Just back from the theater and tourism, so I thought I'd start on catch up with the eps (yes I brought Set 13 with me. How sad is that?
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One thing I didn't see mentioned yet was Dirk's attitude toward Judith in their first scene. He keeps wanting to report to Mr. Edward -- but Judith's right, the servants would know darned well about the will (and I'll bet that story about her waking Edward up to tell him she changed rooms went through the servant's quarters like wildfire). One gets the feeling that Dirk doesn't approve of a woman running things, and is not happy about taking orders from a woman. It feels right for the period, and is also a very good character moment. It fits with him being so overbearing toward Beth. Its the Victorian male as all powerful father figure: men as know best, and women are the same as children and have to be told to do in the same way, since they aren't capable of knowing what's good for them. Just because we've moved beyond it doesn't mean we don't have to take into account that that's what the Victorians believed and acted based upon. (I hate historic revisionism.)
Nice planting of the red herring, intercutting the scenes with Nora and Judith with those of the mystery woman lurking. Or were they still playing it by ear at this point, as to who the Madwoman of Collinwood really was? Anyone ever see or hear anything that pinned it down one way or another? Even the initial scenes with Quentin and Beth could be interpreted as her being the ladies maid for Edward's wife.
LOL Midnight on Raggedy Ann's throwing the Hexagram of Change. I guess we should be happy the doll Beth had looked period, they could have had that being a Raggedy Ann too.
I agree, Lydia about Nora calling the governess by her first name. Uh uh not hardly, not in those times. Back then it was last names always, unless it was a younger child of the family, mister or miss first name. They mess that one up A LOT in this timeframe.
And Marie was WONDERFUL, start to end, playing Jenny.
Jeannie