although not quite as dramatic it could be comparable to the setup for 1897 and then having Quentin disappear after just five episodes.

Tad was supposed to be a major player.

by the start of the 1840 storyline it was clear David's time on the series was winding down...

despite "Tad" and "Carrie" launching the storyline and putatively being at it's center no sooner did it start then they were relegated to the background (with Hennesey in particular disappearing for weeks at a time) and never came close to the importance the setup implied. and I don't even recall how "Tad" was eventually written out of the period but it was an afterthought at most. Carrie hung around the periphery but not much came of that character either if I'm remembering correctly. a relatively useless "parallel time" version of the character was shoehorned into 1841PT but I got the impression they were just finishing out Kathy Cody's contract.

isn't the story that David wanted to move to California with his father or something to that effect? to attend a regular high school maybe? or maybe he was just done with the whole thing.

and by "episode 70" should I assume he means episode 70 of the Barnabas period on not really 1966 episode 70? when does Netflix start it's run of show?

where would one be storywise by that point? late summer of 1967? would that be the "Seaview" period?

anyways one would have to be watching with a blindfold and earplugs not to be FULLY versed in the monumentality of Josette Dupres by this point. maybe because she's not actually a "real" flesh and blood character (yet) it's unclear to a newcomer???

still seems inconceivable.

since one of the other moderators was actively participating in the conversation it seemed sort of open.

and in terms of a potential sequel to HoDS (which would have been filmed in late 1970 or 1971) who in the company of players was still tied to the production contractually seemed sort of relevant...


but i'll drop it.

wasn't Grayson also missing for some weeks around 1969/70 when she had a little "work" done?

I guess this is a good opportunity for her, but I would really like to see her given some serious, well-crafted material.  This sounds as if it will be another of Burton's exercises in horror-farce with clown makeup and googly FX.

At least one may presume the pay will be good.

I'm with you on this...

with the runaway success of 'penny dreadful' and a handful of Burton films under her belt my concern is that Green might be typecasting herself right into the 'horror/fantasy/sci-fi genre'.

headlining 'comic con' is nice but it can be quite limiting (as many DS actors can attest). she might want to expand her range before she's stuck. she's quite a good actress and it would be nice to see her in more serious fare.

I think that DS had been moving much more into the supernatural/fantastic/psychological direction, and away from the classic monster mode (vampires, werewolves, Frankensteinian creatures), by this time.  The story in NODS seems to be much more in line with the kind of stories that DS had been doing during its last year or so.

the sensibility and tone of NoDS was much more "adult" than some of the earlier stories on the series.