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« on: April 16, 2013, 06:42:06 PM »
I love A Moltke's opening voice-overs - the best, IMO.
Frustrating episode because of Peter Bradford's disastrous anti-logic. Vicki finally puts all the pieces together - all she needed was an anvil to hit her on the head, lol. (I miss the black & white - '66/'67 - Vicki.)
Ben & Nathan - Poor Ben. When he said he couldn't run away, I expected him to say it was because he had to protect Barnabas, but instead he reasoned that he could never get far enough away from Angelique, that she'd show up no matter how far he'd run. Nathan tries to corner Ben regarding Barnabas being in Collinsport - not in England. But Ben holds fast to the 'gone to England' lie and warns Nathan to back off with threats of death. Ben leaves and Nathan is more certain than ever that he is correct about Barnabas.
Ben & Peter - Ben agrees to take Peter to Angelique's grave, they dig it up and she's not there. I'm not quite sure of the logic behind Ange not being there, but whatever. The best part of this scene and this blasé episode is when Ben backs into a tree and the whole thing moves.
Ben & Vicki - Peter's biggest blunder? He decides, despite Vicki's concerns, that she should tell the judges her whole true time-traveling story, book & all. Could anyone (now or then) really think that this is the best legal move? I can't imagine so.
This ep is okay - not on my 'favorites' list but not on the 'worst of' list either and better than 'filler' as it does move the story along and last but not least - as always - a great Thayer David performance. Alexandra did well also.