PEYTON PLACE
Episode 3.
09-22-64
Betty Anderson confides in Dr. Rossi that she may be pregnant.
WA: On a sunny morning almost 300 years ago, a young woman was
drummed across this square to do public penance in the
Pillory. Afterward they shaved her head and sent her out
of town, forever. Like every girl in today's Peyton Place,
Betty Anderson has heard this story many times. Knowing it
didn't stop her from giving her love.
Intro: The Peyton Place Pharmacy, the 4-story building behind it,
and the east end of the square. Betty Anderson walks
across the street from the direction of the Colonial Post
Inn and stops in front of the Pillory. She reads the
plaque:
PEYTON PLACE
HISTORICAL MARKER
PILLORY
PLACE OF PUBLIC PUNISHMENT
1650-1700.
Allison walks up to Betty.
[Good camera view from the east of the square in front of
the Peyton Place Banking & Trust Co. building. The Peyton
Place Fire Station, however, is obscured by the bandstand.]
Written by Franklin Barton
Directed by Ted Post
Scene 1: Allison and Betty talk about the sinful women who were locked
in the Pillory. [However, no witches were ever burned in
Peyton Place.] Betty asks Allison why they keep the Pillory
there. Allison allows that it is for the visitors. [The wrist
clamps on the Pillory are so large they wouldn't hold anyone
who was smaller than André-the-Giant. They probably had
been enlarged to comply with OSHA standards.] Allison is a
17-year-old high school senior and Betty is three years older
and has already quit school. Betty and Allison say their
goodbyes and trudge off in opposite directions. Allison toward
the Inn, and Betty toward the Peyton Professional Building.
Rodney drives up in his convertible and toots his horn at
the lovely Allison. He asks if he can drive her to school.
After some banter and discussion, she and her plethora of
books get in. Rodney talks about the date they are
scheduled to have Friday night. Rodney assures her that
his thing with Betty is over. Rodney and Allison drive off
toward Peyton High School. [Allison usually takes the
municipal bus, which makes a loop around the square
occasionally. Peyton Place also has at least one school
bus. It was used in the trial of Rodney Harrington to
transport the jury to the wharf to see where Joe Chernak
assumed ambient temperature. See episode 186.]
Scene 2: In his office in the Peyton Professional Building over the
Clarion, Dr. Rossi is examining Betty. He asks her if she
was ever treated by Dr. Donald Brooks. She tells him that
Dr. Brooks took care of her childhood diseases. He says he
will try to find her records. Betty tells the doctor about
the Pillory and informs him that she believes that she may be
pregnant. Rossi tries to comfort her by telling her that
this sort of thing has happened before. [This is not of great
comfort to Betty.]
Laura Brooks drives past the courthouse and the fire station
and parks across the street from the Book Gallery and goes in
the Peyton Professional Building. The double doors of this
building provide the extrance to the Clarion newspaper office
and the stairs up to Dr. Rossi's office [and presumably other
professional offices]. Laura comes in Rossi's office and is
asked to locate Betty Anderson's medical records. She asks if
she will be needed and Rossi says not yet. Betty is disturbed
that Laura is there because she doesn't want the whole town to
know about her pregnancy. Betty makes a quick exit. Rossi
looks at a chart.
Laura comes back in the inner office and begins going through
some papers. Rossi asks her if she has made up her mind about
staying on as his secretary. She says she will stay as long as
he needs her. She informs the doctor that he has two house
calls, and that she will drive him until he knows his way
around. [She leaves by train in episode 36 and goes to Europe
including Paris and to several cities in Switzerland.]
Dr. Rossi and Laura Brooks walk out to her convertible and get
in. The entrance to the Peyton Professional Building is only a
block from the side entrance to Doctors hospital.
Scene 3: Matthew Swain comes out of the Clarion office and walks down
the street to the Book Gallery to visit with Constance. He
returns a book and allows that he wouldn't recommend it for
children. He opines about his feelings about censorship. He
observes that Constance looks tired. Matthew asks if Dr. Rossi
has been back to visit with her. Matthew tells Constance that
she should see Dr. Rossi. A lady named Frances takes a book
out on rental and leaves. Matthew observes that Allison is
almost 18. Matthew tells Constance that she should tell
Allison the circumstances of her birth. Constance says that
she can't.
