Loved your post, MB.
I like this episode. It's packed with emotional concern and caring. Vicki and David, Liz and Roger. I like all the scenes and performances. It's nice not seeing the usual tension and animosity between Liz and Roger. And I'm always a big sucker for Vicki's caring talks with David. At least he's sitting still for her. I can see progress and it makes me feel good and I like that. David's still a monster though, isn't he. Killing his own father, and trying to pin it on Vicki. What the hell was I thinking just two sentences ago?!! The stage is set for Burke's second pinning by a Collins albeit unintentional this time around.
Liz senses danger and begs Roger not to go. David gives his father a chance to save his own life but Roger doesn't bite. David tells his mother telepathically that his father dies tonight! Liz asks Vicki to hold her hand while she frets. Liz confirms what we already know to be an understatement - Roger is not fond of his own son. A timely phone call from Burke beautifully sets him up to look guilty for another crime he hasn't committed. A second phone call confirms Liz's fear. Roger's been in a car accident, his fate as yet undetermined. Final fade on a clinically and emotionally detached monster.
All this groovy outdoor footage. I wonder if Curtis is trying to be different or if all the other soaps are doing the same thing. I also wonder if the school-aged audience knew what was going to happen to Roger. I mean who the hell knows what a bleeder valve is or even looks like. I guess the mechanics magazine gives it away.
