The writers do a good job showing why Vickie is accused of witchcraft - all her knowledge about the future, her strange clothing etc. - but why would the original Phyllis, who clearly did not have all that baggage, be so accused?  Is it merely because she showed up at the same time as Angelique started all her mischief and, therefore, she became the "logical" suspect?  Still, it seems like most of the evidence we see being used to condemn Vickie would not be applicable in Miss Wick's case.

Any thoughts?

Roger Davis really seemed to be having trouble remembering his lines in this episode - much more than is usually the case with him.

The poor Collins family.  Here they build this huge mansion and it seems to grow less populated by the minute.

Great scene between Barnabas and Abigail - classic stuff.

Much of this storyline feels so anachronistic.  I mean were people - even of Trask's ilk - still pushing the line that thunder and lightning WEREN't the result of atmospheric conditions as late as 1795.  This is post Benjamin Franklin and his famous kite experiment after all.

David Henesy has a wonderful way with understatement.  I love his response to Trask's "Don't you think it's time we had a little talk?" query: a simple but devastating, "No."  There is so much innocent contempt and dismissal of Trask's self-importance contained in that single word.  DS at its best.

Did Peter really believe that wholly inadequate towel would somehow hide his shenanigans with the book?

Short English major answer: Because legends lose their mystique if they are straightforward. 

Good point.

One thing that puzzles me is this: When a person is strangled, doesn't he/she collapse and die right away? It seems implausible to me that Suki would stay alive just long enough to utter Barnabas' name to Nathan.

Yes, why would a person die AFTER the obstruction had been removed from the throat - especially when that person still had enough breath to utter a name?

i always think it's strange that viewers who come to the show during one of the time travel periods becomes familiar with those characters first and then have to be "introduced" to the present time characters who are in effect "new" to them even though those characters had been with the show first.

this must have been especially true of the 1897 period because it lasted so long and had also been the series most highly rated storyline...meaning lots and lots of viewers had never seen any of the present time episodes and had no idea who those characters were.

I started very early on in the series, I guess, so the present-day characters were always the anchor for me.  However, a few years back, I was telling a friend (roughly my age) that I was watching DS again.  I was shocked when she thought of the show in terms of Quentin and Count Petofi and others of that ilk and had no recollection whatsover of Elizabeth, Carolyn, Roger etc.  That really caught me by surprise.

I love how Barnabas keeps coming back to Josette to tell her he can't keep coming back to her.  Talk about your cognitive dissonance!

Quote from: EmeraldRose on October 28, 2007, 03:04:21 AM

I just had a thought: David was stuck in the secret room for several days, and he didn't get sick. Sarah was only outside for a short time. I guess the curse caused her to get sick. 

Well, when David was trapped in the secret room 1) at least he was indoors, 2) he was fully dressed, and 3) it was September. Sarah was outside at night in nightclothes in January.

That was January?  In Maine?  No snow on the ground and all the leaves on the trees?    With Dark Shadows, I always picture everything happening from May to September, then everybody hibernating in the big house through winter, only to continue on with their drama upon awakening once again in the spring.