Favorite Chris Pennock role

My personal favorite is Gabriel. He was such a greedy, smarmy, murderous weasel and Pennock played him to perfection.

Gabriel! I throw all my backing to Gabriel, he was just so fantastically ruthless and evil! I think he was Pennock's best role on the show.

Actually, I have to go with Jeb Hawkes.  I know a lot of people don't like this character, but I find his earthy, lower class gruffness to be a refreshing change from the more effete male characters in the series.  In fact, I think that his relationship with Carolyn was the only one in the history of the series that generated any genuine sexual chemistry between the two characters.  I really sensed that they were attracted to one another physically as well as emotionally.

The other thing I like about Jeb is that he is the "bad boy" who tries to turn good but discovers that he has sown the seeds of his own destruction by his previous behavior and cannot escape his fate no matter how hard he tries.  That makes his downfall particularly poignant, especially when it drags down a genuine innocent like Carolyn in the bargain.  I find this to be a very moving storyline (the most "beautiful" and "lyrical" scene in all of DS for me  is the one in which Carolyn writes a note to her mother explaining her elopement with Jeb, then lies down on the bed and falls asleep.  The scene is genuinely breathtaking). 

Jeb Hawkes was so bad, you had to like him.  From his camera to his leather pants, he added some 'kick' to the show.  

I think that of course Carolyn married again,but, she had a locket with his picture in it. 

From his camera to his leather pants, he added some 'kick' to the show. 

*Did* he have leather pants?  I thought that was only Sebastian Shaw that wore the leather.

Well it seems like Gabriel is winning with over 62% of the vote!

I really liked the character of Gabriel, but didn't he whine about Quentin this, Quentin that? Maybe I'm thinking of someone else, but I remember someone getting on my nerves because of this. I haven't seen the 1840 stuff for a while, and I'm rewatching and I'm currently in 1897 with Petofi just showing up, so I've got a while to go. lol

Yes, he whined, but that's just a part of what makes him such an accomplished weasel.     Another part is his intelligence, and therefore deviousness.     That's what takes your average everyday tiresome whiner and catapults him into the stratosphere of the truly great, pathetic whining weaselly bastards.

Gabriel wasn't just made a fool of by others-- he could do it too.   It's a great moment(s) when Gabriel [spoiler]first sizes up Gereard's real attitude toward Samantha, then S chooses Gerard, and Gabriel gets to drink in the pained expression on Gerard's face.[/spoiler]

Parallel Gabriel (not an option) was more of an ordinary weasel, but he was actually sympathetic once in awhile.

 

Jeb Hawkes. ... I think that his relationship with Carolyn was the only one in the history of the series that generated any genuine sexual chemistry between the two characters.  I really sensed that they were attracted to one another physically as well as emotionally.

I'll concede that Nancy Barrett and Chris Pennock shared great chemistry. But Jeb was such a, well, cheap, insufferable pig that the idea of the two of them together was enough to make ones skin crawl. And the fact that Carolyn was so blinded by her attraction to him to see/understand/accept the truth that was literally haunting her dreams was a corruption of her character because Carolyn, if nothing else, had always been able to glean the truth of every situation that she'd found herself in. It was an all-time low for the notion that Love Is Blind - even by daytime's standards. 

Actually, I have to go with Jeb Hawkes.  I know a lot of people don't like this character, but I find his earthy, lower class gruffness to be a refreshing change from the more effete male characters in the series.  In fact, I think that his relationship with Carolyn was the only one in the history of the series that generated any genuine sexual chemistry between the two characters.

William H. and Carolyn Loomis had enough sexual chemistry to burn down the house.

"I-hate-you-because-I-love-you" relationships might not be pretty to watch.....but they almost make you watch despite yourself.

Congratulations, Raineypark, on becoming the second non-admin to reach the exaulted status of DSF God!! 

And how appropriate for you that you did it commenting on a John Karlen character. 

And how appropriate for you that you did it commenting on a John Karlen character. 

Well, yes.....of course.....who ELSE woud I be commenting on?....

Congratulations rp!!     And show mercy on us frail creatures!    Do not play with us for your sport!     I beseecheth thee and sucketh up to thee in the most pathetic manner!

I think it's just great, and absolutely right, that the goddesses outnumber the god by three to one.

I think it's just great, and absolutely right, that the goddesses outnumber the god by three to one.

Well, yeah....except having to share him gets complicated........