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« on: September 30, 2015, 04:38:58 AM »
Busy episode. If Maggie hadn't had enough stress since arriving at Collinwood, now she is justifiably freaked out by what may or may not be her husband's first wife. The visitor is introduced as Alexis Stokes, Angelique's twin sister. Alexis apparently only recently learned of her sister's passing. Alexis is apparently a globe trotter (Tangiers and Florence) and her reasons for being out of the loop seemed credible enough for 1970. Hoffman doesn't believe (or most likely doesn't want to believe) that this woman is not Alexis. Maggie is threatened by her no matter what. Quentin thinks with his pants, leading to the blowup that will allow Kathryn Leigh Scott to exit for the movie.
Perhaps Maggie should have told her husband about the note that she received. But the damage had already been done. But, like the singing in the previous episode, I don't think that we ever get an answer as to who was responsible.
The Stokes girls apparently were not close. I am unclear if Hoffman had met Alexis previously but she was certainly aware of her. Did Quentin and Daniel have any kind of relationship with her?
Odd scene with Cyrus and Chris in the lab. Cyrus seems like a nice enough guy but his thesis about good and evil struck me as being as loony as Eric Lang. Isolating the good and evil aspects of bunny rabbits seems more appropriate for a Warner Brothers cartoon. Chris Collins is unfortunately an undeveloped character. He genuinely seems to like Cyrus but is uncomfortable with Cyrus' theories. But Chris really seems to have had Angelique's number. What happened between them?
Lara Parker does some of her best work as Alexis. She does a good job maintaining the is she or isn't she aspect of the character. I would love to have learned more about her family background. With such alpha types as Angelique, Timothy and Hannah in the family, it's easy to see why Alexis chose to live away from Collinsport. I wonder what her mother was like.