him. He thanks her for her concern but tells her he has to help out with caring for LuLu and that it just isn't a good time. He hangs up abruptly. Emily makes another phone call in private to meet with an unknown, and leaves the house. Em shows up at the Spencer's. Emily physically reels back wehn Lucky tells her that he is leaving PC. Devastated she walks out. Luke comes downstairs, and Lucky (with tears in his eyes) tells Luke its wrong that he is lying to Em. He feels awful about it. Em calls Matt, the drug dealing guy and they later meet. She says she wants to take him up on his offer not to feel anything.
Laura's funeral (from the primetime Twist of Fate episode) - Luke spoke to the mourners gathered around Laura's grave. He turned the solemn occasion into an anti-Cassidine tirade but eventually Tony got him to stop.

Ned sees Emily sitting out on the porch.  "When they find you frozen stiff out here, Grandmother's going to be very upset."  He asks if it's a "non-verbal protest, or were you trying to get some fresh air?"  She says it's both.  She remembers that Jason used to sit outside like that.  "It's not the family, Ned, it's me. I can't stop thinking things, like Lucky.  I don't know where he is -- I want to call him or talk to him -- write him -- do something.  I can't." Ned certainly understands this. He tells her to "try to distract yourself.  Get through every day and pretty soon it will hurt less." "When?"  "I don't know." 
Tony and Justus go out on the terrace, where Emily and her little druggie friend are hanging out.  Justus asks if they could leave because they have important things to discuss. 

At the Quartermaines, Monica says she needs to start her Christmas cards earlier next year.  AJ suggests a letter: Dear Friends,   Wow, what a year.  Jason changed his name to Morgan and went to work for crime boss Sonny Corinthos. Tracy tried to steal ELQ out from under us.  Oh yeah, and Lois left Ned so that her baby wouldn't turn out to be a Quartermaine.  Hope your family's doing well too.  Lots of love, etc, etc. Monica is not amused but Justus thinks itÕs appropriate.  Alan comes over and introduces himself to Emily's little druggie friend, who doesn't introduce himself.  Alan comes over and offers to play Johnny Mathis Christmas carols.  Emily is thoroughly embarrassed and asks if Matt can see her room.  Monica says he probably has to go home to his family, to which he responds that he goes home whenever he wants.  He and Emily leave the room.  Monica and Alan don't quite know what they did.

At the Quartemaine's, the family gets a distress call from the hospital asking them to chip in for the party with a tree and decorations. All the Q's agree to comply and head for the tree lot. Sonny gives Edward a hard time and charges him $5000 for the tree.  Christmas party at GH, Tony plays Santa and Alan reads the Christmas story. Music montage as Ned sings "I'll Be Home for Christmas".

Emily is less-than-delighted with her gift from Lila, something a Proper Young Lady would wear.  Monica offers to help Emily return it.  Monica offers to go with her, but Em blows her off. Monica sees the present Emily had gotten for Lucky, which Emily was also going to return. Monica encourages Em to hold onto her gift for Lucky as she might hear from him. Em just rolls her eyes.  At this point, Alexis and Kevin come in. Monica introduces Em to Alexis (Monica's attorney in the Dr. Dorman sexual harrassment case). Emily leaves, but lingers to eavesdrop on the conversation, which is Kevin questioning Monica about personal details of her relationship with Dorman.  Dorman, Monica asserts, was the first rat to desert General Hospital when it got into trouble.  She admits that Pierce loved control. (Em is rolling her eyes as she listens to Monica describe her sexual relationship with Dorman). Eventually the questioning gets too uncomfortable for Monica, and she breaks it off.

Emily is with Matt, and gives him the present she'd gotten for Lucky.  He may be in the mood to open it later.  He offers her a toke of his "fatboy."  She doesn't take drugs: "I don't think that's the sort of thing a ProperYoung Lady [sarcastic: mimicking Monica mimicking Lila] would do." "You'd be surprised," Matt says.  Emily remembers the earful she got earlier while eavesdropping on the "Proper Lady", and says "No I wouldn't."  She tries it and coughs and sputters.  Matt claims it gets easier, and all your troubles disappear.

Emily shows up at the hospital and runs into Nikolas. She tells him she is looking for Monica and even though she is getting on her nerves lately, she is there to help. Nikolas notices that Emily doesn't seem all there and confronts her....she tells him she just had a "hit" and has more left if he is interested. Just then, Pierce shows up and Emily tells him to stay away from her mother since everyone is on her side anyways including Kevin who was at their house this morning. Nikolas sees Monica coming and takes Emily out of sight before her mother sees her stoned. He leads  her to the Cassadine limo which is parked outside GH and tells the driver to take her home. He tells Emily to get rid of the drugs and that it is probably best if she not say anything more to Pierce.  In the underground parking garage at GH, Monica approaches her car, as Pierce approaches her and tells her he knows of her little plan with Kevin and that it will indeed cost her. He threathens to put Emily on the witness stand. Alan arrived and publicly threatened to kill Dorman if he ever came near his family again. Later, Alan and Monica realized the gulf that existed between them and Emily. Emily developed a crush on Nikolas.

The Q's have a New Year's Eve party. Em approaches Alexis and asks questions about Nik. Reggie comments about the young man in the driveway, Em rushes out when she realizes it is Nik. Nik is outside waiting for Alexis who stopped by to talk about Dorman legal business. Monica drags Emily back inside because the girl has no coat on, embarrassing her completely. Emily comes back outside and rejoins Nik by the car. They both stare out into the night. Music montage to "They Way You Look Tonight" as midnight strikes.

At GH, Monica shakily prepares to take Emily to  lunch in memory of Paige's birthday. Monica presents Emily with a special gift from her late mother. It didn't seem to make Emily happy, though. She ran into Dorman again, and he was ugly to her; Emily was rescued by Alexis who told Pierce to back off. Em sits on a park bench and stares at a picture of Paige (its her biological mother's birthday). Emily brooded over Paige's birthday.

