And on another note, count me among the group of viewers who think Barnabas should have come up with a better and different cover story. An Englishman would not have messed up Kitty's title like that: It's Lady Hampshire. Not Lady Kitty.
Sigh . . .
I don't think Barnabas messed up Kitty's title. I think the writers did. Lady Kitty sounds classy and playful. When I watched this as a kid, I would not have known the difference. Heck, I don't think my mother would have known the difference either and she liked to read gossip about British royalty.
Point taken. Writers screwed up, not Barnabas.
Still, it's Lady Hampshire. She married into her title. She'd be Lady Kitty if she were the daughter of a duke or earl. Her daughter if she had one would be Lady (insert first name). First son would have father's secondary title. Successive sons would be the Honorable (insert first name).
Why do I know this? Because my brain is cluttered with all sorts of useless trivia and Love Boat dialogue. It's not that I set out to learn it, I just absorb it. While I forget the really important things like where I put my car keys
(by the way, if anyone knows the answer to that, I'd sure appreciate it, lol).
I agree with Gothick. The writers seemed obsessed with possession and seemed to think reincarnation was the same thing. Just act spacey and vacant suddenly you are Josette. It is a shame the writing staff had so little imagination. This could have been taken in so many directions. Edward and Kitty getting married while she longs for Barnabas. Barnabas and Kitty getting married and Barnabas discoveres the bloom is off the rose(not tonight, I have a headache). Lady Kitty discovers Barnabas is all romance and no substance and no money. Oh well.
It's the road not taken that irks so much, isn't it? I love all of those ideas and I think it could have made for some much better story.
What really kills me are those tantalizing throwaway lines. Like the fact that Gerald evidently had kiddies of his own. What happened to them? He committed a robbery and did time??? Makes me sure as heck want to know a lot more about Gerald and Kitty. The mention of Momma in PA, who evidently knows a lot more about Kitty than everyone else makes me deeply curious.
It's like they take us to the fair and show us the giant stuffed animal prize. Hit all the right targets and hand us the dinky stuffed snake.
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And an Englishman should have an accent.
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(who sounds like the western New Yorker that she is)
