Sliding back into the routine, we get to see Sam boozing up. I tell you, I damn near forgot Kathryn Leigh Scott was on the show, her Maggie has been given so little to do. She is to be Sam's private investigator, trying to pry information from Roger's wife (well, again, this hasn't been announced, and I'm sure Dark Shadows Creative will prolong the meeting of mother/wife with son/husband as long as humanly possible) about who she is and what her reasons for being in Collins Port are. Sam knows who she is, perhaps shaken in disbelief, maybe attempting to convince himself this mysterious woman isn't who he thinks she is. Maggie has a conversation with Joe about Matthew's "death by fright" (while allowing Maggie, Sam, Joe, and the mystery lady to have this episode, DSC still want to emphasize that what happens at Collinwood is the talk of the town). Joe laughs on the whole notion that Matthew died of such a thing, instead believing his heart just gave out, especially not taking seriously the report of Josette's ghost appearing to Vicky. Joe then tries to help Sam at the Blue Whale while Maggie tells him her questions led to very little in identifying the obvious. Sam looked at the Collins Port Inn registry and calls for Roger to get down to the Blue Whale immediately. He wants Roger to hear that the missus is back and that their lives are in deep trouble.Seeing Roger's criticisms of Sam as he gets wasted, this only makes the revelation extra sweet...to see Roger grimace in nervous acceptance is rather satisfying. The show has found ways creatively to allow Roger to slip and slide out of one sticky situation after another, but Laura's re-emergence in Collins Port is likely to create a shockwave of Burke Devlin proportions. This is not what Roger needs after Burke's acquirement of competitor, Logan's Port Enterprises, but his life just got a whole lot more complicated.
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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