; for use with Interactive Stories program by Todd Lewis and Anthony Stuchel
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; Copyright 1996, Softdisk Publishing
; All Rights Reserved
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INTS ; driver tag
1 ; major version
1 ; minor version
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$ABOUT
Another Romantic Comedy to Make Your Own ; game title
Linda S. Davis ; author
1.00 ; version [Rev 1]
Copyright 1996, Softdisk Publishing
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$PUZZLE 0
You get to relive another of your favorite romantic comedies. "Sleepless in Seattle," was directed by Nora Ephron in 1993. Do you want to be Annie, Sam, Jonah, or Becky?
^Annie Reed (played by Meg Ryan)
^^1
^Sam Baldwin (played by Tom Hanks)
^^27
^Jonah Baldwin (played by Ross Mallinger)
^^49
^Becky (played by Rosie O'Donnell)
^^65
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$PUZZLE 1
You chose Annie. She is a young woman who recently decided to get married. She wants a magical relationship, though. She loves her fiance but there is no pizzazz. She hears Sam on the radio and wants to find someone who will love her the same way.
^She falls in love with "Sleepless in Seattle."
^^2
^She falls in love with "Misdirected in Montana."
^^13
^She settles for "Boring in Baltimore."
^^20
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$PUZZLE 2
Annie falls in love with the guy on the radio talk show. She does what she can to find out everything about him. She even uses her newspaper connections to hire a private detective to check on him.
^She continues to actively pursue him.
^^3
^She decides to let the love be unrequited.
^^10
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$PUZZLE 3
Having decided to continue to pursue Sam, Annie is not sure exactly how to proceed.
^She decides to write him a letter.
^^4
^She calls the radio station to get more information.
^^7
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$PUZZLE 4
Annie decides to write a letter to "Sleepless." She drafts different versions trying to get just the right tone.
^In frustration, she throws all the drafts away.
^^5
^She mails the final draft.
^^6
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$PUZZLE 5
Annie throws all the drafts away but Becky picks this moment to challenge fate -- Annie's fate. She retrieves the final draft from the trash and mails it. Jonah reads the letter and decides he wants his dad to meet Annie at the Empire State Building. They meet, like each other, and live happily ever after. (Only in Hollywood)
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$PUZZLE 6
Annie mails her final draft. She waits several weeks for a response but the appointed day for their meeting comes and goes. She gives up and marries Walter. Several years later, the letter shows up in her mailbox. She had forgotten to include the zip code.
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$PUZZLE 7
Annie calls the radio station to get more information. That was the easy part. Finding someone to help her isn't so easy.
^She finally reaches Dr. Marsha Fieldstone.
^^8
^Annie reaches the automated answering system.
^^9
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$PUZZLE 8
Annie's perseverance pays off when she gets to talk to Dr. Marsha. Annie tries to ask about "Sleepless" but Dr. Marsha decides that this is a cry for help and discusses her problem on the radio. Walter hears the show, realizes it's Annie, and breaks off the engagement. Annie ends up in therapy for women looking for magic.
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$PUZZLE 9
Annie reaches the automated answering system at the radio station. She suffers through layer after layer of menus trying desperately to reach a real, live human. She has, unfortunately, reached the telephone version of the Twilight Zone. She spends the rest of her life in telephone hell.
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$PUZZLE 10
Annie decides to settle for unrequited love. In traditional literature, this always seems so romantic and tragic. In real life, it's the pits.
^She stalks "Sleepless in Seattle."
^^11
^She pines away for "Sleepless in Seattle."
^^12
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$PUZZLE 11
Annie has no desire to become some tragic romance figure. She begins to stalk "Sleepless." She writes him letters, lots and lots of letters. She discovers his identity, sells everything, quits her job, and moves to Seattle. One day, she happens to see "Fatal Attraction." Horrified at what she's become, she goes home and enters therapy.
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$PUZZLE 12
Annie pines away for "Sleepless." She immerses herself in literature, particularly poetry and sappy romance novels. Becoming increasingly unable to function in the real world, Annie finds herself withdrawing into herself. A virtual recluse, she begins writing poetry. Her mother gets a publisher to publish Annie's poetry and she becomes a huge success.
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$PUZZLE 13
"Sleepless" isn't the only caller whose story touches Annie. She also listens to "Misdirected in Montana," a lonely cattle rancher. His sad story is that he loses all his girlfriends to city folk. Annie is touched by his story. She decides to contact him.
^He welcomes her attention.
