Thursday, July 14, 1966
My name is
Victoria Winters. The dead past is still here at Collinwood. There’s a
connection here with my life, I know, and somehow I’ll learn what it is,
perhaps through the boy I’ll tutor. 
David is in his room, reading.
He goes to his drawer and takes a screw-like object out—perhaps a car part? He
goes to Vicki’s room and tries to hide it in her drawer. She comes in and
thinks he’s taken something when he won’t show her what’s in his hand. She
looks in the drawer after he leaves and doesn't find anything missing, so she
goes to knock at David’s door.
He ignores her until she says
she’ll get his father to open the door. Then he unlocks it.
Vicki asks David what he took
from her room, and he says nothing. She wants to know why he’s like this with
her. She doesn't really care what he took. She wants to be friends.
David claims he was leaving
her a present because Aunt Elizabeth told him to be nice to her. He gives her a
seashell.
Carolyn gets the lowdown on
the yelling. She chides Vicki for believing in David’s peace offering. Vicki
counters that Carolyn believes Burke Devlin. (Somebody should tell Carolyn
about Burke’s proposition for Joe. Wasn’t Carolyn the one who was supposed to
spread the news about that?)
Carolyn notes she has a date
for tonight.
Not with Burke Devlin?
“I wish it were.”
Carolyn, Carolyn, Carolyn.
Burke and Joe run into each
other at the Blue Whale. Burke assures Joe everything is fine now between him
and the Collinses.
Vicki hangs out with Carolyn
while she gets ready for her date. Vicki says she thinks love is a good deal
more important than charm. Carolyn answers that Mr. Devlin is attractive and
dynamic and charming, but she only brought him around to fix things. Still, she
perks up when Vicki mentions Roger will be meeting him at the Blue Whale (how
did Vicki know that?), and she decides to change her dress.
Vicki lets Joe in. Neither of
them believe in ghosts. Carolyn comes down. The discussion of ghosts leads Carolyn to observe, “We've got ’em—ghosts and demons and nine-year-old monsters. Right, Vicki?" Vicki is hopeful she and David will
get along. Carolyn doesn't feel like going to a movie. She wants to go to the
Blue Whale. (Surprise!) Vicki recommends the movie.
The door to the other wing is
open for a moment. David tells Vicki it’s never open. Maybe it was one of the
ghosts.
David has another present for
her, a magazine. He wants to know if she likes his father. She does. “He hates
me,” David tells her. He asks what Vicki’s father was like. She doesn't know.
Then he wants to know about
Burke Devlin. He hates David’s father.
“David, why are you always
talking about people hating each other?”
“Because they do. I bet I
could be good friends with Burke Devlin.”
Joe and Carolyn arrive at the
Blue Whale. Carolyn tells Joe not to “punch anybody in the jaw and we’ll be all
right.”
Burke comes in. Joe is not
pleased. Carolyn suggests they ask Burke to join them. (Joe should tell her
about that offer.)
Burke comes over and offers to
buy them a cup of coffee. Carolyn goes ahead and invites him to join them. More
displeasure from Joe.
David tells Vicki most people
are not nice. “You’re only nine years old,” she counters. “How many people have
you known?”
“Enough.”
Vicki says she’ll get David
some magazines for a present. His father can pick them up when he’s in town
tonight.
Is his father taking the car?
“Well, he’s not going to
walk.”
David turns down the magazine
offer and goes to his room.
Cast,
In Order of Appearance
Victoria Winters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . Alexandra Moltke
David Collins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . .David Henesy
Carolyn Stoddard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . .Nancy Barrett
Joe Haskell. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . Joel Crothers
Burke Devlin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . Mitchell Ryan
Fashion by Ohrbach’s
Directed by Lela Swift
Story created
and written by
Art Wallace
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