Episode # 5
Air Date: Friday, November 12, 1965
Tape Date: Thursday, November 4, 1965
NEW DAY IN SALEM (AFTERNOON)

(00:00-00:30) Opening Title with ED PRENTISS voiceover: "Like sands through the hourglass, so are the days of our lives. 'Days of Our Lives' - a new dramatic serial starring Macdonald Carey."

(00:30-04:36) Scene 1: Horton Foyer (Marie, Julie)
[MARIE walks down the stairs and puts something in a dresser drawer as the doorbell rings. MARIE opens the door to find JULIE standing there. JULIE walks in]
MARIE: Julie!
JULIE: Aunt Marie, I've just got to see you!
MARIE: Do your mother and father know where you are?
JULIE: Oh, Aunt Marie!
MARIE: Do they?
JULIE: No.
MARIE: Oh, well you've done it again. Now you know what the detective said. And you know what your father said. Honey, you're not supposed to go anywhere to see anyone at anytime without first asking permission from your parents.
JULIE: Not even my own aunt?
MARIE: Now those are the rules that your father laid down and there are no exceptions. You know that Julie.
JULIE: Honestly, it's just like being in jail. I feel just like a prisoner.
MARIE: Well, whose fault is that?
JULIE: Well, I didn't exactly steal that stole. I told you how it happened.
MARIE: Well, we won't go into that now. The important thing for you to do is call your mother right away and let her know where you are.
JULIE: She's not home. She's at another one of her bridge luncheons.
MARIE: So you took the opportunity to slip out of the house? I don't suppose you left her a note telling her that you were going to come and visit me?
JULIE: I forgot.
MARIE: Oh, honey. You know you didn't forget. You had no intention of leaving her that note, did you?
JULIE: Aunt Marie, why is everyone always against me? Why does everyone expect the worst of me?
MARIE: Because you stacked the cards that way, honey. You're your own worst enemy. Even the simple thing like leaving a note to tell your mother where you're going to be. You don't do it. And it's not because you forgot, is it? You didn't want to leave her that note. You want your mother to worry about you.
JULIE: But she really doesn't worry about me.
MARIE: Of course she does! We all do! But nobody can do anything to help you unless you make some effort to help yourself.
JULIE: Everybody's always lecturing me, even Stevie.
MARIE: Oh, now, Steve wouldn't lecture you. He's not the type.
JULIE: See right away you take his side without even knowing the facts.
[JULIE sits down on the first step of the staircase, MARIE sits next to her]
MARIE: Julie, you're so thin-skinned lately that you take everything as a hurt. Now Steve wouldn't insult you and you know it.
JULIE: I know you like him better than you like me, everybody does!
MARIE: Come on, you've got to stop downgrading yourself. We all love you or we wouldn't be so concerned about you.
[JULIE, trying to change the subject, notices some of Marie's wedding gifts on a table]
JULIE: The presents have started to arrive.
[MARIE and JULIE stand up and walk over to the table with gifts]
MARIE: Yes, I didn't know that Tony and I had so many good friends. I don't know where to put all these.
JULIE: Can we open them?
MARIE: No, but you can help me. Here.
[MARIE hands JULIE some unopened gifts]
MARIE: I told Tony we couldn't open anymore presents until he got back from Boston.
JULIE: Well, when is he coming back?
MARIE: Well, as soon as he gets word about the interviews.
JULIE: How long does it take for these interviews?
MARIE: I guess that all depends on how many applicants there are.
JULIE: Does Tony call you every night?
MARIE: No, but somehow I have the feeling he's going to call today.
JULIE: How come?
MARIE: Oh, I don't know. It's just a feeling. Maybe it's wishful thinking. All right, now go on. put these in the kitchen for me and, well I guess put them on the table. That will get them out of the way.
JULIE: Well, then I don't have to call Mother?
MARIE: Oh, yes you do, young lady. You call her right away.
JULIE: Well, I told you, she was playing bridge.
MARIE: Well, leave a message with Mrs. Chamberlin for having your mother to call when she comes right home.
JULIE: Do I have to?
MARIE: Yes, Julie, you have to.
