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Current Talk '24 I / Re: Everyone In Collinsport's Favorite Word Slideshow
« on: December 19, 2020, 03:38:40 PM »Only some viewers will be aware of how significant today's photo is.
Yes, some fans might ask themselves why I picked such a minor character and a cryptic quote? But as you say, in that moment Dr. Reeves and what he says is quite significant, and the Robservations excerpt shows just how significant it all is.
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I recall Dr. Reeves being mentioned from time to time in the post 1967 scripts, but so far as I am aware, this was his only appearance on screen.
Believe it or not, Dr. Reeves makes his debut in Ep #17 as the doctor who treats Roger after his car accident. Though in that ep he's more significantly used to clue the audience into some of the background concerning the hit-and-run accident of 10 years earlier. I particularly like this scene:
Malloy returns to Reeves' office and knocks at the door. He enters and joins Roger and the doctor. It certainly was a fast half hour, says Reeves, I barely got this stuff finished. I saw what I wanted to see, says Bill. Hanky panky? asks the doctor. Didn't say that, says Malloy to Roger, I just said I saw what I wanted to see. Someday I'm going to write a book about Down-Easterners, myself included, says Reeves, I'm going to write about all those words that never get said. I don't know what you're talking about, says Malloy. I'm a freak around here, says Reeves, putting on his jacket, that's what I'm talkin' about--I open up and tell people what I'm thinkin'--for instance, me and Mr. Collins just had a chat about his old friend, Burke Devlin. What about him? asks Malloy. Am I through, Doctor? asks Roger. See what I mean? says the doctor--as soon as the conversation gets onto important things, we hold up a sign: no trespassing. (I adore this doctor's honesty.) Some things are nobody's else's affair, says Malloy. That's all an illusion, says Reeves, in this case, anyway--it was a public trial 10 years ago, wasn't there--and now Burke Devlin's back--do you honestly believe there's not one person in this town that knows why? I can't worry about what people think, says Roger. No, no, I know, you can't do that, says the doctor, all you can do is roll downhill in a car and get yourself nearly killed.
When Dr. Reeves brings up Burke, the expression on Bill's face speaks volumes - and at the mention of the public trial the look Bill and Roger exchange is priceless! Quite often it's little moments like those that make watching the pre-Barn eps so much fun...