PEYTON PLACE Episode 2. 09-17-64 AM: Good morning, Mr. Foley. TF: Good Morning, Allison. WA: On this quiet street in Peyton Place something happened last night that will change the entire life of Allison Mackenzie, Rodney kissed Allison. Her mother, Constance, saw it happen. Intro: Tom Foley, the postman, places a bundle of mail in the MacKENZIE mailbox. He says "Good morning" to Allison, who is looking out her upstairs dormer window. He removes a large manila envelope from the mailbox and waves it at Allison. Writer: Robert J. Shaw Director: Walter Doniger Scene 1: Allison rushes out of her room, which has a sloping ceiling which is normal with a dormer window on the second floor, down the stairs, and outside. She retrieves the mail and opens the large manila envelope which contains a returned manuscript from her publisher in New York City. Constance has been frying bacon on the stove in the kitchen. She complains that she hasn't learned how to keep the bacon from curling when she cooks it. She sits at the breakfast table and picks up the Clarion. She is shocked to see a photograph of Dr. Michael Rossi on the front page. Allison comes in the kitchen and asks Constance what is the matter. She says that Constance looks like she had seen a ghost. Scene 2: Outside view of the Peyton mansion. There is snow on the ground and on two large evergreen trees. The security fence is seen but does not show up prominently. Inside the mansion, Leslie comes down the stairs, enters the dining room, closes the door, and tells June that he will serve himself. Leslie talks briefly with Rodney. Back upstairs, Norman asks Rodney to turn down the music. They talk about school and girls. Norman asks what is the point of going to college. Rodney opines that Norman has always been the brain. Norman asks Rodney if he has dumped Betty. Rodney concedes that he has. He said they were getting too deep and he is going to play the field. Norman responds that he didn't know Allison was in the field. Scene 3: Still at the mansion, Leslie talks to his wife, Catherine. She tells him that she plans to go to Boston to see an art exhibit and to visit her father, Martin Peyton. Leslie says to give her father his love, and to tell him that George Anderson called from New York and they expect to get a big supply contract for the mill. Catherine threatens to leave him. Scene 4: Leslie comes down the stairs and turns left into the dining room. He tells June, the cook, that he will serve himself. Leslie tells Rodney that he wants to clear up any misconceptions about the previous night. Rodney says he doesn't have any misconceptions. Leslie and Rodney begin to argue. He wants Rodney to forget what happened in his office at the mill. Rodney asks Leslie why he had to pick on the mother of the girl he was going around with. Scene 5: Betty is talking on the phone to June, the cook, at the Harrington house. She hangs up and then talks with her mother, Julie. Julie fibs to Betty, telling her that she was downstairs at the mill getting a file when Rodney came in to see his father. Scene 6: Dr. Rossi and Matthew Swain meet up in the square. This time Matthew has his dog, Rip, with him. Rossi is reading the Clarion. He wants more copies of the paper. Matthew sends him to Constance Mackenzie for the additional copies. It can be seen at the end of this scene that the Peyton Professional Building has at least 3 stories. Scene 7: Dr. Rossi goes in his office startling Laura Brooks who almost falls into his arms from her two-foot-high step-ladder. She introduces herself to the doctor. Outside, the sign painter is seen removing the name of Dr. Donald Brooks from the window. He presumably paints Dr. Rossi's name above the words "Physician and Surgeon." Laura offers to help the new doctor get started. He asks her if she could set up two appointments. She complies. Scene 8: Dr. Rossi goes in the Book Gallery. He buys five copies of the Clarion, for fifty cents. They stare at each other, each recognizing the other. Constance introduces herself as Mrs. Mackenzie. He asks her if they had ever met before. She denies it. A customer, Hattie, comes in and asks Constance for an Agatha Christie mystery. Dr. Rossi talks further with Constance. He says that he knows her. She won't admit that she remembers him. He pays for the newspapers and leaves. Constance puts a sign on the door and leaves. Scene 9: Constance goes up the street to the Clarion to see Matthew Swain, who tries to calm her down. Constance' mother was apparently a Swain by marriage and it appears that she was probably Matthew Swain's cousin. Constance and Matthew are said to be second cousins twice removed. Allison likes to call Matthew "Uncle Matt." Preview: Dr. Michael Rossi talks with Constance Mackenzie. Leslie Harrington talks with Julie Anderson. Betty Anderson talks with Rodney Harrington. MR: I have to, because you act like you wish I never came to Peyton Place. CM: That's not true, that's not true. LH: He's my son. He won't cause any trouble. JA: There is trouble, Les. LH: What? JA: My daughter. LH: Oh. BA: I was the one who said we can't go steady, but that was a long time ago, when the summer began. RH: Don't do that, Betty, and don't accuse me. You wanted to be with me. BA: I love you. Hattie, Book Gallery customer-uncredited. Julie Anderson-Kasey Rogers. [Mrs. Larry Tate-Bewitched]. Laura Harrington Brooks-Patricia Breslin. [Twilight Zone]. Christine Gordon-uncredited. June, the Harrington cook-uncredited. There are 3 postmen identified in Peyton Place, Tom Foley, Roy Slater, and Eddie. Mrs. Hewitt's boarding house is often called a rooming house, and sometimes even an apartment house. The rooms that Ann Colby Howard rented were refered to as an apartment. When Ann died, it was said that Mrs. Hewitt had trouble renting Ann's apartment. [There were never any meals shown being served in the boarding house.] MEL refers to the initials of your reviewer. Intro refers to the scene over which the narrator, Warner Anderson, introduces each episode. CPI is used at times to refer to the Colonial Post inn, of which, Peyton is part owner. AG refers to the Andy Griffith Show. TZ refers to Twilight Zone. OL refers to Outer Limits. WA refers to the narrator, Warner Anderson, who also played the role of Matthew Swain, Owner, Editor, Publisher of the Peyton Place Clarion. Warner Anderson was in the movies Destination Moon, Blackboard Jungle, and was the presiding officer in the court-martial in the Caine Mutiny. WBC refers to the White Blood Count. EMT is Emergency Medical Technician. Preview refers to the short preview at the end of most episodes. most, but not all episodes ended with a preview. PREV HOME NEXT