[JULIE exits with the gifts to the kitchen, as MARIE tends to more of the gifts]
(04:36-08:12) Scene 2: Horton Foyer (Marie, Craig)
[MARIE is continuing to look at the wedding gift boxes. The doorbell rings and CRAIG is standing at the door.]
MARIE: Why, Mr. Merritt, what a nice surprise!
CRAIG: Hello, Marie.
MARIE: Come on in.
[CRAIG walks into the foyer and takes his hat off]
CRAIG: I didn't mean to barge in on you like this but you left these in the car.
[CRAIG hands MARIE a pair of earrings]
MARIE: Oh, I've been looking all over for them.
CRAIG: They're a little dusty. I'm afraid my car could stand a good wash.
MARIE: Oh, that's all right. You didn't have to go through the trouble to bring them by.
CRAIG: No trouble. It gave me a good excuse to come and visit with you. That is if you're not busy.
MARIE: Not at all, I'm only too happy to take a break.
CRAIG: Spring cleaning in November?
MARIE: Just trying to find a place to put all the wedding presents.
CRAIG: Oh, that reminds me. You know you two kids haven't told me what you wanted.
MARIE: Come on in, let's sit down in here.
[MARIE and CRAIG walk into the living room and sit down on the couch]
CRAIG: My wife and I received five punch bowls! You know I wouldn't want to do that to you and Tony.
MARIE: Well, we would cherish the sixth punch bowl if it came from you.
CRAIG: Never mind. I'd like to give you something you needed. Something you could use.
MARIE: Well, maybe I'll just wait til we get into Boston and see how the apartment goes.
CRAIG: Your heart is really set on moving to Boston, isn't it?
MARIE: No, I wouldn't say that. After all, all the people I love are right here in Salem. But Tony's heart is set on getting that fellowship and working for his doctorate there in Cambridge. The prestige will mean a great deal to him. And the money from that fellowship will make it that much easier for us.
CRAIG: You're right of course. It's just sad to see both of you leave.
MARIE: I know how you feel. My Dad feels the same way about me. But Tony and I made up our minds that once we are married there are going to be no more seperations and that's the way it's going to be.
CRAIG: You're right there, too. Two people starting a life together...they should be alone without any incumberences.
MARIE: Are you referring to my family and yourself as an incumberence?
CRAIG: Well that's what all family is to newlyweds, isn't it?
MARIE: Well, maybe Tony and I are different. We happen to love our families.
CRAIG: I see. Well that makes this old flyboy feel pretty good.
[MARIE stands up]
MARIE: You haven't heard from Tony, have you?
CRAIG: No, you?
[CRAIG stands up]
MARIE: No. I just had a feeling he might call today.
CRAIG: You two kids have some sort of private radar beam?
MARIE: No, it was just a feeling.
CRAIG: You know the troiuble with both of you? You just can't stand to be away from one another.
MARIE: Is that bad?
CRAIG: No, it's fate. It happens in the best of marriages.
MARIE: You and Tony's mother had a good marriage, didn't you?
CRAIG: Yes, yes we did. One of the best.
MARIE: I hope that's the way it's going to be with Tony and me.
CRAIG: Well, you're both starting out with the right ingredients. A lot of love, courage.
MARIE: Courage?
CRAIG: Yes, to my way of thinking. You're not accepting any handouts. You both decided to work hard and live within your budget. I think that's courage.
MARIE: I know why Tony loves you.
CRAIG: Do you?
MARIE: Yes, it isn't hard.
CRAIG: Well, thank you.
MARIE: I'm a pretty lucky girl. I always knew I had the best father in the world. Now I wind up with the best father-in-law.
[There is the sound of a crash in the kitchen]
MARIE: Julie!
[MARIE and CRAIG rush out to see what's happened to Julie in the kitchen]
(08:12-12:20) Scene 3: Horton Kitchen (Marie, Craig, Julie)
[JULIE is standing and looking at a vase she just dropped. MARIE and CRAIG rush in]
MARIE: Julie, are you all right?
JULIE: I didn't mean it! It just slipped right out of my hand! It just slipped, I didn't mean it, honestly!
CRAIG: Are you hurt?
MARIE: No, I don't think she is. Did you cut yourself, Julie?
