Beth Administers Drugged Beer To Loopy Louis; Fabricates Intercourse, Soaking Style; Stages Window for Sheridan;

The laced beer. The sleeping man. The window. The kiss. The apology. The Gazette covers a scheme of such concentrated bad faith that it briefly made the editorial board sit quietly.

Beth, having laced Luis's beer with her mom's medication, Luis questioned the medicinal hints, Beth told him it's an import, she waited for the effects to take hold and then informed Luis that they had made love. Luis, a man operating without reliable access to his own recent memory, apologised for his actions. Beth was ecstatic. Mrs. Wallace watched in horror and attempted to influence Luis's thoughts while he slept off the effects, an intervention that did not succeed.

Beth's next operational phase: she arranged for Sheridan to look through the window of her house at the precise moment she and Luis would appear to be in a passionate™ kiss. This worked. Sheridan saw it. Sheridan was devastated. Sheridan in emotional distress she would not explain, went to Gwen for help. Gwen, performing the function of a reasonable person, assured Sheridan that Luis loves her and probably has an explanation, and persuaded her to go back to Beth's to talk to him. Beth overheard this and rushed home to prepare an even more devastating tableau for Sheridan's arrival.

Luis, having been told he and Beth had soaked together and having apologised for it, arrived at the cottage and overheard Sheridan tell Antonio he is the only man for her. Luis now believes he has lost Sheridan forever. Beth has gone after him. The Gazette notes that Beth has constructed, entirely through pharmaceutical and theatrical means, a reality in which both Luis and Sheridan believe the other has moved on, and that this reality is false in every particular, and that nobody currently in possession of the relevant facts is in a position to correct it.

Editorial Board · Official Assessment Beth is doing this on purpose and knows exactly what she is doing. This remains, as previously noted, the problem.

Structural Failure Desk · Crane Industries

Julian and Whitney Trapped in Elevator; Chain Breaks; Ethan Electrocuted; Everyone Eventually Pulled to Safety

The shaft work. The chain+ . The electrocution. The long ordeal. David's quick thinking. The Gazette notes that Crane Industries has a significant facilities liability exposure.

Julian Crane and Whitney Russell became trapped in an elevator at Crane Industries. Ethan attempted a rescue and was electrocuted in the process. Gwen, at the office, was alarmed to hear of the electrocution and grew further alarmed when she learned what lengths Theresa had gone to in the effort to save him, by yeeting herself down the shaft.

David, whose documented properties to date have been limited to proximity to Grace and an unrequited unqualified love he cannot act on, demonstrated quick thinking when the elevator chain broke and sent the car hurtling down the shaft a second time. Ethan, Theresa, Julian, and Whitney were eventually pulled to safety. The ordeal was long.

During the ordeal, Julian, groggy and in the manner of a man whose guard has been structurally removed by circumstances, told Eve he wants to talk about the love they shared. TC was present nearby. Julian was unaware of this. Eve covered. TC and Simone have since begun to suspect that the woman Julian is always listening to on the tape, the singer, is probably the woman he loved. Eve's worst fears are solidifying into something with a specific shape. Julian, recovered, laid his heart on the line for Eve directly. She rebuffed him and told him plainly where they stand. Julian then made a pass at Eve at a party, was rebuffed again, and was found at home alone listening to her tape. The Gazette has filed this twice now and will not belabour it, but notes that it is the kind of thing that accumulates.

Career Revelation Desk

TC Russell Is a Grief Counsellor

TC Russell, previously documented primarily as Whitney's father, High School Gym Coach and a person with strong feelings about tennis / Julian Crane, has been revealed to be a grief counsellor. The Gazette notes this professional credential and notes further that TC has been handling his daughter's emotional life with a level of pressure and tunnel vision that would be considered a red flag in a grief counselling context. TC has also invited Liz, a stranger he met this week, to stay in the garage apartment at his home. Eve's reaction to this invitation is covered below.

New Arrivals Desk · Liz

Liz Arrives in Harmony; Slaps Eve at the Hospital; Moves Into Her House; Vows to Destroy Her Life

The slap. The garage apartment. The vow. The bombshell in preparation. The Gazette covers an arrival that was not social in nature.

Liz has arrived in Harmony. She is described as coming in search of friends. Her first documented action upon arriving was running into Eve Russell at the hospital and slapping her hard across the face. Eve was shaken. Eve was then paged before she could ask questions. TC met Liz, found her very angry, and asked her why. Liz explained she had just encountered a despicable woman from her past. TC wondered aloud if he knew her. TC Clearly stands for Totally Clueless.

