PEYTON PLACE Episode 455. 08-19-68 Sensation returns to Rodney's left hand. WA: The Reverend Tom Winter has served his congregation faithfully ever since he came to Peyton Place a year ago. But the Tom Winter in the chapel, in the hospital, in the homes of the sick and feeble, and the Tom Winter who finds himself on a road behind Ada Jacks' Tavern, are two different people. Intro: Tom Winter leaves the Shoreline teen hangout. He sees Jill walking and watches her. Scene 1: Tom calls out, "Jill." Tom tells Jill that she needs him, that they need each other. Jill tells Tom that his wife needs him. Jill says that she doesn't have the ability to help him. Jill mentions the fact that Rossi told her about the job interview. Jill tells Tom that she doesn't love him. Jill asks Tom to leave her alone. Scene 2: It is Sunday. The organ is playing in the sanctuary. Eli is sitting beside Norman waiting for Rev. Tom Winter to make his entrance. Eli says the Almighty doesn't keep records (about children who fidgit in church). Rita says she didn't go to church as a child. She continues that they are lucky that Rodney is alive. Rita says she is there because she wants to see Rev. Winter after the service. The reverend is late, in fact he isn't there at all. Scene 3: Eli gets up from the pew and goes in to see Mrs. Susan Winter. Eli asks if Susan if Rev. Tom is sick. Susan says, yes, he is sick. She didn't feel up to telling them. Eli insists that the people should have the plain facts. Susan finally admits that she doesn't know where Tom is. She says that he probably is chasing after Jill Smith. Scene 4: Eventually, Susan comes out and apologizes to the congregation for her husband not being there. She says lamely that he has laryngitis. Scene 5: In the hospital, Norman goes in to see Rodney. Norman tells him about selling two bikes, 250cc two stroke twin. Rodney tells Norman to drop it. Dr. Miles and a nurse come in to see Rodney. Rodney tells them that he has just felt something in his left hand. Scene 6: At Rodney and Betty Harrington's converted barn-house, the phone rings and Betty answers. Betty talks to Rodney. Norman holds the phone for Rodney. He tells her that some feeling has returned to his left hand. She tells him that she'll be right there. She hangs up and leaves the house. Scene 7: In his law office, Steven has come in to work this Sunday morning. Susan Winter comes into his inner office and talks to him. She tells Steven that her husband, Tom, was out chasing Jill. The phone rings. Norman is calling. Norman tells him that sensation has returned to Rodney's left hand. Scene 8: Joe goes to the door of Dr. Rossi's beach house. It is Jill and she is looking for Dr. Rossi. She was told at the hospital that Dr. Rossi was home. The doctor comes in and asks Joe to get lost. Dr. Rossi offers Jill a cup of coffee. Kelly is at the Tavern being tended by Ada. She said that Tom Winter was looking for her, and she needs a place to stay. Mrs. Thomas is on her case. Jill does not want to tell the Child Welfare Bureau about Tom. Joe Rossi comes back in. Dr. Rossi says that he wants Joe and Jill to get back together for the sake of the baby. Joe says, "She's impossible, really impossible." Preview: Carolyn talks to Marsha. Susan talks to Tom. Rodney talks to Betty. CR: You didn't get home until 3:00 o'clock this morning. But if I come in 15 minutes past my curfew, I get the third degree. SW: Tell me what happened last night. I've always told you the truth. I've never lied to you about my drinking. RH: I may be the oldest man in this town with partial feeling in my left hand and and zero feeling in the rest of my body. PREV HOME NEXT