Episodes 148,149 - Friday, August 31, 2001
Tony Lew
Tape Date: January 11, 1967
Air Date: January 18, 1967 Wednesday
Writer: Ron Sproat
Director: Lela Swift
In Frank Garners' office, Lt. Reilly is talking with Frank Garner.
He tells him, "It's an outside possibility, but the Arizona Police
think that it's possible the woman found in Laura Collin's room was
murdered. They think she might have been incompacitated BEFORE the
fire." Frank protests that it seems far-fetched, but Reilly replies,
"No, not really. We have several facts. First, Mrs. Collins has a
history of mental illness and is capable of violence. Second, they've
found that the fire started in Mrs. Collins' apartment. Third, no one
saw Mrs. Collins leave when she said she did." Frank protests,
"Thousands of people travel every day. Just because no one rememberes
seeing her at the train station doesn't mean she wasn't there." Lt.
Reilly replies, "Yes, but there was a witness who saw her in the
apartment building on the day of the fire."
Vicky goes to Burke's room, having received a call from him.
Burke tells her, "I was worried about your doubts about Mrs. Collins.
I was wrong about her. She's a wonderful woman. I think the best
thing for David would be to go with her. I want you to help bring
them together." Vicky is shocked at Burke's sudden change in
attidude.
Frank Garner and Lt. Reilly continue to discuss Phoenix. Frank is
still doubtful about what Reilly is saying. The phone rings. Frank
answers and tells his secretary, "Tell her to wait a minute." Lt.
Reilly finishes talking to Frank and leaves. Vicky is sent in. She
tells Frank, "I came her to ask your advice about something."
She remarks, "Was that Lt. Reilly I just saw leaving?" Frank replies,
"Yes. As the Collins family lawyer, I feel it's my responsibility
to keep abreast of the investigation in Phoenix. I've learned a few
new facts, and I don't like them."
In his hotel room, Burke is talking to someone on the phone,
probably Blair, telling him, "No, I won't be in Logansport tomorrow,
or the next day, and probably not the day after that either. YOU take
care of it. That's what you're paid for!" Carolyn comes in. Burke
finishes his phone call and hangs up. Carolyn complains to him about
how he hasn't seen her for awhile.
Frank tells Vicky, "They think it might have been murder. They
even have a suspect. However, the witness, a Mrs. Hensworthy, is
elderly and her eyesight isn't very good." Vicky asks, "Is it someone
Mrs. Collins knows?" Frank replies, "Yes. It's Mrs. Collins." Vicky
exclaims, "That's impossible! She said she left Phoenix five days
before the fire!" Frank replies, "That's what she says, but is she
telling the truth?"
Burke tells Carolyn, "I think it would be best if we didn't see
each other anymore." Carolyn asks, "Best for who? Laura Collins?
Maybe my mother and Uncle Roger were right. Maybe you WERE just
using me and now you've just found someone else!" They get into an
argument. Burke tells Carolyn, "Sorry. I don't anything more to say
to you. Just goodbye..."
Frank asks Vicky, "Oh yes, you said you wanted my advice on
something. What was it?" Vicky tells her about what Burke Devlin
asked her to do. She tells him, "But I've made my decision now that
I've heard what you have to tell me. I may be wrong, but I'm going to
de everything I can to keep her AWAY from David!"
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July 12, 1995 - II
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Episode 149
Tape Date: January 12, 1967
Air Date: January 19, 1967 Thursday
Writer: Malcolm Marmorstein
Director: Lela Swift
It is now night. At the Evan's cottage, Sam Evans is pacing
around nervously.
Carolyn returns to Collinwood, slamming the front doors in anger
as she comes in. Vicky, who's in the foyer, asks, "What's the matter?"
Carolyn tells her about her breakup with Burke.
Sam is still pacing around nervously. Maggie comes home from work.
She tells him, "Had to work late. We had a late rush. Three people!"
She asks him if he wants something to eat. He declines, saying, "I'm
not hungry." in a very depressed tone of voice. Maggie tries to cheer
him up by telling him, "Cheer up. You'll be painting again soon", but
Sam sarcasatically replies, "Painting what? Seascapes? Landscapes?
Or a thousand more interpretations of Laura Collins standing in
fire?" He tells her that strange things are still happening. He
show her the burned painting and asks, "How could this have happened?
The fire was all the way across the room and nowhere near the
painting!" Maggie suggests, "Well, a spark could have floated across
the room", but Sam asks, "Yeah? Then why wasn't the cover burned? The
painting was covered by this cloth, but the cloth wasn't burned, only
the painting under it." He tells her, "I've been getting a strange
feeling. I have a feeling the other painting is going to be destroyed
by fire soon too. I feel the urge to go up to Collinwood to see it.
I get this strange feeling that it's going to be finished soon, that
that blank spot on it won't be blank much longer."
Vicky and Carolyn are still in the drawing room talking. Roger
comes in. Vicky excuses herself, saying she has to go see what David
is doing. Carolyn tells Roger about her breakup with Burke. She
tells him, "I lost the Burke Devlin derby, and you won't guess who
I lost it to." Roger replies, "Laura" right away. Carolyn asks him
how he knew. Roger replies, "Laura's up to her old predictable self."
In David's room, the ghost of Josette Collins appear. She goes up
to the picture of Laura and lifts her right arm up, as if to touch
it.
Vicky returns to the drawing room and tells Roger that she's
managed to convince David to go shopping with Mrs. Johnson. Roger
asks, "How did you manage that?" Vicky replies, "It's going to cost
you a set of toy soldiers." Roger tells her he's glad she's managed
to get David away from that "horrible painting." There's a knock
at the front door. Vicky answers. She's surprised to see it's Sam
Evans. Sam comes in and asks to speak to Roger. Vicky takes him into
the drawing room. Sam tells Roger, "I'd like to see that painting."
Roger asks, "What for?" Sam replies, "I don't know. I just get this
strange feeling that I have to see it. Can I?" Roger replies, "I
suppose so. David's not home so I supposed we could borrow it.
Vicky, could you go and bring it down please?" Vicky goes up to
David's room. There, she seems to smell something strange and sniffs
the air. She then looks at the picture and is shocked to see that
the blank space has been filled in - with David's image. She screams.
Downstairs, everyone hears Vicky scream. Carolyn asks, "Wasn't
that Vicky?" They start out of the drawing room to go upstairs to
see what's wrong, but see Vicky running down the stairs with the
picture. She shows it to them. Sam exclaims, "I knew it!" Roger
asks, "What does this mean, Evans?" Sam replies, "I don't know."
Roger remarks, "But this space was blank just this morning." Sam
touches David's picture and remarks, "Dry. It couldn't have been
blank this morning. Oil paint takes days to dry." Vicky tells him,
"I saw it too this morning. It WAS blank." Roger asks, "Who could've
done this?" Sam replies, "The same power that forced me to paint it
in the first place..." Vicky tells them, "I think I know who did it.
Up in David's room, I smelled something. Jasmine perfume. No one in
this house wears jasmine perfume, but I've smelled it once before.
When I saw Josette Collins at the old house." Roger dismisses this as
her imagination. Vicky asks, "I wonder what David's reaction will
be when he sees what's happened to the portrait." Roger replies,
"I don't intend for him to ever see it." Sam asks, "What are you
going to do?" Roger replies, "This!" and throws it into the fireplace.
As the painting burns, the room suddenly fills with the bloodcurdling
sound of a woman screaming.
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