TC subsequently invited Liz to stay in the garage apartment. TC introduced Liz to Eve. The two women's reactions to each other were not described as warm. Liz informed Eve, in private, that she would expose what a lying slut she is to TC, Whitney, and Simone. Eve attempted to run her off. Liz would not be deterred. Liz has moved in. She is preparing to drop a major bombshell. She is focused on what she describes as the destruction of Eve's life in the same manner Eve destroyed hers. TC, bonding with Liz over dinner while Eve watches, remains entirely oblivious to the nature of the tension between the two women. His interest is piqued. He finds Liz's story of the vile woman from her past who has become a respected member of the community very interesting. He has noted that people never change.

Eve is living in the same house as her.

TC and Liz also met at another point this week and got to know one another. Liz was surprised by who TC said Chad is dating, information the Gazette files for cross-reference with the Whitney-Simone-Chad situation covered below.

Antonio Situation Desk · Medical

Antonio Learns He Is Dying; Sheridan Let It Slip; Antonio Had Been Making Secret Wedding Plans

The slip. The secret plans. The commitment she made. The Gazette covers a disclosure that happened without intent and landed without softness.

Antonio, who has been blind and recovering and navigating the emotional architecture of a household in which his fiancée is in love with his brother, had been secretly making plans for a wedding. He was not supposed to know he is dying. Sheridan let it slip. Antonio now knows he is dying.

Prior to this, Sheridan, devastated by what she saw through Beth's window, told Antonio he is the only man for her. She has made a commitment to him. Antonio commented to Sheridan, separately, that he can tell how much Luis loves Beth. Sheridan is pained by this. Luis is pained by what he overheard. Beth is actively enjoying the pain of both of them, which continues to be, in the Gazette's assessment, the central operational fact of the Bermuda-to-Harmony arc and one that nobody currently positioned to stop it is in a position to see clearly.

Sheridan wanted to tell Antonio the truth and took him to Beth's house so she and Luis could tell him together. She looked through the window, saw Luis and Beth kissing, and the plan collapsed. Antonio is now trying to comfort Sheridan while confused about what is causing her distress. He turned to Gwen for help, which is the second time this week Gwen has functioned as the most structurally reasonable person in any given scene, a development the Gazette did not predict but will document faithfully.

Crane Family Desk · Rebecca Operations

Rebecca Uses Antonio Against Pilar; Pilar and Rebecca Have a Violent Altercation

Pilar comforted Theresa following the news of Ethan's intention to propose to Gwen. Gwen and Rebecca walked past. Pilar and Rebecca had a violent altercation. Rebecca subsequently sought revenge on Pilar by using Antonio as leverage. The Gazette does not know what this means in operational terms and will report further when the mechanism becomes clear. What is clear is that Rebecca has identified Antonio as a tool available to her and has elected to use him, Antoolio, which is a level of strategic flexibility that the Gazette notes with the same reluctant admiration it extends to all of Rebecca's worst ideas.

Proposal Desk

Ethan Prepares to Propose to Gwen; Cannot Stop Thinking About Theresa; Theresa Tells God About It

Ethan prepared to propose to Gwen. Rebecca had a celebration ready. Ethan could not stop thinking about Theresa. Ethan fantasised about proposing to Theresa instead. Ivy and Sam accidentally interrupted the proposal moment by arriving at the mansion. Gwen is still awaiting the proposal, a master in bated breath. Theresa, having been told again it is over, asked God to help her win Ethan back. Whitney offered support. Chad has offered Ethan unqaulified advice about marriage. Theresa cannot find her baby. FALSE ALARM, Phillis had the baby but the baby has a fever. Eve is treating the baby and everyone is worried. Someone give little Ethan a cheeseburger STAT.

Whitney · Simone · Chad Desk

Chad Refuses to Continue Deceiving Everyone; Whitney Has Other Ideas; Simone Vows to Do Whatever It Takes

Chad and Whitney are still not publicly together. Chad wants TC, Simone, and everyone else told the truth immediately. Whitney wants a little longer. Chad refused to continue going along with her plan. Simone, who has overheard Whitney's declaration of love for Chad, vowed to do whatever it takes to stop her sister from taking him. Kay is coaching Simone on strategy, specifically warning her that attacking Whitney directly risks their parents forbidding either of them from seeing Chad at all. Simone and Kay are plotting. At the hospital, Whitney tried to tell Chad how much he means to her. Simone interrupted. Chad brushed Whitney off. Whitney recounted how Julian, during the elevator ordeal, advised her not to let love get away. Chad still brushed her off. The Gazette notes that Julian Crane, trapped in a falling elevator, dispensed romantic advice that was more structurally sound than anything Julian has managed in his own romantic life, which is either poignant or ironic or both.