Nice read. I also followed the link from the article to "11 DS Actors You Didn't Know Were Gay" and found new information there as well.

I was excited that DS was on Pluto TV, even though it seems like they are just running through the same batch of episodes, similar to the way Hulu only had a few hundred episodes at a time.

However, I have been checking out DS on Tubi as well and I'm glad that it's available for free in its entirety somewhere. It was a major loss when they took it off Amazon Prime and I was wondering what would happen. It really speaks to how we live today that I have all the DVDs, but it's such a pain to dig them out! LOL

I got Quentin. Happy with that result. Also, I feel like this quiz is a repeat of one I took in the past--a lot of the questions seemed vaguely familiar.

Thank you!!

I remember watching this clip years ago. I believe it was part of the DS DVDs extras at some point. When I watched it I thought it was great that even JB believed Elizabeth to have been Victoria's mother. Although her word doesn't necessarily confirm it as cannon, I think it's a widely held belief within the fandom that this is the truth.

If only that plotline hadn't been dropped during the early run of the show, it could have provided a great opportunity to explain the origins of Vicki during a flashback, similar to 1897, but maybe only going back 20-30 years to show Elizabeth as a young woman.

Also, for those who have read "Heiress of Collinwood" by Lara Parker, you may remember that this was addressed. I was highly disappointed in Ms. Parker's take on the story, especially because it seemed to stretch the truth and the timelines quite far in order to somehow make this all work.

Awesome! And not too far away from me, though I wouldn't drive hours just to attend LOL. I wish there was something like this closer to my area, I wonder if there would be even enough interest to get a good group going. I'd imagine it would be something that would start off slow and build to a decent size group as word of mouth spreads. Also, I wonder what the legalities are of showing DS in a setting like this in terms of copyright?

Just getting around to reading this post. Great observations MB! It seems that February 20th was always a hot time for DS! February sweeps is a thing in soaps if I remember right so maybe that is an explanation behind why this date was usually exciting for episodes. I'm sure it's probably a coincidence that THESE episodes in particular ended up on the same day, but nevertheless I wonder if it was sweeps time for them and the writers planned out to have some sort of plot twist etc around this time?

These early episodes try to make a lot out of a little: a simply storm, a creaky door opening, etc etc. Compared to later episodes that are sometimes a whirlwind of activity, it's almost cute at what they attempted pre-Barnabas. Though I will note that some stretches of the later episodes (particularly where 1897 is concerned) can tend to go on and on for too much time just repeating the same plot lines.

I can appreciate the more simple approach in the earlier episodes when I watch them because they truly are working to set up the atmosphere.