The Edge of Night/Episode 471

Episode 471
Season 3, Episode 14
Airdate	January 20, 1958
Production Number	471
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The Edge of Night — Season Three

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Episode 471 is the fourteenth episode of the third season of The Edge of Night, and the four hundred seventy-first episode overall.

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Plot Overview

Hester again advises her husband to ask Jim Mitchell for a job. Martin tells her to stop pestering him. Benson calls Toni. She tells him they have something to talk face to face about and it needs negotiating. He is about to hang up when she says that if he doesn't meet her he will be very sorry. He agrees to meet. Hester suggests that she get back her job with Hank Muller, but Martin gets mad again. Finally he breaks down and goes to talk to Mitchell about a job. Toni tells Benson for $5,000 cash she will leave town and not tell the cops about how his syndicate elected Peter Dalton. Benson remains unfazed. She threatens to tell Grimsley's crime committee. He tells her she could be hurt real bad. She says that she already spoke to Grimsley but hasn't said anything worthwhile yet. Benson asks her if she hasn't heard that "things happen to stupid little girls who can't keep their mouth shut?" Toni says that if something should happen to her, her boyfriend will open a letter that explains why. She gives Benson 24 hours to come up with the cash. Martin meets with Mitchell and is offered a job. Martin jumps at the offer. Mitchell advances him some money. Mitchell tells general manager Don Harris that they need to keep Spode legit for awhile because if he knew what they really need him for, he'll probably talk. Mitchell tells Harris to pay Spode well and give him a title and some responsibility. "Feed it to him a little at a time. Let him get used to it. By the time he owes some bills and things like that, he'll be hooked good. He'll do anything we tell him to keep from losing a soft job and going back to being broke again." Benson calls Fitzsimmons and tells him that there is a little trouble. "That Fescina dame that I fired is getting out of line. Wants 5 grand to keep her from talking. I've got an idea that there's a much better way to keep her from talking."