1966 through Quentins Ghost, the stories seemed to have some kind of plan with all loose ends tied up (at least better then later ones).  1897 seemed to have some kind of structure but was broken apart when David Selby became popular and then extended (wrongly so IMHO).  They should have stayed with the intended 1897 three month story and have David Selby return as another character in the present time once that is wrapped up.  If you think about it, the Quentin story with his ghost and the eventual 1897 time travel to when he was alive was one year long storyline.

1897 should have been done as 1795 was by having  Barnabas as an observer.  Think of the I Ching having him as a ghost like figure, invisible to all, and watching the events playing up to Quentins death and being sealed in his room.  Then he could return to the present with the information necessary to deal with Quentin's ghost and saving David.

Summer of 1970 and 1840 was a rehash of Quentin's Ghost and 1897.  I would rather have had more present time stories, time travel should have stopped after 1897 and allowed for present time stories with the characters we all watched for the past three years.

I klnow she returns as Edith Collins in 1840.

Was there any reason why she didn't return as a new character in the present time after 1897 ended?

Stefan DeMera on Days of Our Lives is considered a Phoenix as he has risen from the dead many times.

She may have joined the university where Professor Stokes taught right after Vicky returned to the present and he was consulting with her on her new job.

I think Bob Costello said that at a convention in the 80's.  It was featured in The World of Dark Shadows around 1986 or 1987.  He sad it was "Julius Hoffman" and a typo made it "Julia".  He also made a mistake, at the same convention, by saying that it was Sheriff Patterson whose tombstone didn't have a first name.

I think the Dark Shadows Almanac has original synopsis for these episodes and Molly was indeed the original name for Amy.  Chris is also named "Bob" in these summaries.

How about "Shadowers"?

Watching the summer 1970 episodes, it never was apparent to me that Roxanne was a victim of Barnabas.

Daphne mentions that Roxanne was a local girl in town who one day "was different" but thats all we have to go on.  Daphne makes no mention of Barnabas or Julia at all and doesn't recognize them.  One fan fiction has Gerard/Judah turning her into a vampire, perhaps thats what happened.

Barnabas himself couldn't tell she was a vampire by just being near her, though she does go to bite him and he backs off in fear.  I thought that was odd, what could she possbily do to him?