I think the same would go for other soaps if they were rerun.  If, for example, General Hospital's oldest episodes were to be rerun, I am sure there would be a lot of bloopers, plot holes, bad acting, etc.

DS is scrutinized because it is the only soap opera with reruns of these 60's episodes.  the same thing would happen for any soap if we were to watch their early episodes.

I even see mistakes in continuity on shows like All in the Family, Happy Days, Dallas, General Hospital, etc.

..and yes, CBS did cancel all their rural themed oriented shows (which were geting high ratings but among older, midwestern viewers) to concentrate on a younger, city living population.

Joey

I could handle the charcacters, but some actors I could deal without...

I could deal with the character of Harry Johnson but not Craig Slocum.  After 1795, he should have never returned to DS.  I liked the one episode second Harry Johnson beter.

Roger Davis is another actor I could deal without once Peter and Vicky exit the storyline.  The characters of Ned Stuart, Dirk Wilkins and Charles Delaware Tate could have been played by different actors.  Dan could have paid them for the time they were on the show instead of signing them for a longer term.  Ned is introduced very close to the beginning of 1897 and was never used after 1897, so a temporary actor could have played that role.  I think it would have made the Chris Jennings story better without the Jeff Clark lookalike references.

Claude North- He had so much build up and gets killed in 4 episodes.  That was a waste.

When I first saw these episodes, I was shocked to see Craig Slocum return for another character! He wasn't that good an actor to begin with.   "What were they thinking" I was saying to myself at the time.

<<I agree AllenCollins: Sarah's warning to David was exactly that...a direct reference to David himself being in danger from Barnabas.  Raineypark  >>

David asked Sarah if it was he the dead were after and she said it wasn't.

Joey

7 years prior to DS, Joan Bennett starred in a situation comedy called "Too Young to go Steady"

Here is the cast list...does anyone know what this show was about?

"Too Young to Go Steady" (1959)
[TV-Series]  
 
Brigid Bazlen ....Pamela Blake  
Joan Bennett .... Mary Blake  
Donald Cook ....  Tom Blake  
Lorna Gillam .... Timmy  
Martin Huston ....John Blake  
 

The picture used for Sarah was probably a holdover from the original origin of Barnabas being in the 1830's and like Naomi's headstone was never changed.

Originally posted by Joeytrom on the Dark Shadows: General Discussion Forum on February 26, 2002 at 16:21:13:

[spoiler]It was one of the most disapointing things the writers did by decided to have Jeb kill Vicky in 1796, and onw of the most nonsensical...it made the murky plot even more confusing.

But the answer lies on another character unmentioned throughout all this--Phyllis Wicke. In the Return to 1796 prior to 1897, she is nowhere to be found after Vicky is re-hung (another plothole the writers left). However, one can place her in 1796 with the Jeb/Vicky/Peter scenario.

When Jeb throws Vicky off Widows' Hill, could Phyllis Wicke have suddenly appeared in Vicky's place at the rocks below? The body would have been so badly damaged, no one may have realized it wasn't Vicky. Victoria Winters was then returned to the present time...perhaps she was so confused she just ran off for a while to be alone. Though Peter would still kill Jeb and throw him over Widows' Hill and subsequently hung for doing so. Neither of them aware about the transposition of the bodies. Notice there is no ghost of Victoria Winters during the Leviatian sequence.

I think this could be a resolution as to what happened to Vicky so she could return to the present time.[/spoiler]

Joey