Hope your birthday was everything you hoped for, Moraviads! 

It was good to hear Liz laugh even if it was in disbelieving scorn, since we rarely hear anyone on Dark Shadows laugh outright.

It's a sad situation for Liz and Carolyn both, and Jason is loving being Liz's puppeteer. 

Happy birthday, Joan Bennett, who played all her characters with such poise and realism!  Dark Shadows wouldn't have been the same without you!

Then Dr. Lang's famous instructions would have been changed to, "Julian, Julian, when you do the experiment..." 

Oh, hands down Gregory Trask was the most loathsome and complex Trask family member, and for that reason the most enjoyable. I think he would've even shocked his - what would he be? grandfather; greatgrandfather? - from the 1790's. You see, in my opinion, the original Reverend 1790's Trask, while vile, actually thought what he was doing was good and noble. He was a religious fanatic, and because he believed that his religious beliefs were of the highest moral value and goodness, he would go to any lengths, including having to manipulate things and even lie, in order to see them forwarded. It wasn't about him; it was about what he believed.

On the other hand, Gregory Trask cared only about himself. He would present himself as high, mighty and pious, but that was just all part of what he used to benefit himself. He would throw stones at anyone he called a sinner, but had no problem trying to seduce Rachel, murder his wife, and dispose of his new wife so he could get all the loot. I think his ancestor would've been so appalled by what his later-generation progeny did, that he would've stuck him up on the gallows with any "witch" he could get himself to believe existed.

I completely agree with this. Reverend Trask in 1795 truly believed he was doing what was right. The other Trasks were just cruel and loathsome.

Out of all the Trasks, 1795 reverend Trask is definitely my favorite. He even sought revenge beyond the grave when he realized Casandra/Angelique was the real witch. 

Happy birthday, Clarice! You gave life to such wonderful characters! 

It seems Roger doesn't want to take any responsibility for David, accept when it comes to scolding him, very irritating! Perhaps David wouldn't get in to so much trouble if Roger would spend a bit more time with him, and praise him for the good things he does instead of constantly pointing out all the wrong things he does.

When Roger said he almost felt sorry for Sam I wanted to get in his face and let him have it. I know he and Sam are not the best of friends, and he probably still has bad memories of the secret he and Sam shared, but he could show more sympathy for Sam than to only be "almost" sorry for him. What if it were his own kid which it could have been? Since David has been hanging at the Old House so much, what if Barn took him as well, especially if David were to learn that the person floating around the Old House was Maggie and not really Josette? Even if Sam were a person I hated I'd feel sorry for him having to go through this. I guess Roger can't help being Roger, maybe this is as compassionate as he gets!

My thoughts exactly! No matter how much you despise someone, would you really not feel sorry for them if their child went missing?

When he had David look at the portrait I wonder if he was doing something to drive Josette away. David was upset when Josette wasn't there. But you always wonder where Maggie went to when everyone was running around the Old House.

I wondered the same thing about the portrait. Why is it when David looks at Josette's portrait one minute, he can feel her presence, and the next he can't. Is it some sort of power Barnabas is exerting over the portrait?

Why did Roger have to go blabbing about the blood sample Dr. Woodard took from Maggie? That gives Barnabas an open invitation to steal it!