Thursday, July 21,
1966
My name is
Victoria Winters. The tension seems endless. So much has happened since I first
set foot in Collinwood and faced the woman who hasn't left its grounds in
eighteen years. A woman who has been shocked by an attempted murder. A woman
who is torn with concern for the one person she loves most in the world.
Liz comes forlornly down the
stairs in the middle of the night, wearing a smashing robe. She starts to make
a phone call but hangs up. Then the phone rings. It’s Bill Malloy. He hasn't
been able to find Carolyn, but she and Joe had an argument at the Blue Whale
and he left. Then she left with Burke Devlin. Bill is in the hotel lobby now,
but Burke hasn't come in yet.
Liz says to call her if he
finds anything out, no matter how late it is.
Sam Evans is at the Blue
Whale, drinking and smoking. Bill comes in and orders a beer. Sam says in
London they drink warm beer. Bill was in London once, before he started working
for Mrs. Stoddard. Bill wonders if Sam has seen Carolyn or Burke. Together.
Separately. It doesn't matter.
Sam wonders why they’d be
together. Bill says maybe he’ll let Sam do his portrait.
Sam says Burke has no use for
the people up on the hill.
Joe and Carolyn enter the
restaurant, bickering. She’s angry he left her at the bar. He’s angry she was
so attentive to Burke. Is there any hope for this pair?
Bill wonders when they’ll make
Maggie manager of the restaurant. Sam says she’s thinking of buying a place.
Sam tries to grill Bill, using
his usual technique of talking too much. He knows Carolyn took Burke to
Collinwood. Why would she do that? Why would he go? Sam is just interested in
human nature, of course, nothing more than that.
Bill tells him something he
didn't know: Roger Collins was almost killed in a car wreck. Sam wants to know
where Burke was when this happened. (Smooth, Sam.) Bill wonders why he’s so
worried about it.
Joe explains to Carolyn that
Maggie went home sick so they’re shorthanded at the restaurant, as he delivers
the burgers to their table. Joe says if it isn't Burke, it’s somebody
else—anybody—and it always seems to happen when he talks about getting married.
Carolyn admits he knew Burke would be at the Blue Whale.
Joe can’t keep being good old
Joe waiting on the sidelines for her to come back. Carolyn asks if he can get
her a cup of coffee.
“Is that all you’ve got to
say?”
“What do you want me to
say—that I’m sorry? Well, maybe I am sorry if I hurt your pride, but I have to
live my life my own way.”
“I’ll get the coffee.”
Sam walks in and sees Carolyn.
Liz answers the phone again.
This time Bill has good news. Carolyn is on her way home.
Bill and Sam are now at the
restaurant. Does Sam think Burke will be after him next? Sam takes offense at
this sally. Burke used to model for him, that’s all. He wishes Burke had never
come back.
Joe brings Carolyn home. She
apologizes and says he’s a great guy. “Just try to remember that tomorrow,” he
jokes.
Carolyn goes up to see her
uncle.
Liz wants to talk with Joe.
About Carolyn. Did Carolyn go to the Blue Whale to see Burke? Was she very
friendly to him? Why did Joe and Carolyn have a fight?
Liz tells Joe that Burke was
almost a murderer tonight. Carolyn comes in and announces that Roger’s gone.
Liz asks Joe to go check
whether the convertible is gone.
She tells Carolyn that Burke
tried to kill her uncle Roger. Carolyn doesn't believe it. Joe comes back and
reports the convertible isn't in the garage. He tells Carolyn he’ll call her
tomorrow and leaves.
Carolyn asks Liz why Burke
would try to kill Uncle Roger. Liz tells her about the trial, that Roger was a
witness, and that Burke swore revenge.
(How could Carolyn not have
heard about this? Didn't she go to school around here?)
Liz tells Carolyn not to
protect Burke, not even in her mind. “He’s not worth it.”
Cast,
In Order of Appearance
Victoria Winters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . .Alexandra Moltke
Elizabeth
Collins Stoddard.
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Joan Bennett
Bill Malloy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . .Frank Schofield
Sam Evans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . Mark Allen
Joe Haskell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . .Joel Crothers
Carolyn Stoddard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . Nancy Barrett
Fashion by Ohrbach’s
Directed by Lela Swift
Story created
and written by
Art Wallace
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