PEYTON PLACE Episode 104. 08-19-65 Rita is found. WA: Rita Jacks, trying to apologize to Norman Harrington, retraces in her mind the stormy path of their romance. Joe Chernak, anxious to cause trouble for them, because he was turned down by Rita, considers his next destructive move. Neither Norman nor Rita, at this moment, have any Idea what far reaching complications Joe's anger will bring. Complications that are sure to involve all of Peyton Place. Intro: Rita walks up the stairs to the apartment. She gets no answer. She walks back down and gets in the car with Norman. Written by Lee Erwin and Sonya Roberts Directed by Walter Doniger Scene 1: Rita goes up to the apartment to apologize to Norman. She asks Norman how he is. Rita says that she can't stand breaking up with him. Rita promises no more secrets. Norman says he is making a dollar an hour scraping barnacles off Don Newman's boat [working for Mr. Kent's boat repair]. Norman invites her to dinner. Joe Chernak has been sitting in his car watching Rita. He drives off. Scene 2: Eli comes in and looks over Matthew's shoulder. Eli says wait a minute. What is this. Eli Carson goes in the Clarion to talk with Matthew about the letter-to-the editor that Elliot wrote. Matthew says that Elliot is the perfect man for the job. Scene 3: Claire Morton goes up to the Information Desk and asks the duty nurse to tell her if there has been any change in Vincent Markham's condition. Dr. Rossi walks up and talks with Claire. Claire says that she will be working with her father full time. She asks Rossi to congratulate her. He congratulates her. They chat about life and then he tells her that she should work more at being a woman [and a wife]. She says that her husband Vincent doesn't need anybody. Rossi allows that Markham is vulnerable. Rossi says that he is afraid that Vincent will die. Scene 4: Kenneth Markham is on the phone with his agent in Philadelphia talking about a business associate, Mr. Ferguson, as Dr. Rossi comes in to visit with him. They talk about Vincent and Peru. Rossi tells Kenneth to give the money to Vincent. Scene 5: Stella Chernak is walking on the wharf and meets up with her brother, Joe, who has just returned from custody in the state honor farm. He assures tells Stella that she looks great. He has just gotten back from Boston. Scene 6: Norman and Rita are wearing Chowder Pot bibs and eating lobsters at the seafood eatery beneath Mrs. Hewitt's boarding house. Norman is splurging his $7.00. It was indicated in episode 103 that Norman was getting $1.00 per hour even though the minimum wage was $1.25 at that point in time. Allison was being paid 80 cents per hour working at the Book Gallery. Scene 7: Joe Chernak and his sister Stella are walking on the wharf. He asks if she lost her job. Stella reminds him that she is a bio-chemist. They talk about the honor farm where Joe went away to for a while. Stella talks with Joe about his stealing a car. It appears in later episodes that the rather liberal state of Massachusetts allowed him to keep the automobile which he stole. Preview: Doris talks with David. Allison talks with Elliot. Dr. Rossi talks to Constance. Doris: Are you saying that Elliot Carson whote that letter as a personal, vindictive attack because we fired his daughter? David: You fired her, not me. AM: You said that you hate David Schuster. EC: Now just a minute. That letter was not meant as a personal attack. No more than your defense of Mr. Schuster was a personal one. MR: Dr. Markham recognized the stability and gave me the opportunity to do something about it. He wants me to go to work with him in Peru. Don Newman has a boat with barnacles [at Mr. Kent's]. Joe Chernak-Don Quine. Stella Chernak-Lee Grant. Anna Chernak-Anna Karen. Gus Chernak-Bruce Gordon. In episode 38 the minimum wage was stated to be $1.25. PREV HOME NEXT