No fashion notes for these. Not really too much to say.
Ya know, I realize that Dirk is in Laura's thrall and all, but watching him make sure Jenny was good and armed
before siccing her onto Quentin, I have to wonder how deep that possession goes. Dirk wasn't exactly the most decent guy pre-Laura; did Laura wipe out any scruples and/or moral fiber that Dirk had? Or did she merely help his many, many bad qualities to surface?
As campy as it was, I got a kick out of Crazy Jenny's stabbing frenzy in the drawing room. These episodes really belong to Marie Wallace. You could tell she was having a blast with the part.
Interesting that Judith didn't exactly rush after Quentin when she figured out what he wanted to do about Jenny. Yeah, I know she voiced opposition later, but you just know there was a part of her thinking that it would solve a lot of problems.
Surprise du jour: Jenny rated a church wedding. Of course, I notice we aren't given a denomination, but still given Quentin's proclivities, seems an odd sort of thing for him to do.
I just love the approach Barnabas takes when it comes to mental illness. Brush your hair and put on a pretty dress and you will be better. Still. I have to say, in comparison with her previous course of treatment, it's something. And he was well-intentioned.
"I'm sorry, I have no change." Heh. Gotta love Barnabas' aplomb at being mistaken for a bell boy.
As dysfunctional as their relationship is, I do think Quentin and Beth actually have something there. Too bad, it's doomed, but I enjoy their scenes a lot.
The whole scene between Selby and Grayson Hall was just too good. They both have a great way of playing off one another. Terry Crawford, who isn't the greatest actress in the world, was pretty good too and it's probably due, in part, to this chemistry.
That was the lamest attempt at the malocchio that I've ever seen (and thank you Rainey for pointing this out), but that was a nice confrontational bit between sister and brother-in-law
Marie Wallace was so into her scene there where she was trying to get out of Josette's room that she nearly made the set fall down.
Judith is definitely one cold woman. Her prejudice and bigotry is not one of her better traits. Ugh. Although actually, keeping Jenny out of a lunatic asylum was probably a kindness. And I have to say that I can't think of a worse place to take an unmedicated schizophrenic than a caravan. So given the options open, keeping her at home was probably the best. Facing the scandal and keeping Jenny at home in surroundings fit for human beings, however, would have been several notches better.
Did love the bit where she got shrewd and asked Barnabas if he could be trusted (too bad she didn't hear me shouting HELL NO at the TV)
All in all, some good acting all around and some decent writing.
Luciaphil