For those of you watching on DVD, here are several scenes not included in Sony's version that are just from the first hour! There's some exposition that provides backstory (it certainly did for me the first time I saw the series with these scenes restored) and a bit more character development, especially for Roger and Carolyn.
In an extension of the scene in the drawing room, Elizabeth tells Roger that David needs a family,... and a father! He reveals that last night, he talked his son into joining him on a walk along the beach at dusk, though he was surprised David agreed. Roger talked about Europe, about his own childhood-- anything he could think of, but David was silent until he pulled on Roger's arm to ask one question-- if he liked him. "If I liked him," he repeats. Elizabeth assures him that in time they'll get to know each other, but Roger says, "I'm not so sure, dear sister." Then, "I'll try to say this so that I'm still left with a shred of dignity," he adds, and confesses to feeling resentment that his son is alive; "May the Lord forgive me," he says, "but if it would have saved her sanity, I would have left him to die in that burning room." Elizabeth is speechless.
Joe leaves the Blue Whale to watch Vicki get into Willie's pickup. Willie: "Night, loverboy. Hee hee hee." Vicki waves, and Willie speeds off. Joe stomps inside, calling Willie a jerk who needs to learn some manners... "especially if he's gonna mess with someone crazier than him." He makes Daphne giggle, then slings her over his shoulder to carry her to his car for some "night fishing." Maggie calls it "just another night at the Blue Whale."
The ladies are having tea when Vicki asks how long David has been without his father. Elizabeth says about 6 years. She brought him back from England when his mother took ill, and it has been hard on him. She calls him a bright boy with an amazing imagination, and Carolyn responds, "If you can call putting garter snakes in my dresser imaginative." Vicki and Roger are introduced, and her compliment of Collinwood prompts Roger to explain that Elizabeth always had a gift for maintaining the house in the grand manner. Elizabeth says, "Style should be the dress of thought. It tempers life with grace." She looks to Vicki, who agrees and then asks if a painting on an easel is a Seurat. Elizabeth says it's a copy, and Roger interrupts with "it was painted by another artist." Vicki looks at it more closely and declares that it's very good. Roger asks if she enjoys art, and she answers that it's one of her favorite teaching subjects; "I think that children express themselves very well through drawing and painting." Roger says he supposes she gets to know them better, and Vicki says they get to know themselves-- that's the challenge. Roger tells her he thinks his son is as much a challenge as she can handle; he's certain he is different from any boy she has taught. Roger excuses himself for the night, and Carolyn smirks.
We see an upstairs light on at Collinwood. As Vicki unpacks, Carolyn enters with blankets, saying it gets cold at night. She says the fireplace works and describes the bathroom as big enough for a battalion. Vicki: "Thanks. I really can't wait to meet David." Carolyn: "Oh yes, you can." Vicki hopes he'll like her, and Carolyn says he will or he'll have to answer to her. Carolyn: "Vicki, I'm really glad you're here." "So am I." An animal howls, and Vicki asks what it was. Carolyn: "The strange creatures of the Maine woods. When the moon is full and the wolfbane blooms, they come down from the mountains out of the cold. Ow-woooooo!" A dog barks, and Vicki looks out to see a tall figure in old-fashioned clothes standing in the fog. She says that someone is standing at the edge of the wood. Carolyn checks but Barnabas is gone. V: "I thought I saw someone." C: "You're in the boonies, kid. This place can have that kind of effect on you." She says Vicki must be tired and suggests she take a bath and rest, and sounding very sincere, she adds that if she needs anything, she need only call. Alone now, Vicki looks out of the window again.
In addition to the sight of Daphne in her hospital bed, we see the sign outside that reads Collinsport Mercy Hospital. As a worried Joe keeps vigil at her beside, Hiram tells him there's nothing he can do there now and suggests he head to the lounge and get a cup of coffee, but Joe prefers to stay. The doc says he'll look in on her later.
After Carolyn and Elizabeth enter the hospital room, the latter strokes Daphne followed by a closeup of Elizabeth's anguished face.
Rain can be heard as Vicki enters the dining room and first greets Mrs. Johnson, who is is putting the final touches on a large breakfast buffet, and then Roger, who is seated at a formally set table. Vicki asks there's been any word about Daphne, and Roger answers that they were promised a call if there's any change. Roger puts down his newspaper and says he assumes she has met David by now, asking what she thinks of him. "To be honest," Vicki replies, "he started by trying to scare the living daylights out of me, and he hit the jackpot." Roger offers to talk to him, but she says there's no need-- that little boys have terrorized teachers and babysitters forever, and mischief goes with the territory. Roger tells her that David is a very difficult child. She says she's sure it hasn't been easy for David, and she asks him to give her some time because she feels it's best to not expect too much too soon. Roger: "I learned a long time ago never to expect anything. That way, I'm never disappointed."
Sheriff Patterson makes the drive in a downpour to Collinwood and tells Roger and Elizabeth that he's looking for Willie Loomis, who was acting strangely at the Blue Whale the previous night. After an introduction to Vicki, Patterson says she must have witnessed Willie almost taking a swing at Joe Haskell, but she tells him that nothing really happened. Elizabeth says, "I don't understand;" she thought they were looking for an animal, but Patterson says they were wrong about that. Elizabeth asks what kind of person could have done such a thing, then questions how he could seriously think that Willie could have anything to do with it. He tells her he never said that. Roger offers to accompany Patterson to the stables to look for Willie, and as they leave, Elizabeth and Vicki take each other's hands. At the stables, the men spot Willie's truck and head upstairs. They find the empty room in a mess, and Roger says Willie is a strange young man. He picks up a couple of empties and says he's probably sleeping it off somewhere. The sheriff tells Roger that when he sees him, he should tell him to come to the station house.
