I love the way this episode provides an example of a good deed being rewarded.  It's always so nice after watching the "bad" Barnabas of 1966-7 to come back to 1795 and see how good he was.  And, in this case he was teaching Ben to read and write and that paid off here.  I've always loved this scene between them.

Hi MB!

It's happened again.  When I was here a while ago, the last post was from Ben - Barn and Ben:  a 1795 Highlight at 11:19 p.m. the 17th.

I came back a few minutes ago and checked the last 10 and the only post listed after that was from Midnite on Luciaphil's board at 12:07a.m. the 18th.

However, I checked the Current Discussion board and found some new items.  There was Bobubas at 12:04 a.m and Minja at 12:19 a.m. in the O.T. Message for Unregistered Membes and again Bobubas and Minja at 11:59 p.m. and 12:08 a.m. in the St. Patrick's Day thread.

Before starting to write this, I checked the top 10 again and found that the 2 Minja items had appeared, but the 2 Bobubas ones were still missing.

As to the first wedding gown, I kept wondering where she got it.  It certainly seemed quite fancy for a maid.  I could see if, given the circumstances, Josette had been nice and given it to her, but there was no suggestion of anything like that.

Of course, Vicki running out like that has always infuriated me!  As you suggested, surely there must have been a back door.  But, even if there wasn't - it's a big house.  She knows Trask is down there in the front waiting for her.  Wouldn't she at least run to another part of the house looking for Barnabas or anything except the front door unless everything else was blazing!!!!

Sounds like a great idea!  I've always enjoyed "Idle Thoughts" and a regular feature of it would be quite nice!!

First, it always seems so sad when Naomi is helping her prepare for the wedding.  On the surface it appears as though it's just a case of Joshua disapproving because of her station in life.  She looks so beautiful as a bride.  There's Naomi being sweet and nice and helping her.  She immediately finds her a white dress, even gives her her own mother's jewelry and does everything she can to make it nice for both of them.  It seems like such a genuine and sweet story.  Except, one knows what really went on to put Angelique in this position and what she's really like.  It could all have been so nice, but . . . .

Meanwhile, I had to laugh when Ben rescues her from the grave and she vows to not do anything bad anymore!  And, immediately afterwards, there was Jeremiah's ghost laughing!

And, she proves it right away.  If only she had waited a while and "tried out" the marriage.  Barnabas, having married her, I'm sure would have tried to be a good husband.  She really loves him, or so she says.  I think it had a chance of working out.  But, right away she has to start getting jealous.  She actually has him.  I could see if she had really seen something to cause suspicion of him with Vicki, but as it is, I would think the excuse of "saving" her from Trask coming from both of them should have seemed true.  Given all she went through to get him, why couldn't she just wait and see instead of starting up to her old tricks immediately.

Wow!!  We even get a picture.  Congratulations, Patti!!

Midnite, if there had been a bunch of other posts at that time and mine just weren't in the "top 10" anymore, I could understand that.  But 2 of my 4 posts and the 1 response to mine made up the 1st 3, and then 7 posts from earlier filled out the 10.  There should have been 4 from me plus that other one and then only 5 of the earlier ones left.

The posts did show in their proper thread, so they were obviously there.  But, somehow they didn't register for the 10 most recent.