Discuss - Ep #0342

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Robservations - #342

[loril54]

good show. I kept waiting for Julia to stand up like in Perry Mason and say I did it wht Barnabas.  She was just really flipping out. I'm glad  sombody  didn't think about sending her to Wyndcliff;  or calling the other Psychiatrist.

I wonder how everyone kept thinking  that there was someone else.  But I guess in DS, nothing can be to simple. You know someone can't just die.

[Lydia]

Another great episode.  Julia looks ready to kill herself.

Nice scenes between Sam and Maggie.  I was especially impressed with David Ford - but then, I always like David Ford.  Today I was admiring his pauses.

Since we didn't see Dr. Woodard either dead or alive today, it was easy to imagine everybody reacting to the death of the Gerringer Woodard rather than the Turgeon Woodard.  Every time I see Peter Turgeon's Woodard, I am more impressed with him, but there is no denying that Robert Gerringer's Woodard was far more likely to be mourned by the whole town.  And there's also no denying that it would be a whole lot easier to talk about this if only we hadn't had yet another Dr. Woodard to muddy the waters, so I can't just talk about Woodard #1 and Woodard #2.

And then there's Sheriff Patterson #3.  I can't stand him.  Why oh why couldn't they have kept Sheriff Patterson #2?  We saw him for only one fleeting, precious episode, and I liked him far better than either #1 or #3.

[IluvBarnabas]

If you mean Vince O'Brien, Sheriff Patterson number 2, he'll be back...you just gotta wait awhile.

Dana Elcar will always be my favorite Sheriff Pattterson....I wonder why he left the show. I agree though that the Sheriff in this episode leaves a lot to be desired.

I feel sorry for Julia, she really is going through hell knowing she helped contributed to the death of her good friend. She is going to have to live with this guilt for the rest of her life. I know on the surface in years to come she appears to have gotten over it, but I don't think so. I think there will always be a lot of guilt and regret that will haunt her....she just learned to live with it, I think.

Great episode.

[Lydia]

If you mean Vince O'Brien, Sheriff Patterson number 2, he'll be back...you just gotta wait awhile.

Be still, my beating heart!

[Sunny_Collins]

In this episode we got the chance to see  Julia vulnerable, something we rarely see from her. Usually, she's the one doing all the comforting and helping with someone else's problems.

[EmeraldRose]

It makes sense to me that Sam and Sheriff Patterson would assume someone killed Dr. Woodard. After all, he was highly agitated and was anxious to meet with Sheriff Patterson about something very important. Then, he is found dead! Sounds rather fishy to me.

Yes, indeed, it was refreshing to watch a vulnerable Julia. I felt sorry for her, too. She will always have her good friend's death on her conscience.

----- Sally -----

[Devlin66]

i really became an admirer of the robert gerringer portrayal of Dr. Woodard...and wish the role had not been recast after the strike....i found myself rooting for the "new" Dr. Woodard to be bumped off, as the new actor was such a goof in the role, partly because of the goofy script in those last few episodes leading up to him getting the injection from Barnabas that made his heart stop

[Roland]

I kept wondering throughout this episode why the gool old doc didn't leave one of those ..."in the event of my death, this letter is to be opened..." as a means of protecting himself.  After all, Julia took this tack earlier (although in her case it was sheer bluffing) to keep Barnabas at bay.

[Lydia]

I kept wondering throughout this episode why the gool old doc didn't leave one of those ..."in the event of my death, this letter is to be opened..." as a means of protecting himself.

I imagine he didn't have time to write one.  Until he read Julia's notes, he wasn't really sure that what he suspected was true, and what he suspected was going to sound pretty crazy to anybody who might read such a letter.  And after he read the notes, he was far too shocked to think right away about protecting himself.