And picking up with Scene 121A from where we left off, things continue with Friday's quote -
Page 50/Scene 121A - Barnabas: 'It's the stories ... the stories have been so ... so vivid that it almost seems I actually have been here.'
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- followed by Saturday's quote -
Page 50/Scene 121A - Barnabas (to himself, as much as to them): 'Collinwood was first built on the moors near Lyme Regis on the southwest coast of England. The truss and cherrywood railings were hand-carved in Germany. The marble floors cut from the finest Tuscan quarries in Carrara. The masonry, the fireplaces and the steps created by the finest Italian craftsmen. (motions around him) This wainscotting was fashioned from the richest Baltic woods and the windows were purchased from the grandest baronial estates of Europe.'
- followed by Sunday's quote -
Page 50/Scene 121A - Barnabas: 'It was all transported, piece by piece, by sailing vessel to Boston, then driven here along the rocky coast by ox-drawn cart to be reassembled.'
- followed by the script indicating:
Elizabeth and Roger exchange another look, amazed. She turns back to Barnabas.
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And then today's quote -
Page 50/Scene 121A - Liz: 'I thought I was an expert on the family history. But Cousin Barnabas, your knowledge of our heritage is extraordinary.'
- comes up.
And this time there are some significant differences. Barnabas actually says "It's the stories ... the stories were so ... so vivid. It almost seems I actually have been here" - and he stands before he begins relating Collinwood's history - then he's already walked over to the fireplace before he gets into the marble floors (and one might consider that a dangerous thing to do given there's a mirror hanging above the mantle - but he goes there regardless and to his favor no one takes notice that he lacks a reflection (though a certain someone will notice in Ep #2 of the series)) - however, the parts of his scripted speech explaining about the masonry, the fireplaces and the steps, and the wainscotting are all dropped in the pilot, which also means that, because he never gets into them, he obviously doesn't motion around to indicate them as the script says he does - and once again Liz and Roger do not share a look, amazed or otherwise because we don't see their shared reaction - what we do see, though, is an amazed smile on Liz' face when she gives her astonished reaction.