Cass & Frankie 1990--A Shooting on the Stage

Olivia is performing a solo piece from "The Firebird," but hers is the least dramatic role in this segment. Griffen is lurking backstage, still armed. Michael, completely unaware there is a hit out on him, is sitting alone in his box seat. Lucas, also armed, enters Michael's box seat. Felicia, who saw Lucas leave the theatre, is in the lobby; she talks to an usher, then decides to go upstairs and see if Lucas is in Michael's box. Frankie is still pounding on the prop room door and screaming for help. Realizing no one can hear her over the music, she leans back against the door and tearfully says, "Oh, Cass." Cass is sitting in the audience watching Olivia's performance with most of the rest of Bay City, including Rachel, Matt, Iris, Sam, Amanda, Evan Bates, Vicky, John and Sharlene, Aunt Liz, Mitch, and Ken Jordan. Michael turns around just in time to see Lucas pointing a gun at him and goes wide-eyed with shock. Lucas shifts his gun arm slightly and a shot rings out. We then see the same scene play out, but from Michael's POV. Michael sees Griffen backstage raising a gun pointed right at Michael in his box seat; then he turns and see Lucas standing behind him with a gun. Michael hits the floor to take cover, and Lucas gets his shot off first. Griffen falls at Olivia's feet center stage with a gunshot wound to the torso, causing Olivia to let out a bloodcurdling scream. Everything stops cold, and then chaos starts to reign as Ken Jordan hustles Rachel out of there before there's any more shooting, John rushes to the stage to check Griffen's condition, Sharlene goes to Olivia and tries to calm her down, Aunt Liz pulls Matthew along behind her in her rush to exit the theatre, and Evan tells Iris that no, he hasn't seen Lucas and then takes the shaken Vicky to the lobby, as Sam follows suit with an equally shaken Amanda. Sharlene holds Olivia back and tells her to let John help Griffen, and John checks Griffen over and calls for an ambulance and the police. The last two audience members in the theatre are Cass and Caroline Stafford, and now that Griffen has been shot, Cass only wants to know one thing: where is Frankie?

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