The is a phone in the study which makes four phones on the first floor and none on the second. Mrs j 's cooking must really be terrible considering all the places Jason must have eaten in his travels.

Speaking of Matthew, I kept wondering why Elizabeth hadn't told him there is an old skeleton in the basement would you dig it up and get rid of it for me or at least do it herself  knowing that it would be likely Jason would be back.  I had issues with the sudden willingness for Burke to totally forgive so easily.  I liked that Roger was afraid his sister would send him away again and he said he didn't know where he would go or what he would do.  Burke did have a good line about people like you rot wherever they go. 

Apparently Frank has disappeared after moving his practice to Collinsport and left Vickie without a word. Maybe everything surrounding Laura has developed a collective amnesia to the players.  Anyway Vickie seems to have reverted to her previous casual dating of Burke despite telling him she was done with him. Little Willie refers to himself in the third person which is never a good sign and wants to move to Collinwood.

I wish Marmorstein had stayed on DS, the show was more grounded in the real world when he and Ron Sproat were the writers.

I never did understand why Sam Hall stated that he couldn't "even cue Grayson on his scripts" and that they were poorly written.

Well no one could write as well as Sam Hall according to Sam Hall. 

Jason considers he is a guest, while Elizabeth considers he is an intruder. He reveals he is broke and wants her to buy him a wardrobe.  The town is already no doubt talking about the single man staying at the mansion and then charging a wardrobe to her account.  Mrs. J. Will be sure to tell no tales about that in town.  Jason reveals to Roger he has not seen his buddy Paul in 18 years.

Vickie grills  mrs. Stood dared about the basement again and is asked to forget again. Will she? Vickie is suddenly curious at the diner when Jason brings up Paul Stoddard. So apparently she has not forgotten that there may be a connection with Paul and her missing background. Elizabeth loses her smile when she sees Jason.

I too was like, wow this is a fast story transition.  Laura gone and onto Jason.  I wonder if Portia is representative of the typical summer people of Collinsport. I'm guessing so.

Elizabeth is thrashing around and screaming David and fire so it appears she has some link to  David that is provided by Josette maybe as she is the one seemingly keeping people informed of David's danger. Laura burns to Phoenix land in front of David.

No footage of  Laura getting on the bus, just the sound of it pulling away from the diner. They must have told Clairice to spend so many minutes searching the rather barren room for David and calling his name so that the time would equal a full show. It looked ridiculous.