Thanks Julia for that gorgeous photo of Barnabas and Julia ... THE Dark Shadows couple, as far as I'm concerned!

A lot of people see Barnabas and Julia as the model upon which the creator of X Files based his concept of Mulder and Scully's relationship.  I haven't watched the series enough to comment upon that--I did see the X files film and could see a definite connection to this aspect of DS.



In terms of wish-we-could-have-seen-them couples. I think Chris Jennings and Joe Haskell would have made SUCH a cute pair.  Joe could have moved out of that awful room and into the cottage, and they both could have had a lot of fun fixing it up.  Plus, I bet Joe would have done a better job of dealing with Chris' hairy side than Sabrina managed to do.

Just my 2 drachmae,

Gothick

the countess- "i will send a psychic message." (through the psychic friends network?)

joshua "spock" collins - " there must be a logical explaination."

bathia mapes to the rescue - "there is madness locked in a room." (THAT was an understatement)

barnabas has a choice - follow an old hag's voice or chomping down on a floozie's neck

up in the tower room when angelique was speaking through barnabas to bathia i was waiting for him to say "your mother sucks ***** in hell." (sorry about that one.....i couldn't help myself)

i wonder what mr. mapes does

henry (an imprisoned poet languishing in love)

This is a picky thing to point out, but I'm going to do it anyway.....
NO ONE was persecuting (yes, I spelled that  correctly) "Witches" in New England in 1795!!  The DS writers took HUGE creative license with that one.

I know, I know, there wouldn't have been any SHOW if they couldn't have used "Witchcraft"....but honestly, if they were going to fling Vicky back in time,  they could have sent her back to the 17th century right from the beginning and gotten it right.

Regarding Trasks motives and beliefs......IMHO that's all crap.   There only ever was ONE motive for Witchhunting and that was power.  The power to get an irritating mother-in-law off the fertile farmland....the power to get rid of a bitch-of-a-wife...the power to get your hands on your NEIGHBOR's wife....but mostly the power to keep the uneducated masses under SOMEBODY's thumb.

Trask's motive would have been want of a church of his own.

Okay, now I feel better....
End of Rant....
Rainey

Here is a list of DS Doctors. Which in your opinion had the BEST bedside manner?


Dr Julia Hoffman (known for her tranquilizer distribution program)

Dr Dave Woodard  (a martyr for the cause)

Dr Eric Lang (a specialist in body parts)

Dr Thornton (a conservator of leeches)