Episode 220, scene 1 [Dr. Rossi and Ann Howard go in the Shoreline Garage to see about the car and to talk with Rodney.] MR: [Seeing the convertible] Oh, Nice. MR: Hello, Rod. AH: Hi. RH: Hello. AH: Is the car ready? RH: Well, not quite. I was a little quick to lay it all on the carbureter. Lee should have checked it out more completely before making any deals with you. MR: Were you able to fix it? RH: Well, I think I've got it running pretty good, yeah. MR: Oh. AH: I need a car. You tell me. Is this the right one for me? RH: Well, I think it is now. AH: Fine, then no problems. RH: I have a few with Mr. Webber. But . . . RH: Look, if you don't want to take the car, miss Howard, you don't have to. AH: And leave you stuck with it? RH: I'll find another buyer. AH: At a loss. MR: Well, how much is the repair bill? RH: Doctor, there is no repair bill. Whether miss Howard takes the car or not. That isn't my way of doing business. AH: Rod, you're being too generous. RH: It's not . . . [gap] [Dr. Rossi looks under the hood.] AH: What are you looking at? MR: I don't know. AH: Well, it makes you look good. You, bending over an engine. Very professional, very masculine. MR: Well, I knew that. That's the reason I did it. AH: You're worried, aren't you. MR: Well, a little. AH: Then speak up. MR: Well, this is your business. AH: I wanted to include you, so speak up. MR: Well, I think buying a car from Lee Webber is a little na¨auti;ve, that's all. I mean maybe . . . He's the brother of the boy you were accused of pushing over the bluff. Well, maybe he's still resentful. AH: Mike, are you suggesting that Lee would try to harm me? MR: No. I don't know. Maybe he's just trying to cheat you. Maybe it's an oversight. AH: Come on, Mike. Tell me. You think maybe Lee tampered with the engine thinking I might just come in and drive off. And maybe the brakes would fail or the wheels would fall off. MR: All right. It's a possibility, isn't it. AH: Rod said he fixed it. That's good enought for me. Mike, I can't jump at shadows. There are too many real things I'm afraid of. [Using his left hand, Rodney is putting battery water in a three cell, six-volt car battery using a device that looks like a turkey baster, as Lee comes in.] LW: Hey, you know I've got about two hours work to do on this baby. RH: I want to talk to you. Ann Howard was here. LW: Ann Colby. RH: What's the idea of selling her that car? LW: Well, a fellow makes a sale, tries to show his boss he's alert and on the ball. And what's his reward? RH: You knew that car was a bum. LW: Well, she didn't. And that's the important part. RH: I'm not going to give you a lecture on ethics. But I'm going to tell you one thing. That's not my way of doing business. LW: Why all the static? It was a used car. RH: It was a car you sold to Ann Howard. LW: Colby. RH: Colby, Howard. What were you trying to do? Get even? LW: For what? RH: [shouting] For what? LW: Look, maybe you'd want to even the score with her. Not me. I'm different. It's over, you know. RH: You're really quite a guy, Lee. You put your blind brother through college You forgive the woman who was supposed to have pushed him off the bluff. Why, you're a saint. LW: You want to fire me. Well, you go ahead and fire me, boss. I can make out. RH: Well, if you want to quit, you go right ahead. I can make out. LW: It's twisty, isn't it. The way we're sticking together. Like marriage, huh? RH: Is it? LW: Well, you were married. It's a very interesting experience. RH: Go back to work, Lee. [Lee is working under a car in the garage as Sandy comes in.] LW: [Speaking to the car.] Oh, loosen up you miserable . . . SW: Lee. LW: What? I just wanted to let you know I was here. LW: Oh, what a stinking time today. All right Sandy. I know you're here. SW: Aren't you going to quit for today. LW: Soon. SW: I've got a great idea. Why don't we go out on the wharf and grab a bowl of chowder . . . LW: . . . and go dancing at the Shoreline. SW: Yeah. LW: Why . . . [gap] SW: Right. [gap] LW: Sailors' bluff. It's in the past and I want it to stay that way. For him. SW: And if it won't? LW: What do you have running through that . . . head of yours? SW: Chris is a man. He is 24 years old and you can't keep going on . . . [gap] [Martin Peyton is talking with Elliot as Allison comes in the General Store.] EC: Well, Hello, Allison. AM: Go ahead, Mr. Peyton. Please finish what you were saying. Mr. Peyton. EC: Allison, don't. AM: No. I'd like to hear what Mr. Peyton has to say. MP: I don't think my grandson is ready for marriage. To you or to any other girl. AM: You may be right. MP: There. AM: You may be right in your judgment about whether we're ready. But I don't think you have any right to force that judgment on anybody else. MP: That may be your opinion, young lady. AM: It is my opinion. It is also my opinion . . . EC: Allison. AM: It is also my opinion that you have no right to express yours. You don't have to talk to my grand father or father or my mother. AM: If you have something to say, you can say it to Rodney and me. AM: We'd listen to you. MP: Good then . . . AM: We'd listen to you. And then we'd make up our own minds. [Allison Leaves.] MP: Well, the girl has some spirit. EC: I'm glad you realize that. MP: [Very pleasantly] Good day, Mr. Carson. [Peyton leaves.] EC: There goes the power and the pride of Peyton Place. Do you think he really means what he says or he's just spoiling for a fight? Eli: Well, If he's spoiling for one, Allison certainly gave him a battle. EC: Huh, huh, huh. She gave him a good fight, didn't she? Eli: She sure did. [Reviewer's tape has gaps caused by clouds.] Episode 220, scene 1 HOME