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Revisiting the subtitles and the closed captioning for Scene 184:

Getting back to the subtitles and the closed captioning, when it comes to Scene 184, after Tracy enters the pool house, calls to Quentin, and asks if he's there, in a bit of unscripted dialogue, she calls out to Quentin two more times - and both the subtitles -



- and the closed captioning -



- reflect that.

It's interesting that sometimes the subtitles represent Tracy as calling to Quentin questioningly and others not, but the closed captioning always has Tracy calling to Quentin questioningly. I suppose it's a matter of interpretation...

And I have to say I've always loved the shot of Tracy reflected in the water.

To be continued...

...

 [nods]
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Revisiting more of how Scene 174 is scripted:

And continuing with Scene 184 but using Grayson's version of the script because 1) DC's script doesn't change Samantha to Laura, and 2) for some very odd reason, his script is missing the last two lines on page 85 (The Curse Of PomPress strikes again!!):

       Then suddenly remembering her dream, she calls out.

And that's when today's first quote -

Page 85/Scene 184 - Tracy: 'Quentin!...Quentin!...are you here?'

- comes up, followed in the script by:

       As the ECHO OF HER VOICE DIES OUT, she stands there,
       terrified, not knowing what to do.  There is a long
       moment of silence and then from O.S., the SOUND OF
       QUENTIN'S VOICE.


And that's when today's second quote -

Page 85/Scene 184 - Quentin: 'So you came to spy on us, Laura.'

- comes up - and that's where page 85 ends in DC's script - but in Grayson's script it continues with:

       THE OTHER SIDE OF THE POOL - TRACY'S P.O.V.

       In complete   darkness, it is impossible to see where


And then both scripts pick up on page 86 with:



184    CONTD                                      CONTD   184

       he is.  Then the SOUND OF HIS FOOTSTEPS can be heard.
       Finally, Quentin emerges from the blackness into a
       shaft of moonlight, his limp more marked than ever.
       He moves toward her, his eyes burning with hatred.


End of scene - but certainly not end of sequence.

And when it comes to differences in the dialogue, after Tracy delivers today's first quote, which she actually says as "Quentin!...are you here?" with the second "Quentin!..." dropped, before too long she continues with an unscripted -


"Quentin!..."

- and another -


"Quentin!..."

- and we actually hear Quentin's voice ask "Did you come to spy on us, Laura?" - and after that, in more unscripted dialogue, Tracy calls out -


"Where are you?"

- as we see Quentin through the mists - followed by Tracy calling out -


"Quentin..."

- and then -


"Where are you?"

- again.

And when it comes to the differences in the descriptions and directions, after Tracy calls out asking if Quentin is there, unlike how the script indicates that she simply stands there, terrified, not knowing what to do, it's when she actually walks along the edge of the murky water, though, as mentioned in the previous post, she's herself and not at all trance-like - and then when she stops walking, she calls out to Quentin again (and I love how, as can be seen above, DC uses her reflection in the pool) - and when Quentin calls out, as can be seen in today's second capture, the camera shows Tracy and her reflection and some of the building -


- but then the camera zooms back to show -


- how huge and empty Tracy's surroundings are - and because we initially see Quentin through the mists when Tracy initially asks where Quentin is, we don't actually see her P.O.V. of the other side of the pool until after we hear the sound of his footsteps -


 [pointing-up]  And as far as "today's" quotes go, they were from May 19th this time around.

 [nods]
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If you don't want to know the circumstances surrounding today's entry in this slideshow, then don't read any further...




[spoiler]Today's quote:
Ep #1080 (1970) - Liz - 'Carolyn, I MUST insist that you stay away from Sebastian.'

From  "#1080/1081: Robservations 08/26/03: Return of Roxanne!"
I sincerely wanted my horoscope done--your reasons for wanting to see Sebastian are quite different, adds Liz haughtily, and have nothing to do with your horoscope. Carolyn looks away and claims, it isn't true.  His name is Sebastian Shaw and always has been, insists Liz.
How do you know that? asks Carolyn. I see no reason to believe anything else, says Liz--In the first place, you heard him tell you he wasn't Jeb, in the second place, if he was Jeb, why wouldn't he admit it to you? He may not know it himself, suggests Carolyn. What on earth does that mean? asks Liz, annoyed. Shortly after Jeb died, says Carolyn, I had a dream--in it, I saw Jeb and he told me he would come back to me one day--he said I might not be able to understand, and when it did, I would know it. That was just a dream, insists Liz. And Sebastian's appearance in Collinsport is just a wild coincidence, says Carolyn, irritated, I just don't believe it. You have no choice but to believe it, says Liz, because that's all it is, a wild coincidence, and obviously, an unfortunate one--I must insist you stay away from Sebastian. Are you forbidding me to see him? demands Carolyn. No, I'm thinking what's best for you, says Liz, let's leave it at that. Carolyn's lip curls with determination; she plucks the business card from the desk blotter, goes to the phone, and dials. She asks to speak to Sebastian Shaw. Please.

The Robservations references the quote almost perfectly...

And as with Eps #75, #256, #762 & #912 earlier this month, Ep #1080 is another example where Midnite serendipitously happened upon an ep that hadn't been quoted from before.
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