The tower room window, lol!
David has a sleepwalk-inducing nightmare. Unfortunately, Liz enters just in time to keep him from jumping out the window. Once awake he grills her hoping to discover that he hasn't given himself away as his father's (attempted) murderer. He has, actually, but Liz is too unsuspecting to realize it.
Fred Stewart as Doctor Reeves provides comic relief with his Lionel Barrymore imitation of a country doctor. The only thing missing is the wheelchair. He devilishly calls attention to every single elephant in the room regarding the accident AND Burke Devin. Apparently the entire town is abuzz with the news of Devlin's return and what it means for the jerks on the hill. No doubt word of the (second) accident will spread like wild fire - starting with the Camerons.
Bill Malloy, equipped with simple yet detailed diagrams, shows Roger why his car crashed. A missing bleeder valve is to blame. Roger is sure that Burke is the culprit (and who could blame him?!). Bill warns against jumping to conclusions.
Meanwhile, in the drawing room, Liz tries to occupy David with a family history lesson but to no avail. Upon his father's arrival David quickly scrams (but not too far).
Liz, Roger and Bill discuss the evening's events. Roger gets grand after Liz tells him Vicki saw Burke in the garage. Vowing to correct past mistakes, Roger is warned not to do so by making new ones. Having heard enough, he sends Liz to bed and Bill home.
Once again Roger ascends the foyer stairs to question Vicki about Burke. All the while David hid in plain sight eavesdropping.
Lots of fun lines in this episode. My favorite - Bill to Roger: "What are you gonna do? Beat it out of him with one arm?"
Liz got through it all without a single drop of tea!
I wonder if Lucy Cameron had a boy or a girl?
I thought Roger and Liz's display of genuine affection towards each other was rather touching.
I enjoyed Roger, Bill Malloy and Doctor Reeves very much in this episode.
