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[spoiler]Wednesday's quote:
Ep #401 (1796) - Barnabas - 'But witches MUST be destroyed, Ben. Of course she will have to suffer, but she MUST be destroyed.'
From "#0401/0402: Robservations 03/18/02: Ben Shows Barn He Can Write"
Fishing shack - Inside, Ben slugs booze from a jug. He's going to leave Collinsport, he vows. He's dismayed when Barnabas, hastily promising not to turn Ben in, enters. Ben apologizes for hurting him, but Barnabas says he understands. I wanted to let you know you're safe from the witch, says Barn craftily--she's been caught and will be executed. Who are you talking about? asks Ben. Why, Victoria Winters, replies Barnabas. Are you sure of her guilt? asks Ben, disturbed. I am, says Barnabas--the evidence was overwhelming. Ben ponders Vicki's possible fate, unhappy
The Robservations falls into the period where there's little detail and so it doesn't reference the quote at all. However, it comes up after Ben unhappily ponders Vicki's fate...
And sadly the dialogue in this scene is just as bad as the copy on the NoDS posters because Barnabas and Ben refer to Vicki possibly being "hung" when they should be saying "hanged":
Is it 'Hung' or 'Hanged'? - Merriam-Webster"The past tense of hang in almost all situations is hung. You hung a picture on the wall, or you hung out at the mall. Only use hanged when referring to someone being sentenced to death via hanging.
Some people bristle when they hear hanged or hung used incorrectly. Their blood boils. Their vision blacks out. Mixing up hung and hanged will make these people thoroughly cheesed off and mad as heck. Irate copy editors are no fun"One would think Ron Sproat, who wrote the ep, would have known better. Though I suppose there is a possibility that Sproat wrote it correctly but Jonathan Frid misspoke it accidentally and Thayer David just followed suit so as not to embarrass Frid. Who knows? But it is clever how the Robservations avoids the issue altogether by simply referring to it as the witch "will be executed."