Depp's SBSP character, surf legend Jack Kahuna Laguna, debuts today in "SpongeBob vs. the Big One."  It can be seen at 8 p.m. Eastern/Pacific (7 p.m. Central) on Nickolodeon, on www.nick.com, and on DVD.  Enjoy!

Hope your special day is great, Angelique Wins!  Will any cheesecake be a part of your birthday plans? 

who can wear the same outfit the longest

CS? 

Ack, another voiceover that shows a backwards slide of Collinwood.

Call me crazy, but I didn't sense a lick of remorse or guilt in Quentin in this ep.  What I saw (JMO) was his fear of repercussions, especially his terror of what Magda surely had in store for him.  (The voiceover described his existence as one of "uncertainty and fear" but I don't recall it mentioning a guilty conscience.)  During the dream, he made excuses (denial is a river in Egypt) for his actions, insinuating that he had no choice because she had a knife and was going to use it on him.  And I noticed that he seemed almost giddy once he thought Magda had "removed" her curse.  I half expected Q to say, at some point, "Me, me, me, it's all about ME."  I mean, how self-centered must he be to passionately kiss the woman he just murdered, even in a nightmare?

And there's also no sign here of the little bit of empathy and kindness that I thought Edward showed in #748.  BTW, I'm thinking that he had Jenny buried quickly to hide the evidence of strangulation (and the lack of injuries from a fall), but it's just a guess.

Wow, Quentin heard Jenny's voice and the doll showed up immediately after Magda declared that Jenny's "spirit will not rest."  Way to telegraph to the viewers that we were about to see was a haunting!

And now we have the funky dream (should I even bother to check who wrote this episode?)

Sorry, it was written by Gordon Russell and not Violet W, if that's what you meant.   What cracked me up about the dream was Magda's secret knock on the drawing room door, lol.  And as yet more evidence that I'm easily entertained, I found it interesting to see how far Magda had to lead Q (in the dark!) to get him from the West Wing set to the foyer set.  And OMG, Quentin woke from the dream screaming like a girl!! 

Oh, the horror, the scandal, the Quentin Collins of it all!

Beth's cheek has blood on it.  Hers -- or one of the others?

Hers.  Her face got scratched during the scuffle.  (Terry Crawford sneakily applied it during the scene.)

Now to the $64,000 dollar question.  Did he intend to kill her, or was it an accident?

He said he didn't mean to do it [spoiler]and will continue to insist that he didn't,[/spoiler] but since it looked like he killed her in the heat of passion, I wouldn't call it an accident either.  I believe he was provoked.  Blame it on his rage, fear, terror, desperation, or maybe all of the above.

He gets her to drop the knife, but doesn't go to a less lethal grip on her.  He's like a sleepwalker. He doesn't even seem to hear Beth yelling to let her go.  He also doesn't seem to have kicked the knife away to where she can't grab for it if she gets loose, which may or may not mean anything.

It would for Hang 'em High McCoy (Law & Order fans, you know who you are), who would argue that Quentin used more force than was necessary to subdue her, and that no one was in imminent danger when he strangled her.  And he'd be all over Edward's coverup and inevitably would learn of the prior threats on her life.  Q would be LUCKY to come away with a manslaughter charge.  

At least Marie got to play dead on a soft bed this time instead of [spoiler]a hard closet floor.[/spoiler]

And so much for Quentin's promise to get rid of that pesky conscience of Beth's.

I was actually surprised that Edward showed as much compassion as he did.  He grasped that Jenny became enraged by Beth's betrayal of her, and even referred to her as a poor woman.  And I thought he framed his words rather carefully when he told Magda that Jenny was killed, adding that he was very sorry.  Color *me* shocked.

And Edward, being Edward is convinced that because he wants it covered up, it's possible for it to be covered up.

Didn't Beth just say recently that the Collinses believe they're above the law?  Unfortunately for Quentin, Edward has no clue that mere words CAN harm.

I liked the final shot of Q's face with the transposed image of Magda's "evil eye" gesture.  (I thought only Italians used it that way. )

During a conversation with Barnabas, Judith admitted this about Jenny:  "Everything she says and feels is based on some fact."  Soooo, when Jenny accused Judith of stealing her dress and of always being jealous of her, it was factual? 

Remind me to never play hide and seek with Jenny.  Ever.

Yes, I've read that it's a possible source.  But I didn't know you'd spent some time on the left coast.  Cool!