No wonder Roger and Elizabeth are happy--at least for now. Both have survived 190 episodes with their separate secrets intact. But will they manage to keep those secrets in future? Elizabeth, for one, seems more anxious about Dr. Guthrie's possibly going to The Basement than about David.
Knowing that David is listening, Vicki gives Burke a very carefully worded version what happened in the fishing shack. Later, when she's tucking David in, he tells her he's glad he decided to stay. Is it because you know we all love you? Vicki asks. After what he's been through, David is actually receptive enough to say--in true David fashion--"I guess so." Vicki gives his hair a good-night tousle.
Yes, Janet, apparently Roger was spending a "semiforgetful" evening in town when his son and heir was in danger of his life and had to be rescued by others. Apparently he thought his parental responsibilities ended once he'd put Laura on the bus out of town. Burke shows very delicate tact, I think, by leaving the room while Vicki describes the events at the fishing shack. Roger actually almost becomes emotional and goes upstairs to see David.
And a very nice scene ensues: Tentatively, Roger tucks David’s blanket in, which wakes him up. They have a brief talk, and Roger tells David not to worry. It’s all Roger can do to not to have an emotional outburst. He’s actually on the verge of giving David a hug but is able to restrain himself. In fact, he’s behaving so unlike his usual brusque self that David asks him if anything is the matter. No, Roger answers, it’s just that there’s so many things we don’t know.
Joe gives Laura's locket, which he found in the ashes at the fishing shack, to Vicki. He truly must have nerves of steel to look for it. Why did he give it to Vicki and not to, say, Carolyn, who's still the de facto Mistress of Collinwood?
