Sam and Roger have a talk about the portrait
commission of Burke Devlin. Sam, a bunch of nerves (a common visualization of
the character at this moment), tells Roger he tried to talk Burke out of it, to
no avail. Roger, however, will not tolerate this commission to happen because
the two would “talk” and he warns Sam that if he doesn’t end it, there would be
consequences. That’s right, a bonafide threat from a desperate, aggravated man
sore for having to allow David to stay at Collinwood. Victoria tells Elizabeth
she plans to leave Collinwood because of the hate behind David’s warning for
her to leave. Elizabeth tries to talk to David, to get through to him that
Vicky is not going to leave but that doesn’t mean she doesn’t love him. Liz
(and Vicky, for that manner) admits that Vicky’s reason for being at Collinwood
is beyond just a governess for David, but will not reveal why. She is steadfast
at not revealing the truth and, once again, 36 episodes in and Vicky are still
no closer to understanding her relation to Elizabeth. It ends with Roger
bursting in to interrupt a nice loving embrace between Liz and David (the boy
is a victim of his upbringing and Liz is trying to improve his life), laying a
few unkind words to son, shouting at Liz about their notorious family, and
leaving angrily, a belly-full of spite and rage. Roger is a mess, Liz calls for
a man named Caldron, and Sam tells Vicky that Death is everywhere (particularly
at Collinwood).
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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