JULIE: No, I was just looking at the vase. It was so unusual, just like a rainbow, and then it fell. I didn't mean it, I'm sorry!
MARIE: Why did you open it Julie?
JULIE: Well, I didn't really mean to. I was just sort of looking at the address and I saw it came from Uncle Bill.
MARIE: So?
JULIE: Well, all the way from Johns Hopkins.
MARIE: So, you opened it? Despite what I told you about wanting to wait for Tony to open the presents.
JULIE (annoyed): Well, I said I was sorry.
MARIE: Yes, you said you were sorry.
CRAIG: Well, at least she wasn't hurt.
MARIE: Did you call your home, Julie?
JULIE: Yes, I left a message.
MARIE: Well, as soon as your mother calls here, I...Ouch! (MARIE cuts herself on a piece of the vase she was picking up)
CRAIG: Let me see.
MARIE: No, don't worry about it, it's just a surface cut.
CRAIG: Go put a bandage on that, I'll take care of this.
MARIE: Oh, don't bother.
CRAIG: No bother now. Julie will help me, won't you, Julie?
JULIE (happier now): Sure.
CRAIG: No go on, put a bandage on that finger.
MARIE: I'll be right back.
[MARIE exits, CRAIG continues picking up the pieces of broken vase]
JULIE: She's mad at me, I just know she is.
CRAIG: She's not mad, Julie. It was an accident.
JULIE: Sure she is, you heard her. It was a wedding present. That's all she talks about anymore is the wedding.
CRAIG: You can't blame her for that now, can you? A girl doesn't get married every day now.
JULIE: Well, I suppose not. I may not get married at all.
CRAIG: No?
JULIE: Be like Mother and Dad? Yeah.
CRAIG: Well, people are different Julie. Your marriage might be the romance of the ages.
JULIE: I doubt that. Besides I've never met anybody really romantic.
CRAIG: Well what's your idea of romance?
JULIE (looks longingly at Craig): Oh, I don't know. Someone who wears a uniform maybe and who travels to all sorts of different and interesting cities all over the country,
CRAIG: Oh, a postman!
JULIE (laughs): No. What's it like, Mr. Merritt?
CRAIG: Well, what's what like Julie?
JULIE: Traveling all over the country.
CRAIG: Oh, it's not so hot really. The most I see is the inside of a hotel room and the pilot's compartment of a plane.
JULIE: Well, at least the hotels are different.
CRAIG: You see one, you've seen them all.
JULIE: But the people are interesting.
CRAIG: You know something, Julie. The most interesting people I've met...they live right here in Salem.
JULIE: Oh, no!
CRAIG: You don't like Salem very well, do you?
JULIE: Well, I like it alright I guess. It's just that the people here don't like me.
CRAIG: Oh, Julie, your family not only likes you, they love you. What about your friends?
JULIE: Hmm. My two so-called friends just finked on me.
CRAIG: Finked?
JULIE: Ratted! Told on me so they could weasel out of some trouble themselves.
CRAIG: Are you in some sort of trouble, Julie?
JULIE: Oh, well. Oh some old store said that I stole this crummy piece of fur.and they're making trouble with the police for me.
CRAIG: Piece of fur?
JULIE: I didn't steal it!
CRAIG: Well, I can't imagine you doing anything as foolish as that.
JULIE: You know, you're just about the only person around here who gives me the benefit of the doubt.
CRAIG: Well, as they say, a man is innocent until he's proven guilty.
JULIE: Not with me. With me it's just the opposite.
CRAIG: Well, I'm afraid they're just not giving you the break you deserve.
JULIE (smiling broadly now): Nobody talks to me like you do.
CRAIG: Well, maybe I'll start a trend.
JULIE: Oh, no. I want it to be special, just between you and me.
CRAIG: Well, you know what's between you and me, Julie?
JULIE: No?
CRAIG (picks up the box with glass pieces): A lot of broken glass.
DISSOLVE TO: MICKEY'S OFFICE
(12:20-16:07) Scene 4: Mickey's Office (Mickey, Ben)
[MICKEY is seated, working at his desk. BEN enters without knocking]
MICKEY (surprised): Well, has knocking gone out of style?
BEN: Your secretary said you were alone.
MICKEY: Well does it occur to you that I might be working?
