At least he took his slippers off.  Something they sometimes forget to do in DS world.

Didn't Gerard sleep with his knee-high boots on?  How could he possibly forget to knock those off??

Ben

In addition to Monday, May 6, DS will not air on ... Friday, May 31 -- Farscape Chain Rxn ... The last one also boggles the mind.  I hope this doesn't signal a new trend to preempt our show on Fridays.

What I still can't get over is how DS got preempted last year on, of all days, Halloween.  ?!?

Ben

Dr. Lang is just so. . .loud, obnoxious, pompous ... Bombastic, too!

Sounds like DS' answer to Ted Baxter ...  

Ben
(love the subject line, Robin!)

Later in the series, it almost seems as though Stokes had deduced Barnabas' secret, but was keeping silent for reasons of his own.  Anyone feel the same?

Yes, Mike, we always seemed to be on the verge of disclosure (either of the truth by Barnabas or Julia, or of the deduction by the good professor), but perhaps it's just as well that we are kept wondering, instead of having it all spelled out for us.  

If DS hadn't gone off the air when it did, they could have developed a 1971-72 storyline in which the bonds between Barn, Julia, and Eliot strengthen to the point where the truth is revealed.  I'll bet there's some great fanfic about this already out there.

Meanwhile, I'm convinced that someone as brilliant and discrete as Prof. Stokes has to be asking Julia all the right questions for a reason -- and astutely (albeit silently) deducing the reason why her answers always seem to fall short of convincing.

That's one trait of Eliot's that I've long admired: he's extremely observant, noticing details and nuances, yet he never pushes too hard.  Dr. Woodard's aggressive attempts to strongarm Julia backfired.  But Prof. Stokes' calm, intellectual, benign approach -- sweetened further by his sherry/hot toddy charm -- built a growing level of trust among the other "good" characters, as well as us viewers.  

Ben

Monday is the day Julia goes to the beauty parlor!!!!!!! wow!!!!!! Such fun as everyone talks about her new 'look'. . .

Julia99, your post cracks me up!

I was tickled by all the attention showered on Julia because of her new 'do.  I don't think she had ever gotten a compliment on her appearance before.  How many times can one compliment the same tired green tweed suit?  

I can't think of another character who got so MUCH attention from so many other characters for changing her (or his) look.  I mean, who ever told Maggie, "So glad you lost the blond wig!"  Or told Quentin, "Hey, you finally traded in those fake sideburns for real ones!"  

Ben

but as the scene begins to fade, you can see Moltke starting to crack up. If you have this episode on tape, go back and look. It's hilarious.

Can anyone else think of an instance where an actor was obviously laughing?

Chris, I never realized that Alexandra was so giggle-prone until you pointed out these incidents.

To answer your question, I spent the last half-hour rummaging unsuccessfully through my tapes for an instance I have in mind.  Since I couldn't find the right episode, I will recount from my vague memory a scene during the Roger car accident storyline in which he, Burke, Liz, and Sheriff Patterson are standing in the doorway to the drawing room, engaged in a serious discussion.  Toward the end of the scene, Louis Edmonds inadvertently interchanges the syllables on two words (which I can't recall), making one of the words sound thisclose to sh**.  Louis deftly ignores his naughty mis-speech and sails smoothly to the end of his line.  

As the cue music comes on, however, everybody has to do the obligatory holding of their poses until the music fades and the tape goes black.  During these seemingly interminable seconds, it is obvious that Louis is trying to stifle a smirk.  Just before the tape fades to black, Dana Elcar loses it and cracks a toothy smile (and when was the last time Sheriff Patterson ever had reason to smile about anything?).

Ben
(recounting this scene purely from memory ... and if it comes nowhere close to what really happened, please post your correction, call Wyndcliffe immediately, and tell them I'm on my way there!)

I heard from friends that a segment involving Nancy Barrett hosting a tour of the Seaview Mansion (Collinwood on the show) did not play on most DVD players.  Did you have any problems with that?

Hi, Gothick!  I don't know about "most" DVD players (and I'm aware of many on this board who've had problems), but I never had a problem with the Seaview segment when played on the Sony player I bought a year ago.  

For you, Gothick, the bonus feature on this DVD that will win you over is the episode dubbed in Spanish.  Grayson and Spanish seem tailor-made for each other!  It's a real hoot!  

Ben