First off, grayson would slap you silly for suggesting she was 49 in 1967. . .she was actually 44 trying to slide by as 41 . . .But I do agree, Frances Fisher would be a very good Julia. . i liked her years back when she was on Guiding Light as some sorta record producer who was interested in Lujak or something. .then as the tough whore in Forgiven and for anyone who's seen Female Perversions.  .oh well, nuff said. . I think that even Grayson would say, 'yep she's the gal'. . .

LOL! Well SOMEBODY was born in 1918 then!

I thought it was strange that the young Ms. Stokes was associating with the adults such as Quentin and Gabriel. *sheds tear* It was just a month a two or ago when she playing with Tad...

I love Eden Reigel but she is WAAAAAAAAAY too young for Julia. Grayson was (I think) 49 in 1967, and Eden will be 23 in fall 2004. What was this Terry Morrow guy on when he wrote that?! Here is my insight...

ELIZABETH COLLINS STODDARD
I consider Liz to be the main female role. She was the 60s matriarch of the Collins clan and Joan also played the matriarchs of the past Collins too, so we must get a type like that. I know she has an English accent, but what the hell I say Joan Collins makes a great Liz. And the name irony is there...

BARNABAS COLLINS
Barnabas must be played by a handsome man who is clever in his acting. Someone like "All My Children"'s Vincent Irizarry. I would suggest AMC's Michael E Knight but I'd just crack up seeing him as a vampire.

VICTORIA WINTERS
Vicki must be played by a raven-haired beauty and for this role, I'd suggest Eden Reigel. Eden has the beauty and is a great actress. She would be able to pull of Vicki very well.

CAROLYN STODDARD
Now this one I'm stumped on. Heck, I'll just say Paris Hilton as a joke.

DR. JULIA HOFFMAN
A Julia actress should be slightly beautiful but modestly so. I think Frances Fisher is a good choice. Some might know her has Rose's mother from "Titanic."

MAGGIE EVANS
One name comes to mine: Rebecca Budig of AMC. Great actress and is almost as beautiful as KLS. I think she'd be great.

My favorite thing about 1841PT is definatly the character of Melanie Collins. Nancy played all of her characters with the same charm and somewhat spunk and I really enjoy her work on the show.

My LEAST favorite thing, and perhaps my least favorite character of all of DS's history, is WITHOUT A DOUBT the character Morgan Collins. Ugh I hate him. Did you see the part where he asked Catherine where Daph was and she said that she was at Bramwell's and he's like "But she knows Bramwell is my enemy!" SO WHAT?! Daphne is not your slave Morgan! She can see whomever she wants! She's a grown woman! Just because you hate Bramwell doesn't mean that your in-laws must hate him too! The nerve of him! And another thing, Morggie: BACK OFF THE MELANIE

The Collins' kitchen reminds me way too much of Cyrus' lab.

BTW: There was a dinner scene in HODS after Carolyn died. Remember when Stokes was trying to convince everyone that Carolyn was murdered by a vampire and Liz didn't want to here it so she stormed away.

In one of the best performances I've ever seen on DS, Angelique fought off Bruno and took charge of him with Lara Parker's fierce acting leading the way. The little "check talk" she had with Bruno was such great acting. The line was: "Don't touch me! I'm in charge now, and you sold me the right to be! Now go over there and get yourself a drink to calm your rather TATTERED nerves!" Had the line been said by anyone else, it wouldn't have clicked. But I do have something that's been bugging me....was Angelique secretly trying to rekindle her affair with Bruno by getting him drunk? I mean, she's going to offer a hostile person something drink, and doesn't expect him to keep on drinking? She had better be lucky he left for Maggie instead of staying at the cottage, because he probably would have mistaked "Alexis" for Angelique and would have made a play for her.

1970PT's Julia is much more fun that the regular 1967-1971 Julia! Didn't you just love it when Barnabas was looking into the PT room during Leviathans and Julia would be telling Liz off? And the things she did to poor Maggie....if I were Maggie I'd give her the hardest slap I could give her. Then I'd get Quentin to fire her and send her away! But still, she was fun.