Gerard, I am so very sorry to hear of your friend's passing! Please know that my prayers are with you.

If it was me, I would choose Quentin.

While I don't think women in those days went in to marriage expecting bliss, I don't believe they came to it expecting misery.

[spoiler]Obviously, Quentin and Samantha weren't happy in their marriage, given Quentin's infidelity, but Samantha's only option was to stay with him. Then once he was presumed to be lost at sea she took Gerard's offer of marriage quite seriously, hoping I think, to find some measure of happiness. Once Quentin returned, her chance for happiness with Gerard was snatched away.

Samantha and Quentin had long since come to an understanding  of the sad state of their marriage, and Quentin knowing Samantha couldn't truly be happy with him, gave her the choice between himself or Gerard. She chose Gerard, but I think she should have stayed with Quentin, simply because Gerard only wanted to marry her for the wealth she could provide him.[/spoiler]

Hoping your birthday was filled with fun, Cassandra! 

besides julia's sedatives barnabas makes a pretty bold assumption in that his coffin will still be ready and waiting for him at the old house(or was it the mausoleum?).in that twenty five year period no one ever stumbled across it?might the old house have not been demolished even?

My thoughts exactly. Why did he naturally assume it would be there? Just think what a dilemma it would have been if his coffin wasn't anywhere to be found.

[spoiler]Carolyn tells Julia and Barnabas the family all went away and that they would come back soon, but I don't believe it was ever mentioned where exactly the family disappeared to. Perhaps Gerard killed them somehow?[/spoiler]

A very warm welcome, Willie Loomis! 

Yep, Angelique was the beginning of everything that went wrong in the Collins family. Okay, maybe not everything, but a whole lot of it!!! 

The Devil's Daughter is a gem. Shelley Winters chews the scenery as Lilith, sinister and glamorous leader of a Satanic coven. Jonathan Frid is wonderful in the small but poignant non-speaking role of the Winters character's chauffeur and butler.

Jonathan Frid not having a speaking part? That's just criminal!  He has the best speaking voice ever! 

Wishing you a belated happy birthday, AngeLee! 

Happy birthday, Don Briscoe, who played all your characters so very well and made us like them in turn! 

Here's to Chris Jennings!!!