Sam and Maggie talk in their house. His hands are still bandaged, and he laments his inability to paint. If he can't paint, he wants to drink. He sends Maggie off to work.
Vicki and Guthrie talk with Maggie in the coffee shop, and she suggests they go over right away. Burke walks in and asks Vicki if they can talk. Guthrie says he can make his way to the Evans house on his own, and Vicki sits down with Burke.
Sam throws down his brushes in frustration when there's a knock at the door. He yells, 'go away,' and Guthrie enters, asking if he said to come in. He asks to look at Sam's paintings. He goes to shake his hand, and Sam flies off the handle about his hands. Guthrie says he's a fan of Sam's work. Sam tells him that he's very expensive. Guthrie asks about his portrait work. Sam says he only does commissions. Guthrie starts digging through Sam's paintings, and pulls out the burned canvas. He asks Sam if it was a portrait of Laura Collins. He tells Sam he might be able to help him figure out who did paint that painting. He tells Sam he's trying to get to the bottom of things going on at Collinwood.
Burke tells Vicki that he thinks Laura is the most wonderful woman in the world. And then he says he doesn't want to talk about Laura. He wants to talk about the two of them. He then talks about how she just does whatever Liz tells her.
Sam describes to Guthrie what was going on in his mind while working on the paintings of Laura.
Vicki says she's worried about Liz, and Burke says he is too. He said Liz was strong when he saw her the night she fell ill. He tells Vicki that Liz walked in on he and Laura that day. Guthrie returns to the coffee shop, and after Burke leaves, Vicki tells him Liz was alone with Laura before she fell ill.
Our thoughts
John: I love how Guthrie says that the style in the burnt painting of Laura matches Sam's style as he looks through the hole in it.
Christine: My favorite quote today comes from Dr. Guthrie: "In an artist, anything is permissible." There is some interesting muzak playing in the diner today. I believe it's the first time we've heard music there. It's no longer playing when Vicki and Burke have their conversation. Sam's got a lot of his paintings on display today, perhaps in hopes of creating something other than Laura Collins in flames, or so Guthrie can come in for his unannounced showing.
John: Burke appears to still be under Laura's spell. He says he wants to talk about he and Vicki, but then keeps circling back around to Liz and Laura.
Christine: I love the transition between Sam describing the Laura Collins he painted as evil incarnate and Burke saying she's the most wonderful woman in the world. Is it only me that gagged as he describes her to Vicki as a warm, understanding, sensitive woman?
John: It's worth noting that Burke finally takes a turn putting a puzzle piece in place for a change. They can now more directly pin Liz's state to something that Laura may have done when they were alone together.
Christine: It shouldn't have been that hard to figure out. I mean, how many places could Liz go to be entranced on the estate? The burnt painting of Laura Collins has changed somewhat. Here is a comparison of the portrait when Guthrie finds it and the first time we saw it destroyed.
2 comments:
Dr. Guthrie is a complete idiot. What is he doing there? I can see how he may consult on a case, but how is it believable that he moves in to do so? Who is paying him? What about his responsibilities at the university? His randomly asking questions of multiple bystanders and then indiscriminately revealing his impressions and biases to Vicki and Carolyn is both completely unethical and absolutely criminal.
Why shouldn't Laura get her son? Liz not leaving her house for 18 years is not exactly healthy behavior. David has been a complete sociopath going around saying he hates people and wants them to die. Seems to me that Liz has not been much of a good influence on him, so where does she get off acting as if her care is superior to Laura's?
I love Laura, she is interesting and enigmatic and she has tried to get along with everyone until Liz and company have been downright confrontive and rude to her. She has been kind to David and won him over, What harm has she really done to anyone? Sam Evans and his burning cigarette was going to happen sooner or later considering how often and how much he gets drunk.
This is a soap, it's not supposed to be logical. Not to say I don't agree with what you say, Pinochio, if I were the really logical one, I would say take the troublesome brat to whatever hell dimension you came from. Let him burn!!
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