Emily's Creepy Drug Friend  pockets a fine cut-class bottle of the Q's liquor.  Emily hides him behind a chair, and when Monica and Alan enter arguing, the kids sneak away unseen. Emily sneaks him into her room at the Quartermaine mansion  while the rest of the clan gathers downstairs for a family meeting. Matt says his family is all touchy-feely 90's, concerned about each other's "feelings."  He pulls out a joint, and Emily blows away the smoke, saying it's too early.  He says his parents don't care, and buy/give him everything.  He turns on her stereo loud so Emily has to yell over it.  He drinks straight from the bottle, while Emily protests.  He asks why the Q's have liquor out and how much they drink. He says drinking is something friends do, and encourages Emily to try it.  She recoils from the smell. She drinks too much and gets sick.

Alan and Monica go into Emily's room.  Alan turns down the blaring stereo as Emily comes out of the bathroom.  The smell of perfume is overwhelming, and Emily explains that she spilled the bottle.  The boy she was with  is hiding under the bed and the almost empty bottle of alcohol sits on the floor near the edge of the bed. Alan and Monica notice that Emily does not look well.  As Emily walks to the bed to sit down, she pushes the bottle under the bed with her foot.  Monica tells her that she can talk to them is something is bothering her.  She says it's just a stomach ache.  As Alan moves away from the bed, Monica tells Emily she can fool Alan, but not her.  Emily then says it's cramps.  Monica suggests she lay down, and she and Alan leave.

At the PC Grille, AJ and Keesha come in and embarrass Emily.  Matt, who is Emily's guest, doesn't believe Keesha could actually want to be a cop.  Emily sees Nik and Alexis come in and Edward invites them over to the table.  Alan and Monica come in, and Edward wants a toast. "Champagne for everyone!"  After they discuss how many of the kids are underage, Alan decides to toast with the water glass: "To Emily. We are so lucky to have you in our family.  You are a source of joy
and pride.  Happy birthday."  Dorman comes in.  Alexis tries to stop Alan from confronting him, but to no avail.  Dorman professes surprise. Alan returns to the table and Edward says "Nice going, Alan!"  Alan says "Oh, stick a sock in it, Father!" They decide to leave. Matt palms off a joint to Emily, who tells Monica off for ever sleeping with Dorman and storms off.  Alan goes after her.

Monica apologizes to Em for the disruption of her birthday dinner. She tells Em that she can have a party at the house. Em later tells Matt this as she rolls her eyeballs "as if". He wants to smoke a joint and she snarks, "Is that all you ever want to do?" They leave when Alan & Monica enter the room, they can't get out of there fast enough. AJ overhears Alan & Monica lament the loss of Jason. Later, Em watches as AJ starts drinking again.

The day of Monica's trial starting, Alan asks why Emily isn't in school, and she claims to have a sore throat.  Alan, however, is a doctor, and doesn't see anything.  Since the trial could go on for weeks, Emily can't skip school. A.J. offers to drive her.  They stop at the Outback.  He tells her he knows what school is like.  Emily is dubious: "We should lie, ditch, and eat ice cream?"  She asks why a bar.  A.J., in deep denial, claims to have worked through all the AA stuff, and a drink or two occasionally doesn't hurt.  Emily leaves and says she will walk to school but instead heads the courtroom.

Emily  plays hooky from school and sneaks into the back of the courtroom as  Pierce takes the stand to describe how his affair with Monica began.  Disgusted by the doctor's testimony, Monica leaps from her chair but is  quickly surrounded by flashing cameras as the news media closes in. Matt sneaks into the Quartermaine mansion to rendezvous with Emily after she cuts school to avoid the jeers of her classmates. Matt urges Emily to drown her sorrows in booze and deaden her feelings with dope.  Emily and Lois had a nice girl chat, where Lois encouraged Em to, more or less, keep her head on straight. Matt takes advantage of Emily's absence to snoop through her diary.

Matt and Emily watch the live televised coverage of Monica's trial as they lounge around the Quartermaine mansion. Emily and Matt are hanging out watching the trial on TV.  Matt thinks it's cool.  He wonders who the surprise witness is, and Emily points out that he shouldn't be treating her life like a soap opera. Matt is fascinated, and Emily claims not to  care. As Ned reluctantly takes the witness stand, a wary Alexis asks her client if she knows why her nephew was subpoenaed. Lucky phones the mansion in hopes of making amends with Emily but is disappointed when his former friend shows no enthusiasm for taking up where they left off. After forcing the witness to admit that he was employed under a pseudonym, Dorman's attorney asks Ned if he ever had sexual relations with his aunt while she was a guest at the spa. As the courtroom spectators buzz in shock, Lois arrives with baby Brooke and is stunned to hear her chagrined husband confess that he slept with Monica.  Emily looks thunderstruck, but since we know she already knew about this, it must be her realization of the hell school's going to be for her.  Matt is almost comforting.  Emily and Matt get stoned.

When a worried Monica phones home, Emily claims she didn't watch any of the testimony on Court TV. Later, suffering from an attack of the post-marijuana munchies, Emily and Matt scarf down the chocolates Alan bought for his wife's Valentine's gift.  When Alan and Monica returned home they ran Matt off so Monica could apologized.  Matt phoned and he and Emily planned to indulge themselves in a smorgasbord of illegal substances. Relieved to think that her nightmare of a trial  is nearly over, Monica assures Emily there are no more skeletons poised to come tumbling out of the closet. Monica tries to explain things to Emily, but Emily does the who cares anyway routine. Complaining of a sick headache, Emily asks Monica to write her  a note excusing her from class for another day. When Monica leaves for court, Emily promptly calls Matt. Emily steals  money from her father's wallet to buy dope from Matt.

