Tuesday, August 23, 2016

Episode 42: A Curious Girl



Tuesday, August 23, 1966

My name is Victoria Winters. A hundred and thirty years ago, the love of a man and a woman built this mansion on the crest of Widow’s Hill. Today, fear, distrust, and hatred have almost destroyed it.

Sam tells Liz he’s looking for Roger. She informs him that Roger is not at home. She thinks Sam looks familiar. When he tells her who he is, she begs his pardon for not recognizing him.
He tells her he wants to tell her about Roger. Liz doesn’t want to hear any gossip about Roger. She asked Sam what he wants. “I want to save my soul,” he tells her.
He tells her the drawing room is beautiful.
“It’s dark and gloomy and you know it. Get to the point.”
To Sam, any room with paintings in it is a beautiful room. He tells Liz that her husband once wanted a portrait of himself done, a portrait that would fit in this room. Another recent customer has similar specifications. She guesses this is Burke. She wonders why Burke doesn’t travel and see the world.
Sam suggests maybe he made so much money so he could come back to Collinsport.
Liz offers Sam a drink, which, of course, he doesn’t refuse.

Burke meets Mr. Blair in a restaurant in Bangor, as he continues his campaign to gain control of the Collins family’s holdings.
Carolyn comes in and takes a nearby table.
Burke gloats about how much pleasure he gets from the anticipation of ruining Collins Enterprises. The only thing not mortgaged is the house itself. Liz even got the property taxes lowered because half of the house is shut up and not used.
Apparently, Carolyn isn’t sitting close enough to hear all of this.
Burke goes over to join her.

Joe arrives. He thinks Carolyn is off with Burke. He heard they were in the restaurant together and someone saw her on the road that goes to Bangor, where Burke was also going today.
Liz sends Joe into the drawing room with Sam while she makes a call.

Carolyn tells Burke she followed him from Collinsport. “I’m a curious girl,” she says. (Nowadays, we call that being a stalker.)
Burke says he came to Bangor to meet his first love—money. He asks her to join him and his business acquaintance. He introduces him as a nefarious old swindler who is helping Burke defraud Carolyn’s mother. Carolyn laughs at the absurdity of this.
Mr. Blair goes away. Burke gives Carolyn a silver pen to write down her inmost secrets. She says she’ll keep a diary with it. “Everyone should keep a diary,” Burke says, “from the day that they are born.” (That might be a bit tricky.)
 
Liz is unable to get in touch with Bill. Sam reacts strangely to his name. With Joe around, Sam can’t bring himself to reveal what he came to reveal. He leaves. Liz tells Joe that the worst part of a secret is not being able to tell anyone. She says Sam will come back of his own accord when he can  no longer stand keeping it to himself.




        Cast, In Order of Appearance


Victoria Winters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Alexandra Moltke
Elizabeth Collins Stoddard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Joan Bennett
Sam Evans. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .David Ford
Burke Devlin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mitchell Ryan
James Blair. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .John Baragrey
Carolyn Stoddard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nancy Barrett
Joe Haskell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Joel Crothers

Fashion by Ohrbach’s
Directed by John Sedwick
Written by Francis Swann

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