Especially since much of their appearance was merely a replay from the previous week's work, neither Selby nor McKechnie got a lot of camera time here. DM has written and spoken about how she was abandoned beneath the peat moss as the lights were turned off and everyone else rushed off to shoot the next scene, which I found amusing to think about as I watched the rest of the episode. Yes, I'm easily entertained. (Her autobiography has her dressed in a wig and period dress for the scene-- an example of faulty memory.)
Also underutilized in the ep-- Professor Stokes.
His phone is now the one that says Collinsport 4099, which was established long ago to be Collinwood's phone number, and while it's been shown that the Collinses do not have exclusive rights to the number, Stokes doesn't even live in Collinsport.
Just in case anyone doubts that Davenport is now the man in charge, he has a nifty patch that says "Sheriff" sewn to his left sleeve.
Davenport: "I don't know what to say either except to say that he died horribly. I've never seen ... a corpse that looked like that."
Like what? Slimy? A little singed? Davenport must be new to the area, because how bad can the corpse of a sickly man look compared to bodies torn apart or drained of blood?
Philip to Megan: "Oh, he's the one who's strong, resourceful, and ruthless, while I'm none of those things. I'M JUST PLAIN SCARED."
Love it, love it, love it.
Davenport: "It seems that someone mentioned what we believe to be your shop in his dying words."
Philip: "Who was that?"
Davenport: "Paul Stoddard."
Philip: "Carolyn's father? Is he dead?"
Davenport: "Yes sir. Very dead."
It seems that on DS, there are 3 Stages of Death: Dying, dead, and very dead.
Did Dennis want to leave? It seems like someone commented that he had another project to do or something and that is why he was killed off.
It seems to me that killing Paul was the inevitable next step anyway. But despite some big hints that he would be returning as a ghost to haunt his murderer, he wasn't available because he was working on the movie "Joe." Amanda (if you care
) was killed off because she was leaving, as rehearsals for
Company were about to start.
How is someone very dead? LOL
I think it's like being just a little pregnant.