At the courthouse, Pierce smirks in triumph as the judge delivers a guilty verdict against Monica. While Alexis hastily assures her client that they will appeal, Monica is ordered to pay Dr. Dorman five hundred thousand dollars. Back home at the Quartermaine mansion, Monica, Alan, Ned, AJ, and Edward are in the living room and Monica is feeling rather humiliated. Alan says "The only thing that's going to keep Dorman out of Monica's face is homicide." Emily is there, acting blase, and several sexual jokes are cracked about Dorman, Emily holds her own, and the adults are shocked. Emily gets out of there as well under the guise of going to see some friend about something.

Monica grows frantic after discovering that Emily's bed has not been slept in. Matt and Emily wake up in the park and realize that their weed and booze binge kept them out all night.  A frantic Alan and Monica learned from Emily that she had been in the park all night with Matt. Emily assured Alan and Monica that nothing sexual had happened.After apologizing to her parents for scaring them, Emily quietly informs Matt that she never wants to party with him again. 

3/10/97 Amber does a drug prevention PSA
Emily sitting on the couch emitting some serious teen attitude while braiding her hair.  Alan and Monica say something parental to her and she remarks that "their real kids" weren't there, but she was.  Then when they comment on the "real kid" remark, she gets peeved for being considered a child and says that everyone should realize she's a grown like AJ does, and stomps out of the room.

At the boathouse, Emily tells A.J. she's aware that he's been hitting the bottle.  In the boathouse, A.J. is shaving.  Emily drops in with a thermos of tomato juice.  Emily comments: "You said you could handle the alcohol." "I was wrong." AJ had told Emily that he was through with the booze.  It's over.  It was the lies, not the liquor.  Jason came in and Emily left.

Ned comes in and Keesha tells him she will never forgive him (for covering up that AJ was driving the night of the accident).  She tells Ned off at the top of her lungs.  Naturally, Monica comes in.  Keesha claims the disagreement is because she can't stay in the same room as Ned.  Monica suggests that they stay apart.  She leaves, Keesha leaves, Ned sees Emily on the patio and asks how much she heard.  "I heard Keesha lie to Monica.  She's going to be like the rest of us."  Ned tries to say that some lies are necessary, and Emily points out the obvious, that it doesn't work.  Alan and Monica come in, Ned leaves, Emily asks to "go to the library"  and Alan offers the car.  Emily wants to walk.  Monica tries to explain about the arguments, and Emily brushes her off and calls Matt.

Emily is staring at her homework when Ned comes in, looking for Lila.  "Tea with Grandmother is calming.  She's like an island in the middle of the family.  When you're with her you think maybe the next bad thing won't happen."  Ned asks if Emily just worries about "the next bad thing." 

Emily suffers humiliation at the hands of two catty classmates. They make some snide comments about her druggie friend and ask "Was everything in the newspaper true about your Mom?" Nik comes along. He sympathizes with her about what it is like to always have your family in the headlines. She tells him how alone she has been feeling. He assures her that she can come to him anytime, that she isn't alone. She cries, he reassures her.  Emily is really grateful. Nikolas made her feel special.  He tells her she *is* special.  She leans in and kisses him! Its quite a kiss. He pulls away after a moment (though it does look like he is returning her kiss) and tells her that is not a good idea. She is VERY embarrased*. Caught off guard by Emily's kiss, Nikolas pulls back from her desperate embrace. Though the embarrassed girl offers profuse apologies for her inappropriate behavior, Nikolas assures her he understands the impulse and advises Emily not to worry about it.  Fed up with her dysfunctional adoptive family, Emily contemplates seeking escape through a heroin-laced marijuana cigarette.

Emily is in the park with Matt. He gives her a joint laced with heroin. Although she is momentarily reluctant, she tries it anyway. She's completely wasted and starts hallucinating. Some other kids show up to buy some dope from Matt. He tells them he has some great new stuff. It's from some new guy who told him it's almost pure.The kids are thrilled and proceed to get high also. After awhile, their lookout warns the kids that someone is coming. They all run away, and in the process, Emily loses her charm bracelet.  Jason discovers Emily's charm bracelet lying by thebench.

Unable to face the prospect of a family dinner at the Grille, Emily asks Matt to provide her with another heroin laced joint. Explaining the supply has recently dried up, Matt advises her to place her order earlier next time.  Emily insists she really needs it, and he shrugs and tells her she should buy ahead. She assures him from now on she will. As Matt dials his dealer, Dorman's beeper goes off.

Emily is writing in her journal about AJ and her own drug use.   Matt comes over, he wants to know when he can restore his supply.  He sees a copy of Emily's diary  [so thats how Dorman found out about Monica and Ned] and tells Dorman that he never thought he would use the diary to hurt Emily's mom.  Dorman calls him stupid, threatens him and throws him out. Dorman calls the media to give them a juicy scoop about the Q's. 

Tenacious reporter Veronica Bowles was at the Q's front porch, pointing a mic in AJ's face, and asking him to confirm that it was he who was driving the night of Jason's brain-vegetating accident. Just as AJ was about to confess, Ned stepped forward Ned: "...will speak for himself." Ned made up some rap about how he will have to live with the tragedy the rest of his life, etc., etc. and told Bowles that anyone who claims any different is a liar. When Alan and Monica come to the foyer to investigate the brou-ha-ha, AJ grabbed the mic and fessed up. Interview over, Bowles left to file her report, and the family quarreled over AJ's wisdom, or perceived lack of it. Throughout the arguments, Alan and Ned led the charge against him.

**The End**

Early Emily Dvd #6  November 20, 1996 - June 20, 1997

DVD #6  Emily lurked on the stairwell, then eventually in to defend AJ. Suspicion got thrown around the room about who could have tipped off the press, with no conlusions. More arguments and hand-wringing about AJ. Emily reveals, "No one wants to feel that bad. It's not on purpose."  Emily is busy writing in her diary, quizzing herself if she might have been the leak somehow, by telling Matt.

