Episode 142: Stop

Friday, January 13, 1967

Note: The episodes’ official numbering includes skipped numbers for pre-emptions, in accordance with their numbering system (so that one could look at the number of an episode and know what day of the week it aired on). I have elected to number the episodes by what episode it actually is, but I will note the official numbering also.

This is the 142nd episode, but the official number is 145 or 10.

My name is Victoria Winters. A strange force has caused me, against my will, to bring a painting to Collinwood—a painting so weird and mysterious that no one—not even the man who painted it—can explain it. For one, it holds an unusual fascination.

David is looking at the painting when Laura comes into his room. She wants to go out to lunch, but he doesn’t feel like eating. She thinks he’s disturbed, which he adamantly denies (in a disturbed way). He tells her he thinks the painting is trying to tell him something. Something bad.

He wants to know what it is.

David says he looks at the painting and sees light coming for him.

She asks him to go for a walk, but he wants to be alone.

Sam hasn’t read the morning paper in a week. He’s got his own disaster going on. He doesn’t want to paint. “I can see myself having an exhibition of fifty paintings of Laura Collins surrounded in flames.”

Later, Laura stops by, asking for Sam, but he’s not at home.

Laura is curious what Sam is working on now.

Maggie wonders whether Laura can explain Sam’s obsession with her.

Sam arrives home.

Maggie says she’s meeting Joe. “I want to get there early so I can see the surprised look on his face.”

Laura asks Sam why he did that atrocious painting of her.

Sam wants to know why he’s painting her. He shows her the latest painting.

Laura is not happy, and neither of them has answers for the other.

“I’m just saying that every time I start to paint, it comes out—you!”

Laura wants the paintings destroyed. She wants Sam to stop painting it. She says he will stop painting it.

Maggie and Joe arrive back at the cottage.

Maggie is tired of worrying about her father. She’s thinking of leaving town to get away from her nursemaid life. She says she doesn’t see much future for herself in Collinsport.

Joe says he’s there.

They kiss before going to look for her father.

Laura comes into David’s bedroom. The portrait glows, but only when Laura isn’t looking at it. She leaves.

Maggie and Joe bring Sam home, drunk as usual.

Joe says good night and goes.

Maggie says she’ll make some coffee.

Laura thinks about Sam.

Sam drops his cigarette on the newspaper (the newspaper was mentioned in the first act, by the way).

        Cast, In Order of Appearance

Victoria Winters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   Alexandra Moltke

David Collins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  David Henesy

Laura Collins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  Diana Millay

Sam Evans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  David Ford

Maggie Evans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  Kathryn Leigh Scott

Joe Haskell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Joel Crothers

Fashion by Ohrbach’s

Directed by John Sedwick

Story created and written by Malcolm Marmorstein

Episode 141: The Impossible Locket

Thursday, January 12, 1967

Note: The episodes’ official numbering includes skipped numbers for pre-emptions, in accordance with their numbering system (so that one could look at the number of an episode and know what day of the week it aired on). I have elected to number the episodes by what episode it actually is, but I will note the official numbering also.

This is the 141st episode, but the official number is 144 or 9.
My name is Victoria Winters. For one member of the Collins family, the past is shrouded in mystery, and I’m just beginning to suspect that the mystery surrounding her is deeper and stranger than I’ve ever imagined.

Vicki says that this must be the locket that Laura was wearing the day she moved into Matthew’s cottage.

The detective says that’s impossible. This one was found in the ruins of a burned-out apartment only last week.

Vicki says there must be two of them.

Liz says that could only be if Laura had a copy made.

Vicki wants to know why David’s hair is in this one when Laura said it was in the other one. Liz thinks Vicki must have misunderstood. Vicki asks to come along to the cottage.

Laura tells the policeman that all of the effects belong to her.

He asks her a few questions about her apartment. The woman who died there was locked in from the inside, so she must have had a key.

Well, a cleaning woman who used to work for Laura had a key at one point. Margaret something.

She’s sure no one else would have had access.

Liz and the detective leave. Vicki asks Laura about the locket.

Laura says she told Vicki about the locket, but she wasn’t wearing it at the time. There isn’t another one.

Vicki is mistaken.

Vicki says it’s time for her to get back to the house.

Vicki asks Lt. Riley about the woman found in Phoenix. Time of death hasn’t been established yet.

Vicki finds that Frank Garner has come to deliver some contracts for Liz. He says it’s really an excuse to see Vicki. They sit by the fire and talk.

 Vicki tells him strange things have been happening since Mrs. Collins came back. 

She tells him about the locket. 

Even if there are two lockets, why should Mrs. Collins lie about it?

Liz hears everything (not too surprising).

Frank wants to know why Laura would lie to her. How could the same object show up in two different places?

Liz tells Vicki it’s impossible, and she relents.

Liz goes upstairs, and Vicki tells Frank about the strange things that have been happening, David’s dream and the painting, and how Vicki is being compelled to do things against her will. 

She didn’t even want to go to the cottage earlier, but the words came out unbidden.

Frank says he’ll take her out later and she’ll feel better.

After they leave the room, the family book opens itself.

Liz comes down and Vicki says she’s going to go see David, but something makes her come into the drawing room.

Liz asks her if she was thinking of the locket. Wasn’t she looking at it in the book?

Vicki says she wasn’t.

Josette looked after her when Matthew held her hostage.

There’s a picture of Josette wearing the locket. 

 

Vicki wonders if it’s a message from Josette. 

Vicki decides she needs to go for a walk.

 

 Cast, In Order of Appearance

Victoria Winters . . . . . . . . . . . . . Alexandra Moltke

Lt. Dan Riley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   John Connell

Laura Collins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  Diana Millay

Elizabeth Collins Stoddard . . . . . Joan Bennett

Frank Garner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  Conard Fowkes

Fashion by Ohrbach’s

Directed by John Sedwick

Written by Ron Sproat