After Vicki's arrival at the train station, the script deals with the scene between Roger and Liz. Here's how it's introduced:
Revised 2/28/90
12 thru OMITTED 14
15 INT. COLLINWOOD - STUDY - NIGHT
CLOSE ON ROGER COLLINS, a tall, lean, dark-haired, brooding, man in his late 30s (the tortured Rochester type of "Jane Eyre"), as he stares BY CAMERA.
ROGER David did what?! A rat in a shoebox?!
ANGLE WIDENS TO INCLUDE Liz standing with her brother in front of the fire. He has a glass of brandy in his hand.
Liz just nods.
ROGER (CONT’D) We don’t need a governess, we need a psychiatrist.
LIZ Roger, please
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However, as is quite often the case, things are a bit different in the actual pilot. For one, the scene opens with the wide angle, showing both Roger and Liz - though as can be seen in the screen caps for today, neither are standing in front of the fire and Roger (shockingly!) does not have a brandy. Also, when it comes to today's first quote -
Page 6/Scene 15 - Roger: 'David did what?! A rat in a shoebox?! We don't need a governess, we need a psychiatrist.'
- Roger delivers it all at once, followed closely by Liz' line/today's second quote.
It's also interesting that while there's really no hint of this pilot's Vicki having some sort of psychiatric training, there is when it comes to the Vicki of the '04 pilot.
And who knew that room was supposed to be the study - I always presumed it was the drawing room, which is also how it is identified in the synopses for the pilot in the SHADOWS IN THE '90s: The Dark Shadows Concordance 1991 and Dark Shadows Resurrected books.