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Liz is having memory bouts; Joe and Carolyn have a run-in at the Blue Whale.
Synopsis
Teaser
- My name is Victoria Winters. A storm in all its raging cruelty threatens Collinwood for there is a force threatening Collinwood far more sinister and far more cruel than the raging storm... and it has unleashed itself upon one woman in particular.
Roger finds Liz unconscious at the bottom of the stairs and calls to Mrs. Johnson and Vicki for help.
Act I
Vicki goes to call a doctor, but Liz comes to. Roger wants Vicki to call the doctor anyway; Liz refuses it. She also refuses the brandy offered by Roger because she's waiting for a call from Mr. Metcalf and waiting for Mrs. Johnson to finish sorting the linen so she can be given tomorrow's menus. Liz seems to think it's afternoon; Roger and Vicki remind her that it's past 10 o'clock and that Metcalf called at 3:30 and Mrs. Johnson has the menus. Liz tries to remember the missing parts of her day. The last things she remembers: Scolding David for criticizing Mrs. Johnson's cooking during lunch; writing letters in her room... She thinks starting up the steps will bring her memory back. She remembers going for a walk; a few moments later she falls forward, begging to be taken to her room.
Act II
Carolyn and Joe have a run-in at the Blue Whale during which Joe refuses to be rude or accept Carolyn's genuine gratitude. Joe admits that he wants to get even with Carolyn. He thinks they should steer clear of each other. Carolyn really wants to be friends; Joe can't because he's due to pick up Maggie, whom Carolyn heard Joe's been seeing. Carolyn thinks Maggie's nice; she gets a call. Joe tells her to say 'Hello' to Burke for him. It's Roger, of course, informing her that Liz has had a bout of something and the doctor is with her. She rushes home.
Act III
Carolyn insists she be allowed to see her mother; Roger warns her that Liz is having bouts of memory loss and may not recognize [Carolyn]. In fact, Liz doesn't immediately recognize her daughter. Liz wants to go to her own room; she is having difficulty concentrating. Liz is convinced something terrible is happening to her, but it sounds like ranting. Liz becomes adamant as she starts to remember. Carolyn's tears stop her. Liz implores Carolyn to help her and hold her, begging for someone to save her.
Act IV
Vicki is pissed that the doctor doesn't know what's wrong with Liz. Carolyn believes they should defy Liz's wishes and put her in a hospital; Vicki relays the doctor's belief that that step is as yet unwarranted. The doctor will be back tomorrow to make additional tests; Carolyn frets. Carolyn is wavering in her belief that Liz will recover and worries because she can't be all alone. Vicki asks if there's anything she can get for Carolyn; Carolyn admits that despite her mother's condition, the only thing she really wants is Burke Devlin to lovingly embrace her and never let her go. The clock chimes midnight. Liz remembers being inside the Cottage with Laura and telling her to go sans David. Her memory spurt causes her to call for Roger and Vicki. She gets up to go to them, but a cloaked figure at her window ceases her egress. She screams; the figure vanishes. Liz falls back to the bed, entranced, and rambles about fire to an astounded Vicki, Carolyn, and Roger.
Memorable quotes
- Elizabeth Collins Stoddard: "The bird, high against the sky; fire; the waves against the rocks; the stones; the bird—Fire! Fire! Fire!"
Dramatis personae
- Joan Bennett as Elizabeth Collins Stoddard
- Louis Edmonds as Roger Collins
- Nancy Barrett as Carolyn Stoddard
- Joel Crothers as Joe Haskell
- Bob O'Connell as Bartender (uncredited)
- Susan Sullivan as Ghost (uncredited)
- and Alexandra Moltke as Victoria Winters
Background information and notes
- This episode has a semi-split voiceover.
- The bartender has two lines, but does not receive a screen credit.
- An instrumental version of "Michelle" by The Beatles plays at the Blue Whale.
- There is no writer or director credit in the closing titles.