They did a very nice job on the Lost Episode. I think Lara Parker was overly dramatic in her narration, but I daresay she was encouraged to do that, along with wearing a black dress and the aforementioned cross.
I'm pretty sure doctors (and midwives) could tell that a woman was pregnant--what I wonder is how Catherine could be so very sure that Bramwell was the father.
Good question, leading to the whole question of how time is being measured at the moment. On the one hand, it seems to me that more time must have passed for the characters since Catherine's eventful stay at the Old House than has passed for us, because, although I've never been pregnant myself, my impression is that there wouldn't be time enough for anybody to be sure that Catherine was pregnant. On the other hand, there have been episodes that covered less than a day, so it also seems to me that less time has passed for the characters since then than has passed for us. All I can figure is that things are different in parallel time. But anyway, if Catherine wants to cover up that she was known to be pregnant so soon in order to pass the baby off as Morgan's, how is she going to keep the doctor quiet? It's one thing to say, "Please don't tell anybody right now," with the assumption that she wants to surprise her husband. It's another thing to say, "Please don't tell anybody ever."
Incidentally, it always seems terribly unfair to me that I didn't get to see Colin Hamilton dressed up in 1841 parallel time garb in his one and only appearance is this storyline, because I liked him a lot in 1970 parallel time. Does anybody remember from the original broadcast if he wore a wig, or an bright purple coat, or something else outlandish?
The narration said that, after Daphne said she knew that Bramwell would never hurt her, they passionately embraced. What does that mean? Did they kiss or not? It matters a lot. I can't imagine the embrace being passionate without a kiss, but if they did kiss, why didn't the narration say that? RobinV says they kissed. Is that something she remembers? And if so, then oh, golly, we missed both Colin Hamilton in purple (maybe) and Frid and Jackson kissing. If they had to lose an episode, why couldn't it have been another one?
More boorishness from Morgan, no surprise. Now that Catherine's married to him, she's supposed to care about the Collinses, but now that Morgan's married to Catherine, he has no obligation to worry about the Harridges. I don't think I'd expect any better from Bramwell. In 1795, Barnabas chose between good, as personified by Josette, and evil, as personified by Angelique. In parallel time 1841, Catherine chose between bad and bad.
