I had such vivid memories of watching this bit of the story way back when. When the announcement that DS was going to be released on home video was first made, there were several episodes I recalled that I knew I would enjoy seeing them, and the one where Stokes declared Eve's as the spirit of the most evil WOMAN who ever lived in the Eighteenth Century was one of them.
You can tell that Leona is eee-vil because she talks and dresses like a drag queen. Where DID she get that hairpiece, anyhow--the Cassandra Collins Wig Barn?
I think it would have been more interesting to have continued the Philippe Cordier story. Perhaps Jonathan Frid could have played Philippe in flashbacks to Danielle's infamous past during the Terror. He did a marvelous job being possessed by Philippe during that seance.
What they shifted the story to, in my opinion, considerably deadens (excuse the pun) the interest in Eve's story. I do think that Marie Wallace gave a marvelous performance in the role. And I think she looks great in that black cocktail dress, even if it is faintly absurd that that is how she was dressed for her first day on Earth. I bet Erica Fitz was ready to kill when she saw that dress.
There's a rather touching tale that a fan wrote about Julia shopping for Eve's dress... can't recall now just where I read it.
Poor Motherless Eve ...
Gothick
Daaahling, you made me sca-ream not one, not two, not three nor even four times - but five!!! (That very well may be a record, hon.) You are too, too, much! I
knew I could count on you.
I did scream on my own today when I saw Eve rise to get up off the gurney. Girlfriend had on shoes! And with heels! (I have a pair just like them that I wear - but only when I vacuum; No Freddie Mercury references please...). I was waiting for someone to hand her a cocktail! LOL.
For me the series at this point will be a scream-fest as I absolutely relish each and every response Eve has for Adam; Either about him or
especially to his face - Providing much needed comic relief to this almost preposterous storyline. And it doesn't help much that every time I read the name "Eve", I hear it as Bette Davis spoke it so deliciously throughout the film, All About Eve. EEEVE...
Happy Dom