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Rubies Soap Opera Digest


THIS WEEK AT RUBIES
Episode Seven: Detective Masotti Cracks Down
at the Summer Playhouse
Wednesday, August 18 at 12:10 PM

LAST WEEK AT RUBIES
Episode Six: Mark Makes a New Life
PATRICIA ADAMS returned to her husband MARK physically unscathed from her recent captivity, but her mental condition is teetering on the brink of madness. MARK, playing for time, makes a bold move and admits his affair with MELANIE STONE and that he knows PATRICIA is really the insane DEVON and that he loves her nevertheless. She believes him and he proposes a plan for them to flee the country where Devon can escape her past and Mark will be free from the relentless Detective Masotti.
But their reunion is interrupted by the arrival of the Real PATRICIA and now MARK puts the second phase of his plan into motion. Convincing his wife to pack for their trip, he devises a scheme to sedate her and transport her to a hospital with the help of her sister.
Meanwhile back at Rubies, DETECTIVE MASOTTI is discussing the murder of MELANIE STONE with his new protégé, CADET LUCY STEELE. Asked why he has not made an arrest as of yet, Detective Masotti explains that he is waiting for the forensics report. As if by fate the detective’s phone rings. The forensic report has cleared the number one suspect JUDY ANDREWS of the crime and now the investigation is back to square one. They do not know the prints on the murder weapon are MARK’S. Can Cadet Steele make a difference in solving this case?
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Episode One: The Set-up
As EPISODE ONE begins, we meet the staff of RUBIES, a regular hang-out for the downtown office crowd.
BRIAN, the Manager, it is quickly revealed, has a gambling problem, a condition servers CLIFFE and GAYLE are all too aware of. RUBIES is owned by ANGELO, a local entrepreneur who spends most of his time at his business interests in Sault, Michigan leaving BRIAN in charge of the bar.
As THE REGULARS AT RUBIES arrive, we are introduced to the young newlyweds, PATRICIA and MARK, who have moved from Toronto to the Sault for PATRICIA'S first job after graduating from George Brown College.
PATRICIA excitedly brings husband MARK to Rubies to meet her new boss and co-workers from the EDC. It is meant to be a celebration but Patricia has innocently brought MARK into the clutches of his jealous ex-lover, MELANIE -- the older woman who, as fate would have it, also happens to be Patricia's new Boss!
MELANIE, in an attempt at restarting the affair, tells MARK that his wife plans to get pregnant despite their agreement that they aren't ready for children. MARK foolishly allows MELANIE to drive him home to look for proof that PATRICIA has thrown away her birth control pills -
But MELANIE isn't the only person plotting.
JUDY, Melanie's assistant, feels the time has come to usurp her boss and gain the coveted position of Tourism Coordinator for the City of Sault Ste. Marie. Seducing the ladies man and graphic designer JIM MOORE, she enlists him to aid her in her plot to smear MELANIE'S reputation and once and for all gain the power she feels she deserves even if Bruce, the EDC President gets caught in the cross-fire.

The board is set and the game begins.
Who will be successful?
Who will have their lives shattered?