Regarding today's quotes -
Book One/Issue Three/Page 8 - Roger: 'GOOD DAY,
LADIES...MISS WINTERS...' - and -
Book One/Issue Three/Page 9 - Roger's voice: '"...I'VE SOME
BUSINESS ON THE WATER."' - this is how they play in the pilot's script -
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... and turns in Carolyn's direction to say "Goodnight, ladies" and then back to Vicki with a simple "Miss Winters" and he leaves. Vicki is somewhat surprised by what Roger has said, Liz is embarrassed, but ...
- and as we saw in yesterday's quote from the script, after summing up David, Roger simply bids Vicki a good night - but as we can see above, Roger actually bids Liz and Carolyn a good night and then adds Vicki afterward - and as you can see, in the comic Roger's first line is quite similar, with only the time of day being different, and then his addressing of Vicki is identical - however, in the pilot, unlike in the comic where Roger adds in today's second quote that he has business on the water (a mysterious remark that will begin to be explained tomorrow), Roger's good nights are then followed by Vicki actually looking to the Roger -
- as his leaves the room - and while one could say Vicki's reaction in the comic looks somewhat surprised, she doesn't look as surprised as she does when -
- she turns back in the pilot - and the comic makes no effort to show -
- Liz' embarrassed reaction at all - and as I wrote back in 2015, this -
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... but the devilish smirk on Carolyn's face, which I just love -
- betrays that she's quite pleased that someone has owned up to the truth about David.
- is how the scene wraps in the pilot - and while we do see Carolyn in the final drawing room panel in the comic, her expression by no means conveys as much as Carolyn's expression does in the pilot.
And that's the end of things that were lifted from the pilot's script. And it was nice of them to include it all because, as I wrote back in 2015, it's a shame it was all cut from the NBC version of the pilot because there are some great character moments in the scene. At the time the comic was being put together, it was apparently thought that the scene would never see the light of day, but little did they know that MPI would restore the scene in its VHS release of the pilot...