At the Quartermaine's, everyone is looking for A.J.  Alan is worried about Jason. Emily asks Monica if she's okay.  Monica is not.  Sonny comes by to ask about Dorman, but Monica hustles him out. Emily offers to call A.J., as he might pick up for her.  Jason goes in and calls his apartment, just as A.J. leaves it. He calls Keesha.  Edward blames Jason for telling Sonny.  Jason tells him "He's got more honor than you and Ned put together, so instead of trying to blame him why don't you use some of that money trying to FIND him!"  The news comes on showing Veronica Bowles in fine harry-the-Quartermaine style.  Jason leaves to look for A.J.  They all wander off and Emily looks lost.

Ned phones to police to look out for AJ then plans to search himself. Before he leaves, he talks briefly to a bleary-eyed Emily. Emily meets with Matt and spins her tale of Quartermaine woe about AJ, then she hits him up for a joint and a little "H". Matt and Emily party. When he balks at giving her some of the stuff which has been sweetened with PCP and heroin, she assures him it's okay. After smoking the laced joint, she returns to the mansion, runs up the stairs yelling out that she can fly. Ned and Jax in the living room, hear this and go upstairs to investigate. Emily has climbed out onto the roof and informs a horrified ned that she's going to fly like a bird. With Jax holding onto one ankle so he won't slide off the roof, Ned crawls out towards Em, begging her not to jump.

Ned is grasping after Emily, who almost falls off of the roof at the Q's house. Jax is trying to hold on to Ned who tries to get Emily's hands but she is fighting them and saying, " Why did you stop me, I was trying to fly. I can fly". They struggle some more. Emily, Ned, Jax and Reggie come down the stairs talking and tells Emily she's going to the hospital. She puts up a fight, then Jason walks in and Emily says she can't breathe and collapses in Jason's arms. Emily stops breathing and Jason does CPR on her, while Jax calls the EMT"S. Jason revives Emily, the EMT's arrive and take over, Reggie trys to page Monica and Alan. Monica and Alan walk in the house and Reggie and Lila tells them what happened to Emily. They looked shocked. Emily arrives at GH. Ned is yelling to get a doctor, when Dorman walks in tell everyone to calm down. Ned clearly states he wants Dorman out and get another doctor. Amy tell him he is the only one on call at the moment. Ned  relunctanly let's Dorman attend to her and Amy pushes them out of the room for now. Ned tells Jax thanks  and talks to Jason on how he knew CPR. Dorman talks with nurse while Jason and Ned looks on from  the hallway.

At the house, Monica and Alan are in shock as they listen to what happened with Emily. The door bell ring and it is Brenda. Reggie tells in details what happened, how Emily was on the roof and that Ned andJax got her down and that she collapses and Jason save her life. They look in disbelief and shock. Everyone is so worried over AJ's drinking and Monica's trial that know one was noticing Emily, until all this happened. Emily just couldn't cope with it.

At the Hospital Jax and Ned are talking and Ned is freaking out about not being there for Emily when she needed him.  Jax tries to assure him that it wasn't his fault and Ned thanks him.  Alan and Monica arrive in a rush and tells them they're running some tests right now, but that she was taking drugs.  Dorman then walks up and makes some rude comments about Alan and Monica's parenting skills and when they threaten to remove him he points out that he's the only doctor on duty and that there are just some things even Q's can't fix. Jax pipes in that he's not a  Q and that if Dorman doesn't start behaving professionally he'll take care of him. Monica starts ranting about how could Emily be using heroin, why would she do this.  She thanks Jax for his help and he tells her that it was mostly Jason's doing.  Pan to Jason in front of Emily's room, he watches over her.

Dorman is taking Monica to task for being negligent and Jason comes to the rescue. Jason slams Dorman up against the wall and loudly threathens to blow his head off if he does anything to damage Emily's recovery. Monica thanks him, he thinks for running Dorman off, but she clarifies that she meant mostly for saving Emily. He tells her that HER SON saved Emily because he learned CPR.  Monica says that HE actually it was Jason Morgan, that Emily needed him and he was there for her. Monica is beating herself up for not seeing the signs of Emily's drug abuse.  "Not only is she a bad parent, but she couldn't even get her a decent doctor."  Alan just sits next to her looking distraught while Monica retraces the warning signs that they ignored.  She prays for one more chance to be a good Mother to Paige's daughter.

Ned is at Emily's bedside and Amy kicks him out to run more tests on her.  Ned says he'll go find Alan and Monica. Alan and Monica are with Emily when she starts to wake up.  Dorman is trying to tell them what to expect and they kick him out of the room. Emily wakes up and when she apparently realizes what has happened she starts to cry.  Monica assures that everything is going to be fine.

Ned walks up, says to Jason that he was worried Emily would wake up like he did, not remembering anyone.  Then he says that she might be better off if that was the case. Jason says that it's very hard not to know anyone. Ned says that he feels so bad that even though he promised not to let anyone down like he did Jason, he let Emily down, for the good of the family.  And he says, what good is a family that puts a little girl in the hospital from doing heroin.

Sonny orders Jason to go home and rest. Ned tells Sonny how Jason's heroics saved Emily's life. Just as Sonny ragged to Ned about Dorman being Emily's doctor, entered Tony to take over Em's case. Emily, awake, was distraught and embarrased. Monica and Alan attempted to comfort her and apologize for being so oblivious to her problems and drug use. As Alan pondered, "Who would sell drugs to a child," entered Dorman who played at showing empathy for Emily, saying he doesn't blame her for not wanting to talk, and told the Q's that they should save any lectures. As Alan affirmed his purpose was to find where Emily got the drugs, Tony walked in and, officially taking over the case, booted Dorman from the room.

When the Qs tried to question Emily, she was vague, and when they asked about Matt, Em covered for him. They reported back to Taggert with their lack of findings, but gave him Matt's name as someone she'd been spending a lot of time with. Dorman overheard, and got uptight. He tried to reach Matt who wasn't home.

