Discuss - Ep #1220

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Robservations #1220

[DarkLady]

And baby makes three! I love Bramwell's reaction to his impending fatherhood. Once he gets over being surprised, he does a complete 180! Any anger he felt toward Catherine is obliterated by her announcement--at least until she insists on being in the lottery.

And I love Quentin in that dishy blue jacket! And of course poor Lieutenant James must have known which side his bread is buttered on, let alone who provides both bread and butter: "The word of a Collins" indeed!

Strangely enough, although Quentin seemed VERY interested in Daphne, he didn't react at all when she up and married Bramwell. What's wrong with this picture???

James Forsythe, Brutus Collins, Amanda Collins--what's going on here? More clues are forthcoming, I'm sure.

The hawk-eyed Julia is starting to be suspicious of Catherine, especially that fainting episode. Funny, though, Julia seems never to have imagined that anybody would stand up to her. She's got poor Melanie so thoroughly cowed that Catherine's independent spirit comes as a complete surprise.

[Lydia]

Bramwell scores one over Morgan in being pleased about the Collins-in-the-oven, but does anybody think he'd be any better a father than Morgan would?  Aside, that is, from the fact that Morgan would insist that the kid, if it's a boy, take part in the lottery once he's old enough.  Incidentally, Bramwell should be jumping with joy that Catherine plans to raise the kid as Bramwell's child.  If it's a boy (always if it's a boy) and outlives Morgan, Bramwell's descendants will be Masters of Collinwood.

Strangely enough, although Quentin seemed VERY interested in Daphne, he didn't react at all when she up and married Bramwell. What's wrong with this picture???

Daphne showed that she didn't have the potential to be a Collins team player when she demanded of Quentin that Catherine be excused from the lottery.  I daresay Quentin immediately blotted her out of his little black book.

OK.  When we held the lottery last time, we had one mad person at Collinwood.  After Gabriel's brief stay in the Room, that number was doubled to two.  Now the lottery has been held again, and the pregnant Catherine has been chosen.  I predict (you can imagine me with the magic music playing) that Catherine will come out of the Room mad, and her baby, when it is born, will turn out to be mad, which means that the number of mad people at Collinwood will have doubled to four - assuming that Gabriel is still alive, as of course he will be because Gabriel is too much fun to be killed off yet.  Proceeding along these lines, it seems safe to assume that if the lottery is held again - as of course it will be, because I'm sure it's great for the ratings - the results will be another doubling of Crazy Collinwooders, for a total of eight.  I can't wait!

[DarkLady]

If it's a boy (always if it's a boy) and outlives Morgan, Bramwell's descendants will be Masters of Collinwood.

True--BUT if and only if neither Gabriel nor Quentin produces an heir. Being directly descended from Justin, their heirs would take precedence over Bramwell's son. And of course the feud between the two families would continue into the next generation--Bramwell would make sure of that.

Good point about Quentin and Daphne, too--I hadn't thought of that myself.

And eight crazy Collinses! Wotta concept! What plot possibilities!

[Lydia]

If it's a boy (always if it's a boy) and outlives Morgan, Bramwell's descendants will be Masters of Collinwood.

True--BUT if and only if neither Gabriel nor Quentin produces an heir. Being directly descended from Justin, their heirs would take precedence over Bramwell's son.

No, no!  If everybody believes that the boy is Morgan's son, then he'll naturally take precedence over Quentin and Gabriel and their sons.  This is assuming, of course, that Morgan inherits and that Morgan goes for primogeniture - but I think all that is likely.

I'd like to travel forward in time about a decade and a half to the parallel time mid-1850s and see David Henesy playing Bramwell's son, as willful and his stormy as his father, and with all the additional impetuousness of youth - but that will happen only in my dreams.

[DarkLady]

My goof, Lydia! I thought you were imagining a scenario in which the boy was KNOWN to be Bramwell's son. But of course if Catherine did succeed in covering that up, then your scenario works out perfectly.

And yes, it would have been fun to see some mid-1850s PT storm and stress!