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The 100th Episode

Laying out some key plot elements in this episode, I will use bullets.

  • The fountain pen. It is missing. Burke gave it to Carolyn. Roger took it from Carolyn. Roger dropped it at Lookout Point where Malloy died. Vicky found it. It disappeared.
  • Vicky first suspected Burke of killing Malloy because of the pen.Roger insists Vicky keep the finding of the pen secret. She learns of Roger's acquiring the pen. She now suspects Roger.
  • Carolyn has the hots for Burke. Burke invites her for a date. Carolyn is not persuaded by her family's angst to just abandon thoughts of a relationship with Burke. She intends, despite Roger's angered demands against it, to still meet the dinner engagement with Burke.
  • Vicky meets Burke at his inn room to discuss the pen, her suspicions and new fear of Roger, and how to address her current predicament regarding what to do about everything concerning the death of Malloy.
  • Little pissant David overhears Carolyn and Vicky talking about the date and is not happy that he is forbidden to see Burke while his cousin can. So he insinuates the date to Roger knowing that Carolyn might get a good chewing for even thinking about dating Devlin.
  • During the "you do not need to see Burke" back-and-forth between Carolyn and Roger, the pen is discussed and Vicky's knowledge of his having it could put the governess' life in grave danger.
Look, the show has done a good job of keeping Roger under suspicion without completely implicating him. The cat isn't out of the bag regarding his guilt. This episode, particularly when Vicky and Burke talk it over, says that Roger could have killed Malloy, but there's uncertainty. This is important in keeping our interest alive in the Malloy plot. Good episode that successfully gets in numerous plot threads, actually tying them together; not an easy feat.

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