Art Wallace's bible had the stories chronologically as follows:

Note:  There is no Matthew Morgan, Mrs. Johnson, or Sheriff Patterson in this bible.  Joe Haskell's mother is Liz's part time house cleaner.

1. Rogers Car Accident- played out on the show as it did here.

2. Burkes Search for the Truth on Roger- After sometime on searching for clues to the manslaughter mystery, Vicky learns that Roger did run down the man 10 years earlier and had Sam help frame Burke for the crime. Roger, learning Vicky knows the truth tries to shove her off Widows Hill, but David rushes up and throws Roger over the cliff to his death, saving Vicky.

3. The Blackmailing of Elizabeth- Walt Cummings, Paul Stoddards friend arrives in town and blakmails Liz about her killing Paul and their burying him in the basement, eventually convincing her to marry him.  Bill Malloy tries to help Liz in fighting Walt. Liz confesses at her wedding and Walt reveals Paul is alive. The Constable orders Walt to leave town after Liz refuses to press charges.  Liz then goes into a tirade, throwing things and smashing objects all over the place for spending 18 years in the house for nothing.

4. Laura Robin Collins Murder- after arriving in town, she is found dead and Vicky is the prime suspect and put on trial for Laura's murder.  Frank Garner represents her and she is eventually exonerated.  There is sort of a love triangle with Vicky/Frank/Burke.

5. The Return of Paul Stoddard- to escape the forces that pursue him.

There are few other hints at what was to come- Liz was to have a romance with Bill Malloy, Carolyn and Joe were to have a romance, David was to eventually overcome his bad ways as people learn how he was treated by his parents over the years.

There is also a mention of a fire in the west wing of Collinwood in 1895, shortly afterward Samuel Collins left suddenly for Paris and was never heard from again.

Dan Curtis once said in an interview that he originally wanted to do a story about a mummy but decided against it.  He said all a mummy does is drag his leg and was not interesting.  The Leviathan story was the mummy's replacement.

The writers had a golden opportunity for some real soap opera with the return of Paul Stoddard.  If they had allowed for that to be separate from the Leviathan plot, it may have been better off.

Other shows that never recovered from a bad storyline:

Falcon Crest:  The Nazi plot (1984-1985)
Dynasty: The Moldavian massacre (1984-1985)
Dallas: Bobby's death being a dream (1985-1986)
Knots Landing: Trying to harvest energy from the sea. (1990-1991).

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There was not just the doppelganger Angelique created....

Remember that there is also the 1969 body that disappeared, it had to have gone somewhere...most likely it was in a "limbo" state as Barnabas' 1969
soul self was inhabiting his 1897 body, suppressing his 1897 soul self.  Most likely, Angelique had to use some magic to reunite the bodies with their proper soul selves and had the 1897 Barnabas rechained in his coffin (all taking place off camera).  I think the 1969 Barnabas' body may have been weakened and Julia was giving him the much needed medication to bring it back to normal.

Julia Hoffman was originally meant to be a short term character to eventually be killed by Barnabas.

If Sam Hall, Graysons husband, was never hired on DS as a writer, would Julia still have been so prominently featured as she was on the show?

What are your opinions?