Joe is worse for wear after helping search for Vicky,
stopping by the diner for a cup of coffee and a chat with Maggie, admitting
that his relationship with Carolyn was over, both of them recognizing a rather
bewildered young woman, enigmatic with a haunted face, entering, sitting down
at a table. When Joe leaves for sleep, Maggie and this woman talk—the
conversation about the Collins and Collins Port. I think it is easy to venture
a guess that this is Roger’s troubled wife, returning unannounced, not quite
sure what to do or how to approach her estranged family. This is a set up for
the future, as her presence will make a Burke Devlin type immediate impact,
while the “Victoria Imprisonment” storyline is on its way to a close with David finding an increasingly
paranoid and fearsome Matthew chomping at the bit because of his being stuck in
the Old House (the Widows and the lighted portrait of Josette are really what
bother him). David has been eyeing the staircase ever since hearing Vicky’s
muffled voice, carefully avoiding giving away his poker face to a dangerous
Matthew. Matthew’s resolve has been on an ebb and flow since his first
appearance on the show and we are seeing him coming apart at the seams, certain
to harm anyone that threatens his freedom (he does symbolize the cornered
animal).
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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