Two diners in the diner.  Maggie might get some tips today.  For a much booze as Sam swills down, she needs to make good money.
Mitch Ryan reads almost every line off the telepromter. It's a good thing I wasn't DC as this would have been his last episode.
Maggie just takes off and leaves Carolyn in charge of the cafe.  Carolyn who earlier admited she could barely make tea.  I would have liked to see her waiting on customers and cooking and making change.  Well at least she has some job experience now for her resume.
Burke's unfinished painting looks like a monster head.  The sketch that Sam made was much better. 

I too, like when Elizabeth plays the piano.  This is an Art Wallace episode.   She confronts Roger and he lies like a rug about the trial.

The way Bill storms into Roger's office, makes quite a statement in how Bill views Roger in the whole scheme of things involving Collins business.  And it all leads up to plans for an 11 o'clock meeting in Roger's office.

The day information came from an article about there being 52 days in the first year of the show.  I have them all written down for reference, but didn't want to get too far ahead.

Maggie reveals that Sam sold paintings and got some money and then things went wrong. 
Bill infers that he lost out to Elizabeth by waiting too long and someone else came along and won her presumably her husband, but if she had been interested in Bill in a romantic way, she would have had him. 
Joe learns Carolyn had lunch with Burke and I say dump her Joe.  SHe is only trouble for you.

Frances Swain is the credited writer and I noticed he included more backstory in his script than Art Wallace. 
Roger calling Sam and then Sam putting the phone down while he rambles and then hangs up was a fun touch.
Sam becomes enraged at Maggies prying.  It appears that  Sam has reached a breaking point.

I read "Dark Passages" last night and found it interesting enough to stay up an hour past my bedtime to finish it and believe me, I don't give up sleeptime lightly.  She defintely wins the contest of the Dark Shadows authors.  There were a few too many uneeded characters.  Just because it's based on her real life doesn't mean eveyone needs to be included particularly when it's obvious she's going for a sequel where she could introduce them later if they are that important. 
I've heard her refer to her reel Pop in not so KLS terms before, but the fictional Pop description and actions were just too funny.

Vickie is back in the basement.  She's as bad with the basement as Carolyn is with Burke.  Then Matthew appears and reveals that Mrs. Stoddard has the only key to the locked room.  Way to spill the beans and making Vickie wonder even more.  At least one of my questions has been answered.  There are pipes that carry heat thoughout the house, even though, the pipes are nowhere visable nor are the radiators.
The Hall table is shoved in the corner by the stairs.  For as heavy as this table appears, it moves around.  Matthew apparently had some time in between learning he caused Roger's car to crash and threatening to kill Burke to do some heavy work.
There is another room in the house called the Study that is being used, but is unseen.
Carolyn reveals she has heard the sobbing also and the Mrs. Stoddard offers up the key.  Vickie is suddenly no longer curious