Back in Em's room, Monica, well into her guilt trip, flashed back to Paige's death, until Emily woke up. They spoke about Paige a little bit, Monica guilted about of letting Paige down, Emily tried to let her off the hook, and the two hugged. Jason tells AJ about Emily's drug overdose. AJ showed up wanting to see Emily, but the other Q's thought that a bad idea. Finally, Dorman caught Matt on the phone, to tell him about his hot new product. I'll make the drop in the usual place, he told Matt.

Luke tells Lucky about Emily.  Lucky goes to phone the hospital who tell Lucky that Em can't receive visitors. Mac enters Luke's and informs Sonny that Emily's connection (Matt) has been found dead from an overdose. Matt Reynolds, age 14, was found hidden in some brush behind a park bench, his bloodstream full of uncut heroin. Ned introduced the Q's to Alice Dalton, Emily's new counselor, who warned them she planned on treating the whole family, not just Em. Em was receiving a visit from Jason. She told him a little of her woes, being careful to protect the guilty (Matt). She told him that when she woke
up in ER and saw Dorman, she was sure she was being punished.

Emily tells a visiting Tony and Bobbie that she's not looking forward to returning to the Q house, but would like to see Matt. Tony and Bobbie look uneasy and attempt some pepping. Tony gives a small speech on the dangers of heroin, and tells Em how important she is to Alan and Monica; he knows first hand what it's like to lose a daughter.

Outside her room, the Q's and Alice are having a pow-wow. Alan commands that know one is to tell Emily about Matt's death yet. When Alice made her way into Emily's room, the girl rejected the sight of her. Undeterred, Alice left her number, in case Em changed her mind about talking.

Emily dials up Matt and gets his mom, who bitterly informs her of her friend's o.d., and then accuses Emily of being the one who turned Matt on to drugs. "You killed my little boy, you tramp," she says and hangs up. Dorman walks in and starts trying to comfort the distraught girl. 

Emily is crying about Matt.  Dorman is, of course, smarmy.  A.J. comes in.  Emily says she's mad at him, he lied to her.  They start talking.  She's missed her science fair.  She cries about Matt.  Out in the hall, Jason sees Dorman, but Dorman only senses his presence, doesn't see him. Alan overhears A.J. and Emily.  He retreats, and tells Monica what an amazing job A.J. is doing.  He blames himself.Jason pops in; it's Emily's check-out day, and she's a little frightened at having to show her face in the real world, where people can't get fired for pointing you out for gossiping about your o.d.  She's envious of Jason's confidence, and notes that she and AJ care too much about what others think of them. Jason gives Emily his pager number, and offers to visit and get her out of the Q house whenever she wants. Before he leaves, he gives Emily her charm bracelet that he found in the park. AJ comes in as Jason leaves, and asks about the bracelet; when she explains how she lost it, she starts to break down and tells him about Matt's upcoming funeral, and Mrs. Reynolds' accusations.  AJ tries to help her see that the woman was just lashing out for the first, best target, and partly succeeds; when he threatens to find the punk who got her on drugs and beat 'em to a pulp, Emily confides that he'd be looking for a dead man, and as she recounts their use, concludes that Matt's o.d. *was* her fault, and loses it again. Trying to comfort Emily, AJ compares her situation with Matt to the accident that caused Jason's brain damage; he was behind the wheel, while she and Matt simply had a common passion for sports cars. While she eventually sees his point, she doesn't agree with it, but he encourages her to not close herself off to people about it. AJ gives Em a "one day at a time"-type speech from AJ, after Emily remares that she doesn't know how she'll be able to get through the ordeal of a homecoming without a joint.

AJ tells her to call him at the hotel if she needs anything. Emily's back home, and Edward's being insulting, chastizing her for her use, and informing her that she won't be allowed to take any of the family cars out. When Lila intervenes, Emily tells them she giving up the drugs, and says they don't have to worry about her wild friends, because it was only Matt, and he's not too much fun these days.

Ned apologizes to Em for missing all the signs of her drug use. When she wonders if he ever experimented with drugs, Ned admits to using pot in boarding school and reveals that one of his friends ended up dead after moving on to harder stuff. Edward  and Emily, it's late at night.  Emily comes into the living room, looking for something.  Ed questions if she's come for a midnight snack, as she ate only a few spoonfuls of rice at dinner.  He's worries about her, hopes she hasn't come down with that illness where girls starve themselves.  She assures him she's not anorexic. She came down to find the book she's been reading--"War and Peace".  He's surprised that a girl her age would be reading such a serious book. Emily confesses: "I mostly skip the war parts."  Ed:  "Why?  They're the best part."  Ed tries to have a heart to heart with her.  He admits that when he's concerned about someone, he usually shows it by bellowing orders.  She apologizes for letting him and the family down.  He tells her that he doesn't want her to harm herself anymore:  "You make Monica and Alan's life miserable.  Theydeserve it."  But she mustn't do anything to hurt herself.
Ed:  "I always wanted a daughter like you...instead I got Tracy."  He tells her that when she came into his life, he felt as though his dream had come true.  He does not want to lose her. Everyone makes imstakes, and encounters potholes in life.  You just have to learn how to deal with them.

Emily:  "What about grandmother?"  Ed:  "*I* was her main pothole."
Emily:  "Do you love anyone in this family besides grandmother?"  He assures her that he loves his family, but doesn't tell them, because he just assumes that they know.  Edward realizes that he may be gruff, but he confides :"I have come to love you very much...there is a special place in my heart that is very much your own." The two of them cement their newfound closeness by raiding cook's kitchen for a midnight snack.

