Men!  Especially Jeff Clark....Geez,

[spoiler]his resistance to the idea that he is Peter Bradford is not only frustrating for me, but incredibly insulting to Vicky.  I am just at the point where the ghost of Trask attempts to warn Vicky of Nicholas Blair when Jeff walks in and recognizes him, then gets a headache and blocks it out or denies it happened. Grief, he has no idea who he is, can find no evidence of his existence in the present, and rants about how he has nothing and is nothing, but then refuses to to explore all the options open to him and insults Vicky in the process by is refusal to believe it and claim it as nonsense. Peter at least loved her and accepted who she was, even swore he'd find a way to be with her again.  It seems odd the writers would not have left this inkling in Jeff's mind as well.[/spoiler]
oh, and speaking of which
[spoiler]Interesting bit with Trask's ghost.  I like that while he may be a zealot and a hypocrite and vengeful (Barn's Mock trial), at least he does seem to actually be a "man of God" and able to successfully exorcise and/repel real evil doing witches...He even appears to Vicky to warn her of Blair.  That has changed him in my books as the best and "least corrupt" of the Trask clan.  Good show, reverend.[/spoiler]

Adam and Barnabas had this very special connection. Whatever happened to one, happened to the other. That was mega-important. It was simply dropped! I"m sorry, but it's nonsensical!

That seems to be a staple "out" for any soap plot that writer's don't or feel they can't resolve.  Even today.

I don't watch soaps now (except DS of course) but back in the early 90s my last flirtation with them was The Bold and the Beautiful (didn't have much of a choice, my lunch break was the same time as it was on and several coworkers watched it!) There was one plot where a disfigured woman returned to LA to get revenge on the Forresters.  The plot reached a climax of discovering her true identity and confronting her then she disappears (with a large check to pay for plastic surgery) and neither she nor that plot are mentioned again...

P is for port, as in Collinsport, or Logansport

This has nothing to do with anything that has been talked about, but I just had to share ...

I am watching Dream Curse/Adam for the first time and so far my favorite bit comes when Joe and Maggie are arguing about the earrings.  Joe is been very jealous and childish and quips that maybe they ought to cancel their dinner plans.  Whereupon Maggie, without missing a beat, says "Or maybe find a place that serves baby food."

I paused the dvd and must have howled (with laughter, not with the dogs) for about five minutes!  ZING!!!!!

Speculation only, but go to www.darkshadowsdvd.com and see the picture of Vicky running on the Collinwood lawn.  I have a hunch that this will be the main cover art photo, as the eyes of Barnabas was on Vols. 1-26.  Each collection should have a bottom photo that is relevant to the espisodes in that collection, just as was done on Vols. 1-26.  In about a week, I guess we'll know if I'm right or not.

I'd sooner think it would be the main photo of the first set, with perhaps a silhouette of Collinwood where Barn's eyes were.  At a guess, I would suspect that the main photos would be: Vol 1 - Vicky; Vol 2 - Burke, Vol 3 - Roger Vol 4 - Vicky and Matthew?  Vol 5 - Laura (and David?) Volume 6 - Elizabeth and Jason

H is for Head (of Judah Zachary)

The first (of 6) in the DS: The Beginning series shipped this week (which, via media mail, might take a while) only to MPI club members,

Even so, one wonders why there is no cover art published anywhere.

Now THAT would have cemented it for Dark Shadows being a beacon for gay men, LOL!  Barnabas and Josef, daytime's first gay couple!  

Their's is a forbidden love....