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  • Blue Diamond

    Another father-son talk, about some really important things - including sexuality. (It's not necessary but might be helpful to read "Generation of Juice" first.)

  • Good Breeding

    A serious talk in the middle of the night. And in the middle of other stuff.

  • Conviction

    Just a short scene, with proof of affection on both sides.

  • Birth of a Notion

    Lydia goes into labor; Beetlejuice goes into stress mode.

  • Working on the Bias

    Beetlejuice and Lydia encounter something horrible, and dangerous, in the Neitherworld.

  • Dishonor

    A short scene in the den. As opposed to the patio.

  • Convincing

    Lydia finds the farewell letter Beetlejuice wrote to her.

  • Generation of Juice

    Beetlejuice has an important talk with his son.

  • Life and Death

    One patient is alive, the other . . . is not. One survives; the other . . . does not.

  • Duet

    Another bagatelle – just a look back at the original friendship.

  • Critters Sitter

    Lydia's under the weather and Beetlejuice has the kids to mind all day. What could go wrong?

  • Fealty

    A discussion of self-sacrifice and devotion.

  • Betrayal

    Lydia betrayed Beetlejuice. How could he forgive her?

  • Crabes avec Jus

    An evening at home with the Juice family. With surprises. And Beetlejuice getting about as sappy as he ever will.

  • Development

    Apologies are made and Beetlejuice receives unexpected news.

  • Primp and Precedence

    Dedicated with the utmost respect, humble admiration, and grateful love to the inimitable Miss Austen.

  • Coléoptère à Paris

    "Beetlejuice turned her to him, cradled her face in his hands and said her name again. "Lydia." Then he pulled her close, his breathing now ragged, and wept softly against her cheek." "Beetle in Paris" depicts an achievement, a breakthrough, a milestone. A big one.

  • Hanky Panky

    A discussion of love, when and how.

  • The Luck of the Neitherworld

    Lydia and Beetlejuice are on their honeymoon. After that, as Beetlejuice's pal Willie the Shake might have put it, various alarums and excursions. Or: Married life – a bed of roses, complete with thorns. Dangerous thorns. Which is fit for a fairy tale.

  • The Princess and the Beetle

    Well, what do you do when your children won't sleep?