Edward is huffing about Jax's arrest and the damage it might do to ELQ.  When Emily comes in, there's a sudden hush, and Emily stalks out.  She's upset that every time anyone says "drugs" in any connection, they think of her. Alan and Monica plan to talk to her, but Alan should be at the board meeting.  They are reviewing residents' applications.  Dr. Dorman has made it so Monica can't be there. Alan: "GOD, I hate Dorman!"Emily writes in her diary.  Monica comes in, and says that sometimes talking to another person is as good as a diary.  Emily rolls her eyes. Monica comments that she's home early, and Emily starts to claim illness, then goes for the truth.  Someone at school made a mean crack about Matt in the cafeteria.  Emily doesn't like it that everyone thinks Matt was a loser, even Alan and Monica.  Monica tells her that she respects Emily's loss, even though she herself didn't like Matt.  Emily tells Monica about Matt's mom.  Emily leaves and Monica (naturally) calls Matt's mother. She introduces herself and a distraught Mrs. Reynolds yells at her, but also lets drop that Pierce Dorman was a family friend, Matt's surrogate Dad. Monica asks Emily about this.  Emily hadn't known.  When she and Matt were watching the trial, Matt said nothing about it.  Monica is upset to learn that Emily had cut school with Matt for this.   Emily tells her that one time she found Matt reading her mail.  Emily apologizes. Downstairs Lucky comes in, hoping to see Emily.  Lila and Ned reminisce with him about the poker game he won with Edward.   Lila sends Lucky up. Monica asks Emily:  "Were you doing drugs with your other friends up in this room?"  "In case you haven't noticed, I don't have any other friends." Lucky comes in.  They chat a bit about grape snowcones in the desert, and go out for a walk.

Monica reads Emily's diary about her drug abuse with Matt. She puts disparate pieces of information together and intuits that Pierce Dorman was Matt's (and Emily's) drug supplier.

At GH, Emily is on her way to a drug counseling session; she runs into Jason who is spying on Dorman.  Jason says he will attend the family drug counseling session if Emily wants him there; she decides she can do without him. Dorman attempts to speak to Em but Alan comes up and warns him to stay away from her. Monica taunts him. She will see that he suffers just as he made her family suffer.  The most helpless she ever felt was seeing her daughter Emily in the hospital from an overdose of drugs that *he* provided.  Now she asks Dorman:  "How does it feel to be helpless?"

Dorman whined, groveled and ranted, to an unimpressed Monica, who threatened him with various tortures and settled on reading him Matt's toxicology report. She faced him with Matt's murder.  Dorman squirmed some more.  Monica checked her watch.  Almost time for the family meeting.  She held up a needle to show Dorman exactly the amount of heroin that had killed Matt.  He groveled some more and screamed when she injected him.  Monica  informed Dorman that she had not injected him with heroin, just some more sodium pentothal. When he demanded to know what she was going to do with him, she told him that she intended to put him on trial for his crimes and that the judge would be Monica Quartermaine.

The first Quartermaine Family therapy session did not go well. Edward was gruff and uncooperative.  A.J. showed up.  Alan was late since he was talking to Karen.  Monica was late, since she was torturing Dorman.  Ned was nice, and limited his snide remarks to one dig at A.J.  Alan came home just before Mac turned up.  Mac was looking for Monica.   Monica appeared seconds after Mac left.  Monica was positively cheerful and glowing.  The therapy session went on off-screen and ended badly.  Emily came running out the room very upset and ran upstairs.  The therapist advised them to leave Emily alone for awhile.  They took the advice.  Monica went back to torture Dorman some more.

At the Quartermaine's, Jason wants to talk to Monica and asks Alan to page her.  Meanwhile, in the sleazy motel, Monica is threatening Dorman, who asks "Are you going to kill me?"  "After everything we've been through, you know me so little. Do you know Gilbert and Sullivan?"  She want's to make the "punishment fit the crime."  Pierce cannot help himself, he has to snottily correct her quote: "My object ALL sublime.." Monica starts listing his crimes.  She might leave it up to the courts if it weren't for Emily. Emily comes downstairs and says hi to Jason. Monica gets paged, and gags Dorman.  Jason talks to her.  She says she's at the hospital.  He says he'll meet her, and she says there's no point, she's coming home.  Jason tells Alan and Emily that Monica is coming home and the doorbell rings.  It's Mac, looking for Monica.  Meanwhile, Jason does a *69 and finds out Monica called from the Starlight Motel, and dashes out.  Mac follows him. Monica  gets out a gun and points it at Dorman.

Pierce begs for his life, as he screams for help, Jason enters the motel room. Monica shakily orders her son to leave, Jason convinces her to give him the gun. He makes sure she has covered any evidence of her pressence, Jason tells her to allow him to handle Dorman's punishment. Mac breaks in and tells Jason to untie Dorman, then reads a stunned Pierce his rights and places him under arrest on a slew of charges ranging from drug trafficing to murder.

Monica  tells Mac about the theft of Emily's diary and that was how Dorman got all the dirt on the Q secrets.   Emily, who has come down and is now sitting on the stairs, overhears the entire conversation and looks both stunned and sick when she hears that Dorman used her diary against the family.   Ned comes in the hallway and Monica asks him to keep an eye on Emily because she has to leave; they walk off.  Emily comes downstairs, looking way out of it,  and calls AJ.  He's not home so she leaves a message asking him to please call her or come over.

Emily creeps back downstairs.  She calls AJ again but he's still not home.  She hangs up before leaving a message. Ned is happy to see Emily and asks where she's been all day.  She says she was in bed.  He tries to get her to cheer up by suggesting a walk when AJ comes by.  He asks Emily if she's okay because he recieved her message and was worried.  Gripping scene as Emily begins sobbing saying that she's sorry because everything that's happened was her fault.

Emily goes into the Q den crying and saying that everything was all her fault.  AJ and Ned follow her in asking what she means and what she thinks she did.  She tells him that she never should have written in her diary because it's like she told the family's secrets and that Ned wouldn't have lost Lois and AJ wouldn't have lost his job if it weren't for her.  She turns to Ned and reminds him that he told her not to tell.  He tries to calm her saying that writing in a diary isn't telling but Emily screams that "it is if somebody reads it!"  She opens her diary and reads where she wrote about finding out about Ned and Monica's affair and that was how Dorman found out.  She begins ripping the pages out and throwing htem at Ned when he tries to restrain her.  She backs away from him and AJ tells Ned to let him try.  AJ tries to tell her that it doesn't make sense because how could Dorman have gotten ahold of her diary.  Emily looks at AJ with total rage in her face and says with absolute hatred in her voice "Because he's mean and sneaky!"  She then reads from her diary where she wrote about AJ driving the night that Jason got hurt.  AJ tells her it doesn't matter and that it's probably best that people found out. Emily insists that Monica lost in court and her job because of what Emily wrote and did.  She tries to leave but Ned grabs her arms.  