^^14
^She's one of many women trying to contact him.
^^17
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$PUZZLE 14
"Misdirected" welcomes Annie's attention. He is interested in meeting Annie.
^She begins to have second thoughts.
^^15
^She dumps Walter for "Misdirected."
^^16
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$PUZZLE 15
Annie is encouraged by "Misdirected's" interest in her, but it worries her that she doesn't really know that much about him. After giving it some thought, she decides that maybe finding a man via radio talk shows isn't such a good idea.
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$PUZZLE 16
Annie is so encouraged by "Misdirected" that she dumps Walter. It turns out that "Misdirected," played by Anthony Edwards, has some new and appealing come-ons. When he tells her to "take me to bed or lose me forever," Annie finds him so cute that she elopes with him. On their honeymoon, she refuses to let him fly, though, because she has this recurring dream where he dies in a watery plane crash.
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$PUZZLE 17
When Annie tries to contact "Misdirected," she discovers that she's one of hundreds of women trying to contact him.
^Annie tries to be really appealing so he chooses her.
^^18
^Annie takes this as a sign that they are not meant to be.
^^19
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$PUZZLE 18
In an attempt to be really appealing, Annie suddenly forgets what movie she's in and reenacts the restaurant scene from "When Harry Met Sally." Intrigued by her public moaning and groaning, "Misdirected" asks her to marry him. Annie is now home on the range, where the deer and the buffalo and the cattle play.
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$PUZZLE 19
Annie takes "Misdirected's" lack of interest as a sign that they are not meant to be. She decides to settle on Walter after all, because even though he is boring, he's not gay or married already.
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$PUZZLE 20
Annie decides to take the safe way out, though, and she stays with the man she already has. They marry and six months pass.
^They appear to be living happily.
^^21
^Annie realizes she's made a mistake.
^^24
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$PUZZLE 21
Walter and Annie appear to be living happily.
^They are living a life just like all of their friends.
^^22
^Annie makes a startling discovery.
^^23
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$PUZZLE 22
Their life together is just like all of their friends. It is not exciting. It is quite predictable. Annie feels that she is drowning in her tedious existence. But, she took the safe way out, not the risky one. What can she expect?
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$PUZZLE 23
Annie makes a startling discovery. This is life. So she deals with it.
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$PUZZLE 24
Annie realizes that she made a terrible mistake when she married Walter.
^She tries to get in touch with "Sleepless."
^^25
^She sinks into a numbing depression.
^^26
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$PUZZLE 25
Annie tries to get in touch with "Sleepless." She tracks him down in Seattle only to discover that he's married Victoria. She goes home and begs Walter for forgiveness. Walter takes her back and they live, maybe not happily, but satisfactorily ever after.
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$PUZZLE 26
Annie sinks into a numbing depression. She finds it increasingly difficult to deal with life. She withdraws from everyone and spends all of her time regretting what never was. Finally, Walter has her committed when she fails to recover from her depression.
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$PUZZLE 27
You chose Sam. Sam has found it difficult to get over his wife's death. Seeing Jonah's concern about his welfare has made him consider dating again.
^He gets serious about Victoria.
^^28
^He lets Jonah try to fix him up.
^^36
^He continues to pine away for his dead wife.
^^46
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$PUZZLE 28
The only woman Sam knows who he would even consider dating is Victoria. He's not sure if she's marriage material but he figures he won't know that until after he gets to know her.
^He's not prepared for Jonah's reaction.
^^29
^The relationship gets serious.
^^33
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$PUZZLE 29
He's not prepared for Jonah's reaction to Victoria, though. Sam figures he's an adult and should be able to date whomever he wants.
^Jonah runs away from home.
^^30
^Jonah makes life a living hell for his father.
^^31
^Jonah pretends to accept Victoria.
^^32
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$PUZZLE 30
Jonah packs his bag, gets his school friend to make plane reservations, and flies to Chicago to live with his relatives there. When Sam calls Dr. Marsha, she suggests that he let Jonah live in Chicago for the time being. Sam and Jonah have long telephone conversations and they eventually come to an understanding about how Sam's dating game will proceed.
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$PUZZLE 31
Jonah makes life a living hell for his father. He begins to act up whenever Victoria is around. When his behavior fails to get his dad to stop seeing Victoria, Jonah begins to act up at school. At the suggestion of the school counselor, Jonah and Sam begin family counseling. Jonah never completely accepts Victoria but he accepts that his dad likes her.
