I think this will be the episode most remembered as the first kiss shared between Burke Devlin and governess Victoria Winters. Let me tell you that this wasn't a one-sided affair--Vicky liked and desired that kiss just as much as Burke did. It is also the episode where Burke gets the call that Logan's Port Enterprises is now his to operate as he sees fit--now Elizabeth and Collin's Port Enterprises have competition, a major threat. Roger is snide, as always, nose and chin high, holding a smug veneer as Victoria humbly asks for forgiveness. Sure, Roger should be a bit sore, but who does he have to blame but himself? He hasn't exactly done himself in favors shying away from suspicion. When Burke calls wanting to see Vicky at his inn room, Roger answering the phone, the pressure mounts. Victoria must choose: the Collins family or Burke. She chooses Elizabeth because of the home and warmth provided to an orphan who has never had a family to call her own. Yet, Vicky is unsettled, probably because she has feelings for a man set to destroy the family she cares for. All of this juicy drama is what defines the soap opera. When Burke calls Elizabeth to gloat and brag about his new acquired business, all gloves are off and the bare knuckles are to be used in this fight. But will a certain murdering caretaker change and shape the way all of this drama unfolds? Roger once again proves here how spineless and cowardly he is to the very core: he tells Elizabeth to sell the cannery and give up because they couldn't win against Burke! Elizabeth, thankfully, isn't someone who just folds her tent and goes home with the tail tucked between her legs. While this reiterates Burke's importance on the show, it is still building to the conclusion of the Matthew-Vicky storyline certain to take much of the attention away.
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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