Secrets, Secrets

“Secrets, secrets are no fun. Secrets, secrets hurt someone.”  -The Office

My daughter loves that quote. We were watching an episode of The Office last night when she started to laugh and said, “Here it comes!”

Someone should have told Elizabeth Stoddard about secrets. Jason McGuire blackmailed her into an engagement all because he knew her secret- she had accidentally killed her husband and allowed Jason to bury him in the basement. Big secret. Keep it to yourself for 18 years and you are bound to hurt people when you finally come clean.

At her wedding ceremony, Liz refuses to say “I do”. Instead, she admits her secret, the truth stopping Carolyn from shooting Jason in cold blood. The family is understandably stunned. Jason denies anything ever happened and insists Liz is having a breakdown. When she calls the sheriff, Jason runs from the house, closely followed by Burke and Roger, both brandishing guns.

The sheriff arrives and Burke returns without Jason. Together they dig in the basement, uneasy in their roles of finding Paul Stoddard’s body. Shaken, they open the trunk they find only to discover it empty. When Jason is returned to the house, he admits that Paul Stoddard was only stunned when Elizabeth hit him and together, Paul and Jason quickly schemed to trick Elizabeth out of her money. Jason “buried the body” and blackmailed Elizabeth while Paul made his escape. Elizabeth refuses to press charges in order to save the family from disgrace. Jason asks for one day to get his affairs in order, sneaking off to see Willie at Barnabas’ home- not his best plan.

Although one secret is out in the open, another still looms…

Maggie Evans was able to figure out Sarah’s rhyme and escape from Barnabas’ home. Sam found her on the beach and took her to the hospital, where Maggie awakes, believing she is a little girl. In order to save her from whoever kidnapped her, Sam and Joe agree with the doctor’s plan to send her away and tell everyone she has died from shock. So far, their plan is working. Everyone believes Maggie has died. Everyone including Barnabas Collins, who is planning to create a new Josette---from Victoria Winters.

“Secrets, secrets…”