I don't know how David Henesy managed to keep a straight face while Bruno was struggling with the noose.  Granted, I watched it last night in a Nyquil haze, but I thought Bruno's flailing was so unintentionally hysterical.  He did a couple of spins over to the dresser where each swipe of his arm made contact with the stuff on top, threw himself into the wall and almost took it out, crossed the room and launched himself onto his butt on the desk, jumped back off and collapsed onto the floor.  Of course, in true DS fashion, he had use of his voice the whole time.

Sabrina:  "[Bruno] makes me feel uncomfortable. He seems like the kind of person who can't be trusted."
Carolyn:  "Yes, I felt the same way about him when I first met him, but now that I've seen him a few times, I'm convinced he's completely harmless."
Well, Carolyn's infatuation with Jeb has already caused us to question her judgment, so I can't say this came as a surprise.

Carolyn to Bruno:  "Every once in a while, [Chris] gets very moody and just disappears for a few days. I guess he just goes off to be by himself for a while."
Chris has PMS?  Oh wait, I get it.  Never mind.

Bruno, after finding chains and handcuffs in Chris' drawer:  "Ohh, I know a lot about you, and I surmise a great deal more. ... You are I are going to spend a good deal of time together, Mr. Jennings. ... Together, you and I are going to watch the full moon rise."
Mm hmmm.

Is that the Petofi hand box in the hallway?

Yep.

I think her last Fest was Brooklyn/2003, and she made it because her original travel plans fell through.  It was unfortunate for her ministry but fortunate for us, because it made her available to record "Return to Collinwood."

I wish she could make it back too, Taeylor.

Wasn't Sam's Song made during the 1897 storyline and while she was still playing Beth?  Sources consistently date the film as 1969 (which totally makes sense within the context of DeNiro's career), and Beth's final appearances were taped in late October, which was very nearly the end of the 1897 story anyway.  But in the movie, the trees aren't bare in the park, and would Crawford and DeNiro be running on a beach, jumping into a swimming pool, and yachting in NYC even at the end of October?

Thanks, Gothick!  And sorry for causing you to repeat yourself, though I can listen all day to you sharing your knowledge.

Rebecca Staab was recently added to the guest list for the Hollywood Show on April 23-25 at the Burbank Marriott.

That's in addition to her scheduled appearance at the Florida SuperCon in Miami on June 18-20:  http://www.supercon.tv/media-guests/163-rebecca-staab

So, a '91 DS alum is willing to participate in autograph shows on both coasts, including this year's Fest location... And Adrian Paul was at last year's Comic-Con... Are you listening, Jim Pierson?!

With thanks to Kosmo!

Lydia, I thought the opening scene was awkward too.  Ep 957 ended with Jeb confronting Julia before she entered the tower, and the spirit appearing to both of them which made Jeb run off to change his pants, leaving Julia behind to ask her questions.  In this ep, the voiceover tells us that Julia watched Jeb flee in terror from "something unseen," and "now, she sees the thing that has frightened him."  The action begins with her calmly coming out of the tower room alone and reacting to seeing the thing, asking it the same questions as before.  Did they think we'd forget what we saw the day before?

Julia:  "Who-who are you? What-what do you want? Tell me, tell me who are you?"
Who-who talks like that?

Roger:  "[Quentin] was cruel, terrifying, perhaps even murderous when he couldn't get his own way."
Okay, Janet Findlay is still alive, right?  And Ezra didn't die at Collinwood?  If those events were erased because the haunting didn't happen, how can Roger remember an evil and scary ghost?

I think Roger has reason to get snarky with Liz over the "strangers" she has taken in.  On June 27, 1966, the only Collinwood residents were the family of 4 plus long-time employee Mathew Morgan.  But the estate now holds Liz and Roger, Carolyn and David, Julia, Amy, Maggie, Megan, Mrs. Johnson and some unseen servants, Barnabas and Willie at the Old House, and Chris in the caretaker's cottage and Jeb in the carriage house.  Whew!

I decided I'm going to substitute [spoiler]Stoddard's ghost for Bradford's, in my head.[/spoiler] The hanging ghost later on makes that hard though...

VERY hard.

I like Liz's psychedelic dress too.  But accessorizing it with a snake pin and pearls was a bit much, no?

Janet criticized Willie's hair... hey, he just grew it out a bit.   I like it.   But then, mine's at least twice as long.

Cool.  I enjoy learning bits and pieces about people I know but don't fully know, you know?

As for Julia's hair, what was up with the little flip in the back?

Written by Violet Welles...!!   I wouldn't be surprised if this was the last DS screen credit for her.   This episode doesn't exactly have her fingerprints on it.

Really?  I thought she did a great job with the dialogue.  All the scenes involving Quentin were particularly good (and I don't just say that because I'm prejudiced).  Like his conversation with Julia about the house of lies; Liz busting in on his coffee klatch to say to Julia, "You always seem to know what's going on"; Quentin's reminiscences, er, discussion with Roger about the original Quentin; and Roger assuming that his cousin has a clearer perspective of the goings-on because he's seeing Collinwood with fresh eyes (ha!) and so he tells Quentin, "Everything is small and yet it all adds up to something enormous-- some enormous horror that I can't understand."  Good stuff!

VW continued to write for DS until partway into PT 1970, btw, when Joe Caldwell returned to take her place.

Looks like Barnabas has someone reinstall the second column!

LOL, Taeylor!

I decided the Collinses could afford two wheelchairs, one for upstairs and one for downstairs.

That works for me.

But I wonder why David chose to hide that heavy book all the way in the back of the top shelf.  Who would get it down for him when Amy wasn't around?

Do I need a hair spoiler?

No, hon.

He choose coffee Midnite??  

I know!!!  He had coffee in this one too.  Who is this impostor and what has he done with our Quentin?!

A reminder-- comments should relate to DS.  Thanks.