BEN: Sure, it occurs to me, but I haven't much time. I'm due back at the bank in a half hour. Well what action have you had on Julie's case?
MICKEY: Action?
BEN: Yes, action. You've heard of it?
MICKEY: Ben, this may come as a very complete surprise to you, but I do have other clients.
BEN: Well doesn't my daughter, your niece, come first?
MICKEY: Not necessarily.
BEN: Oh, that's a fine attitude.
MICKEY: Julie's case is progresssing just as it should.
BEN: Oh, in whose estimation?
MICKEY: Mine.
BEN: Now I told Harry Grill about the incidence this morning. He said if he were handling it the whole thing would be tossed out on insufficient evidence.
MICKEY: Oh, really? Did you tell him that one of the eyewitnesses was a detective? And that they had the whole attempted theft recorded on tape?
BEN: Now those are just details.
MICKEY: Well they are pretty damaging details for Julie.
BEN: You're pessimistic about the whole thing, aren't you, Mickey?
MICKEY: I am optimistic, Ben. There's a difference. Julie's in very serious trouble. Now if you would just acknowledge that instead of running around here trying to get this thing hushed up or rushed out of court we might get somewhere.
BEN: Now law is just like any other business. Deals are made every day.
MICKEY: Maybe so, but I'm not aware of it.
BEN: Oh, well what's more important? Your ideals or Julie?
MICKEY: Both. And in that order!
BEN: All right. I promised Addy we'd play it your way. So when's the case get to court?
MICKEY: Well there's a different procedure for juvenile cases and this case won't even be held in court.
BEN: Well is that good?
MICKEY: Well it's good in a way. It's less formal. There'll be a preliminary hearing in the judge's private chambers.
BEN: Do you have a date on that?
MICKEY: It's on the calendar for next Tuesday.
BEN (outraged): Tuesday?! Why didn't you tell me it was that soon?
MICKEY: Well, you didn't ask, Ben.
BEN: Well, what do I have to do, beg you for information? Now Tuesday doesn't give us much time to prepare.
MICKEY: I am prepared, Ben.
BEN: Well, I wish I could be that sure. Who is the judge?
MICKEY: The judge is Clinton Bridges.
BEN (happy to hear this): Oh, Clint Bridges, huh?
MICKEY: Now wait a minute, Ben.
BEN: What;s the matter?
MICKEY: I am telling you, once and for all, to lay off. Don't try to make any deals with Judge Bridges.
BEN: Now what are you trying to do, run my life?
MICKEY: I am trying to tell you how this case is going to be conducted. No more attempted deals of any kind!
BEN: Do you know why I am in the top tax bracket?
MICKEY: Because your father died and left you a bank.
BEN: It didn't have a loan department then. I'm the one who built that. Now we've got most of the property in Salem sown up. Do you realize what that means in dollars and cents?
MICKEY: What are you trying to prove, Ben?
BEN: I buy and sell people like you all day long.
MICKEY: Well isn't that dandy. What about your own daughter? Is she up on the auction block too? While you're out buying and selling and wheeling and dealing, what happens to Julie?
BEN: Well, when this case is over...
MICKEY: I'm not talking about this case. I am talking about a sixteen-year-old girl who's so confused and bewildered, she doesn't know the difference between right and wrong. And that's what your deals have done for Julie. She has a sense of values about as crooked as a jigsaw. Not the slightest idea about morality or integrity. And all you can talk about is wheeling and dealing and deals and your daughter's about to plunge herself right into a volcano.
BEN: What are you getting so steamed up about, anyway?
(16:07-20:53) Scene 5: Horton Kitchen (Julie, Craig, Marie)/Boston: Telephone Booth (Tony)
[CRAIG and JULIE are sated at the kitchen table, each drinking a glass of apple cider.]
CRAIG: Ahh, that's nice. Why do people always have to wait til fall for an apple cider?
JULIE: I don't know, it's a custom I suppose.
[JULIE stands up to put her glass in the sink]
CRAIG: Well I think I'm going to start a campaign for apple cider all year round.
[MARIE enters]
CRAIG: How's the finger?
MARIE: Fine. Julie, did you get the telephone?
JULIE: Yes, I thought you'd want to get it.
