PEYTON PLACE
Episode 260.
08-22-66
Lee Webber goes to court. Rodney proposes to Allison.
WA: Chris Webber has just seen his brother Lee, arrested in
connection with the death of Ann Howard. Chris is convinced
that the arrest, indeed, the entire case against his brother,
was triggered by Allison Mackenzie. Allison came to the
Webber house, thinking she would be able to talk to Chris, to
apologize to him. But now, seeing him, she can't.
Intro: Chris walking on the wharf toward his house.
Scene 1: Allison is about to leave the Webber house as Chris arrives
home. Chris senses Allison but thinks it is Sandy. Sandy
opens the front door. Allison says that she is just leaving.
Chris tells Allison that she broke her promise to him. That
she admitted that Chris knows that Ann did not push him off
the bluff 18 years ago. Chris orders Sandy to make him some
coffee. Chris emphasizes to Allison that he told her Ann was
innocent in confidence. Allison says that there are some
things more important than promises. Chris tells her that he
has never loved anyone before. Allison says that she is
sorry. Chris says for leading him on. He says that he
thought she preferred him to the rich, handsome, Rodney
Harrington. He says that Allison is incapable of loving
anyone. That she is incapable of feeling.
Scene 2: In the hospital lab, Dr. Rossi is looking through a binocular
microscope as Elliot Carson enters. Rossi thanks Elliot for
coming to the police station. And asks Elliot to thank
Constance too. Elliot tells Rossi that Lee Webber has been
booked on suspicion in the death of Ann Howard. Allison said
she saw Chris driving on the beach road on his motorcycle.
And that she saw Lee throw away a whiskey bottle. Rossi asks
why Allison didn't mention the whiskey bottle during the
first interrogation.
Scene 3: In the courtroom, Lee Webber asks the bailiff for permission
to speak with Sandy. Sandy tells Lee that Allison saw Lee on
the bluff. Irwin A. Chester is presiding. Judge Chester
recommends W.J. Bill Anderson of the firm Anderson and Evans
as Lee's attorney. Lee asks Judge Chester if he can speak to
Steven about representing him. Lee asks to talk with Steven
Cord. Lee wants Steven Cord to represent him. He wants someone
who will fight for him like Steven did for Rodney Harrington.
Steven says that he is not interested. Lee says that there is
no evidence against him. Lee says that Ann Howard went from
Peyton Place to a mental home. Lee asks what makes Steven so
sure that Ann didn't kill herself. Judge Chester announces
that court will resume. The hearing is set for Thursday the
23rd at 1:00 p.m.
Scene 4: Dr. Rossi climbs the steps to the boarding house. Mrs. Hewitt
is vacuuming a carpet as Dr. Rossi comes in. She says that she
wants to give Rossi the key to Ann's apartment. Rossi talks
with Mrs. Hewitt about Ann's things that are still in her
apartment. She gives Dr. Rossi the key to Ann's apartment.
Scene 5: Norman and Rita meet up with Dr. Rossi on the wharf. They
invite him to dinner. Norman is there to select lobsters for
dinner that night. Rossi says that he has to get started on
his research project again. Norman tells Rita that Rossi is
cool as a cucumber. Norman says that he heard that Rossi was
planning to marry Ann Howard.
Scene 6: Steven Cord talks with Betty about Lee Webber and the murder charge.
Steven speaks of the gaul of Lee Webber. Steven tells Betty that
the court appointed Bill Anderson. Steven says that he is not
sure that Lee is guilty, but that Lee would lie to his grandmother
on her death bed. However Steven is thinking about representing
Lee. Ann was a strong person but she had an Achilles' heel, a fear
of the past. She had spent time in a mental institution because of
her obsession with the bluff. Steven says, "You can heal the wound, but
you can't take back the experience." Steven tries to convince
Betty that it is possible that Ann may have committed suicide.
Betty allows that Ann Howard and Mike Rossi had been planning to get
married. Steven replies that they weren't married yet. And that
Ann's first marriage was a complete disaster. Steven says, "In the
law books, we would be listed as Siblings, not in fact, but in blood."
Preview: Rodney propositions Allison. Leslie talks with Steven.
RH: Let's get married.
AM: Now? You mean right now?
RH: Oh, I love you.
LH: Even if the old man's conniving has robbed you of a father,
your sister's dead. So you let him go on scheming and lying.
You won't even lift a finger in defense of your own mother.
SC: What do you want, Mr. Harrington.
LH: Steven, I saw your mother less than an hour ago. She's a very
frightened woman.
Irwin A. Chester-Jon Lormer [appeared in Andy Griffith Show.]
W.J. Bill Anderson, Attorney-mentioned.
Mrs. Hewitt-Maxine Stuart.
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