This episode just works as a tease. Will Vicky somehow free herself from Matthew? He has a secret room in the Old House only he knows about. It is behind a shelf, rather large room with plenty of space. The episode is all about Vicky's attempts to keep Matthew from killing her, while she also tries to talk him into fleeing from the premises. Matthew believes all of the chaos surrounding him was caused by Victoria's hatred of him; the ultimate betrayal was Elizabeth turning on him. Miss Johnson and Elizabeth talk about Vicky, why she hasn't made it to Bangor yet, and the cleverness of Dark Shadows Creative is spotting her suitcase resting where she last left it before being taken prisoner. There's a parlor trick used often by writers of soap operas when characters are imprisoned: able to get her captor to leave for a moment, quietly attempting to retreat, out the door of the place that has been your prison, only to be grabbed right before freedom, placed right back into the cell that confines her, leaving the viewer wondering if she will ever make it out of her predicament alive. This episode, 116, uses that trick to perfection. Victoria remains teary-eyed, quivering, and in fear of her life while Matthew beats around in an anxiety-ridden state of psychological turmoil, trying to figure out what he will do with his captive.
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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