CRAIG: She thought it was Tony.
MARIE: Well, it wasn't. It was your mother and she does want you home right away.
JULIE: I haven't finished my cider yet.
MARIE: Oh yes you have.
JULIE: Well I was going to have some more.
MARIE: Julie, your mother wants you home immiediately.
JULIE: Well how am I supposed to get there?
MARIE: Same way you got over here. By bus.
CRAIG: Well, I'd be glad to drive her home.
JULIE (happy): You would? Gee, thanks.
MARIE: Please, Craig, she's suposed to get home under her own power.
CRAIG: Well, it's no bother, really.
MARIE: Well, I know it isn't but her father has laid down some ground rules and they are pretty strict.
JULIE: My father.
MARIE: And your grandfather respects those rules, and so do I. He's left strict instructions about them.
CRAIG: Well, I wouldn't want to do anything to upset Dr. Horton.
MARIE: And he would be upset too. He says it's vitally important for Julie to hold the mark. Her case is coming up soon and we don't want anything to spoil her chances
CRAIG: I'm sorry, Julie. Another time, maybe.
JULIE (very annoyed): Thanks a lot!
[JULIE exits angrily]
MARIE: I apologize for her manners. She's been under a strain lately.
CRAIG: Yeah, I know. She told me about the whole sorry mess. All she needs is a little love and attention.
MARIE: Yes, but I have a feeling that my sister and brother-in-law are too concerned with their standing in the social strata than they are about Julie. It's status that's important to Ben and Addy...and Julie knows it. That makes it worse.
CRAIG: Can I do anything?
MARIE: Just cheer me up when I get a little blue about it.
CRAIG: That's Tony's job.
MARIE (laughs): I know. You don't suppose he lost out on that fellowship and just doesn't want to tell me?
CRAIG: Oh, no, no. Tony would share everything with you. Even a defeat.
[The phone rings]
CRAIG: That's probably him right now.
MARIE: Oh, it's probably Addy, just checking on Julie.
[MARIE answers the phone. Show TONY, in a telephone booth, for a TWO-WAY conversation]
TONY: Hi,
MARIE: Tony! Oh, darling, are you all right?
TONY: Oh, I'm fine now that I'm talking to you. Hey, you know how much I love you? How much I miss you?
MARIE: Oh, I miss you too, darling. Oh it's just awful without you. Hey, your father's here, wait a minute, I'll put him on.
[MARIE hands the phone to CRAIG]
CRAIG: Hello, son.
TONY: Hi, Dad, it's good talking to you.
CRAIG: Have you had the interview yet?
TONY: No, not yet. Tomorrow. Tomorrow's the big day.
CRAIG (to Marie): Tomorrow.
MARIE: Oh.
CRAIG: Well, look Tony, there's a lot of things I want...Oh, I won't monopolize the phone. Your bride wants to talk to you. Bye for now.
TONY: So long, Dad.
[CRAIG hands the phone to MARIE]
MARIE: Tony, are you taking care of yourself? You've got enough to eat?
TONY: Sure. We eat home mostly, to save money. Hey, Jim's a pretty good cook! He's teaching me.
MARIE: That's fine, then you can teach me.
TONY: The way to a man's heart is through his stomach,
MARIE: That's what it says on Mom's cookbook. Hey, Tony you sound a little tired.
TONY: No. Hey, I feel great. I just can't wait to get home to you is all.
MARIE: Are you getting enough sleep?
TONY: Yeah. Plenty. Hey I feel fine. Hey, honey, listen, I've got to go. I just wanted to hear your voice is all. Hey, bye darling.
MARIE: Bye, bye honey.
[Stay with TONY as he hangs up the phone. He gets another bout of a severe headache and gets a terribly pained expression on his face. Then, go back to MARIE and CRAIG as she hangs up the phone].
CRAIG: Everything all right?
MARIE: Everything's fine. He sounded tired but happy.
CRAIG: Good.
MARIE: He says he can't wait to get home. You want to know something? I can't wait either.
[MARIE and CRAIG share a warm look as we fade to black]

(20:53-21:30) Closing Hour Glass, Theme, Credits with ED PRENTISS voiceover: "Be sure to join us for the next episode of 'Days of Our Lives'."