OMG YES - Pennock was brilliant as Gabriel!
I've mentioned this before, but back in the late '90s the official DS group on AOL held what they called the Brandies Awards for various aspects of DS. Voting was conducted across the entire Internet, not just AOL. And in the preliminary voting round to narrow things down to the top threes in each of the categories, the top three vote getters for favorite storyline didn't include one present day storyline - the top three were 1795, 1897, and 1840. (1795 came out on top in the final round of voting.) So, say what you will, but 1840 has many fans.