Argh, argh, argh, what happened to my post for this episode? I know there was one. Probably I was feeling sort of harried and hurried, and neglected to hit the post button before logging out. So I'll try to remember what I had in my post. Again, argh.
What wasn't in the post, but what comes back to me as I read the Robservations, is that when Guthrie said he wanted to see what was inside Laura Murdoch Stockbridge's coffin, my immediate thought was: "A dead chicken."
There was the obligatory compliment to Louis Edmonds. I can't help it. He's just so good at what he does. Ah, yes, now I remember. What got me in this episode was how well he does the unexpected streak of integrity that runs through Roger. A lesser actor would make the two sides of Roger - a) jerk and b) honorable human being - look like bad writing, but Edmonds makes Roger look three-dimensional.
Oh, and there was the obligatory putdown of Dr. Guthrie, who just sort of thought that the door to the crypt would surely be unlocked, because if he thought otherwise, then he would have to plan a way to get in.
And there was a perfunctory compliment to Nancy Barrett on her performance. My feelings about her performance were anything but perfunctory, but I felt, and feel, no need to elaborate.
And that was it, I think. Except, yet again, ARGH!
Note: the spellchecker accepts ARGH but not argh.
