I was just thinking about that, AD.  Although, [spoiler]the "Is Alexis really Angelique?" question that drove the HODS-cast-is-absent initial PT 1970 storyline grew stale rather quickly.[/spoiler]

I wonder what she has to gain by not taunting Barnabas?  Especially when she makes her Dream Curse debut as Angelique Classic.

Especially when one considers the abounding inconsistencies cropping up in later storylines, the fact that the writers remember and reuse the "Blair" surname two months after introducing it here in a throwaway moment impresses me muchly.

Eh, she wants to play cat-and-mouse with him.  Or, to quote the forthcoming [spoiler]Nicholas Blair, "You sure you don't still love him?"[/spoiler]

Following up on my ideas about magical hair dye vs. an actual wig, does Cassandra use her powers to fool Julia with a magically disguised fake ankle sprain?

[spoiler]Ooooooh, I like that idea!  I used to tell myself that the Devil sent Ang back to 1840, just as he did Cassandra in 1968 after she was de-vampirized and was amusing herself screwing with Liz's head again, but this time after she actively helped Barnabas end the Leviathans.  [/spoiler]

I think you're probably right, Magnus.  I've been analyzing Angelique's timeline on the show for twenty years or so, and *most* of the time it makes sense.  I think she followed Vicki from 1795, which, (logically?) puts her on the scene (invisibly) right around the time Vicki gets back.  [spoiler]Plus Cassandra has a long, lovely monologue with Barnabas' portrait where she says, "I never would have known you were free from your chains if Victoria Winters had not come to the past."[/spoiler]  I do so love the idea of a "time trail" though.   

Interesting that Angelique didn't get this pissy when Julia tried to cure Barnabas.

I find I don't begin to become truly -- TRULY -- irritated by Roger Davis until his portrayal of Jeff Clark.  After that, he's mostly a lost cause.   

I always cringe a little at Tony's "old man" remark (though it is rather amusing when one reflects on the way Carolyn fell under Barnabas' influence to begin with); after all, Barn looked so young in 1795!  We're never really told how old he is; I always figured, theoretically, late twenties (which is a stretch, I know, but for the purposes of the story, or at least the 1795 story, which rewrote a lot of canon that came before). 

And I have some weird appreciation for Angelique's stand-in laughter, which is used once or twice in a rather inexplicable way:  [spoiler]for instance, during Cassandra's last appearance, Elizabeth hears the fake laughter before the lady herself emerges from the shadows of the trees.  Why not just have LP laugh?  Sigh and head shake.[/spoiler]