Season 5 • Episode 54
LatestSgt. Walker, Marsha, Norman, Rita, Ada, Harry, and the proprietor of the motel take the stand in Rossi's hearing. The judge decides to bind Rossi over for trial. Meanwhile, Lew decides to comply with the police, and Susan, who may have had something to do with Fred's murder, plans to visit Rossi, who sits in his jail cell as the series ends.
Like the novel and film of the same name, this nighttime soap opera is set in the small New England town of Peyton Place, whose quaint charm masks a complicated web of extramarital affairs, shady business deals, scandals, even murder.
Acting
Ryan O'Neal and Barbara Parkins serve melodrama with surprising sincerity
Writing
Serialized storytelling that invented the primetime soap template
Production
Glossy studio sheen makes New Hampshire look permanently golden hour
Warner Anderson
Matthew Swain
Ed Nelson
Michael Rossi
Ryan O'Neal
Rodney Harrington
Barbara Parkins
Betty Anderson
Mariette Hartley
Claire Morton
Kasey Rogers
Julie Anderson
Patricia Morrow
Rita Jacks
Christopher Connelly
Norman Harrington
Ruth Warrick
Hannah Cord
Barbara Rush
Marsha Russell
Diana Hyland
Susan Winter
Frank Ferguson
Henry Beckman
George Anderson
Kimberly Beck
Kim Schuster
Lee Grant
Stella Chernak
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was ABC's first primetime serialized drama and directly inspired 'Dallas,' 'Dynasty,' and 'Desperate Housewives.' Grace Metalious's scandalous novel had already been banned in several towns.
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