90
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| Episode number | 90 |
| Timeline | 1967 |
| First aired | October 28, 1966 |
| Tape date | October 19, 1966 |
| Narrated by | Victoria Winters |
| Written by | Francis Swann |
| Directed by | Lela Swift |
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[edit] Synopsis
- My name is Victoria Winters. As an orphan in a foundling home I became accustomed to making decisions without guidance. I have now been forced to decide whether or not I should leave Collinwood, and part of the answer lies in the mind of a small boy.
David asks why Vicki is leaving, and when she gives him a rundown of his crimes, he recants his decision not to go to her funeral, telling her "I like funerals." He likes everything about them and even plays games involving his father's funeral. David claims he saw two ghosts in the room in which he locked Vicki, one was Josette Collins and he doesn't know the other one (but says it is a girl). Vicki tells him there are three ghosts in the room; David learns that Vicki saw Bill Malloy's ghost and he begs her to stay. David believes Bill's warning means that Malloy really was murdered.
Carolyn reads Vicki's account of the ghost, which began with hearing Malloy’s favorite sea-shanty. Matthew changes the lock to the West Wing door, and David learns that Liz has constructed a cover story for his atrocity. David alerts Matthew to some loose rug. Vicki's account of the ghost sighting seems overlong, while Carolyn remains skeptical. They sneak into the room. When they leave, David reads Vicki's journal. David tells Matthew that Vicki saw a ghost in the West Wing the previous night, and that’s why Liz wants a new lock. Matthew manhandles David upon this information, and is angry when he learns the ghost says he was killed. Matthew disagrees with David's and the ghost's contention. He offers to show Matthew the room.
Carolyn gets a tour of the locked room, but the seaweed's gone; Vicki doesn't understand but now the key fits under the door. In the room, Vicki finds a ledger from Elizabeth's Bangor lawyers, Garner & Garner, with the name B. Hanscombe on it. She's confused as to why this should keep her at Collinwood per Carolyn's suggestion. David says he loves Vicki, which terrifies Carolyn because he drowned a kitten he said he loved!
[edit] Memorable quotes
[edit] Dramatis personae
- ← Nancy Barrett as Carolyn Stoddard →
- ← Thayer David as Matthew Morgan →
- ← David Henesy as David Collins →
- ← and Alexandra Moltke as Victoria Winters →
[edit] Background information and notes
- David (incorrectly) speculates that Josette Collins was pushed off Widows' Hill.
- David talks about the ghost of a girl he has seen, which could be interpreted to be Sarah Collins or Carrie Stokes. However; this episode takes place long before either character or their matching story lines were developed.
