"Kelsey thanked Edmund for taking her to Lamaze classes and thought she was going into early labor. It turned out to be gas pain. Pierce and Janet drifted further apart. Janet wasn't thrilled about leaving the cabin for Pierce's art trip and she was less thrilled knowing that Brooke and Pierce would be spending time together. Now Pierce has been a recluse in the woods for over a decade and he has no problem leaving the cabin to meet with a bunch of bigwigs? He seems to have adjusted to society wouldn't ya say? Amanda's fever remained dangerously high. So high, in fact, that Gloria, Laura, and Michael took her to the hospital when the doctor diagnosed her with pneumonia. Laura took to the phone and called Janet to let her know that Amanda was ill. Janet told Pierce and Brooke (who just arrived from the awards banquet) that Laura was having an emergency and she wouldn't be able to go on the trip. She originally tried to postpone the trip a day, but Pierce was getting annoyed so she told Brooke and Pierce to go without her. Janet ran down to the hospital and snuck into Amanda's room in the emergency room, but was caught by Gloria. Erica's acceptance of her award ranks up there as one of the most memorable scenes on AMC in recent memory. She blasted everyone in the room for abandoning her: She tore into Dixe for being so stupid that she doesn't even realize Liza is trying to rekindle her affair with Tad. Maria, Brooke, and Dimitri also got an earful. Erica announced that her marriage to Dimmie was over and that she was now all alone with no one to love her. She then broke down in tears as she begged for her mother to come back. The emotions ran deep as the gathered crowd was equally shocked and concerned for Erica. Jason told Hayley that Erica was nuts, but Hayley sais she was no more nuts than Jason and that she was exhibiting symptoms of substance abuse. Dr. Kinder managed to get Erica off the stage and into the lobby while Adam tried to pull things together. He asked everyone to keep Erica in their thoughts because she was obviously not feeling well. Dr. Kinder, Opal, and Myrtle tried to get Erica back together. Jonathan apologized to Erica for not getting her off of her drugs and only makling her addiction worse. He warned her that if she doesn't go into detox immediately, she'll die. Erica started crying again and said that Jonathan was turning against her. She lept to her feet and stormed out of the building, leaving Opal, Myrt, and Jonathan to watch her continue to fall apart."
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