MB, I love Eve too. Marie is just so compulsively watchable as the character, and the idea of this artificially created woman whose personality is some 18th century mass murderess sashaying around the estate in an evening gown and high heels is just so outrageous. I would have liked the character better though [spoiler]had they not introduced that ghastly thing about her following Peter Bradford to the ends of the earth. UGH! [/spoiler]
I also don't agree with those who think of the entire 1968 storyline as a trainwreck. I think every storyline has its shining moments and its unsatisfying passages. 1968 WAS more extreme than anything that had gone before, but it also produced some elements that were IMO *better*--one some level--than anything that had gone before.
I'd still argue that the original 1967 Laura Collins storyline is probably THE narrative high point of the series--as STORYTELLING. 1897 was probably the best in terms of all the characters and different threads that were interwoven. Parallel Time 1970 had the fun of the murder mystery and some great roles for Edmonds, Hall, Thayer, etc. And so on and so forth...
anyhow I'm going WAYYY off thread here... expecting a wrist slap...
cheers, G.