PEYTON PLACE Episode 481. 12-02-68 Betty wants to get her portrait hanged. WA: Fred Russell has returned to Peyton Place. He has been summoned by the woman who divorced him many months ago, Marsha Russell, who simply felt unable to cope with her maturing daughter's involvement with one of the young musicians at the Shoreline. Tonight Fred has decided to take charge, to handle his daughter's problems. In his own way, the cool way. Intro: Fred Russell is on the wharf, walking toward the Shoreline. Scene 1: At the Shoreline dance hall, the band is playing. The teenagers are talking. Fred comes in and summons Jeff. Jeff and Fred talk privately. Fred asks Jeff what kind of relationship he is having with his daughter. Jeff agrees to call it a "casual" relationship. Fred tells Jeff to stay away from Carolyn. Scene 2: Norman walks over to Betty's house. She asks Norman to hang her portrait. She tells him that she left it in the car. Norman tells her she can't keep it here. Norman says it is sick. Like a bad joke. Norman says, "You should put it in the deepest closet you can find and leave it there." Betty perceives that Norman is not pleased. Scene 3: Fred goes to the old Carson house to talk to Marsha about Carolyn and Jeff. She is surprised. She tells him that Carolyn has gone to the movies. Marsha tells Fred that Carolyn says there is nothing bad going on. Fred says it would never have happened if he'd been there. He moved to Boston to let Marsha make a better life for herself. They talk at length. Scene 4: At the hospital, Rodney is trying to walk with the aid of some "therapy equipment." Betty comes in to see Rodney. She talks to Chuck Atwell, the therapist, and refers to Rodney as "Golden Boy." Atwell says, "straighten your back." Scene 5: Norman goes to see Steven in his inner office. He fusses at Steven about Betty. Steven tells Norman that he upsets his secretary when he bursts in like he did. He tells Steven he wants the portrait out of the house. Steven says it was all Betty's idea. That she demended it. Scene 6: Betty drives home and brings in a sack of groceries with greens protruding out the top. She calls Eli carson. She asks Eli to hang her portrait. She warns him the portrait is heavy. Betty looks up and discovers that the portrait has already been hung. She thanks him anyway. [In episode 484 it is acknowledged that Norman finally hung it]. Preview: Carolyn talks to Jeff. Norman talks to Rita. Marsha talks to Dr. Rossi. CR: Have you stopped thinking about yourself long enough to think about me and how I feel? To hear that my father is running around checking up on me? NH: I thought I was wrong about Betty but I'm not. Now the only reason she married Rodney was to get the money from grandfather Peyton. MR: You think I enjoy this? You think I want to lose you? MR: There is another solution. We could get married. Betty has been to a market or grocery store. PREV HOME NEXT