PEYTON PLACE Episode 222. 05-24-66 Steven talks with Arthur Crain. WA: Last night, Rodney Harrington was forced to side with his brother or his grandfather, Martin Peyton. This morning, Rodney realizes he had made the wrong choice. And that he must correct it, regardless of the effect it will have on his grandfather. Intro: View looking out from the mansion porch toward the entrance. Scene 1: Rodney comes comes down from the left side of the stairs, pauses, turns around, and goes up the right stairs. He goes to Peyton's bedroom door and knocks. Hannah gets up and walks over to the double doors. She admits Rodney. Rodney asks Hannah if he could speak with his grandfather, alone. Hannah leaves the men alone. Rodney tells his grandfather that he was wrong the previous evening. Hannah comes back in the bedroom. Hannah and Peyton argue. Hannah leaves. Scene 2: Steven is walking on the wharf as Ann drives up in her new car. He tells her that he will be meeting with Arthur Crain that morning. Scene 3: Steven goes in the tavern to talk with Ada while he waits for the arrival of Arthur Crain. Ada hears Rita and goes in the living area in back to talk with her. Steven continues to wait for Arthur Crain. Scene 4: Rita sits down and tells her mother that she is scared. Rita asks Ada to tell her that she wouldn't be punished for not wanting a baby. Ada says that Eddie left before Rita was born. [This is contradicted in a later episode. It is said that Rita was born before Eddie left.] Scene 5: Betty goes into the Book Gallery to buy a cookbook. A salt-free cookbook. Allison tells Betty about a cookbook that has 15 pages telling how to prepare a suckling pig with an apple in its mouth for 35 people. Betty buys a book and leaves. Constance says that Martin Peyton has heart trouble and needs a salt-free diet. Allison says that Betty is a perfect wife. Allison says that she wishes she could be like Betty. [later in the series after Allison disappears, Constance relates to Betty how much Allison admired and envied her.] Scene 6: Arthur Crain comes in to talk with Steven. Bar doesn't open til noon. Crain asks if Ada Jacks still runs it. Arthur says that he would have never recognized Steven. Steven says likewise. Arthur says that everyone said that Ann did it. The girl's father went along with it. Scene 7: Norman talks with Eli and Rita. They go to the bandstand and have a picnic. Rita says that. Eli leaves. Norman and Rita talk. Norman says that he got in a fight with his grandfather and then with Rodney. Norman calls Rodney, "the meddler." Norman tells Rita that he loves her. Rita says that when she got married she wanted to straighten things out with Norman and the family. Norman says that it bothers them that he and Rita are getting along. He apologizes to Rita, kisses her, and goes back to work. Scene 8: Rodney goes to the mill to talk with Leslie in his office. Leslie asks Rodney what all the hysteria on the phone was about. Rodney says that he had a fight with Norman. Leslie talks about the dirty deal that he made with Peyton. Leslie mentions that Rodney is 21 and he has been through a murder trial, but he is still acting like a child. Preview: Lee talks to Sandy. Rodney talks with Norman. LW: I am telling you. If you want an audience for your act, sling it around the Cider Barrel. But from now on, my brother is off limits. RH: You're just scared and you're dying for somebody to come and help you because you bit off more than you can chew. NH: Oh, come off that big brother act. It's getting to be ancient history. RH: You bet it is, because I served enough time in jail on that gig. Arthur Crain-James Beggs. This is the only episode in which Arthur Crain appears. Ada Jacks makes the first mention of Rita's father. Eddie Jacks returns in episode 363. PREV HOME NEXT