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Angelique (once the spirit of the latter was cast out from Julia, or was it Maggie--I can't recall).
Not that this has anything to do with what was restored by MPI for the '91 Series' finale VHS, but there was more shot for that ep than appears in the restored footage. As the following capture from behind the scenes footage that was shot by a long gone entertainment program named Preview shows, Carolyn/Barbara Blackburn did indeed shoot material for the ep even though none of it was included in either the NBC or MPI versions:
But what's really worth noting when it comes to that capture is that Maggie, who was possessed by Angelique, was supposed to suddenly scream "NO!" at some point after Victoria reappeared and then Maggie was supposed to collapse in Roger's arms. And, of course, none of that is in either version of the ep.
Picking up with Scene 219 and through several more scenes until we reach today's quote:
Now she notices the draped easel by the window, she crosses to
it, lifts the covering to reveal
220 AN UNFINISHED PORTRAIT OF A WOMAN
A haunting beauty ... violet eyes, hair like spun gold, a face
that once seen, can never be forgotten
221 VICKI
Stunned by the painting's beauty, she leans in to examine the
artist's signature in the lower right hand corner.
222 INSERT - INITIALS AND DATE
They read: “RC—1979.”
223 BACK TO SCENE
As she straightens up, studies the painting a beat longer,
fascinated.
(CONTINUED)
223 CONTINUED:
Now she glances at David, his eyes are brimming. She frowns.
And that's when today's quote -Page 98/Scene 223 - Vicki: 'David...? Do you know who this is?'
- comes up.
And as for the dialogue, it's exactly the same as written.
But so far as the direction and descriptions go, several things are different. In Scene 220, the canvas isn't uncovered to reveal a woman's face but that of a nude woman -
- painted from behind as she sits in front of a windows holding a baby - and Scenes 221 and 222 don't appear to have been shot because, not only are they missing, but when Scene 223 comes up to show Vicki and David's reactions to the painting, Vicki does not straighten from having bent down to examine a signature because she standing exactly as she was when she uncovered the painting - and Vicki does not frown before she asks David if he knows who it is who is in the painting.
I suspect Scenes 221 and 222 may have been dropped because the signature is a big clue that Roger painted the painting - though anyone who has seen Scene 39 would have easily picked up that Roger was the person who painted the painting that Vicki admired in the drawing room, so chances are very good that the studio is Roger's and Roger painted the woman and baby - and it wouldn't be too much of a leap to presume the woman and baby are David and his mother - but as the scene plays in Ep #4, with the NBC version of the pilot not containing Scene 39, there is much more mystery to things up to this point...