PEYTON PLACE Episode 156. 12-16-65 Steven takes Betty to meet Hannah. WA: Rita Jacks has looked foward to fall. A chance to re-enroll in school. A chance for a fresh start. But the tragic events of the past weeks have forced her to make a decision which may postpone that chance indefinately. Intro: Rita Jacks walking across the square toward the bank building. Written by Jerry Ziegman & John Wilder and Caorl Sobieski Directed by Walter Doniger Scene 1: Rita goes in to see Steven Cord in his law office in the bank building. He is on the phone with a witness. Steven tells him, "Uh uh. Uh uh. No more hints. You'll find out when you get there. Just be ready. Right. I will." Steven completes his call. Rita says, "Your secretary wasn't here. I guess I should have made an appointment." Steven begins to talk with Rita. Rita admits to Steven that she saw Joe earlier in the day that Joe died. Steven asks Rita how old she was when she first met Joe. He asks her if she can testify. She says, "If I have to." Scene 2: Norman is practicing putting as Rodney comes in the apartment. Rodney asks Norman why he doesn't learn to do something constructive with himself. Norman says he is listening so Rodney doesn't have to shout. Norman asks Rodney if he was at the hospital. Rodney tells Norman that Allison doesn't remember him. She doesn't remember Elliot as her father. She remembers Rodney only as Norman's older brother. Norman tells Rodney that he is jealous. Norman asks Rodney how long Dr. Rossi thinks she will be this way. Scene 3: In the therapy room of the hospital Russ Gehring is trying to teach Mark, a dark skinned boy, how to play a guitar left-handed. Allison is wheeled in. The boy walks over to Allison and tells her expected a boy and he was going to call him Al. Russ tries to talk with Allison. Allison asks to be taken back to her room. Allison asks to see the guitar. Russ talks a while and hands Allison the guitar. He places her fingers on the strings. The guitar is to help exercise the fingers. Constance and Elliot come in and Allison introduces them to Russ Gehring. Constance asks to speak with Gehring. They go down the hall together. Allison strums the guitar as Elliot watches. They talk. Allison wonders how long it will be before she is better. Allison tells Elliot that she feels like a stranger. Scene 4: Steven Cord is in the Anderson livingroom waiting for Betty to come down. He does a countdown and Betty finally comes down the stairs. She runs to him and hugs him. Betty says that wherever they are going, she looks great. She says that he is not her fiancée or her brother. He tells her to put on something different. They are going to meet Hannah. He tells her that she has 5 minutes to change. Scene 5: Constance talks with Russ Gehring. She explains to Gehring that Elliot is Allison's real father. That there never was a first marriage. She explains that Elliot couldn't marry her, that he was in prison. Dr. Rossi comes in and joins them. Scene 6: Elliot, Constance, and Rossi meet up in the corridor and go in the therapy room where Allison is strumming the guitar. Rossi says that time and patience is on their side. He says that there is no brain damage. Elliot wants to know what specifically can be done. Rossi tells Ellist that he wants to consult with Dr. Quist, a Boston psychiatrist. Scene 7: Steven drives Betty to the mansion to meet Hannah. Steven says that she looks just right. Steven rings the chimes. Betty allows that the oil may not be boiling yet. Hannah opens the door. Steven says, "Mother." Hannah says, I wish I had known you were coming. You should have phoned." Preview: Stella Chernak talks with Steven Cord. Peyton talks with Betty. SC: Honesty isn't a soft point in your character. SC: It's your character that is going to be disected when I put you on the witness stand. Not mine. MP: What do you think your little crime is worth? BA: Which one? MP: The only one I'm interested in. The stealing of those records. BA: How much is it worth to you, Mr. Peyton, to humiliate me? PREV HOME NEXT