Drat, drat, drat. Finally they find a hairdo that looks good on Betsy Durkin, and it turns out to be her last day.
Who wrote this episode? I should have checked, because there were not one, not two, but three lines that struck me sour:
1) Vicky goes into this long explanation of how Jeff will always be with her even though he's gone, and asks Barnabas, "Do you understand?" Barnabas responds (words approximate), "I understand that you're telling me you're not going to marry me." Ooh, I've heard that before. There you are, trying for a meeting of the minds, and the one you're talking to yanks the subject right out of your hands and turns it against you.
2) Barnabas says, "Shall we say our goodbyes now?" and Vicky answers, "If that's what you want." In other words, "Hey, it's your choice, don't blame me if you end up not liking it."
3) Roger is about to leave for London, and he says to Barnabas, "While I'm gone, would you try helping Liz?" As in: "You've never lifted a finger for her before. Why don't you try being useful for a change?"
I know, I know. None of these things were meant unkindly, and in the show, none of them were taken unkindly. But the first item pushed a huge button in my mind, and after that I guess I was just on the lookout. I'm willing to consider the possibility that Louis Edmonds messed up on his line. Maybe Roger would ask if Barnabas would "mind" helping Liz, rather than "try".
On to another subject...we never do get a good answer on how Peter Bradford did what he did. If I were Vicky, the first thing I would ask when he spoke would be: "Where have you been? What have you been? And when I get an astral projection, will it be pink instead of blue?"
