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« on: February 14, 2014, 03:51:56 PM »
Who put a wig on Eve's skeleton? She started without one. I guess Adam, all alone down there in his grief, found one..... Vicki continues to have a handy off button for when she's assaulted. Oh, Carolyn's got one too. Both faint suddenly after 15 seconds of gentle mauling. I wish Adam would assault me, I could really use a good night's sleep. Carolyn is admirably rational and clear-headed dealing with Adam. Adam comes close to banging Vicki's head into a bedpost on their way out. Durkin is a trouper and doesn't flinch.
Barn and Carolyn scene right after.... I've noticed that DS will use music to indicate shock or astonishment when one character reveals big news to another character, even when we the viewers already know it. I know it's supposed to to indicate that person's shock, not ours, but it always seems strange, almost comical to me. Adam attacked Vicki and carried her off, Carolyn tells Barnabas... astonished music!!! Yes we know Carolyn, we saw it happen a few seconds ago....
Adam sneaks past Julia pacing in the Old House drawing room, carrying Vicki, and starts up the equipment... Adam has a battle with conscience while electrocuting Vicki Two. I pictured a cliche angel and devil debating on his shoulders, Adam not getting what's going on, and trying to swat them off like bugs...
Barnajulia break into the room with a gun. Adam reaches a new low, mourning Eve and righteously going on about how Barnabas destroyed her, when Adam himself strangled her to death. Barnabas could shoot the equipment, not Adam. He opts for Adam's shoulder, after yelling "Don't touch that switch!" which my joke bone converted to "Don't touch that dial!", in my head.
This whole months-long, gruelling scenario with Adam could have been avoided if someone had sat him down, and had a reasonable conversation with him. Adam assumes no woman will ever want him because he's clumsy, seems stupid, and has scars. Just tell Adam that plenty of women can deal with the scars, and after he takes a time to learn and adjust, a few years, as everyone has to do, he won't seem so stupid and awkward any more. Adam's reasoning is full of easily-pointed-out flaws. He listens when people actually get to the POINT, rather than the more usual sort of DS "argument", which is to say that the other character MUST over and over, without giving reasons.