Getting back to the scene of the hysterical David returning to Collinwood after having had Angelique lure him to the cemetery to release her, I don't honestly remember, but I don't *think* we see anything of Vicki as described in the script here:
ACT FOUR
FADE IN:
INT. VICTORIA'S BEDROOM - COLLINWOOD - NIGHT
Blue moonlight flickers through the windows, shimmering across Victoria's sleeping face when suddenly she HEARS DAVID'S SCREAMS echoing from somewhere inside the house.
DAVID (O.S.)
HELP!! KEEP HER AWAY!!
Stunned, Victoria throws off her covers, and bolts out of bed.
I *think* that from the outset we see David return to Collinwood screaming. And he doesn't simply scream "HELP!! KEEP HER AWAY!!" once - he screams "HELP!!" and "KEEP HER AWAY!!" as well as "NO!" several times while he's turning on all the lights -
INT. GREAT HALL - COLLINWOOD - NIGHT
Victoria rushes downstairs in her nightgown, Roger and Elizabeth (both in night clothes) close behind. As they hit the floor, they find David frantically turning on the lights.[/b]
- and Liz and Vicki try to get him to explain what he's doing. But then -
ROGER
David?
As the lights come on, REVEAL David, filthy, soaking wet, fingers bloodied from digging.
VICTORIA
David! What happened?
- Roger shows up calling out "David!" and then ordering "Stop! Stop!" And rather than Vicki asking what happened, Roger orders "Just try to tell us what happened." But instead of things playing out as scripted -
David whirls, eyes wide with fear.
DAVID
Don't let her take me!
David runs to Roger and grabs him in a desperate hug. Awkward, Roger. FLINCHES, like he's not used to holding his son.
ROGER
David, what's wrong? Where have
you been?
- David says "She... she was in the old cemetery," to which a puzzled Roger questions "Cemetery?" Then, because David has already mentioned the cemetery (instead of the Old House) -
David looks up at him through tear-soaked eyes.
DAVID
By the old house...
(scared)
She's not real, is she? She can't
be real...
- he simply asks in a quite scared voice "She's not real, is she? She can't be real..." To which Vicki similarly as scripted -
VICTORIA
David, who are you talking about?
asks "David, what are you talking about?" But then rather than using the description in the script -
DAVID
She was wearing a white dress....
and her hair was like gold.
David describes Angelique with "She had the blackest eyes... and her hair looked like fire." And similarly as scripted -
ROGER
You must have been dreaming.
- Roger exasperatedly concludes "He's been dreaming." But then to prove his story, somewhat as in the script -
David digs into his pocket, desperate to prove himself.
DAVID
No! She was wearing this.
David pulls out Angeligue's SILVER AMULET, the tarnished metal GLEAMING, under the lights.
- David protests "No, no. No! She had this" and shows them the dagger he'd removed from Angelique's skeleton, which greatly alarms Roger who demands "Where did you get this?!" rather than reacting the way the script indicates:
Uneasy at David's emotional tumult, Roger turns to Elizabeth and Victoria.
(But then, there's a big difference between an amulet and a dagger, now isn't there?
) And after having grabbed David and taken the dagger away from him as he confesses "I only did what she told me to do," Roger again demands "David, where did you get this?!", and basically as scripted -
ROGER
He's obviously had a nightmare....
you'd better get him upstairs.center]
DAVID
No... you've got to believe me...
- that's followed with David pleading "No, no. You've got to believe me," to which Roger reacts with "He's obviously hysterical... just get him back to bed." But when -
As David clings desperately, Roger uncomfortably pries his small hands away.
DAVID (CONT'D)
Don't leave me!
- David then clings desperately to Roger and protests "No. No. No! No! Daddy! Daddy!" an extremely uncomfortable Roger pries David's hands away saying without sympathy "David, stop it... stop it. Stop it... get a grip on yourself" and even angrily lashes out with "Knock it off!!" And as Vicki takes the still sobbing and pleading boy, all Roger can do is declare "I can't handle this" and then orders "Get him back to bed!" To which an incredulous Elizabeth -
ELIZABETH
Roger, he needs you.
- desperately insists "Roger! Roger, he needs you!! Roger!!"
End of scene.
And as I said several months back, the way this scene plays in the pilot
puts Roger's remark: "David is my son and I need him to be strong" into a different light.
And now we can see that, to say the least, it's an entirely different light!!