OMG, yes, that is truly scary.  But right now, I think the wig has that one beat.  

Luciaphil

Maybe we should post a tally on the board...competitiive with Roger Davis' hair count?!

Under rather suspect circumstances, yes.  It appeared from the beginning that he had his eye on Samantha the moment he arrived at Collinwood.  And the circumstances surrounding the supposed deaths at sea of Quentin and his son (sorry, I can't remember all these names the way others on this board do!) were also suspect.

As I said, the best that was said about him was that he was a 'hustler," (I know that isn't the term, but I can't think of it offhand) -- and that was by a good friend and associate (whose name I can't remember name offhand either -- the Nancy Barrett character).

The fact that he was involved in illegal shipping activities -- pirating -- under a different name (Captain someone) tells you something about his character.


Yes, Rachel Drummond was a classically Victorian character, basically an example of the Victorian ideal woman -- chaste, pure, innocent, naive.  KLS's performance was exactly on target.


Luciaphil asked:

In the context of my comments, I meant that this was one character who remained true to type -- i.e., Rachel Drummond did not have a ridiculous turnaround as a Handmaiden of Count Petofi.

I also said (or meant) that I thought this was one of KLS's best performances, aside from Maggie. Much better than her Josette du Pres -- she had much more of a period feel for this character, e.g. her posture and manner; and IMO her acting presented the character perfectly, without some of the infelicities that cropped up in her later performance as Lady Hampshire.

I grant that Rachel Drummond may not be as complex a character as the other two (i.e., Josette and Kitty), so maybe the simplicity of the character ("innocence") was easier for her to play, I don't know.  But I found her more believable in the role and well-suited to the period.

-Vlad