PEYTON PLACE Episode 228. 06-07-66 Allison proposes marriage to Rodney. Rossi and Ann merge. WA: Chris Webber has been blind since he was a boy. But he has survived. Tonight, in a nearby Peyton Place cafe [the Shoreline cafe] he was reminded, all too clearly, of the incident which caused his blindness. Intro: Chris Webber walking on the wharf. Sandy catches up with him. Scene 1 Chris, emotionally distraught after the encounter in the Shoreline cafe, tries to run away from Sandy and stumbles. She helps him into Ada Jacks' Tavern, where they are followed in by Lee. Lee claims that he doesn't understand why Chris is now saying he doesn't know who pushed him off Sailors' Bluff. Lee comes over to the table and tells Sandy to go home. He sits with Sandy and Chris. Chris tells Lee to leave him alone. Lee asks Chris why he told Steven that he doesn't remember who pushed him off the bluff. Scene 2: In Dr. Rossi's beach house, Ann Howard is sketching the doctor. She says that she usually does landscapes. He asks her if he is a test case. Her artistic endeavors are interrupted by natural urges. Rossi asked Ann why she came to the beach house. They cuddle and kiss. Scene 3: Rodney is driving Allison home. They drive by the Sparhawk Employment agency building. His driving isn't much better than before. Allison is upset because "Everything was happening at the Shoreline and it was happening on the dance floor and she wasn't there". She asks Rodney why he keeps taking her out. Rodney says that he needs to be loved like the day they "went sailing." He loves Allison because she isn't like Sandy or Betty, she's "Allison Wonderland." But, as Allison says, she's not that innocent girl any longer. Looking at Rodney with tears in her eyes, begs him to not let her drift away and to marry her. Rodney says they wouldn't make it, she exists half in reality, half in fantasy, and that he needs reality. Allison kisses him, gets out of the car, looks longingly at him, says goodbye opens the gate, walks through, closes the gate and continues on to the house. Scene 4: Inside, Elliot and Constance are making plans to sail to the Carribean after the birth of the baby as Allison comes in the front door. Allison allows that they should just go tomorrow. Elliot says she can't just escape from reality. Allison fails to see why it's an escape for her, but an adventure for him. Scene 5: Steven is in bed looking at a magazine as Betty is preparing for bed. Steven says that she was vulgar. Betty tells him to shout and get it out of his system. Betty says, "I like to dance". Steven sneers, "Nobody in their right mind would call what she was doing dancing". Betty tells Steven that he is a stuffed shirt. Steven says, "Not even a blue blooded Harrington." Betty slaps Steven and then begins to cry. Steven says he feels sorry for Allison Mackenzie. She doesn't have a chance. He says, The only problem you have is to get Rodney Harrington out of her system. Betty begins to cry. Scene 6: Norman is skipping down the street as he and Rita return from camping. They unload the convertible. They go in and Rita observes that Norman failed to lock the apartment. Norman raplies that there is nothing worth stealing. Scene 7: Lee goes into the Cider Barrel looking for his wife or brother. Lee speaks to Ann. Neither Sandy nor Chris are there, so he commences bothering Ann Howard who is sitting at the counter. Steven comes in and orders Lee to leave Ann alone. Lee says if Ann has a right to talk to Chris then he has a right to speak to Ann. Steven talks to Ann and comforts her. He says that Chris Webber doesn't know who pushed him. Ann says that this is wonderful news. Scene 8: Water crashing on the rocks. Meanwhile, Chris and Sandy are walking to Sailors' Bluff. Chris says that he shouldn't have brought her there. Chris asks how far it is to the edge of the bluff. He says he remembers the sunny afternoon a group of laughing children were playing tag, until a hand reached out and knocked him over the edge. The last thing he saw was the water crashing on the rocks below. He wonders aloud to the weeping Sandy, "Who could've done such a thing? Who?" Chris Webber-Gary Haynes. Allison Wonderland. Allison proposes to Rodney in scene 3. Sailors' Bluff. Caribbean. PREV HOME NEXT