PEYTON PLACE Episode 90. 07-15-65 Steven Cord visits his mother, Hannah Cord. WA: In Boston, the rain which is lashing Peyton Place, beats down on the house of Martin Peyton. The house occupied now only by his housekeeper, Hannah Cord. Intro: Hannah Cord is walking around in the town house of Martin Peyton. Steven Cord is talking on the phone. Scene 1: On the phone from the Boston house of Martin Peyton, Steven tells Theodore Dowell that he will be back on the bus tonight. [Steven apparently hasn't bought a car yet.] Steven tells Hannah that the Peyton house will eventually be called the Cord house. Scene 2: Still in Boston, Steven Cord gets on an Interstate Bus headed for Peyton Place. Dr. Vincent Markham gets on the same bus. Steven sits by Markham and introduces himself. Steven tries somewhat unsuccessfully to strike up a conversation. Scene 3: Norman opens a shade in the residential area back of the Tavern. He talks with Rita. He tells her it might "rain for 40 days and 40 nights." Ada comes in. Norman greets her and leaves. Ada tells Rita that she should go off to school. Scene 4: Rodney and Norman talk in the apartment. Rodney tells Norman that he told Joe off, but he doesn't know if that's going to keep him off. Scene 5: Steven talks with Dr. Markham. Markham doesn't talk much. Steven says he is going only to Peyton Place. The Interstate Bus tries to pass a car, swerves to avoid a head-on collision with a car, and crashes. Dr. Vincent Markham's head strikes the window on the left side of the bus. He is injured rather badly. Steven Cord is injured only slightly. Scene 6: At the Information Desk, Betty and miss Choate talk about the bus accident. Miss Choate tells an orderly to get some cots set up. Scene 7: At the Morton house, Mrs. Grace Morton tells the doctor that Claire has disappeared. The phone rings and Betty informs Dr. Robert Morton about the bus accident. He tells Grace to tell Claire to get over to the hospital as soon as she calls in or comes home. He leaves immediately apparently for the hospital. Scene 8: At the beach house, Rossi is surprised by Dr. Claire Morton who has been out walking in the rain. He offers to drive her home. She says that she isn't ready to go home. Rossi stokes the fire. Rossi kisses Claire. She doesn't resist. The lights in the cabin go off. Rossi opines that the power lines must have gone down. He gets a kerosene lamp and lights it. Dr. Robert Morton shows up at the door. He tells Dr. Rossi there has been a bus accident and that that he and Claire are both needed at the hospital. Preview: Rossi is holding Dr. Markham as Markham starts to speak. Markham collapses. Rossi speaks to Claire. Constance talks to Eli. Doris shouts at David, and David slaps her. KM: Ha. It really . . . MR: Claire, get an orderly. CM: For 18 years I kept life outside that door. And I married Elliot and he brought it all in with him. Just can't get used to that son of yours. Doris: You keep blaming me for your own rotten guilt because Kim was born deaf. [Slap]. Steven Cord-James Douglas Hannah Cord-Ruth Warrick [Citizen Kane, All My Children]. Dr. Vincent Markham-Leslie Nielsen [Mr. Magoo]. Grace Morton-Edith Atwater, real-life wife of Kent Smith, Dr. Robert Morton. Hannah slaps Steven. Dr. Rossi kisses Claire Morton. [It is revealed later in the series that Catherine Peyton was Steven Cord's mother, and that Hannah was pressured by Peyton to be put on the birth certificate as his mother.] We learn later that Vincent Markham has a twin brother. And later on a child welfare worker consults a local baby doctor, also named Markham. David slaps Doris. PREV HOME NEXT