August 3, 1966--Episode 28
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the_collinsport_reviewMy name is Victoria Winters.
David holds the key to an attempted murder, but he's disappeared.
Burke barges into the Sheriff's office to yell at him about searching his room. He tells Jonas to stay away from him.
Jonas points out that he's a suspect in a murder, and wants to know why, if he has nothing to hide, he's so worried.
Burke says he had no right to search his room without a warrant, and Jonas shows him the warrant. Burke asks what he was looking for--which should be on the warrant [hey, not for nothing have I been a L&O junkie all these years] and Jonas says, "This and that," then tells Burke he has a lot of nice clothes and asks where he got them. [I like this sheriff. I wish we'd seen more of him.]
Burke accuses Jonas of being in Roger Collins's pocket. Jonas takes umbrage at this. [I never get to use the word umbrage.] Burke goes on about how he's innocent and isn't going to prison again. Jonas picks up a file and says he has to take this to his deputy, but Burke should do some thinking about how a car went off the road and Roger was almost killed. And if Burke didn't do it, who did? [This is the first show I've ever seen where the police actually tell the wrongly-accused man that he should try and figure out who the real killer is. Usually they just get mad when he does that.]
David stands in the doorway of the restaurant. Maggie has found him in the lobby of the inn and brought him in to give him a sundae. He's unenthusiastic about this, but he does ask if he could work the fountain sometime. Maggie asks if his father knows where he is, and if he's coming to get him. David's answers don't match up, and Maggie says she has to make a call to her father to let him know where she is. David is eating his sundae--and says it's good with whipped cream.
Back in the sheriff's station, Burke is looking at wanted posters. He tells Jonas that he's been out of prison for five years because of his good behavior.
The phone rings, and it's Frank, Jonas's friend in New York. Jonas asks to call him back.
Burke is angry now, and says he has no idea who would want to kill Roger, but Jonas is to stay off his back. He slams out. Jonas returns Frank's call.
In the restaurant, Maggie teaches David how to make a sundae while she clumsily pumps him for information about why he was trying to get into Burke's room. David goes into sulk mode and tries to leave, but Maggie offers to have a sundae with him, so he goes back to his sundae-making.
Roger shows up, and instead of immediately handing David over to him, Maggie stands talking to him, giving David a chance to escape.
Not that Roger cares. He tells Maggie that David can find his own way home, but relents when she points out that it's now dark outside. He tells her to send David to his office if he comes back, and that he should "warn himself that he's in for a good, solid lecture." [Um, OK.]
Before he can leave, Maggie tells Roger that David was trying to get into Burke's room. Now Roger's interested, and wants to see David immediately, as soon as he's found. [Not that he's going to look for him himself or anything.]
Roger tries to leave, but Maggie stops him to ask about Sam, and how upset he's been lately. Roger doesn't know why she's asking him. Maggie says that Sam's been scared ever since he found out Burke was back in town, and thought Roger might know why. Roger continues to feign ignorance, until he hears that Burke has been over to visit Sam. Then he wants to know if they were talking about him.
Maggie jumps to the reasonable conclusion that Roger is involved in this somehow, but Roger plays it off as perfectly natural curiosity about why Burke should come to town and visit Sam. [Yeah, that, "Were they talking about me?" sounds like natural curiosity all right. Either that, or paranoia.]
Maggie tells him that there's nothing unusual about that because [repeat after me] Burke used to pose for Sam. Roger jumps to the conclusion that they were talking about Sam's paintings.
Maggie says sort of, but before she can explain, Burke comes in and tells Roger that Sam's going to do his portrait. Then he asks for some lobster roll. Maggie leaves, not unaware that he's just trying to get her out of the room.
Burke asks why it would upset Roger that he's seeing Sam. Roger says he doesn't see how Sam can paint Burke's portrait when he's leaving so soon. Burke explains again that his plans have changed.
Roger tells him that he's had his last chance, and Burke says that Roger still thinks he tried to kill him. [Yes, of course he does, it's only, what, the next day? Or maybe the same day.]
Roger says, "Now don't mess with me, Burke!" and Burke asks or what, he'll sic the sheriff on him? Roger calls him a convict who happened to pick up a little money, but he'll be back in prison soon.
Roger leaves, and Maggie comes back with Burke's food. Maggie tells Burke that it was David who was in his room, and that he was just looking around out of curiosity. Burke, a bit paranoid himself, seems to feel that David is one more Collins who is out to get him.
He asks Maggie to sit down, and even though she should get back to work [doing what, I'm not sure, they're the only two people there], she does. Burke wants to talk about Roger and Sam, to get information out of her. Had they been spending time together before he came back? Maggie realizes that the last time she saw Roger with her father, it was around the time of Burke's trial.
Roger has gone to the sheriff's office, to complain that Burke hasn't been arrested. Jonas says there seems to be something behind all this, but Roger overrides his suspicions with the patented Collins haughtiness and says he just wants to see Burke arrested.
Jonas tells Roger what Frank told him. Burke buys companies and sells them at a profit. Jonas says there is one curious thing: two weeks before Burke came to town, a private investigator he'd hired came to dig up all the information he could on the Collins family. Jonas then asks Roger the same question he asked Burke: who else would want to kill Roger? [I'd like to know how Frank knows a) that Burke hired a P.I., and b) what he hired him to do. New York is not Collinsport, the police have a lot more to do than Jonas Carter and his lone deputy.]
In the restaurant, Maggie is worried about David. Burke pays her for his dinner and leaves, and after putting the money in the cash register, she leaves the room.
Whereupon we discover where David has been hiding: in the phone booth. He sneaks out and leaves the restaurant.
[From the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, from the White House, and from key points around Washington, D.C., ABC news brings you live, color coverage of the Luci Johnson wedding, Saturday morning on ABC.]
