Episode 174, scene 1. Allison knocks, then rolls her wheel chair into Dr. Rossi's office. Dialog between Allison Mackenzie and Stella Chernak. AM: Hello, miss Chernak. SC: Hello, Allison. [Stella turns off the radio.] SC: Oh, you really have learned how to use that chair. AM: Yes. My left hand is beginning to do what I tell it to. SC: Oh, You should be proud of yourself. AM: Well, it's not me, really. It's Mr. Gehring. He makes me hate him so much I get better just to spite him. Sometimes I think Dr. Rossi is using that same technique in his so-called interviews. SC: Oh, is he being rough on you? AM: Yesterday, he got me so upset I couldn't move my arm again. SC: It's all better, today. AM: I wish he wouldn't keep needling me. SC: Why are you telling me this? Want me to put in a plea for mercy for you? AM: No. It's just that you are on e of the few people around here who aren't hovering over me all the time. SC: Well, that's a real basis for friendship. AM: What were you listening to when I came in? SC: Oh. The news. AM: It's been so long since I've listened to the radio or read a paper. [Allison turns the radio on.] RA: It was understood that the legislature will re-convene to decide this most urgent matter in the next few days. When a decision is reached . . . [Stella jumps up and takes the radio from Allison. She turns it off.] SC: You see. This isn't mine. I don't want it to get broken. I'm sorry. AM: What's been happening? SC: Where? AM: . . . in the news? SC: Nothing, really. SC: Allison, I have to go now. SC: Dr. Rossi will be back in a couple of minutes. All right? AM: Okay? SC: Bye-bye. AM: Bye. [Stella leaves.] [Allison turns the radio back on. RA: . . . this caused a sensation and has rocked the city. Young Rodney Harrington is accused of having murdered Joe Chernak on the night of July 16th. The motive, revenge for abuses to his brother, Norman Harrington. Harrington is the grandson of Martin Peyton and the son of Leslie Harrington, former manager of the Peyton Mill. Peyton Place has been shocked by the testimony of witnesses brought forth by the prosecuting attorney, John Fowler. All eyes are on this town and . . . [Dramatic close-up of Allison's eyes.] [Break for commercial.] And that is the up-to-the-minute news on the Rodney Harrington trial. Be sure to tune in every hour on the hour, seven days a week, for the latest . . . [Dr. Rossi comes in and turns the radio off.] MR: Allison. Allison. AM: Why didn't you tell me? Why didn't you tell me about Rodney? MR: Why did you forget? MR: Allison, I wanted you to remember, for yourself, in your own time. AM: Do you mind if I skip today's session? [Rossi stands.] MR: I think we had better face this. [Rossi sits at his desk.] MR: What did you hear? AM: A whole jumble. Rodney on trial for murder . . . It couldn't be. Why didn't he tell me when he came here to see me? MR: Because you didn't remember and he didn't want to upset you. MR: Do you remember anything else, now? AM: No. Nothing. MR: Do you remember the last time you saw Rodney? AM: No. [Rossi gets up and walks over to Allison.] MR: Allison, the last time you saw him, you went to visit him in his jail cell. When you came out you were in a very distraught state and soon after that you were hit by a car. AM: [Almost screaming] No. It's not true. MR: Allison, you can't run and hide in your room everytime something upsets you. MR: Why do you think you're upset? AM: I think that's a pretty silly question, don't you, when I just heard on the radio that somebody I know was on trial for murder? MR: What does Rodney really mean to you? What does this whole trial mean to you? AM: What are you trying to say? MR: You think about it. AM: It has nothing to do with me. If I went to see Rodney in jail it was because, probably I felt sorry for him. It has nothing to do with me. MR: I suppose Rodney means nothing to you now other than as a casual friend. AM: That's right. Nobody means anything to me except my mother. MR: Allison, you are warm, a beautiful young lady doesn't it seem strange to you that after almost 19 years in this town that no one means anything to you except your mother? AM: Dr. Rossi. If you have something to say to me, I wish you say it and let me leave alone. MR: Can you see Rodney Harrington without getting upset now? AM: Of course, I can. I would very much like to see him. Can you get in touch with him for me? [Allison leaves] Back to episode 174, scene 1 HOME