Laugh all you want, my dear DS friends, but that zombie Sheriff Davenport, as a kid (watching this episode back when it originally aired), gave me the willies.... and I don't mean Loomis! I truly had nightmares during the Leviathan era.

I enjoyed Grayson's characters hurling some good barbs or uttering some memorable quips in that great voice of hers:

Julia reacting to Nicholas Blair's latest fiendish scheme: "That's monstrous!"
Julia responding to Barnabas' exclamation that Dr. Lang can help make him "a free man": "...Or a dead one!"
Magda to a cursed Quentin: "You have no future!"
Julia, again to Nicholas Blair: "I'm glad that Eve is dead, and as far as I'm concerned, she can stay dead!"
Magda: "I only like Gypsy music."

Sometimes I got the feeling that old storylines or written-out characters were not referred to again in future scripts - because whatever was going on in Collinwood at that moment was so confusing, it was all the characters (and writers AND actors) could do to focus on the present.

Thank you, Mods, for year-round DS pleasure! A happy New Year to you. 

A rapturous Happy Birthday, Julia99 - I lit an orange candle in your honor the other night - it continues to burn bright.

Gypsy kisses forever-
Sandor

Hey, Dawn-
I'm way behind on these, but if you're like me, you're still celebrating, right? Hope that your summer is like a getaway in Maine (avoid Collinsport, naturally). Happy belated birthday, friend.

Love, Sandor

Sandor says 2 thumbs up for Honey West. Anne Francis (Honey) was also the tortured young woman amongst the department store mannequins in that classic Twilight Zone episode ("Marsha! Marsha!"), so she radiates the same kind of B-movie dementia that our DS stars so often do.

And speaking of them, caught both Lara Parker and John Karlen in back-to-back Kojak episodes recently (the DVD is out). Karlen was especially good as a junkie, and Lara was nice in her scenes with Telly Savalas. Enjoyed Kate Jackson on Charlie's Angels, and even The Rookies, but never cared much for her as Daphne on DS. Probably because I was loyal to KLS and Alexandra Moltke as the resident dark-haired ingenues.

Grrrrreat caption of Magda/Grayson, MB! You could tell by these episodes that Grayson was so ready to sink her teeth into this fun and juicy new role, after much time playing the put-upon Dr. Julia Hoffman. Episodes featuring Magda were always entertaining, but she sure did get manhandled quite a bit throughout 1897 (by Quentin, Barnabas, and later Trask, Petofi and King Johnny among others).

I too am on the fence about committing to the entire 1897 saga, but perhaps it's actually a great time to escape to the past (the 19th century), since the real world seems scarier by comparison.

Thank you for the Cavada updates, Gothick and Midnite. Madame Findley was a personal favorite of mine. Bet she was sorry she ever entered that crazy place known as Collinwood....