Emily starts to scream for him to let her go but he just looks at her straight in the eyes and asks what drug she took.  AJ pulls Ned away and asks him if he's trying to make things worse.  Emily just stands there with her mouth open looking shocked, stunned, hurt, and terrified. AJ tells a guilty-looking Ned to back off.  AJ turns to Emily and tries to reassure her that he knows she didn't take anything.  She looks way gone from reality and starts backing up telling them to just go away.  She slides down onto the floor, clutching her knees to her chest and starts rocking back and forth, saying over and over "go away go away."  AJ begins to berate Ned about the drug accusation.  Ned tells AJ that she had the same look in her eyes that she had the night of overdose but that AJ wouldn't remember because he was off someplace getting drunk.  AJ tells Ned he's right and they argue about who might know more about addictions. While they're talking, Emily is still rocking with her hands clutching the sides of her head and still repeating "go away." Ned says she's hysterical to which AJ reminds him that she's been through a lot and has a right to be upset.  AJ raises Emily's head asking her to look at him and when she does, her eyes immediately go blank and she gets really quiet.  ned comes to her and she slinks away from him.  She looks as if she has no idea who they are but she Lets AJ pick her up and carry her to the car so they can go to the hospital.  Ned follows behind.

Jason arrives at GH and informs Alan & Monica that Dorman's out of jail and has a restraining order against him (Jason).  Monica and Alan get mad and Alan starts ranting about how he could still fire Dorman.  Just then, AJ walks off the elevator carrying Emily with Ned following sheepishly behind.  Monica asks what happened and Ned walks over to her saying Emily needs a doctor.  He tells about her "freaking out at the house" and how he thinks she's on drugs.  Alan starts to follow AJ and Em but Ned stops him saying AJ doesn't think she's on drugs and then tells about Em being upset over her diary and Dorman reading it.  Monica realizes with horror that Em heard her talking to Mac and Ned asks in disbelief that it's true.  Ned tells them that Em started crying and then she wouldn't speak or respond.  Al;an leaves ot speak to a psychiatric resident and Ned, Monica, and Jason go to see Emily.  AJ and Em are sitting in some chairs.  Em has her hands clasped in front of her and is rocking back and forth again.  Monica tries telling her that there's no need to be afraid and no one is mad at her but Em still doesn't respond.  AJ tries to reassure Monica that at least Em let him bring her to the hospital.  Alan walks up and tells them that the doctor is ready to see Emily now so AJ picks her up and carries her to her room. AJ is talking to Emily telling her to come back to them when she's ready and that they'll be waiting for her.

Outside Em's room, the doctor tells the Q's that she didn't take any drugs and that due to her immense grief, she just basically shut down to protect herself.  Alan, Monica, nad the doctor go back in the room.  Ned remains outside when Brenda comes up.  He tells her that there were no drugs in Em's system to which Brenda breathes a sigh of relief.  Ned tells her "Apparently she was protecting herself-- from jerks like me."  Brenda reassures him that she was only protecting herself and that when Emily recovers, she'll see that a lot of people will think you've slipped even when you haven't and that Emily trusts Ned and won't blame him.  he tells her that he'd rather have her angry with him though instead of herself. Brenda goes into her bag and pulls out a locket that she received as a Mother's Day gift from her goddaughter, Brooke Lynn. Inside the locket is a picture of Brokke and Brenda asks Ned if Lois would mind if she gave the locket to Emily because she remembers how much Emily loved Brooke.  He says it would be fine.

The doctor flashes a pocket light in Emily's eyes and talks to her but she doesn't respond.  He and the Q's got to the corner and tells them that her reflexes are normal and that her silence isn't as forced.  Alan and the doctor discuss the use of drugs to bring Emily back but the doctor believes that at this time, drugs aren't necessary because she'll probably come out of her state on her own and she just needs some rest.  They tell Emily good-bye and leave.  Ned asks if anything's changed.  Monica says no and that more than anything she wishes that Emily never found out about Dorman reading her diary.  Brenda says, "I can't believe that monster would use a little girl's diary to do his dirty work."

Ned and Brenda go in to see Emily. Brenda talks to Emily and tells her about the locket. She puts it in Emily's hand and tells how it helped her and can help Emily also.  Brenda reminds Emily that Lois, Brooke Lynn, and everyone loves her to which Ned tells Em to count him in on that.  Brenda tells her it was unfair because all she did was write in a book that was supposed to be private and that it's not her fault that the "secrets" were revealed.  Ned tells Em how sorry he was for accusing her of being on drugs.  They leave and Emily looking like she could almost cry flashes back to when Dorman told her that monica was going to pay, then to when Monica lost in court, and then to when she had hung up the phone after Matt's mom told her it was her fault for Matt being dead.  Emily starts to move the locket around in her hand.

Monica and Alan are in Emily's room and they comment on the locket.  Jason comes in and sits next to Emily.  He tells her he's sorry she feels bad and that she looks like he did after his accident.  He tells her that he got better though and so will she  but she jsut shouldn't be scared.  Monica pretty much runs out of the room.  Alan follows her and she tells Alan she didn't want Emily to see her cry.  She breaks down and tells Alan, who holds her, thatshe is so angry she can't breathe and that she should have killed Dorman when she had the chance.

