August 17 - 20, 1992

Roman goes to see Carrie. Stella turns up with a meatloaf she had arranged with Jesse to come round and they ask Roman to stay. It turns out that Stella and Roman are both Cubs fans and spend a lot of the evening discussing it. After they both leave, there is a knock at the door. Earlier on Carrie had told Austin to come round because she had a surprise for him. The knock is him and she gives him the surprise - an old album of his father's - Curtis Reed. She asks Austin what he was like but Austin tells her he can't really remember. Then he thanks her and leaves...to go straight into the arms of a blonde from Boston.

Carrie and Jesse work out their finances and realize that they can't afford to pay all their bills. They decide to get some extra work at Ballistics, but when ask Mandi, she tells them that she has too many staff as it is and that she's going to have to *cut* their hours. Carrie goes to Johnny Angels to wallow in her misery. She gets up to leave and the heel breaks off her shoe. When she bends down to retrieve it, she bangs her head on the table and she starts to cry. Austin comes and asks her what's wrong. She tells him that she can't afford to have her shoe fixed and she has no money. He takes her off to fix it and says he'll shout her lunch and they can talk about it. Meanwhile, Jesse meets a friend who tells him about the betting at Johnny Angels. He goes in and lays a bet with Austin's piece of fluff.

Carrie comes home after having dinner with Roman and brings a steak sandwich home for Jesse. He shows her the fridge full of food but before she can ask him where the money came from, Stella arrives. Stella tells them both what Roman has done for her. After she leaves, Jesse tells Carrie that he won the money through the betting at Johnny Angels. Carrie is surprised - saying that she's never seen any sign of it there but Jesse says it's well hidden. She can't get the oven to work and he says that he didn't pay the gas bill - he'll have to make another trip down to JA's.

Stella gets the job at the police station and comes to tells Jesse. Carrie asks Austin to a Jazz evening at Wings and then realizes that she doesn't have anything to wear. refusing to ask Roman for the money she asks Jesse to lay a bet for her at Johnny Angels.

Also Happening Isabella's Cancer Is Beginning:

John and Isabella head off to the board meeting where Isabella has them all eating out of her hand. The pains she is having seem to be getting worse but she is hiding it quite well. They decide to go out for a celebration dinner at Wings (and see Bo and Carly). They are dancing when John leans Isabella back and she has a big twinge. John apologizes and she asks if they can go home to continue their celebration in private. There are lots of references throughout the program to how happy they are, what luck they have and how they are the perfect couple. Isabella tells John that she wants him to build them a big house with a big nursery and she wants to give him a daughter. It's obvious things are building up for a BIG tragedy!