New Year's Silence - Episode 19

Bryce Davidson married into the Barber family and has always felt crushed by its expectations. On New Year's Day his wife Ginny leaves to fetch relatives and asks him to dry their infant with a towel. Stubborn and anxious, Bryce fills the bathtub instead. The phone rings and he looks away; when he looks back, it is too late. Overcome, he hides what has happened. He conceals the baby, masks the scene, and forces himself through the Barber family's cheerful visit. Every attempt by relatives to see the child Bryce deflects with brittle calm. Ginny watches him closely; the way he moves unravels something inside her. She senses a closed door, a secret pressing behind it. She moves toward that door, determined to find out.