PEYTON PLACE
Episode 210.
04-26-66
Allison questions her future with Rodney.
WA: Seventeen years ago, Ann Howard was held responsible for a
tragic accident, the blinding of another child. Last night,
she felt compelled to return to the scene of the accident, the
bluff outside Michael Rossi's beach house.
Intro: The wharf. Dr. Rossi and Ann drive by the Shoreline Garage and
Joe's Boat Repair. They park and get out to go in the Cider
Barrel.
Scene 1: Charlie is at the front counter of the Cider Barrel Cafe on the
wharf as Dr. Rossi and Ann come in to eat breakfast and talk.
Rossi orders two longshoremen's breakfasts. They
recall the previous evening when Ann missed dinner because she
had passed out after Rossi gave her a tranquilizer. Ann
rambles on concerning her desire to find the truth about the
incident at the bluff. She tells him that she went to see
Steven, but he turned her down. Rossi warns her that her job
as a therapist at Doctors Hospital could be threatened if her
true reasons for coming back to town are revealed. It has
never been easy to keep secrets in Peyton Place. Rossi says,
"You know you can't keep a secret like that in a town like
Peyton Place." This disturbs her and she rushes out without
eating her breakfast.
Scene 2: Steven Cord drives over to the Shoreline Garage to talk with
Lee Webber. Steven begins making friendly overtures, reminding
Lee how he liked to play with the Webber brothers and their
friends. He says he always wanted to be like Lee. Lee doesn't
buy this line and Steven gets back to the point inquiring about
Chris. Lee says that even after three operations Chris will
always be blind. But he will never be found on the town square
selling pencils from a tin cup. He won't become a charity case
because Lee paid his full tuition for college. Steven opines
that if Lee hadn't paid Chris' way through college he could
have owned the Shoreline Garage. Lee sarcastically thanks
Steven for getting his boss off the murder rap because now he
has the pleasure and opportunity of working for Rodney. The
conversation ends on guarded terms and Lee is justifiably
suspicious.
Scene 3: In the Carson kitchen, Allison complains to her mother that her
coldness (frigidity) might endanger her relationship with
Rodney. Allison tells her mother about the incident at the
Shoreline when Rodney danced with Sandy Webber. Allison says
that confident girls like Sandy are a threat to her
relationship with Rodney.
Scene 4: Meanwhile, back at the mansion, Hannah, who is pecking on the
typewriter, begins to interrogate Betty on the motives for
Betty going back to work. She should be home, catering to her
new husband's every need. Hannah cryptically [inferentially]
warns Betty that the town will gossip about her working in the
same house [under the same roof] where her ex-husband, Rodney,
lives.
Scene 5: Rodney is sipping coffee at the Cider Barrel as Sandy drops in.
Charlie complains about Sandy quitting her job as waitress,
twice. Her clientele leaves, she asks for her job back, and
the clientele return. He is becoming tired of playing "ring
around the counter, all over again." Sandy begins to flirt
with Rodney but he tells her to back off because she is
Lee's wife. Sandy picks up a rag and resumes her work at the
Cider Barrel. She has been out of town, she explains, but now
she's back.
Scene 6: Rodney returns to the Shoreline Garage and finds Lee tightening
lug nuts. Lee warns Rodney to stay away from his sweet, tender
wife. However, he does take the opportunity to goad Rodney by
pointing out how beautiful Sandy is. He tells a story about
how he said "no" to Sandy when some fraternity boys wanted to
make her Queen of the Dance or something. She cried
every night for about a week and he felt so guilty that he went
out and found a college boy to pick a fight with. Sandy hasn't
had much of a life. Lee says he's more patient now, but he is
really warning Rodney that he better "look but don't touch "his
sweet, tender wife."
Scene 7: In the therapy room of Doctors Hospital, Ann is teaching a
little girl to bend her fingers while playing the piano. The
little girl asks when her mother will be there. Ann tells her
in about an hour. Steven Cord walks in and tells Ann that he
will help her find out who really pushed Chris. He admits that
he went along with the rest of the kids seventeen years ago and
accused her of pushing Chris off the bluff. Ann was an easy
mark because she was hysterical. He says that he owes it to
her to help. Steven warns her that he might wind up proving
that Ann really did the evil deed after all. Ann walks back
over to the upright piano, sits, and hugs the little girl who
is tickling the ivories.
Preview: Steven talks with Ann. Allison talks with Sandy Webber.
Hannah Cord talks with Martin Peyton.
SC: You'll have to do more than guess, miss Howard. If you
are going to refute those charges, you'll have to come up
with an alternate set of facts.
AM: Are you just friends with Lee Webber?
SW: We're married.
AM: That is what I thought. I bet that is what your husband
thinks, too.
HC: Ann Colby is back. It has happened.
MP: Hannah.
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