PEYTON PLACE
Episode 107.
08-26-65
Betty and Steven have a sudden date.
WA: The fight between Norman Harrington and Joe Chernak was
inevitable. Norman, excitable, passionate, quick to anger.
Joe, brooding, embittered over the loss of his girlfriend,
Rita Jacks. Norman was hurt deeply. Joe's taunts about
Rita created fresh doubts in his mind.
Intro: Wharf. Fight. Norman. Fishing net. Joe walks away. Sign:
Ed Kent.
Written by Sonya Roberts and Peggy Shaw
Directed by Ted Post
Scene 1: Rita walks to the back door of the Tavern goes in and talks
with Ada. Rita is waiting for Norman. Rita talks about the
clambake that is planned with Rodney and Allison. Rita tells
Ada about meeting Stella. Ada tells Rita to call Norman. Rita
calls but Rodney answers. She wants to know if Rodney has seen
Norman. Rodney says not to worry. He says he'll pick up
Allison and meet them at the beach. Ada tells Rita not to
worry.
Scene 2: Rodney goes downstairs from the apartment and gets in his
convertible which is parked in front of the Pharmacy. The fire
station is seen in the background. Norman drives up, gets out
of his car, and goes up to the apartment. He looks a mess.
The phone is ringing as he comes in. He doesn't answer the
phone. He just lies down on the couch.
Scene 3: Elliot escorts Eli into the house. Constance greets Elliot and
asks if Eli is coming to dinner. Eli says, "He is, he is."
Constance says they are having Stroganoff. They talk about the
letter to the editor that Elliot wrote. Allison joins them.
Allison asks Elliot about his conversation with David Schuster.
Elliot assures Eli that Matt knows him and is confident that
Elliot can run the paper. Eli talks about his father:
Martin Peyton drove up in his automobile. A bunch
of kids along with Elliot gathered. Peyton hollered
and said that thing is hungry and its going to eat
you up. Peyton kicked his car. Grandfather whipped
Elliot.
The door chimes ring. Rodney Harrington has come to take
Allison to the clambake. They plan to meet Norman and Rita at
the beach. Allison says she has some food in the kitchen to
take. Elliot says nobody has ever tried to teach him to be an
ostrich.
Scene 4: Rodney and Allison arrive on the wharf and park by the stairs
to the boarding house. The Chowder Pot is under and to the
west of the boarding house stairs.
They sneak over and speak to Mr. Jolly, the lobster and
clam man who runs the Chowder Pot. Rodney tells him that they
are in the market for some lobsters and clams. Mr. Jolly says,
"That makes my day." He hands Allison a sack and tells them to
help themselves. Rodney points to a lobster with little beady
eyes. He asks who the lobster reminds her of. She says Mr.
Segal, the librarian. Rodney says that the lobster reminds him
of his great-grandpa, Sam Peyton. They buy some lobsters and
clams. This time Rodney calls him Sam. The bill is
$4.00 all tolled. Rodney pays. Allison says, "Thank you."
Rodney opines that Norman and Rita are probably already at the
beach. They leave and head for the beach.
Scene 5: Steven and Betty drive to the wharf. Betty says, "So this what
you kidnapped me for?" Steven says he wanted to visit his old
stomping grounds. He refers to Squire Harrington and
the mysterious Allison Mackenzie. A car drives by the
Shoreline Garage and near the Hiring Hall. Dr. Rossi calls to
Betty and Steven. Rossi says that he is looking for Collins
Street. Betty says that it starts right behind Ham's
Shoreline Arcade. He is looking for the home of the Chernak
family. Betty tells him that she doesn't know where the Chernak
house is. Steven and Betty get some change and go in Ham's
Shoreline Arcade and play an old mechanical pin-ball machine.
Betty asks if his interest in Elliot Carson has anything to do
with the letter-to-the-editor he wrote ot the Clarion.
MEL: [This scene should be nostalgic for the old-timers, because
this was before all the pinball machines were computerized.
They usually cost a nickel. Really. Your reviewer went in an
arcade in Wichita, Kansas, in 1956, where the old pin-ball
machines had all been converted to operate on just a penny.]
Scene 6: Stella is relaxing as Rossi comes out of the back room and
tells them that Gus has cirrhosis of the liver. He
should eat properly, chicken, beef, and liver. Rossi
introduces himself to Stella. Rossi asks how she recognized
Gus's ailment. She admits that she worked at a medical
center on the west coast. He asks if she was a nurse. She
says, "No, I'm a bio-chemist." Rossi laughs. She said she
didn't expect that reaction from him. Stella tells him that
she has been away for 7 years. She said that she picked a job
which had room for advancement, and paid over $10,000 a year,
and had status. She asks the doctor to stay for dinner. He
asks if he smells pirashki. He does. He accepts. Stella
is surprised.
[Pirashki is served at the Cafe Izmir on Greenville Avenue,
in Dallas, Texas for $3.25. It is described as spiced beef and
sautéed veggies wrapped in lavash bread and sautéed to crisp.]
Joe comes in the house, injured. Stella introduces Joe to Dr.
Rossi. Rossi notes the cut on Joe's face. [1966 special
effects.] Joe tells Rossi goodbye. Stella tells Joe that Dr.
Rossi is staying for dinner. Joe says he will get washed up.
Preview: Doris talks with David. Norman angrily talks to Rita. Anna
talks, in a concerned manner, with her son, Joe.
Doris: David, I am not a fool.
David: No, you're not. But as far as Carson is concerned,
that's just the chance, I'll have to take.
NH: Am I the biggest sap [kicks an object] that ever lived?
That's why you went ape every time he phoned or
honked. What did you keep me around for? Laughs.
AC: I want to help you. I don't want you to end up like
your father.
JC: (Shoving his mother) I thought I told you to shut up
about my father.
Steven calls Rodney Harrington-Squire.
Mr. Sam Jolly, clam and lobster man on the wharf.
Pirashki is also spelled piroshki.
Pirashki is sold at Cafe Izmar on Greenville Avenue in Dallas, Texas.
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