PEYTON PLACE Episode 5. 09-29-64 Julie Anderson falls down the stairs. WA: This is the Anderson house. Julie Anderson has fallen down a flight of stairs, her husband reports. And Dr. Michael Rossi is making his first emergency call in Peyton Place. Intro: Dr. Rossi drives up to the Anderson house. The GEO. ANDERSON mailbox is visible. Written by Franklin Barton Directed by Walter Doniger Scene 1: George Anderson lets the doctor in, calling him Russo. Dr. Rossi corrects him. [In episode 3, Catherine Marie Peyton Harrington calls him Rosey. He makes fun of his own name in episode 439 when calling on Marsha Russell.] George tells Dr. Rossi that he had carried Julie upstairs, that he couldn't just leave her on the floor. Rossi tells him that he shouldn't have moved Julie. Betty comes in and is introduced to Dr. Rossi. Rossi goes upstairs. Betty noticed Rossi's car outside and George tells her that Julie will be okay. He downplays the extent of Julie's injuries. Betty tells her father that Rodney broke off with her. George tells Betty, she's much too good for Rodney. Dr. Rossi comes down the stairs and tells George that he has given Julie a sedagive and that George should bring her to his office tomorrow. George introduces Rossi to his daughter, Betty. [They are already acquainted.] George complains about all the bad luck that he has had lately. Rossi is annoyed and points out that it was Julie, not George, who fell down the stairs. Scene 2: In the Book Gallery, Constance is endeavoring to make a sale to Catherine Peyton Harrington. George Anderson comes in whistling and looking for something funny to give to Julie. Constance angers George by trying to sell him a novel. He eventually purchases a book entitled "Sophisticates". George complains to Catherine that Rodney dumped his daughter, Betty. Catherine doesn't seem at all disturbed by this news and is rather catty to George, as is her custom. Scene 3: In his office, in the Peyton Professional Building, above the Peyton Place Clarion, Dr. Rossi is talking with Julie Anderson. [The Peyton Professional Building provides the outside entrance to the Clarion newspaper office and the professional offices upstairs.] He shows Julie an x-ray of her hands. [This seems to be a inconsistency because there is no indication of an x-ray machine in his office and he hasn't checked in with the hospital yet.] They talk about Betty. Rossi asks Julie if she thinks that George needs help. She tells him that George is angry. Rossi assures Julie that he wants to help the Anderson family in any way he can. Scene 4: George is waiting outside on the street as Julie leaves the Peyton Professional Building. George gives Julie the "Sophisticates" book that he just bought for her from Constance. Scene 5: Still in his office, Dr. Rossi talks to Laura Brooks, the widow of Dr. Donald Brooks, the doctor he replaced, and who is now working as his secretary. Rossi opens a letter from Dr. Carl Landau and reads: Michael, what are you doing in a provincial outpost like that Peyton Place? Rossi makes a reference to the perversity of computer punch cards. Scene 6: Allison rushes down the street and runs into Dr. Rossi coming out of the Peyton Professional Building. Allison excuses herself. They chat briefly. Scene 7: Dr. Rossi goes into the Book Gallery, ostensibly to get some post cards. He is really there to talk with Constance. He asks her why she came to his office, to talk. Constance is rather evasive. Rossi tells her he doesn't want her to try to shut him out of her life. Scene 8: In her upstairs bedroom, lying on her back in bed, with her long blond hair flowing, Allison is listening to a long-play (LP) album of "Romeo and Juliet," and reading as the telephone rings. She runs downstairs to the livingroom to answer it. [Back in those days, most middle-class families had only one telephone. Her friend, Abby Chapman, has called to talk about Rodney Harrington. [Only Allison's side of the conversation is shown and heard.] Allison says she's going on a second date with Rodney, probably to the Shoreline Cafe teen hangout. Constance comes in the front door so Allison ends the call. Scene 9: Leslie Harrington comes home to the mansion as Rodney is preparing for his date with Allison. Upstairs, they discuss the other evening when Rodney went up to Leslie's office and saw Leslie kissing Julie, Betty Anderson's mother. Rodney asks Leslie, "Why did you have to pick on the mother of the girl I was going out with." Rodney informs Leslie that Betty's father, George Anderson, has just driven up. Leslie goes downstairs. Norman asks Rodney what is bothering him. Rodney tells Norman that George has come over to talk to their father, that George is back from a sales trip. Norman tells Rodney that he overheard about Leslie kissing Julie. In the livingroom, Leslie wants to talk about business, but George wants to talk about his daughter, Betty, and his wife, Julie. They talk about the old school days and about Julie's accident, that she fell down the stairs. George asks Leslie to put off the Detroit-Cleveland sales trip for a few days. George tells Leslie that he would like to take Julie with him on the trip. Leslie says that he needs Julie in the office. George says, "I need her, too, Leslie." Leslie says that he will think it over. From their upstairs window, Rodney and Norman have observed George Anderson and their father. Preview: In their bedroom in the mansion, Rodney and Norman talk about Allison. At the Shoreline Cafe teen hangout, Norman asks Allison if he can do anything to help. RH: You tell me about Allison Mackenzie. I'll tell you, Norm. She's a girl. She's a very healthy good looking American small town girl. You put her on a pedestal, Norm. NH: And you're going to take her down? NH: Can I do something? AM: No. Just leave me alone. Dr. Carl Landau-only mentioned. PREV HOME NEXT