PEYTON PLACE Episode 120. 09-24-65 Rodney Harrington is arrested. WA: There are moments in people's lives so shocking, so filled with anguish and emotion, that they become milestones. Such a moment has occurred in the Schuster house only a short while ago. And as a result the lives and future of Doris and David Schuster will be strongly affected by it. For Doris, the moment when her daughter, Kim, broke her long silence marked the beginning of a new experience. One which she will not be able to share with David. Intro: Residential scenes in Peyton Place. Allison is sitting at the foot of the stairs in the Schuster house. Written by Lionel E. Siegel and Rita Lakin. Directed by Ted Post. Scene 1: Allison is tending Kim. Doris tells David that Kim's first word was about Joe Chernak. Allison tells Schuster that Rodney could not kill Joe Chernak. David says, "What a nightmare." Doris says that Kim is just a child. Doris doesn't want anybody else asking Kim questions. Scene 2: In Doctors Hospital, Rossi talks with Gus and Betty. Rossi tells Gus that they have to get the release signed before Joe can be released. Rossi offers to help Gus take care of the arrangements. Gus talks about bringing Joe home from the hospital when he was born. And handing out cigars. Rossi tries to calm Gus. Gus complains about Leslie climbing to the top by marrying Peyton's daughter. They got away with murder once. They won't get away with murder again. Scene 3: Stella goes into the pharmacy to get Anna's prescription filled. Rita tells Stella that Mr. Courtney stepped out for just a moment. She offers Stella a cup of coffee. Stella apologizes about the way she acted last night. Stella gives Mr. Courtney a prescription for her mother. Steven comes in and talks with Stella. He asks of Anna. Stella say that if people had cared as much for Joey when he was alive as they seem to for Anna now, that Joey would still be alive. She mentions that she went to Harvard. Mr. Courtney tells Stella that her prescription is ready. Stella pays and leaves. Scene 4: Ada goes in to visit Constance and thanks her for talking with Rita. Rita likes Allison. Constance tells Ada that Allison put a bucket full of frogs in the bass drum when whe was 13. Norman was 14. Ada says that she can't stop Rita from hurting herself. A man comes in and says that he is interested in Kenner's book on Samuel Beckett's Contribution to the Avant Guard Theater Movement. Constance directs him to a bookshelf. He thanks her. [One can't accuse Constance of being a pushy salesperson.] [Allison mentions frogs to Norman in episode 158]. Scene 5: In the Chernak house, Stella tells Gus that she paid him back for all the money he gave her to go to college. Joey didn't even finish high school. Joey didn't mind that Gus gave Stella all his savings. There is a knock at the door. Sgt. Edward Goddard introduces D.A. John Fowler, Jr. to Stella. Gus comes in. Stella introduces Sgt. Goddard and Fowler to her father. John asks Stella about Joe's relationship to Rodney, Norman, and Rita. Stella says that Rodney Harrington hated her brother. John says that he is neither an english teacher or a head hunter. Gus says that Stella knows. Stella says that Rodney threatened to kill Joey. Scene 6: Schuster is waiting in the police room in the Peyton County Town Hall as Fowler and Goddard come in. He tells Fowler that his daughter says that she saw Rodney fight. She said that she saw Joe Chernak fall. Scene 7: Allison runs up to the apartment to see Rodney and hugs him. He calls her "Princess." She said that she went to the Schusters. She asked the Schusters to let her talk with Kim. Kim said that Rodney threw something at Joe and that made Joe fall. Allison said that she came to the apartment. The door was unlocked so she came in. Rodney asks Allison to take a walk with him. Rodney complains that Norman doesn't lock the door. That some day he will come home and find the whole apartment wiped out. Whoever takes it, deserves it. Rodney and Allison walk down the stairs from the apartment. They cross the square to the door of the bank building, where the law office is. Police Sgt. Edward Goddard walks up, puts his thumbs in his own belt, and arrests Rodney for the murder of Joe Chernak. Preview: Leslie talks with John Fowler. Allison talks to Constance. Betty needles and accuses Steven. LH: I was only asking Judge Webber to clarify the decision to dis-allow bail for Rodney. JF: There's nothing personal, Mr. Harrington. It's simply a matter of due process. LH: But it seems a little harsh. AM: I did, I did doubt in what you are thinking, may have killed Joe Chernak. Do you still think so? SC: Betty. BA: Steven, you must have some opinion of it. SC: You are trying to needle me. BA: You'd like it if Rodney really had murdered Chernak, wouldn't you? Judge Charles E. Webber-Gene O'Donnell. Constance tells Ada about Allison putting a bucket of frogs in the bass drum. PREV HOME NEXT