[spoiler]Was it really necessary? It seemed to me that he came, Julia and Barnabas tucked him away somewhere, the storyline ended, and he came back with them (with a bit that was potentially rather insulting to Thayer David, as the writers had Stokes check the refrigerator first thing after his return to the present!). I was wondering if anyone felt the same way, or if the writers provided some sort of explanation for this in interviews, as it just seemed odd that they would do that.[/spoiler]

I think the fridge had some hershey bars and hot dogs tucked away somewhere to get Stokes attention at that moment---(not scripted)

Marie Wallace looked awful on her first appearance on Dark Shadows.  Good for her!

Did you mean her acting or just her appearance...cause she has the best teeth on the show IMO

i wonder if after all these years JF was thinkin to himself...."now tonight, must go nothing wrong" before he took the stage at the fest last week in beautiful downtown burbank

GEE sorry it took me so long to find this...i was off the boards for awhile but thank you DS inmates for the well wishes:D

I still work nights Rose and i had 3 thoughts about this thread as i am sitting here taking a break...

1/ My mom passed at 57 (i was 18) back in 1973 on this very evening/morning and the loss never leaves us.  We are lonely without them even with the great passage of time.

2/ It was my mom who back in 1966 told me as a kid of 11 that if i wanted to see how a professional actress looked on daytime TV i should watch DS and Joan Bennett and i never looked back.  She enjoyed the series as much as i did as she was a homemaker and plenty of time it seemed to watch the series.

3/ I recall her saying this about David Collins....."I know this kid seems messed up, but look at that horses $#@ of a father he has---and that i should feel fortunate that i did not have to grow up in that environment.

Take care Rose, and I hope i see you in Burbank next year!

KHJ CHANNEL 9 in LA aired the Movie Macabre HODS back in 83 with a slightly watered down version of the movie.  The Carolyn burial scene in the pouring rain was cut as was some of the more lengthy gore scenes...but at least Elvira had her say and funky critique of the movie in full....and the Mazda commercials for the 83 models were classic.

i know its a bit of pretzel logic on my part, but when Robert Gerringer was replaced as Doc Woodard i did not feel such a loss when the "new" Doc was killed.  I had grown very fond of Gerringers portrayal of Dave Woodard and one of my favorite scenes was when he announced to joe and sam that he had just delivered twins in that tiny collinsport hospital.

Wonder what the twins are doing today?