THE EDGE OF NIGHT
Episode #4426
Airdate: Monday, April 9, 1973
Summary Written By: Mark Faulkner
Orin is worried sick as he waits for his daughter, who is long overdue to arrive back at Claybank. Escorting a tearful Liz, Jim and Adam enter the mansion. Jim explains to Orin that earlier Adam broke Liz's confidence in Simon Jessup's hypnotherapy treatments. Orin is stunned to learn that all the evidence they've gathered so far suggests that Jessup's sessions have left a suggestion in Liz's subconscious that causes her to see Orin standing in the road along a dangerous curve atop Gloster County Valley Road. Tonight, in the car with Adam and Jim, Liz experienced another hallucination of Orin standing beside the road sign reading "3 Miles to Claybank". This is the third incident of Liz's hallucination. The first occurred with Jim driving, and last month, a second occurrence nearly killed Adam and Liz when she swerved toward a cliff to avoid hitting her father's apparition, but Adam managed to seize the steering wheel and guide the car into an embankment. They reach the unanimous conclusion that Jim must attempt to hypnotize Liz himself and remove Jessup's hypnotic suggestion.
Meanwhile, Elly Jo is at Lenny Small's apartment listening to the radio. She anxiously awaits a news bulletin announcing Liz's fatal car accident. Unable to wait any longer, she phones Kevin at his Monticello News office, hoping he might've received the report first. Kevin disappoints her. There haven't been any accidents reported to the newsroom. Noting her dejection, Lenny goads Elly Jo with the suggestion that she can't wait to see Mrs. Fields dead. "Don't you see?" Elly Jo counters. "I never had nothing all my life. Why shouldn't I have something now?"
Kevin meets Joel Gantry for a drink at a bar and is surprised that Joel has significant knowledge about Kevin's life. Joel says that he knows Kevin and Elly Jo originally hailed from Tennessee. And later, when Kevin was in the Navy, they were stationed in Pensacola, Florida. Joel declares that he's a good friend to Kevin and Phoebe. He's actually doing what he can to help Phoebe get away from her married lover Ashley Reynolds.
Adam and Orin discuss Simon Jessup. Adam reminds Orin that he was very unwise to trust Jessup simply because the professor appeared to contact Orin's beloved late wife Julie during a seance.
Liz undergoes hypnotherapy with Jim. In a trance, Liz sees an image of Orin and the Claybank road sign. Jim erases it all from his wife's subconscious.
Episode #4426
Airdate: Monday, April 9, 1973
Summary Written By: Mark Faulkner
Orin is worried sick as he waits for his daughter, who is long overdue to arrive back at Claybank. Escorting a tearful Liz, Jim and Adam enter the mansion. Jim explains to Orin that earlier Adam broke Liz's confidence in Simon Jessup's hypnotherapy treatments. Orin is stunned to learn that all the evidence they've gathered so far suggests that Jessup's sessions have left a suggestion in Liz's subconscious that causes her to see Orin standing in the road along a dangerous curve atop Gloster County Valley Road. Tonight, in the car with Adam and Jim, Liz experienced another hallucination of Orin standing beside the road sign reading "3 Miles to Claybank". This is the third incident of Liz's hallucination. The first occurred with Jim driving, and last month, a second occurrence nearly killed Adam and Liz when she swerved toward a cliff to avoid hitting her father's apparition, but Adam managed to seize the steering wheel and guide the car into an embankment. They reach the unanimous conclusion that Jim must attempt to hypnotize Liz himself and remove Jessup's hypnotic suggestion.
Meanwhile, Elly Jo is at Lenny Small's apartment listening to the radio. She anxiously awaits a news bulletin announcing Liz's fatal car accident. Unable to wait any longer, she phones Kevin at his Monticello News office, hoping he might've received the report first. Kevin disappoints her. There haven't been any accidents reported to the newsroom. Noting her dejection, Lenny goads Elly Jo with the suggestion that she can't wait to see Mrs. Fields dead. "Don't you see?" Elly Jo counters. "I never had nothing all my life. Why shouldn't I have something now?"
Kevin meets Joel Gantry for a drink at a bar and is surprised that Joel has significant knowledge about Kevin's life. Joel says that he knows Kevin and Elly Jo originally hailed from Tennessee. And later, when Kevin was in the Navy, they were stationed in Pensacola, Florida. Joel declares that he's a good friend to Kevin and Phoebe. He's actually doing what he can to help Phoebe get away from her married lover Ashley Reynolds.
Adam and Orin discuss Simon Jessup. Adam reminds Orin that he was very unwise to trust Jessup simply because the professor appeared to contact Orin's beloved late wife Julie during a seance.
Liz undergoes hypnotherapy with Jim. In a trance, Liz sees an image of Orin and the Claybank road sign. Jim erases it all from his wife's subconscious.