The vitriol between Roger and Sam is at its
greatest heights as the two contemplate ways to get rid of each other! Roger
has become as loathsome and unbearable as can be. His biting insults and
disregard for others in how he talks to them has built him up as the show’s
ultimate heel. Consider him the JR Ewing of the show, the way he’s the central
hateable figure, his very presence causes clinched fists and stomachs tied in
knots. I have to tell you that Sam’s repetitive grabs for the liquor bottle,
pouring of booze into a glass, and gobbling down of said drink have really
started to get on my nerves. He holds onto this secret with a vice-like grip
that is tearing at his insides, to the point that when his concerned daughter, Maggie,
just wants to know what’s eating at her father he nearly slaps her. I am the
first to admit that he has reached the precipice: if he doesn’t release this
horror that has damn near pulverized him psychologically, he’ll
internally/externally combust. Elizabeth believes Carolyn is off to have
din-din with Burke, calling Joe at the fishing fleet front office. Roger again
snaps at Vicky for her derisive comment towards his hanging up on Maggie,
calling to see if he can tell her what is wrong with Pops. And that exciting
final scene where Elizabeth hears a knocking at her door and Sam is there
standing in the doorway, the first time he’s been at Collinwood in 18 years!
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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