David holds the key to an attempted murder, but he's disappeared.
Burke barges into the Sheriff's office to yell at him about searching his room. He tells Jonas to stay away from him.
Jonas points out that he's a suspect in a murder, and wants to know why, if he has nothing to hide, he's so worried.
Burke says he had no right to search his room without a warrant, and Jonas shows him the warrant. Burke asks what he was looking for--which should be on the warrant [hey, not for nothing have I been a L&O junkie all these years] and Jonas says, "This and that," then tells Burke he has a lot of nice clothes and asks where he got them. [I like this sheriff. I wish we'd seen more of him.]
Burke accuses Jonas of being in Roger Collins's pocket. Jonas takes umbrage at this. [I never get to use the word umbrage.] Burke goes on about how he's innocent and isn't going to prison again. Jonas picks up a file and says he has to take this to his deputy, but Burke should do some thinking about how a car went off the road and Roger was almost killed. And if Burke didn't do it, who did? [This is the first show I've ever seen where the police actually tell the wrongly-accused man that he should try and figure out who the real killer is. Usually they just get mad when he does that.]
David stands in the doorway of the restaurant. Maggie has found him in the lobby of the inn and brought him in to give him a sundae. He's unenthusiastic about this, but he does ask if he could work the fountain sometime. Maggie asks if his father knows where he is, and if he's coming to get him. David's answers don't match up, and Maggie says she has to make a call to her father to let him know where she is. David is eating his sundae--and says it's good with whipped cream.
Back in the sheriff's station, Burke is looking at wanted posters. He tells Jonas that he's been out of prison for five years because of his good behavior.
The phone rings, and it's Frank, Jonas's friend in New York. Jonas asks to call him back.
Burke is angry now, and says he has no idea who would want to kill Roger, but Jonas is to stay off his back. He slams out. Jonas returns Frank's call.
In the restaurant, Maggie teaches David how to make a sundae while she clumsily pumps him for information about why he was trying to get into Burke's room. David goes into sulk mode and tries to leave, but Maggie offers to have a sundae with him, so he goes back to his sundae-making.
Roger shows up, and instead of immediately handing David over to him, Maggie stands talking to him, giving David a chance to escape.
Not that Roger cares. He tells Maggie that David can find his own way home, but relents when she points out that it's now dark outside. He tells her to send David to his office if he comes back, and that he should "warn himself that he's in for a good, solid lecture." [Um, OK.]
Before he can leave, Maggie tells Roger that David was trying to get into Burke's room. Now Roger's interested, and wants to see David immediately, as soon as he's found. [Not that he's going to look for him himself or anything.]
Roger tries to leave, but Maggie stops him to ask about Sam, and how upset he's been lately. Roger doesn't know why she's asking him. Maggie says that Sam's been scared ever since he found out Burke was back in town, and thought Roger might know why. Roger continues to feign ignorance, until he hears that Burke has been over to visit Sam. Then he wants to know if they were talking about him.
Maggie jumps to the reasonable conclusion that Roger is involved in this somehow, but Roger plays it off as perfectly natural curiosity about why Burke should come to town and visit Sam. [Yeah, that, "Were they talking about me?" sounds like natural curiosity all right. Either that, or paranoia.]
Maggie tells him that there's nothing unusual about that because [repeat after me] Burke used to pose for Sam. Roger jumps to the conclusion that they were talking about Sam's paintings.
Maggie says sort of, but before she can explain, Burke comes in and tells Roger that Sam's going to do his portrait. Then he asks for some lobster roll. Maggie leaves, not unaware that he's just trying to get her out of the room.
Burke asks why it would upset Roger that he's seeing Sam. Roger says he doesn't see how Sam can paint Burke's portrait when he's leaving so soon. Burke explains again that his plans have changed.
Roger tells him that he's had his last chance, and Burke says that Roger still thinks he tried to kill him. [Yes, of course he does, it's only, what, the next day? Or maybe the same day.]
Roger says, "Now don't mess with me, Burke!" and Burke asks or what, he'll sic the sheriff on him? Roger calls him a convict who happened to pick up a little money, but he'll be back in prison soon.
Roger leaves, and Maggie comes back with Burke's food. Maggie tells Burke that it was David who was in his room, and that he was just looking around out of curiosity. Burke, a bit paranoid himself, seems to feel that David is one more Collins who is out to get him.
He asks Maggie to sit down, and even though she should get back to work [doing what, I'm not sure, they're the only two people there], she does. Burke wants to talk about Roger and Sam, to get information out of her. Had they been spending time together before he came back? Maggie realizes that the last time she saw Roger with her father, it was around the time of Burke's trial.
Roger has gone to the sheriff's office, to complain that Burke hasn't been arrested. Jonas says there seems to be something behind all this, but Roger overrides his suspicions with the patented Collins haughtiness and says he just wants to see Burke arrested.
Jonas tells Roger what Frank told him. Burke buys companies and sells them at a profit. Jonas says there is one curious thing: two weeks before Burke came to town, a private investigator he'd hired came to dig up all the information he could on the Collins family. Jonas then asks Roger the same question he asked Burke: who else would want to kill Roger? [I'd like to know how Frank knows a) that Burke hired a P.I., and b) what he hired him to do. New York is not Collinsport, the police have a lot more to do than Jonas Carter and his lone deputy.]
In the restaurant, Maggie is worried about David. Burke pays her for his dinner and leaves, and after putting the money in the cash register, she leaves the room.
Whereupon we discover where David has been hiding: in the phone booth. He sneaks out and leaves the restaurant.
[From the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, from the White House, and from key points around Washington, D.C., ABC news brings you live, color coverage of the Luci Johnson wedding, Saturday morning on ABC.]
