PEYTON PLACEDialog from Episode 15, scene 7. Allison swings at the playground. NH: Allison. AM: Hello. NH: I've been looking for you. AM: Where did you look, Norman, the public library? NH: Yes. AM: Or did you think you'd find me out on a schooner. Mooning over the sunlight as it plays on the tops of the waves crashing against the shore? NH: I figured you wouldn't be there without Rod. [Allison de-swings.] AM: I don't suppose it occurred to you that I might be at the Shoreline doing something absolutely wicked. NH: Come on, Allison. AM: Come. Come where? NH: I don't know. AM: Well, If you don't know we can't very well go. [Allison goes back to the swing and sits.] NH: All right, forget it. Forget it, Cinderella. There's only room in that precious glass slipper for you. So keep on bouncing a ball like you're 12. Or kicking a can until that glass slipper breaks. AM: And what do you suggest? NH: That you work it out. You know. You work it out. [Allison begins swinging again.] AM: How? NH: Well, you talk to people, to yourself. AM: And, what do you say, to yourself? NH: For a starter, that you can't bounce or kick your way out of a spot. AM: And if you can't say that? NH: You mean you won't. Well, then you're 30 wishing you were 20. And you're 40 wishing you were 30. AM: I'm not going to do that. NH: You're doing it now, Allison. AM: Are you lecturing me? NH: Yes. AM: You are? NH: Yes. [De-swings again] AM: You are. All right, I won't be 12. And when I'm 30 I promise you I won't want to be 20. And when I'm 40, I won't pretend, I'll be. What should I be, Norman? Should I be myself. Whatever that is. NH: Okay. Kid it if you want. AM: No. I'm not kidding it. I'm looking for it. What should I be, Norman? Myself? What does that mean? Do you know? NH: Life is looking for somthing. Or someone. AM: You were really talking about yourself, weren't you? AM: Norman, I don't want to be serious about anything, right now. Or anyone. Is that all right? NH: Sure, Allison. Well then, let's go for a walk. We won't talk about anything, or anyone. [Allison and Norman walk off together.] Episode 15, scene 7 HOME