PEYTON PLACE Episode 74. 06-01-65 Kim Schuster runs away. WA: Tragedy has been a frequent guest at the Harrington house, now the Schuster house. Tonight, tragedy arrives for the unsuspecting Schusters, for their child, Kim, sensitive and intelligent but deaf since birth, flees the intolerable lonliness of a new house and a new town. MEL: Kim Schuster runs away. Rita decides that she wants to be part of the crowd. Intro: Peyton mansion. David and Doris are looking for Kim. Kim is seen hiding. The Schusters first search the house. Scene 1: David Schuster goes downstairs. Shuster gets his coat from the downstairs foyer closet. Doris finds Kim's pajamas. He tells Doris to stay there in the house while he goes outside to search. David reminds her that it was Doris' idea to come to Peyton Place. Scene 2: Dr. Claire and Dr. Michael are having an intimate dinner at the Colonial Post Inn. Rossi asks Claire why she didn't accept her father's offer to work in the hospital. This annoys Claire and she gets up to leave. Rossi asks her not to leave. Rossi is told he has a phone call. Matthew Swain is calling from the police station to tell him that Kim is missing. Matthew asks Rossi to stand by in case Kim is found so he can check on her. Scene 3: Police Sgt. Edward Goddard is talking on the phone in the squad room of the Peyton Place Town Hall jail. He hands the phone to Matthew Swain. Kim has disappeared. The phone is then handed to David Schuster. A Teletype® machine is heard in the background. Matthew tries to re-assure Schuster that this is not a dangerous area. Dr. Rossi comes into the squad room and offers to drive Schuster around. Schuster speaks to Goddard and leaves with Dr. Rossi. Scene 4: Claire comes home and talks with her mother Grace. [The Morton house has a double front door.] An air-mail special delivery letter has come. Claire folds the envelope and puts it in her pocket. Grace mentions that Robert offered Claire a place on the staff of Doctors Hospital. And that she refused it. Grace says that the hospital needs another doctor. Claire says she is not ready for it. Ahe says that she turned the job down because she likes Dr. Rossi too much. Claire says that she is lonely, but she is married. Scene 5: In Boston, Elliot and Constance go into their hotel room. Elliot starts complaining about his scalped $35.00 theater tickets. Constance says that she has really enjoyed the extra day, the dinner, and the show. She re-assures Elliot that the $35.00 wasn't wasted. Scene 6: In the apartment over the Pharmacy, the teens are continuing the housewarming-painting party. Rita and Allison have a chat. Rita is uncomfortable because Allison is Norman's date and Rita knows only Norman. Rodney talks with Abby Chapman. Allison asks Rodney to talk with Rita. Allison leaves. Rodney offers to help Rita. One of the girls notices a police car down stairs. She says that there must have been an accident. Rita calls the police station because Norman is gone. She is told that Kim Schuster is missing. Scene 7: Rossi drives David Schuster around looking for Kim. Schuster tells Rossi that Kim is totally deaf. He mentions the Wade School in New York City. Rossi responds that he is familiar with the Wade school, that he is from New York City. Schuster says that Kim was happy at the Wade school. She learned how to lip read quite well. Scene 8: Allison searches on the wharf. She hears something from a boat and goes b'low to find Kim trying to talk to her doll. Kim says, "I hate you." Allison watches. Kim says, "I hate mommy." Allison goes over to Kim and tells her not to be frightened. Allison tells Kim that she wants to be her friend. Kim breaks away and tries to run. Allison snares Kim and tells her that she is going to take her home. Scene 9: Meanwhile, back at the mansion, Doris is waiting in the livingroom by the fireplace. She goes over to the front window and looks out. Norman shows up at the front door. His shadow is seen on the window by the door. Norman scares the bejeebers out of Doris. Doris announces that she is going to call the police. Norman doesn't respond. Preview: Betty talks with Julie. Jerry Bedford talks with Claire. Rodney talks with Allison. BA: You're still young. Are you just going to wait for daddy? JA: Betty, whatever happens to your father, I am going to go on living. JB: That's why I've always envied you. You knew what you wanted from the first. You never let anything sidetrack you. CM: Jerry, I'm here because I'm not only side tracked, I'm derailed. RH: Why did you go down to the schooner? AM: Seemed like a good place to think. RH: Think about what? AM: About everything. RH: Me included? Amy Warren, New York City deaf teenaged student, tutor, and friend of Kim Schuster. PREV HOME NEXT