1995 is the most intense and unsettling sequence in the entire run of DS. Electric performances enhance the tight script and dialogue ...
I thoroughly agree, Vlad! The 1995 storyline held me spellbound when I first saw it. At that time, Sci-Fi was rationing DS at one episode a day, so that really increased the suspense and gave me something to look forward to each day. These are definitely among the eeriest and best acted episodes of the show. I would even call them wrenching; considering what we know of the characters involved from the last four years of the show, it's pathetic to see the state to which some of them have been reduced.
[spoiler]I have to keep reminding myself that the Quentin who curls up in a fetal postion in Barnabas's easy chair is the same brash devil who once tried to strangle his own grandmother. What a transformation![/spoiler]
I remember the discussion of the opening shot of Collinwood from the last time this sequence aired. I believe it was mentioned then that the image was reversed accidentally, and remained so for the duration of 1995. Intentional or not, I think it's highly indicative of the storyline itself: everything in 1995 is unexpected, jarring. Everything is topsy-turvy. Everything is
wrong. Little details like this really enhance the mood, IMO.
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