in both versions of the show vicki's notion that she had been sent back for a "purpose" is oddly self delusional considering what happens.

she prevents virtually none of the disasters,gets herself into boatloads of trouble in the process of doing nothing,and alerts angelique to the presence of barnabas in the future thus paving the way for all the trouble she will cause there.

she's not much help.

i must say that i'm surprised at how badly this "watching project" has deteriorated...

it was first announced to great enthusiasm and yet this week the only two people who posted,lydia and myself,are not exactly "fans" in particular.

weren't there supposed to be lots of people here who "loved" this version of the show?

i was always a fan of the kitchen/breakfast room and that funky greenhouse area.

wouldn't it have been cool for it to have made a reappearance with barnabas at the table sipping coffee during this era.

i liked the scene with victoria and josette at the jail.they really seemed like some sort of spiritual soul sisters.

i'll admit it.the scene where barnabas rises in the mausoleum for the first time as a vampire was chill inducing.he seemed simultaneously perplexed by his new state and also possessed by a lust for blood.well done.this series can rise above the camp standards it sometimes falls prey to and this scene illustrates that.

was the idea all along to make millicent as unsympathetic as possible so we wouldn't care when she bought the farm?

in the "present" barnabas has become rather suave so it's fascinating to see his first rise as a hissing,snarling animal.it's the character at it's basest.

the way millicent reacted to barnabas here was exactly the same way carolyn did when she saw barnabas as an old man in the present.
this whole scene...barnabas attacking millicent,his encounter with angelique and his shock at what he had become was very well done and packed alot of emotional punch.again the series sort of rising above it's own standards and becoming something better.

i don't know much about this kind of story but it seems to go without saying that if you are a cockney-accented,dockside prostitute you might as well have been born with an expiration date stamped onto your forehead.your rocking chair years will not be happening.but didn't barnabas just feed?

this character gave me a bit of deja vu.a character introduced out of nowhere for the distinct purpose of being instantly killed off...the white trash couple from episode one!

speaking of the white trash couple here we see barnabs's clumsy origins of attacking poor people five feet away from the door of a crowded saloon.it's disturbing to know that two hundred years hence he will be no more discreet.

i don't know the gentlemanly way that one dealt with crazy old spinsters in the eighteenth century but if were joshua collins i would have packed my sister off to a nuthouse long ago.

josette dodges a bullet but poor millicent.

the scene with joe and sheriff patterson was dumb.it only served the old cliche that small town law enforcement are a bunch of yokels who will drag their feet in "protocol" and the need for "evidence" while crimes continue unabated until some local yahoo takes matters into his own hands.

here we have a sheriff that actually know about vampires,has valid information about who that might be,and he huffs about propriety.the grand dame stuff about "what will elizabeth think?" was stupid.like this costume party throwing old lady needs to taken into consideration when uncovering a major crime.this might have made sense on paper but since they didn't bother to fill out the liz character or give her a storyline or even explain exactly what her family does in this town it really doesn't make sense.

the ending scene with josette succumbing to barnabas was a real shock.

i was watching "the young and the restless" today and a major character had "died"(no she's not really dead but that's beside the point)and as is their wont in soap operas for the funeral(as they do for weddings)cast members past and present come out of the woodwork.

among the many mourners was julianna mcarthy a.k.a. mrs.johnson/abigail collins in the 1991 series.i'm not sure who she plays(i don't think she's presently an active castmember)but she was there.

if anyone's intersted maybe she's on it again this week.

i like that reason lydia...

i'm on the fence with this series too but i like the "project" part of it.lots of people were on board and now hardly anyone posts.

i'll post my review later when i have a bit of time.

mysterious' outline for season two does sound quite intriguing...

i've never been a big quentin fan but would loved to have seen the laura character on the front burner.

the breadth of this story needs breathing room.that's why i found season one to be so rushed.in the original series the 1795 plot was a rich tapestry woven with colorful supporting characters and interesting subplots.i simply don't think it could have been told effectively in just six episodes.