A is for apt pupil. Nicholas tells Adam that he is one as he fills Adam's head with all that nonsense about how a man takes what he wants.

I'm posting from IE 7, messing around with bold and inserting a hyperlink without any problems. Smileys seem to work too.  However, the posting page did load with errors according to IE 7. Here's what it claims is a problem:

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And, yeah, I know that's not really code, but I didn't want it to hyperlink the url.

I mean, good grief, every woman who came within 50 feet of the guy was kissing him within 60 seconds of meeting him.

Yes, and your point is . . . ? 

I will probably burn in Netflix hell for admitting to this. They have had a number of defective DS DVDs, and it's very obvious from looking at the underside of them that there's something wrong with them that no amount of cleaning will fix. Despite whatever claims they may make to the contrary, they put the bad discs right back into circulation. I finally got so fed up with them sending me the same bad disc from one set that I cracked the disc in two and sent it back in pieces so that they would quit mailing it out. It's probably not a wise thing to do on a regular basis, but they apparently require some assistance in ascertaining which discs are defective. I thought a visual aid would help.

I assume, MB, that you've heard that the Chinese New Year in February marked the start of the year of the pig? 

To be honest, since I knew what the animal designation for the year would be but was fuzzy on the start date, I thought maybe you were being multicultural in your pig festivities. I didn't realize it was the anniversary of the actual utterance.

I watched this episode -- actually, I should say these episodes -- last night.

[spoiler]Adam has Carolyn locked in the room with him, he throws the key on the floor when she asks for it, and then he grabs her when she tries to get it and holds her by the arms. The two are on their knees and he is forcibly kissing her when the scene cuts away. That's the last image we have the two of them together before the episode ends. The next episode begins with Carolyn walking downstairs to call Prof. Stokes. She's visibly upset, and her hair is messed up. It's a definite hair/wardrobe decision, not some incidental carryover from the previous scene.[/spoiler]

I think it's possible to read the scene either way, though the important point is that Carolyn is now terrified to be alone with Adam because he has forced himself on her (to whatever degree) after being told repeatedly that she isn't interested. Either way, there is a physical violation involved.

Frankly, what disturbs me more after watching it is the extent to which she continues to sympathize with Adam, but I never quite understood that whole situation in the first place.

Um, I don't think so - [spoiler]wasn't Barnabas on Widows' Hill at the same time that Adam jumped? He was there trying to save Carolyn, right?[/spoiler]

It happened before the 1897 storyline, so I don't remember it too well. 

A disturbance in time transports Roger Collins to 2007, where he is horrified to discover how difficult it is to open a CD.