PEYTON PLACE Episode 176. 02-01-66 Gus breaks into the Peyton mansion. WA: Night has come to Doctors Hospital. And for Gus Chernak, an urgent mission has begun, a matter of life and death. In the balance, revenge against Martin Peyton. Revenge for the life he has lived and for the death of his son. Intro: Gus slipping out of Doctors Hospital. [Repeat of a scene in the previous episode.] Scene 1: Steven drives up to the Peyton house, he rings the chimes, and Betty lets him in. Peyton asks Betty to turn off the music. Betty is in her coat, ready to go out with Steven for the evening. The old man pontificates that music should never be used as a background. It dishonors both the composer and the company. Peyton tells Steven to sit down and take off his coat. He says that Norman has some of Catherine's charm. Betty fusses at Peyton about Rita and Norman. Peyton tells them about Gus Chernak breaking into the machine shop the previous evening. They bid him a good night and go out. Peyton turns the record player back on and gets a cigar. Scene 2: At the rear of the Peyton mansion, Gus Chernak breaks in. He finds a bottle of booze and takes a drink. In the background, Peyton is heard talking to Steven and Betty. Gus comes in the living room and turns off the record player. He makes threatening gestures toward Martin Peyton. He takes one of Peyton's cigars. Peyton tells him to get out. Chernak and Peyton fuss at each other. Chernak picks up Peyton's cane and starts to hit the old man, but he collapses. Peyton can only look on in shock. Scene 3: In the Carson beach house, Dr. Rossi is lighting a fire in the fireplace. He phones Stella's mother, Anna Chernak, and asks to speak with Stella. He is told that Stella isn't home. Stella soon arrives at Rossi's door carrying two sacks of groceries. Rossi has the fireplace poker in his hand. It appears that they are in a dating mood. She lights the fire and he calls her a witch. She takes this as a compliment. Scene 4: At the Inn, Leslie Harrington is reading the Clarion, as his son, Rodney, knocks at the door. Rodney says that he is his father's new neighbor. Leslie laments Norman's marriage. They soon bgin to quarrel about Norman and Rita. Leslie assures Rodney that he wont go to prison. Rodney leaves. Scene 5: Still at the Inn, Rodney encounters Betty, and inquires where Steven is. He talks to her about Lawrence, the private detective in California that Steven hired to check up on Stella. He tells her about fussing with Peyton about Norman and Rita. Betty says she had a similar fuss with Peyton. Scene 6: Back at the beach house, Rossi and Stella have been eating, drinking, and talking as the phone rings. It is the police. Rossi is told of Gus' incident. Rossi says he will get in touch with Stella and get over to the Peyton house as quickly as possible. Rossi explains to Stella that her father has been injured at the Peyton house. Scene 7: Rossi and Stella arrive at the Peyton house and she pounds impatiently on the front door. Preview: Rossi talks to Stella. Steven talks to Leslie. Stella raises her voice to the paramedic. MR: You keep those promises. You hold tight to those lies. SC: I never should have trusted you. SC: They, the Peyton-Harrington combine, killed his son. LH: Now wait a minute, Steven. SC: And they, the Peyton-Harrington combine, fired him for saying so. SC: Give him the oxygen. Give him the oxygen. Det. Lawrence-Bert Remsen. Anna Chernak on the phone. Oxygen. Paramedics are now called Emergency Medical Technicians. PREV HOME NEXT