Patterson and his boys are searching the grounds for Vicky while Elizabeth and Frank contemplate nervously what happened to her, where she could be, and who would want her silenced. Meanwhile, Vicky attempts to talk Matthew out of murdering her in cold blood. Matthew wavers for a bit but is wholly convinced that the only way to save his hide is to kill her. I imagine Thayer David must have loved saying "KILL YOU!", because Matthew really emphasizes it over and over to a frightened Vicky who does all she can to worry him about possibly facing a guilty conscience and murder conviction. Matthew believes he can do away with her and bury her in a cove where no one will find her. This episode is built on delay and having the viewer on edge wondering when Matthew would finally close in on Vicky as she tries, and fails, to escape or seek help (the phone rings as Elizabeth tries to contact Matthew again for a search update). Frank, interesting enough, is the only who plants the seed in Elizabeth's mind regarding another possible person who might would kill Malloy to keep her family safe from scandal.
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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