A distraught A.J.  promises Emily no one will ever hurt her again.  Alan goes in to see Emily.  Ned talks to Emily about Brooke.  She's unresponsive.  To the great relief of her family, Emily comes around and greats them all with a smile and hugs them.
Alan and Monica talk to Emily in the GH corridor, prior to her drug counseling session.  A.J. comes up and reassures the kid, too. They leave Emily momentarily and Pierce Dorman steps off the elevator.  Dorman tells Emily to keep quiet that she saw him then he hurries off.  Dorman goes to the GH morgue. The tells the attendant that he promised the family he would accompany a body from the GH morgue to the undertaker. The attendant goes to get some release forms signed and Pierce checks the drugs he stashed inside the body. Emily surprises him and tries to physically attack him, yelling about how he murdered Matt. He throws her against a wall; she is dazed. She runs from the room and wanders around a while, ending up in an empty surgery room. She picks up a scalpel and gazes goonily at it. Clutching the instrument she heads out the door. Meanwhile, Dorman paces the morgue, anxiously waiting for the attendant to return with the papers. Someone quietly enters the room and creeps up behind him. Pierce whirls around and faces his attacker. He has his usual, smarmy look at first then is surprised when he looks down, a trickle of blood oozing from between his lips, and sees a scalpel buried in his chest.  Dorman falls backward, glassy-eyed, but is he dead yet?
The hospital is in darkness and all is chaos as the system has crashed.

Carly steps into the morgue and  spots the bad Dorman on the floor.  At that moment, Jason steps behind her and places a hand over her mouth to stifle her screams. When she calms, Jason warns her to be careful not to touch anything.  He gets some plastic gloves from a cabinet and searches Dorman's body, finding the plane tickets.  Then he tells Carly to call the cops and leave a good strong print on the "911" numbers on the phone.  Carly tells her that she will lie for him if he wants.  She's prepared to lie through her teeth for him.  Jason tells her just to say the truth (with a few minor lapses)--that she came in, found Dorman dead, and Jason already there.

In the GH parking garage -- Monica is leading a zombie-like Emily to the car.  Ned surprises them and when Em turns, Ned sees there are blood streaks on her hospital gown.  Ned also sees that Monica holds a blood-stained scalpel in her hand.  They get Em into the car.  Monica informs him that Dorman is dead.  "They're not going to find anything," she assures him.  Ned tells her to give him the weapon and she takes the girl home while Ned stays behind. Emily is still in a near-catatonic state.  Monica draws her a bath and tells her everything will be all right, but Em freaks when Monica tries to help her undress.  Later, she puts Em to bed and tries to explain that sometimes it's good to keep secrets.  She asks Emily not to tell anyone about what happened at the hospital.  After a moment, Em jerks out "Okay."  As Monica lifts her arm, Em notices a spot of blood on Monica's sleeve.

Em is in bed having nightmares.  Ned returns and wants to know if Monica or Em killed Dorman.  Monica doesn't answer the question but tells Ned that she found Dorman dead on the morgue floor with a bloody scapel and Em's locket beside him. She scooped them both up and went and found Em, who had blood on her. Alan, Monica and Ned all troop up to Em's room to check on her.  Em's still asleep.

Emily is crashed, with Ned, Alan and Monica hovering over her. Alan and Monica step out and Ned stays. Emily, awake, is hysterical, crying in Ned's arms saying she's sorry and "it's my fault, please don't hate me." Turns out, she's talking about her diary, and has had a complete memory lapse of the last 48 hours. The last thing she remembers is getting into AJ's car. Ned and
Monica break the news to her, that Dorman can't hurt her anymore. Upon hearing of his death, she admits she's happy about it. Monica encourages Emily to eat; when she says the word "attack" in reference to a croissant, Em has a memory of seeing blood on Monica's pink blouse.

Monica, in Em's room, tries to get her to eat.  Emily is not hungry. Alan comes in.  Emily is worried that Mac is there.  They leave.   Emily spills jelly on her sleeve and flashes back to Monica's bloody sleeve.  She heads to the door, but Jason is there.  Jason asks if she's feeling better.  They talk. "What makes a peron kill somebody?"  She feels responsible.  Dorman died on the same day Paige did. Jason leaves and Emily goes looking for the bloody blouse.  She finds it in the hamper, and covers it up again and runs off.  Later she feigns sleep, Monica tucks her in, and then she opens her eyes and looks troubled.

Taggert wants to question Emily, and the Q's reluctantly agree.  Emily doesn't say much except she remembers being in pajamas and gets upset about losing her locket which Monica immediately produces. Emily and Edward come downstairs discussing Ed's singing act for the Nurses' Ball.  Em is trying to get Ed to let her help him but he won't let her because no one in the family knows anything about good music and that no one int he family wants to help him anyway.  Ned tells Ed to let her help: Ed agrees and goes off to make some phone calls before "rehearsal."  Ned tells Em that he is worried that it will be too stressful for her but she says that she is tired of hiding in her room all day.  She goes to eat breakfast.

Nurse's Ball begins. Alan Quartermaine sang a song from Cinderella as a bevy of beautiful women clad in every color of the rainbow (Lucy Coe, Amy Vining, Dara Jensen, Bobbie Cassadine, Carly Roberts, Monica Quartermaine, Emily Quartermaine, Alexis Davis, Gail Baldwin, Keesha Ward and Mary Scanlon, came on stage for a fashion show.The women end up on steps behind Alan, forming a rainbow with their dress colors.

Edward's number is on, he wears a big baggy suit and a comical long tie.  The Ward Street Kids are his chorus.  They sing "I don't need anything but you."  In the middle of the number, Ed points to Emily--"Help me, okay?"  She joins in the song and finishes the song with him. She also dances with the ice-cream man onstage ( who happens to be Russ Tamblyn--remember Riff from "West Side Story"?--who is Amber Tamblyn's real life dad). Next,  Ned and Dara sing "You've Got a Friend".  B During the number, the camera pans to squares on the quilt that are being used as back-drop.  We see Mac have a flash back to the time he presented Stone's square to Robin, wrapping it around her.  He's moist-eyed, too.

**The End**