PEYTON PLACE Episode 387. 11-16-67 Pre-empted for CAROL CHANNING special. Constance gives Rita a bassinet. WA: Tonight, Martin Peyton is preoccupied with his manipulations of his grandson, Steven Cord. A slight mis-step and the old man balances precariously on one of the risers of the main staircase. Suddenly this simple event takes on extra-ordinary meaning. If Steven could seize this moment, but the moment is gone. Intro: Outside the Peyton mansion. Martin walking down the main staircase in the Peyton Mansion. He stumbles on the riser just below the landing, drops his canes, and grabs the banister to avert a fall. ["banister" is also correctly spelled "bannister."] Scene 1: Martin calls to Mary. He calls to Mary again. Martin calls to Steven. He works his way down the staircase using the banister. Steven doesn't respond. Scene 2: Steven goes into Adrienne's bedroom. She asks Steven what happened. He says he saw Peyton, and he had the desire to push the old man down the stairs. He lies down on her bed. She asks him to save her from a loveless marriage. Adrienne says, "I must leave this house. I love you." Adrienne kisses Steven. Scene 3: A man is stacking lobster crates in front of the Tavern, as the Peyton limousine drives up and parks in front of the cigar store. Lee gets out and walks up the boardinghouse stairs past room 7 to the room 5 of Eddie Jacks. Lee pounds on the door and announces himself as the police. Eddie looks a mess. He starts combing his hair. Eddie says that he is preparing to take his morning constitutional. Lee and Eddie walk down the steps from the boarding house. Scene 4: In the apartment, Eddie hears a knock on the door and Eli and Constance arrive with a bassinet for the baby. Eli is carrying a bassinet and Constance is carrying Matthew. Rita says that the bassinet is really beautiful. Constance says that Matthew has outgrown it. Rita had bought some material to decorate a junker bassinet and she doesn't want to offend constance by decorating the new bassinet. Constance says Rita can do anything she wants with it. Eli suggests wiring it and making a lamp. Scene 5: Rossi comes to the mansion and is admitted by Mary. He asks how her bursitis it. On the stairs, he greets Adrienne and has a brief conversation. Adrienne asks Rossi why he is Peyton's doctor. That is would be much simpler if a different doctor. They discuss Philip Van Leyden's death. Adrienne says that Peyton despises him for even hinting that she had anything to do with Dr. Phillip's death. She says that Rossi is unethical. Scene 6: Lee Webber is driving the limousine at a high rate of speed toward the cemetary. He is having some kind of contest with Eddie Jace. In the previous episode, they had bet $10 who could take the curves the fastest. His passenger is Eddie. Lee says, "I scared you didn't I, Eddie." They stop at the cemetary and talk. Lee tells Eddie to keep off his turf. Eddie tells Lee to get in back and he will drive. Lee gets in back and Eddie drives. [Reviewer's opinion: We think anyone who risks harm to a Rolls Royce, or other classic car, in this manner is a crude, despicable, and irresponsible degenerate. There was no follow-up on the race, but it is reasonable to assume that the limousine was not wounded.] Scene 7: Upstairs, in the mansion, Rossi is tending Peyton, taking a blood sample. His white blood cell count [WBC] was up last week. He says that he will call before noon tomorrow. Peyton absent mindedly says, "Thank you, Philip." He corrects himself by saying, "That was a stupid mistake." They talk about doctors William Riley and Philip Van Leyden. Dr. Van Leyden had told him that Peyton's body was preparing itself for death. Dr. Van Leyden put him on a very intrusive regimen. Peyton is still alive. Rossi asks Peyton how he can consider marrying Adrienne. Peyton says that he was the last person Dr. Van Leyden communicated with, before his untimely death. Dr. Rossi says, "You're being deliberately blind." Scene 8: In Mrs. Hewitt's boarding house, Leslie is waiting in Eddie's room. Room 5. Eddie asks Leslie if he had a key made. [In the previous episode, Betty used a hidden key to get in the Shoreline Garage. In Peyton Place, many residents don't even bother to lock their doors.] Leslie says that Eddie has become sentimental. Eddie tells Leslie to get out. Leslie Harrington puts pressure on Eddie Jacks to kill Martin Peyton. Leslie leaves. Preview: Dr. Rossi talks with Rodney. Leslie talks with Eddie Jacks. Adrienne talks to Steven Cord. MR: Talk to him. Keep him away from Eddie. Do something. RH: I get the feeling there's more here, and you're just not talking. LH: Martin Peyton is getting married in 48 hours. EJ: 48 hours is a long time. It only takes a minute to die. LH: I want you to act now, alone. AVL: Steven, don't force me to beg you. You know what I was before I met you. Don't force me to go back to that. Dr. William Riley. Dr. Phillip Van Leyden. Bassinet. Boarding house is spelled correctly as either one word or two. Bursitis, Mary's affliction. PREV HOME NEXT