Sam returns home, upset. Maggie tries to figure out what's bothering him, and he tells her Dr. Woodard is dead. He said that he and the sheriff found him. She asks if he was murdered, and Sam says they don't know. She says maybe he died of natural causes. Sam says it's too coincidental. He had contacted the sheriff to meet, and he was too busy to talk to him. Maggie thinks it's about her, and that Willie wasn't the one who abducted her and Woodard found out. She hears something outside, and Sam says it's the deputies. She realizes that means they also think she may still be in danger. Sam remembers there was a red notebook on the desk when he visited Dave earlier. He says he's going to go back to the office with the sheriff to look for the book. He remembers it was gone when they found his body.
Sam tells the sheriff that the missing book is the motive for Dave's murder. They hear someone approaching and the sheriff draws his gun. Burke walks in, and the sheriff asks what he's doing. He said the sheriff's office said he'd be there. Burke asks what they suspect, and Sam says it was murder. He says Dave made an appointment to meet with the sheriff and never showed up. Sam asks if Burke ever saw a red notebook. He says no, but he asks if they think it was something supernatural, as Dave felt there was something supernatural about Maggie's disappearance. The sheriff says Dave was a man of science. Outside, a bat flaps in the window.
Burke tells Vicki he has some bad news. She says she already knows. He's got to go on a business trip. He confirms that he does have a business trip, but he was going to tell her that Dave Woodard died. Julia walks in and asks who died. Vicki tells her that Dr. Woodard is dead. She asks how, and Burke says it looks like he had a heart attack. She says he was always very active, and that she told him so. She asks Burke if she's sure it was a heart attack.
He says he knows what she's thinking, and he too thinks Woodard was murdered. Julia says no. Burke asks if either of them saw a red leather notebook. He says he was seen with it before he died, but it wasn't with him when they found his body. Julia is distraught. Vicki suggests that she should let her feelings out. She tells Julia that she hopes it wasn't murder, because she could never forgive someone for that.
Back at the Evans' house, Maggie tells her father that she knows her case wasn't solved. Dr. Woodard knew, and that's why he's dead. The phone rings and Sam answers. He tells Maggie that it was a heart attack. Maggie says if he died of natural causes, then she'll be safe. Sam doesn't appear to be convinced.
Our thoughts
John: It's almost like Maggie has spent the time between her episode to read the scripts. She knows exactly what's going on. And yet now, of all times, Sam is completely comfortable leaving her alone.
Christine: What was up with Sheriff Patterson holding a gun on Burke?
John: Sam does more scenery-chewing today than he's done in the past few hundred episodes. And he didn't take a single drink!
Christine: How can you be sure? He may have been drinking off camera while Julia was emoting.
John: Julia lays it on pretty thick, too, as she either feels the guilt of murdering Woodard, or just wants it to look like she's very upset by the news.
Christine: She may be sincerely distraught, but it's her guilt that's causing her to overact.
1 comment:
Even by 1967 standards, that "skirt" that Maggie is wearing looks more like my Grandma's quilt!
They sure are also getting their money's worth with that bat. I was waiting for them to all be overly alarmed by it like they were at the Blue Whale yesterday, but alas, it went unnoticed.
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