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[spoiler]Today's quote:
Ep #52 (1966) - Maggie - 'Oh Pop, this MUST be the purest atmosphere in the country. Why do you think all those summer people come up here every year?'
From "#0051/0052: Robservations 06/22/01: Dead Man Body Surfing"
Evans cottage - Did you hear me?--Pop? says Maggie, shaking her father by the arm. He's lying on the sofa and he asks what it is. It's almost one in the morning, she says. I didn't know it was that late, says Sam. Why don't you go to bed? she asks him. For what? he asks--to toss and turn?--it's no use, I've got too much on my mind. What's bugging you? she asks, sitting on the sofa beside him--do you want to talk to me about it? I don't want to worry you, he says, with my petty little problems. It would be worse if you didn't, says Maggie. All right, if you're so inquisitive, he says--I'm worried about Bill Malloy. He's a big fella, he can take care of himself, points out Maggie. Normally, agrees Sam, I'd say yes, but these aren't normal times--there are forces loose in Collinsport that frighten me to think of--evil forces--you can smell it in the very atmosphere. Maggie laughs--this must be the purest atmosphere in the country, she says--why do you think all those summer people come up here every year?--to get away from the air pollution, that's why. This pollution lies in the souls of men, not the air, says Sam. I've never seen you so gloomy, she says. I've never had as much to be gloomy about before, he says.
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Talk about summer tourists descending on Collinsport is frequently mentioned in the background info on the show but I don't recall it being mentioned that often on the show. Today's quote may even be the only instance where it is. And what's even more interesting is that we never really see evidence of those tourists - well, unless we're supposed to presume that some of the dancers at the Blue Whale are tourists. Who knows? But maybe Sam was more right than he realized with regard to evil forces being loose in Collinsport. Maybe it was a case that before too long unsuspecting tourists fell prey to supernatural happenings around Collinsport that we never saw anything about. Start those fan fiction stories now!