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$PUZZLE 32
Jonah encourages his dad to date Victoria but, secretly, he hopes his dad will dump her. Victoria sees through the charade, though, and decides to dump Sam for someone who doesn't have a kid.
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$PUZZLE 33
Sam and Victoria spend more and more time together and the relationship begins to get serious.
^Sam continues to be haunted by his dead wife's memory.
^^34
^The intensity of their relationship increases.
^^35
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$PUZZLE 34
Intellectually, Sam wants a relationship with Victoria. Emotionally, he just can't get over the death of his wife. He gets so wrapped up in memories of his wife that he just can't get serious about Victoria. Victoria feels she can't compete with a dead woman so she stops seeing Sam.
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$PUZZLE 35
Eventually, Sam and Victoria marry. They're happy together but there's no magic. Sam is haunted by a nagging feeling that there's something missing in the relationship. It's comfortable, though, and safe.
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$PUZZLE 36
Jonah decides to try to fix his dad up with one of the women writing to "Sleepless."
^He selects Annie out of all the women writing
^^37
^He continues to scan the mail to "Sleepless."
^^42
^He tries to fix his dad up with one of his teachers.
^^45
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$PUZZLE 37
Out of all the letters he's seen, Jonah is most impressed with the one from Annie.
^His father discourages Jonah from picking Annie.
^^38
^His father likes what he sees in Annie's letter.
^^41
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$PUZZLE 38
His father discourages Jonah from picking Annie. Sam is not really eager to meet some woman who has nothing better to do than to write to someone she's heard on the radio.
^Sam ignores Jonah's pleas.
^^39
^Sam tells Jonah that it won't work.
^^40
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$PUZZLE 39
Sam refuses to listen to Jonah's talk of Annie, hoping that if he ignores it, it will go away. He continues his pursuit of other women and eventually Jonah gets tired of trying to get his dad to contact Annie.
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$PUZZLE 40
Sam tells Jonah that it won't work. He gets out a map and shows Jonah where Annie lives. Jonah, who has no real concept of the distance involved, is not convinced. Tired of trying to be rational, Sam resorts to the age old argument of "because I said so." This is an argument Jonah understands.
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$PUZZLE 41
It turns out that his dad likes Annie's letter too. He writes her back. By this time, though, Annie has had second thoughts. The idea of getting involved with someone she's only heard on the radio is a little weird. She throws Sam's letter away and settles for Walter.
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$PUZZLE 42
With his father's blessing, Jonah continues to scan the in-coming mail for the perfect wife for his dad.
^Jonah finds a woman from Washington state.
^^43
^Jonah decides to see how serious these women are.
^^44
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$PUZZLE 43
He gets his dad to begin a correspondence with a woman in Bellingham. This continues for a couple of months. Sam decides it's time to meet her so they drive to her house. Things don't work out, though. Jonah pretends to be sick and Sam uses that as an excuse to leave early. They decide to find some other way to find Jonah a new mother.
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$PUZZLE 44
To find out how serious these women are, Jonah and a friend write to some of the women and tell them that, for $25, they will get Jonah's dad to contact them. Several of the women send money to them. Someone tells the police and soon the FBI comes to talk to Sam about Jonah. Jonah ends up doing community service to pay all the money back.
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$PUZZLE 45
Jonah decides to try to fix his dad up with one of his teachers when he realizes that his dad is really hesitant about writing to someone he doesn't know. Jonah persuades his dad to take his music teacher out. Things don't work out though. This really depresses her and she gives Jonah lower grades. Luckily the school year ends before she can fail him.
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$PUZZLE 46
He just can't seem to get over his wife's death, though. Sam wants to marry again, if only to provide a mother for Jonah.
^He daydreams constantly about his dead wife.
^^47
^He discovers that no other woman measures up to his dead wife.
^^48
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$PUZZLE 47
Sam still thinks about his dead wife all the time, though. Whenever he has a problem at work or with Jonah, Sam has an imaginary conversation with her. He manages to keep things together long enough to get Jonah raised. Once Jonah grows up, Sam finds it increasingly difficult to distinguish the real world from his fantasy world. He ends up homeless, instead of sleepless, in Seattle.
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$PUZZLE 48
Sam ends up giving up on women, though, since none can compare to his dead wife. He sends Jonah to live with family in Chicago. Sam then decides it's time for a lifestyle change of his own. He realizes he's gay and he moves to Philadelphia to study law.
