I haven't watched the episode in quite some time, but as I recall it, when David and Amy are exploring the West Wing in December of '68, they pass a portrait of a mutton-chopped gent of the 1860s and David solemnly informs his new friend that this is Thaddeus Collins, an ancestor who fought in the Civil War. I realize I'm imputing WAY too much power of recall to the writers but I like to think of Thaddeus as the child Tad grown up and doing his bit during the War Between the States.
But in that original timeline, Spoiler:
Tad didn't live beyond 1840.
i agree that julia's scenes with angelique are nicely done.she has a few early scenes with gerard where he's questioning her true identity that are well played as well.
for me grayson is at ther best when her character is being coy or evasive or operating with some sort of self serving motivation.it brings out the best in her.she also needs a foil to play against which is why i love her opposite nancy barrett in 1967Spoiler:(when carolyn was under barnabas' control)
or as hoffman in parallel-time when she plays against nearly everyone.she has some genius scenes in 1968 against nicholas blair as well.some duplicitousness on her part is nice.when she's just functioning as barnabas' assisitant it's not so interesting.
I agree that Grayson could be very good when playing against fellow actors such as Frid, Astredo or Parker. She does a very good job when she is intellligent, courageous and aware of the threats she is facing. When she goes into "hysterical" mode it becomes too over the top for me.
I've been slowly watching the return to 1970 stories as Spoiler:the children slooooooooooooowly become possesed and have held on, barely, to continue watching. Every once in a while a good episode appears, usually involving THayer David. One moment involving Grayson was very good. David and Carrie were caught coming in the house at 1AM after having gone to the cemetary to stand on Gerards grave at midnight to see if the spirit was gone (or some such nonsense). Julia caught them coming in and David was coming up with some poor excuses (of course, in DS, two teens hanging out in the middle of the night would not elicit questions about sex!). Grayson's disbeliving looks and replies to David are underplayed and perfect.
The only other interesting parts of this storyline was the introduction of another vampire. The silent ghosts are ok for a while but were drawn out, as was "the smell of lilacs" and Quentin's constantly calling on Daphne.
In another 10 episodes or so the children (who we see far too much of) will become possesed and Daphne will come to life.
Will I make it to 1840? Stay tuned.....
for all of the build up tad and carrie got in the 1970 set-up to this storyline they actually have very little to do with it thus far.i just finished dvd volume 23(about halfway through)and tad has yet to appear at all and carrie only in a few episodes. ... the dollhouse and the playroom disappear from the story early on.do they reappear
As you've no doubt noticed, the playroom reappears and Tad finally appears in Ep #1147 (in today's current slideshow):
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1970: Ep #1147 - Carrie tells Tad that she saw a vision of the
two of them dead in the playroom.
Much of what was built up with Tad and Carrie in 1970 had to be scrapped when David Henesy decided he'd grown tired of doing DS. If one does a search for topics on that subject (particularly from around October/November '03), more details are likely to be found. [hall2_smiley]