PEYTON PLACE Episode 204. 04-11-66 Betty and Steven wed. Theodore Dowell retires. Rodney moves in the mansion. WA: Betty Anderson once lived in the Peyton House as Mrs. Rodney Harrington. Today, under the same roof, she becomes Mrs. Steven Cord. Intro: Betty walks slowly down the main staircase of the mansion on the arm of Dr. Rossi. Scene 1: The wedding ceremony is conducted by Rev. Jerry Bedford. Betty had previously dated Bedford with the encouragement of her mother. Eli shakes hands with Steven. Scene 2: At the reception, Martin Peyton tells Rita that he does not see enough of her and Norman. Steven and Rodney shakes hands, Allison tells Betty she is beautiful. Eli comes in and asks Leslie where he got his drink. Eli gets a drink. Miss Devon tells Rev. Bedford that Betty should have never worn white. Bedford says that Betty is trying to make a new start. He gets miss Devon a cup of coffee. Leslie warns Julie that Betty will be getting a difficult father in law. Norman and Eli are drinking together. Steven and Betty cuts the cake. Eli gives a toast and goes around filling glasses. Rodney says Betty's wedding dress puts the past behind them. Eli appears to be becoming sobriety challenged. Theodore Dowell tells Leslie that Leslie will be working with Steven because of the job Steven has been offered. Dowell is leaving town. Dowell says that Peyton has just told him he is out. Betty appears at the landing of the stairs and tosses the bouquet. Allison catches it. Steven thanks his mother for the wedding. He tells her that she should have been a ringmaster for Barnum and Bailey instead of Martin Peyton. The party throw rice. The wedded couple scurry off in their new car, trailing tin cans. Allison and Rodney make plans to go sailing. Scene 3: Betty and Steven look at their new house before heading off on their honeymoon. Steven promises Betty she can furnish the house any way she wants. Betty says that she wonders why Hannah bought the house. She wonders if there are strings attached. Steven proclaims that he and Betty are well suited. Steven kisses Betty. There is still a five-foot stepladder in the livingroom. Scene 4: Hannah comes in the livingroom of the mansion. Martin remarks that Betty is a beautiful girl and proper possesion for Steven. Martin allows that Steven is in a race. Hannah says there is no race because eventually Rodney will get everything. Betty and Allison are compared: Allison has no drive but Betty does. Peyton tells Hannah that Allison could never provide what Betty will be able to. Hannah says, "Don't let Betty's past, blind you to her virtues. She has drive and ambition." Peyton says, "What Rodney will never find in Allison." Scene 5: In the Carson home, Eli talks about the nice wedding Allison might someday have because she caught the bouquet. Eli remembers the loss of his wife, Ruth. Scene 6: Allison and Rodney drive to the wharf and talk about the death of Joe Chernak. They go sailing. Allison is cold but doesn't want to go back for a wrap. They set sail. Allison and Rod snuggle and she says Rodney will teach her about living. Preview: Allison talks with Rodney. Ada talks with Norman and Rita. Rodney talks to Martin Peyton. AM: We don't know anything about each other. Except that we love each other. Don't let the past hurt us. AJ: It was a wedding. A real wedding. The kind of wedding I always dreamed of giving you. RH: It's my life. And I've got to do things my way. I know what I want and I'm not looking for advice. Ruth was Eli's wife and Elliot's mother. PREV HOME NEXT