The thought of having to deal with, shall we say, "feminine hygiene issues" in an 18th century setting is one of the reasons that I would NEVER want to travel through time, but I digress.
This episode was good - but did anyone else find it rather rushed? There was more story here than there was time to tell it.
I go back and forth about some of the acting. Lysette Anthony's Angelique is a little too sly and kittenish for me. I think it should be clear to one and all that she's up to no good from the first, but some of that is the fault of some fairly unsubtle writing. And yeah, her French accent is pretty over the top, but to my ear it sounds fairly authentic.
Barbara Blackburn is sort of hilarious as Millicent, and I'm wondering what/if they're actually going to do anything with the character, but I agree that she's somewhat inexplicably rude. It's as if more back story for her character was left out.
Also hilarious is Roy Thinnes as Trask - you can tell that the actor was really having a good time playing this part, esp. after the somewhat more uptight Roger Collins. We already know that this "Reverend" is no good. Thinnes really chews the scenery.
Also on the holy roller front, you can tell right off that Abigail Collins is going to cause Vicki some problems. Julianna McCarthy really does a lot with this character, IMHO. It appears that the old biddy is sexually frustrated and is clinging to superstition in order to assuage her lack of lovin'. Let's hope that Vicki will find some good friends with the menfolk of the Collins family and their immediate circle. Peter Bradford certainly seems like he might be an attractive ally, no?
Vicki's really in a difficult situation, isn't she? Although she tries to keep most of what's going on with her a secret, I think in her place, I might have said just enough so that people wouldn't think I was nuts, and then just kept very quiet. But it's going to be hard for her to stay in the background, especially since she looks EXACTLY like Barnabas's newly-arrived fiancee, Josette. To me, it's a little weird that the Collins family aren't way more freaked out at the resemblance.