I think that pretty much everyone would agree that Pansy Faye was more fun than her alter ego Charity Trask. Where Charity was uptight, Pansy was loose and fancy-free. Where Charity was a bible reader, Pansy was versed in the occult.

I have to wonder if the writers had this plan from the start, or if they did it because Nancy complained that her character was too boring. You have to admit, she didn't really have much to do as Charity but walk around and basically be an extension of her father, which was quite annoying.

I have to agree with you here, Ben. Each time I rewatch a storyline I always find something new and different to appreciate, which gives me a completely different perspective on the story.

Julia & Barnabas' relationship during the episodes you are watching is perhaps my favorite one involving them. I always believe that Julia and Barnabas, and, alternatively, Grayson and Jonathan, are at their best when the characters are fueding with one another. The lines and quips are always superb, and each character and actor is written and portrayed to perfection. I'm glad that over time the writers found ways to make the two enemies again, especially after they had been quite friendly for so long, because it certainly shook up whatever storyline it happened in, and gave the storyline an extra edge.

As for the smoking, I've noticed that over the course of the series it's become less and less apparent. You mentioned Julia lighting up in Willie's hospital room, which is quite surprising given that they should've certainly known better, but lighting up anywhere becomes a rarity once the Quentin/Beth storyline starts, and probably even before that. I think the last time that I remember cigarettes being front and center was when Cassandra used Tony's lighter to hypnotize him. Of course, that can be explained somewhat because much of the time after the Quentin/Beth storyline took place in the past. I'm not sure what the history of smoking is, so they could have been smoking SOMETHING back then, but it still wasn't shown.

I wonder why this is? It can't be because people started to look down on smoking. I mean, I didn't live in the 60s and 70s, but it seems to me that only very recently have people begun to look down on smoking, and here very recently that smoking has been banned in restaurants and bars around the country. Anyone have any further information?

It still amazes me how some people on this board can answer just about any question about DS from the top of their head, or so I assume. There are over 1000 episodes, 5 years worth of show, and I can't remember anything but basic plotlines and some certain plot points that occur.

Yea, I can't tell you how long it's been since I've watched the SciFi channel. Occasionally I'll hang there if they have a decent movie on, that's not one of their crappy B-movie wannabes. I can't believe how bad those movies really are. I mean, I can usually stand to sit through a horrible movie, but I just HAVE to turn the channel when a movie of their's comes on. Maybe if they got something like Tales from the Crypt, then I'd watch them again.

Oh, and I watch Firefly if it's on that channel.

Thought it might be fun to make some good ol' top ten lists. Try yer hand.

Top Ten Reasons To Become A Governness At Collinwood

10. You'll get to attempt to find your roots before your curosity is abruptly taken.
9. Time traveling is a perk.
8. You can ride the "Hang Me As A Witch" ride at the Collinsport Gallows.
7. It'll be the perfect chance to kill your sisters adulterous boyfriend.
6. A trip down horrified lane with terrorist children.
5. It'll provide an escape (for a while) from the molesting school teacher from your past.
4. You'll make tons of cash by copyrighting the phrase "I don't understand."
3. Free time with a blow up doll. Juggins, Mr. Juggins.
2. If the going get's tough, you'll be killed for no reason at the whim of the writers.

And the number one reason to become a governess at Collinwood is.....

1. You'll be the hot new date of that mystery man down the lane.

Just think, though, if the prop masters had though innovatively enough to create a cardboard box that looked like a desktop computer, or a small calculator that turned into a cellphone......they would've been WAAAYYY ahead of their time.

The thing that nixed the 1995 thing for me, was the clothing. I wish they had've been a little more imaginative with the futuristic garb, instead of just throwing 70s stuff on their people. I loved 95, don't get me wrong, but watching it through this past time, that's what stuck out most for me.

I agree that this was a mishandling of the plot by the writers, yet again. Because by the time Barn enters PT, Chris, Amy, and Sabrina are long gone. Or at least we hadn't seen them in a while. It's possible that they were still in Collinsport and after Barn went to PT, Julia focused on trying to help them and maybe even got Stokes involved some how. Maybe they moved to Tibet to get some monks to help Chris. Possible fan fictions there.

Something came to my mind when I was reading quentincollins' post.

All throughout the first series, there were hints about Angelique having something to do with Maggie's revenge, or drama, or whatever, that would be coming. This was particularly illustrated in CD 2, "The Book of Temptation" where the ghost voices say something about how they will come back later for Maggie and her curse will be revealed, or something. And Angelique says that it will. Not to mention the fact that everytime Maggie seemed to be acting oddly Angelique totally ignored it. I mean HELLO, she was totally possessed when she set that ship on fire with Barn and Quentin in it, and IIRC, Angelique didn't say anything about it, just chastised her for setting the ship on fire. Angelique should KNOW that type of action is not in character for Maggie, so obviously something is wrong.

So, this makes me think that Angelique has some involvement with what happened and what Maggie did. She's been playing behind the scenes since disc 1, when she betrayed Quentin to bring Barnabas back. Any guesses as to what's coming up?