PEYTON PLACE
Episode 90.
07-15-65
Steven Cord visits his mother, Hannah Cord.
WA: In Boston, the rain which is lashing Peyton Place, beats down
on the house of Martin Peyton. The house occupied now only by
his housekeeper, Hannah Cord.
Intro: Hannah Cord is walking around in the town house of Martin
Peyton. Steven Cord is talking on the phone.
Scene 1: On the phone from the Boston house of Martin Peyton, Steven
tells Theodore Dowell that he will be back on the bus tonight.
[Steven apparently hasn't bought a car yet.] Steven tells
Hannah that the Peyton house will eventually be called the Cord
house.
Scene 2: Still in Boston, Steven Cord gets on an Interstate Bus headed
for Peyton Place. Dr. Vincent Markham gets on the same bus.
Steven sits by Markham and introduces himself. Steven tries
somewhat unsuccessfully to strike up a conversation.
Scene 3: Norman opens a shade in the residential area back of the
Tavern. He talks with Rita. He tells her it might "rain for
40 days and 40 nights." Ada comes in. Norman greets her and
leaves. Ada tells Rita that she should go off to school.
Scene 4: Rodney and Norman talk in the apartment. Rodney tells Norman
that he told Joe off, but he doesn't know if that's going to
keep him off.
Scene 5: Steven talks with Dr. Markham. Markham doesn't talk much.
Steven says he is going only to Peyton Place. The Interstate
Bus tries to pass a car, swerves to avoid a head-on collision
with a car, and crashes. Dr. Vincent Markham's head strikes
the window on the left side of the bus. He is injured rather
badly. Steven Cord is injured only slightly.
Scene 6: At the Information Desk, Betty and miss Choate talk about the
bus accident. Miss Choate tells an orderly to get some cots
set up.
Scene 7: At the Morton house, Mrs. Grace Morton tells the doctor that
Claire has disappeared. The phone rings and Betty informs Dr.
Robert Morton about the bus accident. He tells Grace to tell
Claire to get over to the hospital as soon as she calls in or
comes home. He leaves immediately apparently for the hospital.
Scene 8: At the beach house, Rossi is surprised by Dr. Claire Morton who
has been out walking in the rain. He offers to drive her home.
She says that she isn't ready to go home. Rossi stokes the
fire. Rossi kisses Claire. She doesn't resist. The lights in
the cabin go off. Rossi opines that the power lines must have
gone down. He gets a kerosene lamp and lights it. Dr. Robert
Morton shows up at the door. He tells Dr. Rossi there has been
a bus accident and that that he and Claire are both needed at
the hospital.
Preview: Rossi is holding Dr. Markham as Markham starts to speak.
Markham collapses. Rossi speaks to Claire. Constance talks to
Eli. Doris shouts at David, and David slaps her.
KM: Ha. It really . . .
MR: Claire, get an orderly.
CM: For 18 years I kept life outside that door. And I married
Elliot and he brought it all in with him. Just can't
get used to that son of yours.
Doris: You keep blaming me for your own rotten guilt because
Kim was born deaf. [Slap].
Steven Cord-James Douglas
Hannah Cord-Ruth Warrick [Citizen Kane, All My Children].
Dr. Vincent Markham-Leslie Nielsen [Mr. Magoo].
Grace Morton-Edith Atwater, real-life wife of Kent Smith, Dr. Robert
Morton.
Hannah slaps Steven.
Dr. Rossi kisses Claire Morton.
[It is revealed later in the series that Catherine Peyton was Steven
Cord's mother, and that Hannah was pressured by Peyton to be put on
the birth certificate as his mother.]
We learn later that Vincent Markham has a twin brother. And later on a
child welfare worker consults a local baby doctor, also named Markham.
David slaps Doris.
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