Scene 4: A man is polishing the Peyton Mills bronze plaque as Catherine
Peyton Harrington drives up. She drops in to see her husband,
Leslie, before heading off to Boston to see an art exhibit and
to visit her ageing father, Martin Peyton. Julie is typing on
a mechanical [non-electrical] typewriter. Catherine gives
Leslie's secretary, Julie Anderson, a dirty look and walks
right in. Leslie asks her to sign some papers, and gives her
some other papers to take to Boston for Martin Peyton to sign.
Laura says she will be back in time for dinner. [Boston is
only 90 miles south of Peyton Place.] She leaves the inner
office, speaks to Julie, and departs.
Scene 5: As soon as Catherine leaves, Julie goes into Leslie's office
and insists on knowing why Rodney has ditched her daughter,
Betty. Leslie explains to her that their indiscretion, the
night that Dr. Rossi arrived in town, is to blame. However,
he doesn't seem at all broken up that Rodney has dumped Betty.
Betty uses the term "break off" and Allison uses the term
"break up." [In the area of the country where your reviewer
is from, the term in common use is "break up."]
Scene 6: At Peyton College, Rodney comes out of the Humanities Building
and is called to by Betty Anderson. He asks Betty what she is
doing there. She insists that they really have to talk. Betty
assures Rodney that she loves him. Rodney tells her that it
won't work. Rodney tries to get away but Betty continues to
pursue him. He says that he needs time to think about things.
He offers to drive her home or take her to town.
Scene 7: Laura Brooks drives Dr. Rossi past the fire station and parks
on the square. Constance sees them just outside her store
window. Laura had offered to drive the new doctor on his
rounds until he learns the town.
Later that day, Betty confronts Rodney at Peyton College. She
tells him that she is hurt and confused and can not understand
why he is treating her the way he is. Rodney refuses to
explain the reasons and the cause for their split. Betty asks
Rodney point blank why he has ditched her, but Rodney won't
illuminate her.
Scene 8: Dr. Rossi goes in the Book Gallery and asks for post cards. He
selects one with a picture of a covered bridge. Constance
tells him that the bridge is not far outside of town. He asks
her if she likes playing games. He recounts his recollection
of Allison's birth in a ward in Belleview Hospital in New York
City. He mentions that he suggested that Allison be named
after his own mother, Alicia. He remembers her from the New
York hospital where he had been an intern 18 years ago. Rossi
opines that Constance must wish that he had never come to town.
Scene 9: Allison arrives home and cuts some flowers from the front
yard. She goes in and talks with Mrs. Salazar, who is in the
kitchen finishing up her work and preparing to leave. Allison
says she wishes that Mrs. Salazar could come there every day.
[This establishes that Constance can afford a part-time maid
and cook.] Allison sets the kitchen table starting with the
flowers. She adds two candles. Allison is putting the
silverware on the table as Constance comes in. Constance
apologizes for being late. Allison mentions that the
Harringtons always dine by candlelight. The telephone rings
and Allison goes to the livingroom to answer it. Rodney has
called to ask what kind of flowers she likes. They talk for a
short while. [The Mackenzies apparently have only one black
telephone. Later after Elliot Carson returns to town and moves
in, a telephone is seen upstairs.]
Scene 10: In the Harrington mansion, Rodney and Norman are talking.
Rodney informs Norman that he has a date with Allison. Norman
asks Rodney about Betty. Rodney tells Norman that it is over
with Betty.
Scene 11: Back in the Mackenzie kitchen, Allison lights a candle and says
grace:
Heavenly Father we give thee thanks,
For our daily bread,
And for each other.
We thank thee for the ties,
That bind us together. Amen.
Preview: Betty Anderson talks with her mother. George Anderson talks
with Julie.
BA: I ran out of Dr. Rossi's office.
JA: Did you see Dr. Rossi?
BA: I didn't stay, I couldn't.
GA: Okay, sweetheart, lay it right on the line for George.
You tell George. You tell me.
JA: George, please.
GA: You tell me just exactly what's going on around here.
JA: George, stop it.
Mrs. Salazar is played by Naomi Stevens
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