I do have to admire Burke for his nerve. He barges his way into Collinwood and refuses to leave, knowing all Elizabeth would have to do is call Sheriff Patterson and get hauled out of there and possibly into a jail cell again.
I, on the other hand, admired Elizabeth's nerve. Burke could have kept her from getting to the telephone, but she kept her composure. And when she did appear to be about to call the sheriff, she went for the phone that was near Burke, and not for the one that was in the foyer.
I liked the small talk dialogue that Elizabeth was given - asking about Collinsport, reminding us that she herself hasn't seen it in nearly twenty years. I'm sure she keeps up with what's being built and torn down, however.
This may be the first time Burke has actually spoken with Elizabeth.
No, Elizabeth was there when Carolyn brought Burke home, wasn't she?
It's a measure of his homeless, wandering life that by the end of the episode he tells Elizabeth, I've never felt so at home as I do here at Collinwood.
I wondered if that was a blooper. Surely Burke meant Collinsport, not Collinwood, and Mitchell Ryan did seem to be having trouble keeping track of his lines today. I like to imagine Joan Bennett being sort of fed up with Ryan and using it to fuel her acting while her annoyance made Mitch even more blooper-prone - but that's just pleasant speculation. I'm sure they were all one big happy family.