PEYTON PLACE Episode 192. 03-10-66 The jury eats dinner at the Colonial Post Inn. WA: Rodney Harrington's trial for the murder of Joe Chernak ended this afternoon. Now the burden of weighing the evidence, the burden of deciding guilt or innocence, rests with the jury. It weighs heavily upon them, even now, as they interrupt their deliberations for dinner. Intro: The square. People entering the Colonial Post Inn. Scene 1: Steven and Betty are seated by the Colonial Post Inn hostess. They eat dinner and talk about the trial. Ralph, the bailiff, and the jurors are also there. Betty says that Steven has been awfully quiet since they left the Peyton house. Betty asks Steven about his mother and if he is Martin Peyton's son. Scene 2: Back at the courthouse, Ralph, the bailiff, excorts the jury back to jury room B. A spectator asks a juror how many votes have been taken. Ralph admonishes him. Scene 3: Eli and Elliot talk. Elliot says that all he needs is a reasonable doubt. Elliot says that Fowler's father was a tougher lawyer. Scene 4: Allison sits in a rocking chair talking to her mother. [This is very funny in fast forward.] Constance asks Allison if it is all right with her to turn on the light. Allison declines. Mother and daughter talk at length. Allison asks her mother if she likes her hair short. Allison knows that she doesn't. Scene 5: In the corridor of the courthouse, Betty stands and waits. Leslie and Rodney walk up. They all speak. Then Leslie and Rodney talk. Rodney wants to know what Leslie and Martin had talked about. Leslie is quite reluctant to tell Rodney about the strange deal he that made with Peyton. Scene 6: Norman and Rita walk on the wharf. A large block-and-tackle with a large hook are in the foreground. They smooch and Dr. Rossi sees them smooching, gets out of his car and walks over. He had been delivering a bouncing baby boy. He asks if there is any news from the jury. There isn't. Rossi offers to treat them to a mug of nice warm cider. They are walking as they notice Stella Chernak in a phone booth. Norman asks Rita and then Rossi, "Don't the Chernaks have a phone?" They go into the Cider barrel. Scene 7: Stella is on the wharf, calling the courthouse, from a phone booth to inquire if a verdict has been reached. She goes into the Cider Barrel and glares at and speaks to Dr. Rossi, Norman and Rita Harrington. She tells Charlie, "I came in because there were so many friendly and familiar faces." She speaks to no one in particular about the Harringtons and about the fact that the jury has not reached a verdict. Norman gets up and tells Stella to get out. She obliges. Scene 8: At the apartment, Rodney and Norman are wrestling. Rodney has Norman rolled up in a rug. Norman gets a leg hold on Rodney. Rodney gets a full nelson on Norman. Norman gives up. Steven comes in and breaks it up with news there is a verdict. They should make themselves presentable. [Refer to a dictionary for definitions of full nelson and half nelson. Nelson is not capitalized]. Preview: Betty complains to Dr. Rossi. John Fowler talks to Elliot. Judge Irwin A. Jessup asks for the verdict. BA: I'm going to hurt her, doctor. I'm going to hurt her in some terrible way, the way she hurt Rod. JF: How about a compaign to get rid of John Fowler, the District Attorney who covered up for his wife. Go ahead, print it. JJ: Will the defendant please rise. Mr. Foreman, will you please read the verdict. Judge Irwin A. Jessup-Curt Conway Ralph, bailiff for both Judge Jessup and Judge Chester-Gino de Augustino. PREV HOME NEXT