Grumpy Matthew, the Caretaker, demands to know why Victoria
is down in the storeroom basement, where a locked door with chains exists, but
what lies on the other side of the door? This doesn’t seem all that important
once Elizabeth Stoddard finds David hiding when Victoria and Matthew leave the
basement. Discussing accepting Victoria as his new teacher, Elizabeth finally
addresses the missing mother and how David needs to come to terms with her
becoming a part of his life. Victoria also has a rather intense discussion with
Elizabeth over if there’s a connection between the money sent to her orphanage
by a mysterious benefactor and the missing husband who left 18 years ago. This
is Matthew Morgan’s first appearance, wholly beholden to Elizabeth for
employing him after years of cleaning the local cannery, his house not far from
the Collinwood manor. We learn that David’s mother is away because she is “not
well”, with David not at all pleased with Victoria’s hiring. Elizabeth tries to
pry the reasons behind such feelings but David simply doesn’t feel she will
understand. Nothing spectacular about this episode and poor Joan Bennett just
struggles with her lines and seems awfully uncomfortable in her scenes with the
actors involving long lines of dialogue. We really get no answers regarding
Victoria and the mystery of her past remains just that. Joe Haskell has something he wants to share
with Carolyn and Elizabeth while Victoria wants to go into town where she can
have some privacy and pursue whether or not her new employer is accurate in the
hiring of her. This episode doesn’t necessarily progress anything story-line
wise, although it is clear Elizabeth’s
patience with Vicky has deteriorated a bit, particularly the more questions
that are aimed in her direction.
Burke interrupts what could have been a decent dinner between Maggie, her father, and Vicky, and he's sore, agenda-driven, and pointed in defending himself, while also demanding answers...answers Sam is willing to flee to protect. Sam's only link to Burke at all, besides Roger himself, is the letter he wrote to Maggie. He escapes out the back door while the others were in the living room and heads to Collins Port Inn where the letter is kept but the owner will not give it over to him. The letter is Maggie's and she will have to give permission before Sam can get his hands on it. Malloy's death looms large and will not go away--especially as long as Burke steamrolls throughout Collins Port, pissed off and unrestrained. He wants to know Sam's connection to the wrongful conviction and isn't about to just forget his presence at the meeting that night. Maggie just cannot believe that her father had anything at all to do with Malloy's death; Sam and Malloy were fr...
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