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« on: June 19, 2014, 05:50:11 PM »
Believe it or not, what Julia is given to do in the '04 pilot is in some ways a bit more interesting than what she does in the pilot for the '91 DS. True, in the pilot for the '91 DS Julia has a few more scenes, with two of the more significant being Julia hypnotizing Daphne and then Julia noticing Daphne's odd reaction to Barnabas - but other than that she simply arrives in Collinsport, she briefly meets Liz and before going off to run tests (offscreen) she considers allowing Daphne to go home, and once Daphne is home Julia attempts to give Daphne an injection but puts it off to give Daphne and Joe some alone time. However, in the '04 pilot all of Julia scenes have importance as Julia gives important info about Carolyn's attack while also imparting info that was given to Prof. Woodard in the pilot for the '91 DS, and she's in on making a discovery that would have been of major significance down the line had the pilot gone to series. The Julia scene that wasn't shot does have one significant aspect to it (something that's more significantly explained than it was in the pilot for the '91 DS), though other than that it's the least interesting thing she has to do in the script. But then the pilot script for the '91 DS also has Julia scenes (four, as I recall) that weren't shot - or at least if they were, left on the cutting room floor...