$EOC
$PUZZLE 49
You chose Jonah. Jonah is convinced that his dad needs a new wife. Jonah misses his mom but he knows that his dad is lonely.
^Calling radio talk shows becomes a habit.
^^50
^Jonah discovers computer chat lines.
^^57
^Jonah writes to Dear Abby for advice.
^^60
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$PUZZLE 50
After seeing all the mail that came in for his dad after the "Sleepless in Seattle" radio show, Jonah thinks that radio may be the way to find his dad's new wife.
^Jonah keeps calling Dr. Marsha.
^^51
^Jonah scans the radio looking for other call-in shows.
^^56
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$PUZZLE 51
Since Dr. Marsha did such a good time the first time, Jonah begins calling her all the time. He just wants her to help him.
^Dr. Marsha tries to help.
^^52
^Dr. Marsha begins to become annoyed.
^^55
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$PUZZLE 52
Dr. Marsha really likes Jonah and she wants to help.
^She keeps forwarding mail for "Sleepless."
^^53
^She volunteers her services.
^^54
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$PUZZLE 53
Dr. Marsha keeps forwarding mail for "Sleepless." Jonah tries to keep up with it all but he begins to fall behind in school. Sam decides to put a stop to this. He calls the radio station and tells Dr. Marsha to have no further contact with Jonah. He and Jonah have a long talk and get their lives back to normal.
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$PUZZLE 54
Dr. Marsha is truly touched by Sam's situation and she flies out to Seattle to meet with him. She hopes that her friendship with Jonah will give her an advantage with Sam but is disappointed when Sam doesn't want anything to do with her. Rejected, she returns home to her radio talk show.
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$PUZZLE 55
He calls her so much that he becomes something of a pest. Dr. Marsha is becoming tired of dealing with his problem. She begins blocking his calls to the station and eventually contacts Sam. Dr. Marsha recommends counseling for Sam and Jonah and asks Jonah not to call any more.
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$PUZZLE 56
Jonah starts calling every radio talk show he can find, hoping to get them to talk about his dad's problem because he's starting to get desperate. He is blacklisted from radio stations across the country, though, because he's such a pest. Discouraged, he finally gives up and tells his dad that he's on his own.
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$PUZZLE 57
Jonah and a friend from school decide that the modern way to find a new wife for Sam is to go on-line.
^They set up a bulletin board on the Internet.
^^58
^They start hanging out on computer chat lines.
^^59
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$PUZZLE 58
They set up a bulletin board which works out really well. They start getting lots of responses. Unfortunately, Jonah's dad hasn't taught him about safe computing and they download a virus that destroys the hard drive. Jonah's dad is getting sick and tired of the whole wife search thing so he refuses to get the computer fixed.
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$PUZZLE 59
They start hanging out on computer chat lines. Jonah pretends to be Sam. He starts corresponding with several women. Eager to find someone for his dad, Jonah invites two of them to Seattle. One of them turns out to be a transvestite from Las Vegas and the other is a Generation X-er from California. Sam is furious and takes away the modem.
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$PUZZLE 60
Jonah remembers that his mother always used to read Dear Abby's column in the newspaper. He starts reading it and thinks that maybe she can help him with his problem. He writes to her and waits to see what happens.
^He receives a response.
^^61
^He doesn't receive a response.
^^64
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$PUZZLE 61
After a short wait, Jonah receives a response from Dear Abby.
^She tells him to seek counseling.
^^62
^She tells him to talk to his dad.
^^63
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$PUZZLE 62
Dear Abby tells Jonah to seek counseling. He takes her advice to heart and talks his dad into going for counseling with him. The counseling works out and Jonah comes to the realization that his dad will find a new wife when the time is right.
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$PUZZLE 63
Dear Abby tells Jonah to talk to his dad about his fears and feelings. Jonah does talk to his dad and his dad assures him that he is fine. They talk about Jonah's mother and they finish working through the grieving process. Jonah decides that father knows best.
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$PUZZLE 64
Jonah's letter to Dear Abby goes unanswered. Crushed by this turn of events, Jonah becomes a loner, not eager to become involved with other kids his age. Upon graduation from high school, Jonah joins the forestry service and moves to Alaska to work alone in the forests there.
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$PUZZLE 65
You chose Becky. Becky has resigned herself to a less than satisfactory home life. She lives vicariously through her friend Annie. She listens to her stories and to her desire for some "magic" in her life.
^Becky goes after "Sleepless" herself.
^^66
^Becky is a guest on a television talk show.
^^73
^Becky chases after Walter.
