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After 10 years, Roger confesses that he killed the man in the manslaughter case and sent Burke to prison for it; Elizabeth tries to send Jason McGuire on his way, but he reminds her that he helped her bury Paul Stoddard after she killed him.
Synopsis
Roger attempts to scold Liz for allowing them in; Burke says he can’t be kept out. Liz wants to know what the whole matter’s about; Burke plans to tell all. Roger wants her kept out of it; as they step into the drawing room, however, she joins them. Sam glares hatefully at Roger as Burke closes the Drawing Room doors.
Sam reveals that he saw Roger behind the wheel of the car that killed; Roger accuses Sam of lying, or at least misinterpreting the scene. He accuses Sam and Burke of attempting to ruin Roger and the Collins name. Burke calls the Collinses a bunch of hypocritical cowards (after a flub). Roger accuses Burke of ‘another’ bribe, and of course Liz questions that wording. Burke asks Roger about his bribing Sam 10 years ago. Liz reälises that what Sam and Burke are saying is true. Roger claims that Sam extorted the money from him, saying he would lie under oath that Roger was driving. Burke points out that if Roger were innocent, he would have locked Sam up for his supposèd extortion. Roger asks Liz if she believes him; Liz doesn’t know. Burke accuses her of knowing all along, to which she admits. She admits that she suspected it in the deep back of her mind. She asks Burke what they are to do. Burke asks her, the Collins conscience, what they should do. Burke refuses to call the police, leaving the matter up to Liz.
McGuire comes down the steps and eavesdrops as Liz announces that she’s going to call the police. Vicki catches him; she’s looking for David. Back in the Drawing Room, Roger begs Liz not to call the police.
Burke stops Liz from calling the police. He just wanted to see if she would do it. Liz won’t let Burke have power over them. Roger supplicates; Burke gives his word that he’s not going to go to the police; he’s gotten what he wanted. He says he only won’t go to the Police if Roger confesses in front of the triö. Roger can’t. After a memory refresher, Roger says the words Burke’s longed to hear in a stellar confrontation. Burke and Sam leave; Roger begs Liz not to look at him now.
Upstairs, a frantic Jason calls Willie, afraid that Liz is going to call the police and placing him on alert that they may need to bolt quickly.
In the basement, McGuire sneaks and is caught by David, who says noöne ever goes in there. Not even David, who’s been everywhere at Collinwood, has seen the inside of that room. David says he was waiting around to see a ghost, something he’s heard lots of times and seen a few times. He invites McGuire to wait with him. David doesn’t know what’s in the room and doesn’t want to find out, lest it lose its mystery. McGuire points out that sometimes truths can be more horrifying than mysteries.
Upstairs, Liz continues to glare at Roger; he expects she wants him to leave Collinwood. She doesn’t want to discuss it anymore to-night. He implores her to think of David, “after all, he’s a Collins,” Liz lays into him; everyone does things they’re not proud of, but he didn’t have to add cowardice and bribery to it. Roger implores Liz to understand, and she bids him leave her alone. Alone, she frets. She sees David coming up the steps and acts elusive about his whereabouts. David asks Liz if facts can be more horrifying than a mystery, like Mr McGuire said. He talks about seeing McGuire in the basement where he found him. Liz is upset that McGuire was in the basement and sends the prying David, who has the feeling that McGuire was trying to enter the room, up to bed. Liz admits that, as David suspects, he could be wrong about the matter.
Upstairs, Vicki tells Carolyn that McGuire found David in the basement but now he’s in bed. Carolyn asks if Vicki believes McGuire’s claim; she doesn’t because McGuire said he was retiring. She also remembers his eavesdropping; suddenly, Carolyn doesn’t like or trust McGuire. It’s unlike Liz to lie, and Carolyn feels McGuire is forcing her to lie because he has a hold over her. Carolyn believes that McGuire is noöne’s friend.
In the basement, Liz catches Jason again trying to pry into the locked room. Liz catches McGuire in his lie and reminds him of her orders that he stay away from the Locked Room. She tells him to leave because noöne goes in that room. McGuire laughs, saying he was considering leaving on his own, but now he’s reconsidered. She orders him out of Collinsport by morning. Jason points out that he might meet and talk with authorities and police should he leave Collinwood. McGuire doesn’t know why Liz is bothered by his trying to see what’s in the locked room, as he already knows what’s in there. He shouldn’t want to see it, per Liz. McGuire says he might want to pay his respects to his good friend Paul, because despite his lackluster performance as a husband to Liz, he was a good friend to McGuire. McGuire thinks it’s piteous that Liz had to kill Paul, but fortunate that she had McGuire to help her cover it up. Liz is upset; Jason reminds her she forced him to say it, but he won’t say it again unless she forces him to.
Memorable quotes
Roger [frantic]: “I didn’t know what I was doing!”
[stoic]: “I was driving. I hit the man; I killed him.”
Burke: “And the money you gave Sam…”
Roger: “I gave the money to Sam, to keep him quiet.”
Burke: “And now, Just one more thing”
Roger: “Please!”
Burke: “I sent an innocent man to prison for five years.”
Roger: “I -“
Burke: “Say it! Say it! An innocent man! For five years! Say it or I’ll choke it out of you!”
Roger: “I, sent an innocent man, to prison, for five years.”
Burke: “At last, now it’s over. I thought I wanted to see you rot in prison. But people like you rot wherever they are.”
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Jason [about the Locked Room]: “I already know what’s in here.”
Liz: “Then why don’t you stay away?”
Jason: “Maybe, I want to pay my respects –”
Liz [pivoting away]: “Don’t say that!”
Jason: “Why not? Paul was a good friend of mine. He may not have been a very good friend or husband to you, but he was a good and loyal friend to me. Pity you had to go and kill him. And weren’t you fortunate that you had a good loyal friend like me around…to bury him for you?”
Liz: “Stop it!”
Jason: “I’m sorry Liz, but you made me say it. But I won’t say it again. Unless of course, you force me to.”
Dramatis personae
- Louis Edmonds
- Mitchell Ryan
- David Ford
- Joan Bennett
- Dennis Patrick
- Alexandra Moltke
- David Henesy
- Nancy Barrett
Background information and notes
This episode has an enormous cast relative to most other episodes.
Continuity and mistakes
Burke flubs his dramatic "hypocritical cowards" line.