Episode 1-5-67 Well, Roger’s on the warpath. He threatens to shoot Burke at gunpoint for “being on his property” when Devlin attempts to make out with Laura (“You’re still my wife!”). Burke has got some cajones, let me tell you, as he faces off with Roger, and actually grabs the rifle as it was fired off. This face-off is a major development in this ongoing storyline involving the three of these characters. Roger tells Burke he’ll kill him if Devlin goes near Laura. An outright threat that shouldn’t be taken lightly (of course, Roger’s always blowing smoke that gives you little more than a cough), but Burke doesn’t flinch. I think this event really further emasculates Roger and Burke is built as a major force to be reckoned with because if he will look a rifle shot and not blink, that says verbal threats are meaningless. Roger then tears into Laura after she pleads with Burke to exit stage left. Roger even questions if David is his after informing her that if she even thinks...
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