Discuss - Ep #0479

[dom]

Sounded like a blooper to me. Or an ad-lib.

[Mysterious Benefactor]

Afterthought: Love the flimsy wall in the lab. There was a missing moment during Barn’s opening scene. Is this glitch on the DVD too?

I finally got the chance to check this out, and if you mean does the scene jump from a two-shot of Lang telling Barnabas he's a man of his word to a sudden close-up of Lang warning the anesthetic used on Jeff won't last much longer, then, yes, it does. The show may have run long and something was edited out. And that possibility could explain why Jeff's head is suddenly uncovered when there is never any indication whatsoever that either man uncovered it.

[dom]

Thanx for checking and reporting your findings.

[Roland]

I think there is a general consensus here that the scene in Dr. Lang's lab is one of the most clunky in the history of the series: shrill overacting, ludicrous dialogue, missed cues, clumsy staging (that tiny scalpel being wielded as some sort of threatening weapon makes me laugh every time I see it, just as it did in the previous episode when it was intended as the device to saw Jeff's head - or at least face - off from the rest of his body). A classic of sorts, I guess.