...cavorting with my lo...uh...<clears throat>...please excuse me, Reverend, I've got a frog in my throat...<reclear throat>...our footman Riggs!!"

...been lonely -- have you ever been blue?"

...I'm down and troubled and need a helping hand."

...harm Victoria Winters...  ...start a rumor that you took my aunt Abigail's virginity!!"

Good, bad, or mediocre, I liked this episode. I enjoyed Grayson’s opening voiceover especially after so many recent bland OV performances. I thoroughly enjoyed Nathan & Barn questioning & chastising Countess DooPray. Cute moment when Nathan retroactively champions Vicki’s striking Trask. I also ate up their chastising of Trask and defense of Vicki, etc. I silently hoorayed when they ignored Trask’s warning and left the Old House to search for her. Finally someone calls Natalie on her use of the devil’s playthings – that it was Trask made it all the more delicious. I took issue with Ange’s tree prop, they should have had her take a branch or even a leaf from the tree and burn that. And I laughed out loud when Barn said that the oversized drawing room of Collinwood was a safe room to hide in. Surely, he knew about the secret spaces at the new house. Despite its flaws, I felt this episode had good content, was well written and for the most part, well acted. At first I wasn’t sympathetic towards Natalie’s guilt over Vicki’s predicament but by episode’s end I was won over. Especially after her exchange with Trask in the woods. Unfortunately, Ange once again manages to undo any forward movement of truth, justice and the American way. I imagine that Natalie will again side with Trask now that she’s seen the evidence that Vicki is the witch. Poor Vicki/stupid Vicki. She should slap Julia when she gets back to 1967. Wasn’t it Julia who suggested the séance?

Honestly, I am surprised anyone watches TV after watching the Super Bowl. I would think the TV gets shut off and the real partying and the armchair quarterbacking and commercial rating begins. Too many years living on the west coast I guess.

I've been informed that we did get all of ELEMENTARY on the DVR, so I'm a happy camper. It will be interesting how much the ratings increase with new fans, post SB. Thanks as usual for the stat's MB!

... boiled corned beef & cabbage & new potatoes with the skins left on!!"

...whether she had an appropriate black dress for the funeral!!"

...having to cancel tomorrow's hair appointment at Ye Olde Hair & Nail Salon!!"

...the Collinsport Funeral Home wants their draperies back!!!