PEYTON PLACE
Episode 60.
04-13-65
Rossi operates on Elliot for the gunshot wound.
WA: An ambulance speeds through Peyton Place on its way to the
Harrington House. Dr. Michael Rossi only knows there has been
a shooting. He doesn't know the cause or the victim.
Intro: The square, late evening. Allison and Rodney are outside in
front of the Clarion. Paul Hanley and Norman Harrington are on
the square also. They hear the sirens. The ambulance drives
by the front of the Clarion. Dr. Rossi is in the passenger
seat of the ambulance. The ambulance pulls up in front of the
iron gate of the mansion.
Scene 1: At the Harrington house, Dr. Rossi, carrying his bag, and the
driver, open and go through the iron gate. Rossi knocks and
is let in by police sergeant Edward "Ed" Goddard. There is only
one police officer present. Elliot is lying on the floor. Dr.
Rossi examines Elliot and says the bullet in apparently still
in Elliot's lung. Rossi tells the ambulance driver to call the
hospital to get things ready for an operation and to call Dr.
Morton who will be needed to help, and the x-ray technician.
Rossi tells the sergeant to call Dr. Kessler at Greenvale
sanitarium in Green Valley, Massachusetts. Leslie Harrington
tells Dr. Rossi his version of what happened. Leslie tells the
sergeant that he will come in tomorrow. The sergeant wants some
information right now. Leslie tells him that he has a permit for
the gun.
Matthew Swain comes in and greets Leslie and the sergeant.
Leslie calls him Joe. But he is actually Edward "Ed"
Goddard. He is the same police officer who collects money for
the gun license for Ada Jacks later in the series. Sgt.
Goddard leaves. Matthew wants to know what Elliot Carson was
doing there.
Scene 2: Driving in Paul's British sports car, Paul and Norman continue
their talk. Norman thinks it strange how Paul shows up when he
is needed. At the Pillory and also now. Paul says that Norman
will start thinking of Paul as his "guardian angel." [This is
not a reference to Curtis Sliwa.] Norman comments on the
ambulance. Paul is driving Norman home to the Harrington
mansion.
Scene 3: Back at the Harrington house, Leslie continues to talk with
Matthew Swain. Leslie says he was fighting to hold onto the
mill for his sons. Norman comes in and asks "what's up?" Leslie
asks if Rodney is with him. Leslie recalls that Matthew was
once his very good friend. Matthew observes that Lucifer was
once an angel.
Matthew goes outside to the gates. Paul talks to Matthew.
Matthew tells Paul that he knows Paul caused the trouble that
resulted in Elliot's being shot. Matthew says he knows about
Elizabeth's diary.
Scene 4: In the hospital, at the information desk, miss Choate tells
Betty to stay on the desk. They will need miss Thompson in OR.
A moment later, Rossi walks up and tells Betty she can go home.
He tells Frank, the EMT who was in the ambulance, to take over
the desk, for Betty, until miss Choate can send for someone.
Constance comes in speaks to Betty who is leaving and is told by
the EMT that Elliot is still alive. Elliot is wheeled down the
hall toward the operating room. Dr. Morton comes in and
Constance calls to him. He excuses himself to go to the
operation room.
Scene 5: In the operating room, Rossi prepares to operate on Elliot.
Nurse Choate is assisting. Rossi says, "It is lodged behind
the heart, right next to the aorta."
Scene 6: Rodney drives Allison home after their study date at the
library. Rodney says he enjoyed it and wants to do it again.
Allison agrees to do it again the next night. Allison finds it
strange that Constance is not home. The telephone is heard
ringing inside. Rodney says, "Let it ring." They go in and
Allison picks up the phone, but it is too late.
Rodney leaves. Paul standing outside the gate meets Rodney
coming out of the Mackenzie house. Paul tells Rodney that he
had better go home, that George Anderson had tried to shoot his
father. Rodney goes to his car, gets in, and drives off.
Paul goes to the front door and knocks and is admitted by
Allison. Paul allows that he has never been there before. Paul
says that it is just as he pictured it, neat and virtuous.
Allison asks why he came. Paul is evasive. He asks about the
photo of Mr. Mackenzie on the mantel. They have a long talk.
Paul allows that Mackenzie is a Scottish name. He says that
there is trouble in the glen. Paul tells Allison the story of
Billy Budd. Paul finally tells her that Elliot Carson has been
shot and that Constance is at the hospital. He offers to drive
her to the hospital.
Scene 7: [Continuation of scene 5] In the operating room, Dr. Rossi,
assisted by Dr. Robert Morton, begins to operate on Elliot
Carson.
Scene 8: Matthew Swain comes in the waiting room of the hospital, and
talks with Constance.
Scene 9: In the livingroom of the Harrington mansion, Norman and Rodney
talk with their father. Rodney asks Leslie why George would try
to kill him. Leslie says that George is a very sick man.
Leslis says that he is going into town. Rodney offers to go
with him. Leslie thanks him but declines the offer.
Scene 10: Allison comes in the reception room and speaks to her mother.
Matthew Swain is with her.
Scene 11: Dr. Morton asks Rossi if he can see the slug yet. Rossi says
it is up against the wall of the aorta. Dr. Rossi retrieves
the slug and then drops it in a stainless steel vessel. Dr.
Rossi says that the slug was fragmented and that there is still
a piece imbedded in the wall of the aorta.
Preview: Allison talks to Constance. Rodney talks to Matthew Swain.
Leslie talks to Paul Hanley.
AM: Maybe the special thing about him is that he isn't really
special at all. That what we saw wasn't really what he
was. Maybe that's true of all of us.
RH: You talked to my father after the shooting. What really
happened, Mr. Swain.
MS: Why are you asking me?
RH: He is holding something back.
LH: If the town finds out you goaded George into doing this.
PH: Are you going to tell them? Think what the town would do
to the man who killed Carson's wife and let him go to
prison.
MEL: Evidently, at that point in time, a gun permit and a gun
license were required in Massachusetts.
Ambulance driver
Lucifer was once an angel-Matthew Swain
Miss Thordson (in OR)-only mentioned.
Dr. Frank takes over the desk.
Sgt. Edward "Ed" Goddard-Garry Walberg. [For some unexplained reason,
Leslie called him "Joe."]
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