Do the opening voiceovers even matter to you?
Often the voiceovers are innocuous - but sometimes they actually offer important plot points that aren't otherwise fully covered elsewhere in the eps. So, it's never really a good idea not to pay attention to them.
One thing I notice is that this voiceover is telling us that Woodard is going to eventually die. I wonder if this is a trend throughout the series – spilling the beans?
They do spill the beans sometimes. Though other times they attempt to lead us to believe something is going to happen when it actually turns out that something entirely different happens. In those instances the writers used the voiceovers to mislead the audience so as to no doubt make what really happens more of a surprise. Sneaky writers.
I thought the Collins family records were poured over during the Laura storyline, the caretaker sez that they haven’t been “disturbed” in years.
Unless I'm mistaken, I don't think the Collins family records were gotten into during the Laura storyline. It was the Murdoch, Radcliffe, and Stockbridge records.
I know that sets are redressed to become other “rooms”; Does anyone recognize or know what other rooms this “records” room at the caretakers place has been used as?
I'm too lazy to check to make sure, but I think the wall with the grave markers was used during Leviathans for the crypt in which certain characters are held prisoner.
And the entire set will return during 1897 when Laura figures into things again.
For some reason, their battle didn’t engross me like their battles of old. The new Liz and the new Roger aren’t as venomous as they once were, but it was still "fun" nonetheless.
I always love when Joan Bennett and Louis Edmond's characters spar, whether they be Liz/Roger, Judith/Edward, or to a lesser degree Naomi/Joshua (because it takes a while for Naomi to find her backbone).
Does anyone think it was unprofessional for Dr. Woodard to tell David of his discoveries -- to go that far with the info and his personal thoughts?
Probably. Though what Dr. Woodard does is typical for characters in soaps.