Happy Birthday, Prof. Stokes.  Oh to be young again!! 

Would have been great if the script had been switched to have Gregory refer to her at some point as the "Scarlet Woman of Babylon," but they clearly weren't that quick on the uptake.

I like to think of it as Judith's "Hong Kong bordello madam" outfit.  Some of the fabric looks like Chinese satin to my untutored eye.

Gothick

     I love your description, Gothick.  It was a very interesting dress.  The oriental satin was not sewn onto the dress but swayed seductively as she walked.  I had a Chinese friend tell me red is the color of celebration so I think Judith made an excellent choice.

And on another note, count me among the group of viewers who think Barnabas should have come up with a better and different cover story. An Englishman would not have messed up Kitty's title like that: It's Lady Hampshire. Not Lady Kitty.

Sigh . . .

     I don't think Barnabas messed up Kitty's title.  I think the writers did.  Lady Kitty sounds classy and playful.  When I watched this as a kid, I would not have known the difference.  Heck, I don't think my mother would have known the difference either and she liked to read gossip about British royalty.
     I agree with Gothick.  The writers seemed obsessed with possession and seemed to think reincarnation was the same thing.  Just act spacey and vacant suddenly you are Josette.  It is a shame the writing staff had so little imagination.  This could have been taken in so many directions.  Edward and Kitty getting married while she longs for Barnabas.  Barnabas and Kitty getting married and Barnabas discoveres the bloom is off the rose(not tonight, I have a headache).  Lady Kitty discovers Barnabas is all romance and no substance and no money.  Oh well.

It's not that I think the idea of having Kitty as the reincarnation of Josette was a bad one. I don't. I think they could have done some really cool stuff with it.

What I dislike is that we saw quite a bit of Kitty. She had a strong and interesting personality and she'd obviously lived a lot. Suddenly, she turns into Josette and all of that is totally negated--her experiences, her memories, who Kitty was was all gone. It was like watching Maggie being brainwashed into "Josette" all over again, but worse somehow, because Maggie was being traumatized and there were supernatural powers at work and Kitty is really supposed to be Josette.

I find that very disturbing.

I think too that if they'd kept Kitty's personality intact and had her integrating her memories and feelings of Josette's into that, we could have been treated to some absolutely kickass television. It could have still been haunting and erotic, but it would have had a richness and a depth to it and it would have been remarkable.

     Well said, Luciaphil.  I think when the audience is introduced to Josette in 1795, we never got to know her beyond the naive damsel that she was protrayed.  Kitty has been around the block(so to speak).  She is nobody's fool.  The blending of these two women could have made for some great storylines.  Would she have pit her two suitors(Edward and Barnabas) against each other?  Would she have swallowed all of Barnabas' romantic notions or held out for cold hard cash?

I remember seeing that when it first aired.  Creepiest Night Gallery ever, and the only thing I can remember seeing on TV that scared me was the ep where the earwhig crawled in the guys ear.  I wasn't fond of pinchbugs before that, even less so since.  I will never forget that episode.

N

     I had a girlfriend who saw that episode about the earwigs.  She was about 13 at the time and became so frightened she had to wear cottonballs in ears when she went to bed at night.  It was one of the creepiest Night Galleries I ever saw.  One of those shows that stays in your memories for the rest of your life.

     This nose thing is pretty funny.  I was watching "Journey to the Center of the Earth".  Thayer David played Count Sacnusum(sp).  I caught myself staring at the man's nose.  He appears to have a very fleshy nose with some scar tissue(chicken pox).  I hope I can break this nasal obsession.

-5-  Now that you are sporting Count Petofi's long, flowing beard and will, no doubt, have to periodically trim those bushy whiskers, you will now also have to periodically trim all of those copious hairs, sprouting out of your one-hundred-and-fifty year old ears.  (You might want to buy one of those Sharper Image Turbo-Groomer Nose and Ear Trimmers.  They really work great!)
 

     Well, Bob, you have succeeded in making Count Petofi even more repulsive to me.  I feel more sorry for Quentin now than when he was cursed with "wolfism'.  He now is cursed with "geezerism".  Poor old fart.

Gerard,
     I hope you are back to yourself again very soon.  Beware of too much codeine.  My brother had a broken leg and took codeine for too long and ended up needing hemorrhoid surgery.  What a pain in the a**.  Sorry, I couldn't resist.  Hope you feel better soon.