Another cliffhanger has been milked out of the fishing shack fire. And I was quite surprised to learn that apparently it was the only fishing shack in the area. Isn't Collinsport supposed to be something of tourist magnet? Don't tourists fish?
Oh, dear, Sam's an artist, not a businessman. It ought to be very easy to get Roger to help him out, because Roger, I think, can always use money. Sam should tell Roger that if Roger will produce the missing paintings, Portia Fitzsimmons can probably get him a good price for them, and to sweeten the pot, Sam will throw in half a dozen more paintings of later vintage, because Sam believes that Portia Fitzsimmons is going to cause the value of all his work to go sky-high. After that Sam will be able to sell his own more recent paintings at a higher price than he could before. And if nobody wants to buy any of the paintings, even the ones that Roger has, neither Sam nor Roger has lost a penny. But Sam's an artist, not a businessman, alas, so he can't think of anything more brilliant than, "Gimme my paintings or else."
Of course, Roger says he doesn't know where the paintings are. But if he had a financial interest in finding them, his memory would improve quite fast, I think.
Funny, I remember a big deal being made about the miracle cure of Sam's hands, but it just got mentioned sort of by the way.
Yes indeed, yay, Jason!