^^79
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$PUZZLE 66
Becky goes after "Sleepless" herself after losing patience with Annie. Becky decides to take a more active role in what happens in her own life.
^Becky writes a letter to "Sleepless."
^^67
^Becky flies to Seattle to try to find "Sleepless."
^^70
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$PUZZLE 67
Becky watches Annie write draft after draft of a letter to "Sleepless." She has some ideas of her own but Annie doesn't really want to hear them. After Annie throws out all of her drafts, Becky writes her own letter to "Sleepless."
^Becky says the same things Annie had planned to say.
^^68
^Becky puts her own ideas into the letter.
^^69
$EOC
$PUZZLE 68
Becky mails a letter that mirrors Annie's. She is very surprised when Sam writes back. They begin a correspondence and soon set up a meeting. Jonah realizes that something isn't quite right when Becky doesn't know who Brooks Robinson is even though her first letter said he was her favorite baseball player. Things go downhill from there. I guess that's what happens when you mess around in other people's magic.
$EOC
$PUZZLE 69
Becky mails her own version of the letter to "Sleepless" and then waits for a response. And waits. And waits. Eventually she gives up the fantasy of meeting a strange man and falling madly in love. Back to reality, she resumes her old life.
$EOC
$PUZZLE 70
Becky decides to fly to Seattle to track "Sleepless" down.
^She begins stalking Sam.
^^71
^She can't stand Sam.
^^72
$EOC
$PUZZLE 71
Becky becomes obsessed with Sam and begins stalking him. She calls him at all hours of the day and follows him when he leaves the house. Annie flies in from Baltimore and sets up an intervention session to try to bring Becky back to her senses. Confronted by friends she knows and cares for, Becky sees the error of her way and goes home to Baltimore.
$EOC
$PUZZLE 72
Once she has actually seen Sam, Becky discovers that she can't stand him. However, his bearded friend is quite the catch. They fall in love, are married, and live happily ever after.
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$PUZZLE 73
Becky is invited to be a guest on a television talk show.
^The topic is women who fall for guys on the radio.
^^74
^The topic is women who fall for guys with no magic.
^^75
^The topic is women who play baseball.
^^78
$EOC
$PUZZLE 74
As the guest on a talk show for women whose friends fall for guys on radio talk shows, Becky gets her big break. One of the producers is so impressed with Becky's story that she asks Becky to write a screenplay. The screenplay is turned into a hit movie and Becky is set for life.
$EOC
$PUZZLE 75
Becky is a guest on a talk show for women who fall for guys but there's no magic. Becky describes how her best friend's relationship lacks magic. The other guests on the show join in on the discussion.
^Annie happens to see the show.
^^76
^A man watching the show is immediately attracted to Becky.
^^77
$EOC
$PUZZLE 76
Annie happens to see the show and she takes this as a sign that she's meant to have magic in her life. She dumps Walter and spends the rest of her life searching for that special "magic." She missed her chance when she didn't go after "Sleepless," though, and she never achieves happiness.
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$PUZZLE 77
Much to her surprise, a man watching the show contacts the producers and asks them to put him in touch with Becky. Becky is intrigued and agrees to meet him at the top of the Empire State Building. They meet, it's love at first sight, and they live happily ever after.
$EOC
$PUZZLE 78
Becky has several friends who play baseball so she enjoys being on a talk show about women who play baseball. After the show, she is contacted by Penny Marshall who asks her to act in a movie about women's baseball. Becky jumps at the chance. Afterwards, she uses the money she makes to take a cruise where she falls in love and lives happily ever after.
$EOC
$PUZZLE 79
Becky decides that she'll go after Walter since Annie isn't treating him right.
^Becky talks Annie into chasing "Sleepless."
^^80
^Becky talks Annie into breaking up with Walter.
^^81
$EOC
$PUZZLE 80
Becky talks Annie into chasing "Sleepless." Becky steps in to console Walter. On the rebound, Walter dates Becky for a while but soon dumps her for some other woman. Becky goes back to her former boyfriend and gives up chasing after her girlfriends' boyfriends.
$EOC
$PUZZLE 81
Becky tries to talk Annie into breaking up with Walter but Annie refuses to break up with Walter. Becky goes to Walter and tells him about "Sleepless." Annie finds out and tells Becky she never wants to speak to her again. Walter doesn't believe Becky and he stays with Annie. Becky finds a new best friend to live vicariously through but she doesn't make the mistake of interfering with her personal life.
