I have to say this was a rather fascinating episode as it addresses Victoria's indecision in leaving Collinwood--this is a constant of the series, Vicky finding reasons to stay when everything seems to tell her leaving is the best option--as well as, her experience in a decrepit office room containing old ledgers and fishing fleet reports seeing the ghost of Bill Malloy as morbid David begs/pleads for her to now stay after all the "I hate yous!" and wishing she was dead, telling her he wouldn't even come to her funeral, all of that cruel behavior that proposes a potential psychopath. At the very end, when David tells Vicky he loves her, Carolyn tells Ms. Winters that the last time he loved, a cat, he drowned it! Haha. Anyway, Vicky takes Carolyn to the old room, as Matthew prepares to put a new lock on the door that leads to the closed off wing of Collinwood mansion. David really wants Vicky to stay after she admits to seeing Malloy's ghost. All the talk of seeing two ghosts himself, David now has someone else who can vouch for experiencing a restless spirit haunting the halls of Collinwood. Too often in the past, the show has remained a bit too grounded in reality as Elizabeth and Roger, among others, dealt with Devlin and his troublesome quarrel with them. At least with this angle, you don't completely lose Malloy's presence on the show. With Burke's designed goal of taking the fishing fleet business from the Collins, it would be easy to lose sight on Malloy's unsolved homicide. Even more important is how Matthew is embroiled in the Malloy's accidental drowning diagnosis; he knows more than he says and his anxiety about the topic of a possible murder raises questions about how involved he is. Matthew's role in the show has grown considerably since his initial appearance as a caretaker character during the beginning episodes where he was just a curmudgeon, growling at Vicky to leave well enough alone as she searched for truth about her identity. A good deal of this episode deals with "will Vicky stay or go?" and how others try to talk her into not making a hasty decision to get out of town just yet. A ledger with a peculiar name that seems familiar may just be what she needs to remain in Collins Port.
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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