Yes! Finally! Rodney always felt Betty didn't need him. That's why, after the situation with their parents, he went after Alison. Because she was needy and he could teach her things. Betty wasn't needy like that. And he resented her for their parents.But, he always really loves her and they were always friends.
No matter what, I feel very sorry for Steven especially seeing him alone in the house. I find him very attractive and I hope that by the end of the series he can be happy.❤
What doesn't ring true with this show is how all the characters seem to live in a small bubble. In reality a good-looking successful guy like Stephen would have ladies chasing him left and right, and Rod would have buddies and girlfriends. It's unbelievable to see the both of them mooning around all lonely for the fickle Betty. And now Enter yet another blonde waif to make life difficult for poor Rossi! It was a mistake to kill off the one interesting character so far--Lee Webber. If anything, they should have cut short that boring couple Rita and Norm.
Steven told Martin that he was Martin's reason for living. I believe it is just the opposite. Martin was Steven's reason for living. He is obsessed with Martin and when he found out Martin didn't mention Steven on the trip to Boston, he refused to believe it. Steven was just one of Martin's pawns, but Martin was Steven's obsession.
Now that all the villains are dead, Connie finally remembers Allison is gone and is worrying about her again! LOL Thank goodness Dorothy isn't wearing that dreadful wig she used to wear any longer . . . Also, Rossi is finally free of Rachael, and what happens? Jill shows up! Rossi is a sucker for young damsels in distress, LOL So nw we have Jill, the irresponsible childlike mother. Or is she Rachael 2? LOL
+John Hesterman I know....we're going from bad to worse with Jill (on the heels of Rachel). And that wig Dorothy used to wear. I swear an explosive blast of dynamite wouldn't be able to budge a stray hair on it!
Feel so bad for Steve, where as Betty moved on so fast and already in arms of Rod....she is sick in her mind heart & soul. Absolutely no difference between her and sandy.
People had insurance because most people had jobs, jobs furnished good insurance. Insurance companies were more generous back then. I lived during that era.
Until the 70s all hospitals were non-profit organizations. Then in 1972, I think it was, hospitals became for profit organizations and insurance companies make a mockery of healthcare today.
It seems that Ed Nelson's acting is becoming stronger with every passing episode. He's always been superb but I've noticed how smooth & believably natural he is, including actually listening to the people who cross his path. His verbal style, mannerisms, movement, & reactions seem more & more nuanced, truly spot-on. Unlike numerous others, he doesn't rush things. He takes time to react, reflect before responding, exhibits the right tone for every situation. Paul Langton/Leslie is excellent but his character doesn't require an overly wide range. Few actors are capable of such variety & appropriateness at any given moment. Many actors simply are one-note "types", skillful at playing a specific type of character. MacReady was a good example, despite the fact I found his character's portrayal to be incredibly tedious, boring, & distasteful. Duryea another good example. Over the years, I've seen him in different types of roles but overwhelmingly as devious, untrustworthy men, masked by the con-artistry of a highly-engaging charm & charisma. At this, he was the best. Tim O'Connor is multi-dimensional, too, though, like Langton, not required to provide an especially wide range. Ed Nelson, however, has shown he surpasses them all in this regard, in my opinion. His scene with Joyce Jillson a very good example of what I mean, and which is where his versatility really hit me.
A good episode as the Adrienne and Steven + Lee Webber's & Eddie Jacks' storylines, with Martin Peyton in the midst, come to -- or approach -- closure. . . . . . . . . Having read, absorbed and evaluated the nearly 5 dozen Comments for "Peyton Place" 'Episode 403 [Part 2 of 2]' that encompass 7 years, THE thought comes to mind: IF ONLY Frank Sinatra's [exciting WW II drama] "Von Ryan's Express" had filmed entirely on its European locations instead of on the massive P.O.W. compound built on the 20th Century Studios lot -- "Peyton Place"'s home studio -- to appease 'The Voice,' then in all likelihood Mia Farrow and future husband Sinatra would never have met, at the time and in the manner in which they did -- employees of the same studio. THEN conceivably Farrow / 'Allison' would have remained at least another year as an INTEGRAL part of the show, weeks of comatose-Allison-bedridden-at-Doctors'Hospital NEVER would have been necessary, thereby allowing a well-crafted, suitable resolution to the Allison-Rodney-Betty question AND inexcusably not shuttling off to the sidelines No. 1, Numero Uno, in the credits, Dorothy Malone / 'Constance' (i.e., Constance / mother - Allison / daughter was a more impactful and durable story arc than Constance / wife - Elliot / husband.).
Poor steven, martin peyton leaved him in an empty house with Betty's portrait right and Adrienne's bust sculpture on another side, and him between :) Maybe Peyton told Rod and Betty that he did not leave them anything because to test them further, which in my opinion would be stupid
I believe she loved him. She just grew weary of Steven's schemes to destroy Martin Peyton and the fact that he refused to leave the house after begging him to many times. I think Adrienne was just the last straw. By the time she found out nothing happened at the Boston house, she had been away from him long enough to realize that she was done.
@@ginagray603 She did grow to love him very much. That was evident when he left town overnight after he found out who his real mother was. Did you not see the look on her face as she ran to him when he drove back into town. Yes, she loved him very much.
@@suki44883 Yes, there were many times Betty expressed her love for Stephen, I loved them together and hated to see them broken apart, but Stephens' obsessions were tiresome. I think the show would have been more successful if they remained a couple but oddly, the writers were so interested in putting Betty & Rod together and yet not interested in putting Connie & Mike together.
