Discuss - Ep #0731

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Robservations #731

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Re: Discuss - Ep #0731

[IluvBarnabas]

We learn more about what happened to Rachel and Tim when they ran away. Being used to the physical and emotional abuse by the Trasks all those years it's little wonder that they were able to force Tim into going back and will very likely do the same to Rachel with the threat about reporting the so-called murder of Mrs. Trask's brother to the police. Rachel and Tim could call their bluff, but don't forget this was the 19th century and back in those days so-called religious people were considered the most trustworthy folks in the community. I have no doubt who the police would have believed if Rachel and Tim had dared to defy the whole rotten Trask crew.

Poor Jamison and Nora are really going to find out what they're in store at Worthington Hall thanks to their father's stupid decision to send them there quicker than he intended just to get them away from Laura.

Even if Judith wasn't mistress of Collinwood, I think it should be obvious to Laura that Edward is NOT going to take her back as his wife under any circumstances. She threatens him with scandal something that makes him ease off a bit, but only an inch. He allows her to stay at the cottage.

Quentin insists that he saw Laura die, and thinks that if she died once she can die again. True, but what's to prevent her from coming back again. Quentin attempts to strangle her anyway without thinking about this....

[DarkLady]

Fear of scandal is everyone's trump card in the Collinwood universe!

Laura is more than able to stand up to match her husband and her ex-lover, but she is stunned and displeased when Edward tells her she will never be Mistress of Collinwood. He insists that she must live at the cottage (to avoid the aforementioned scandal) and promises to explain the situation to Jamison and Nora. Good luck with that, Edward!

Quentin tells Rachel that Mrs. Collins is back "in all her glory," then goes off to get drunk. Someone knocks at the front door, and Rachel answers it. It's her old friend from Worthington Hall, Timothy Shaw (played, in another fine characterization, by Don Briscoe in granny glasses). But he's come to collect Jamison and Nora to take them to Worthington Hall. Tim tries to explain why he went back to Trask's school, but Rachel is furious with him. As she turns away, we can see the sadness on Tim’s face.

Quentin joins the long list of Collinses who don't learn from the past. Not five minutes after telling Laura (in a spiffy black gown) that he saw her die in Alexandria, he starts to strangle her.

[Mysterious Benefactor]

I just love this capture of Laura from this ep:



Everything from the expression on Diana Millay's face to the lighting. It perfectly encapsulates Laura's character: a woman with a great deal of humor but also with an unmistakably threatening edge.

[DarkLady]

Wow, that's just beautiful. Thanks, MB!

[Uncle Roger]

I'll second that!