Malloy, the character, manager of the Collins
Port fishing fleet, has become an important part of the Roger/Sam/Burke
storyline, his digging, prodding, probing all to help Elizabeth has perhaps
untangled a web of lies that has kept certain parties out of harm’s way while
one person in particular has paid for a crime he didn’t commit. Sam has, over
the last several episodes, been a certifiable factor in the potential
unraveling of this web of lies, his tormented soul aching to just pour forth
the truth so he can be finally at ease. Yet, every single chance he has to bare
his soul, whether it is to Malloy, Elizabeth, or daughter Maggie, Sam clams up
and holds it inside; he will never be free until this anvil weight of guilt is
lifted from him. Malloy is also going through an emotional roller coaster as
Sam’s release of vague information about the death that sent Burke to prison 10
years ago has placed him in a precarious position of having to confront
Elizabeth with facts she may not want to hear. Joe is sore about Carolyn and
soon learns of her dinner date with Burke. This is the beginning of the end, I
hope. Joe talks with Malloy who begs Haskell to get Carolyn away because he
himself once loved a woman (I believe it is Elizabeth) but didn’t go after her,
losing her to a “smooth talker”. Vicky and Maggie strike up a conversation that
strengthens a potential friendship, and their conversation involved Sam (Vicky
doesn’t know Sam is Maggie’s father, invited to eat dinner with them,
accepting.).
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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