PEYTON PLACE
Episode 197.
03-22-66
Martin Peyton visits Rodney in jail.
WA: Steven Cord waits for a long shot to come in. A long shot
named Richard Jensen. The one person who might be able to
break Stella Chernak's determined perjury. The one person who
might free Steven's client, Rodney Harrington, from the
verdict, guilty of murder.
Intro: People walking on the wharf. In the Cider Barrel, Steven looks
out the steamed up window. He clears the window with his hand.
Scene 1: Steven Cord waits in the Cider Barrel for Richard Jensen.
Jensen finally arrives and comes in. Jensen orders "whatever
he's having." Charlie asks, "with or without a cinnamon
stick." Jensen says, "Surprise me." Charlie tells Steven
he wasn't able to talk to Stella. Jensen has a mug of cider
with a cinnamon stick. Charlie asks for 25 cents. Steven
pays. Steven tells Jensen to be at his office at 4:30 and
leaves. Jensen asks about a phone. Leaving the door open,
Jensen walks out and goes to a pay phone and calls Stella. In
his office, Rossi answers and hands the phone to Stella. She
pretends it is Fred Blair. They chat for a while.
Scene 2: Rita rushes out of the Pharmacy and goes in the Chandlery to
see Norman, who is assisting Eli Carson. Rita is uneasy about
the upcoming dinner with Martin Peyton. Rita tells Norman that
she is scared. Rita wants Norman to get them out of it. Rita
says she is not going. And she means it. Eli, as is his
custom to intercede [intrude], gives Rita a condensed course in
etiquette. He says to watch Peyton out of the corner of her
eye. They practice for the dinner. Rita says, "I insist that
you call me Mrs. Harrington."
Scene 3: Martin Peyton and Betty enter the Peyton Place Police
Department and Peyton talks with police Sgt. William Wilson
Walker. The Walker asks what is in the package. Peyton says
that he has gunpowder in the package for Rodney to breakout.
Walker asks to examine the package, but Peyton refuses. Walker
insists and Peyton complies.
Scene 4: Martin Peyton goes to visit Rodney in his cell. He complains
about that meddlesome policeman outside [Walker] inspecting the
package. Peyton has brought Rodney two books, "Lord
Chesterfield's Letters to his Son" and "Pilgrims'
Progress." Rodney asks his grandfather to sit down.
Rodney says the jail routine is very dull. Peyton encourages
his grandson not to give up. Rodney tells his grandfather that
there are four days until the sentencing. Peyton asks Rodney
what he wants out of life. He inquires if Rodney if he would
like to run the mill. Rodney says no, that he wants to be his
own man.
Scene 5: Leslie Harrington comes into the Police Department and talks to
his former daughter-in-law, Betty. Betty tells him that Peyton
is inside talking with Rodney. When Peyton returns he fusses
at Leslie for bothering Betty. Leslie tells Peyton to stay
away from Rodney. Peyton leaves with Betty.
Scene 6: Elliot goes in the Book Gallery to talk with Constance. While
Elliot waits, Constance tells Mrs. Barrows that she found the
book that she had wanted and that she will wrap it for her. He
talks about Allison typing away in his newspaper office.
Allison says that she doesnt want to show him what she is
writing yet. [The writers are again setting-up the viewers for
Allison running away to New York.]
Scene 7: In Dr. Rossi's office, Allison has just come to find Rossi
reading her book. He asks her when she wrote it. She tells
him that she wrote it this morning. He invites her to sit
down. Rossi says that he wants an autographed copy of the
first edition when it is published. She talks about coming out
of the coma. He reads from the book out loud. He says it is
nice. She wants help writing about the people. Stella comes
in and tells the doctor that she finished the report on the
research project. Rossi and Stella give each other rather
strange looks. She leaves. Rossi tells Allison that Stella
now has no one to love, since Joe and Gus are dead. No one to
need. [We assume that Anna Chernak is still alive, but Rossi
didn't consider or acknowledge her]. He says that if Stella
were to read Allison's work it might help her.
Scene 8: A brief shot of Stella taking a controlled substance from a
drug cabinet. She closes the cabinet.
Scene 9: Steven Cord calls the Colonial Post Inn and asks for Richard
Jensen. Jensen does not answer the phone in his room. Steven
asks for them to tell Jensen that Steven is waiting in his
office.
Scene 10: Stella locks the cabinet, wipes away any latent prints, and
goes back in Dr. Rossi's office. Out the office window she
sees Richard Jensen waiting in the parking lot.
Preview: Allison talks to Elliot. John Fowler talks harshly to Leslie.
Richard Jensen yells at Stella as he is being restrained by
orderlies.
AM: If Rodney were free, would you feel differently about him
and me, about our future together?
JF: If you want to contest the verdict there are channels to
accommodate you. I am not one of them. You sent a man,
you knew was innocent, to prison. I don't have that on my
conscience.
RJ: I'll get those two years. You owe me. You owe me for
those two years. You owe me, Stella.
Lord Chesterfield's "Letters to his Son"
Pilgrims Progress.
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