Those wacky duellists!

[Luciaphile]

I will now proceed to shock all of you by stating that I was shouting "you go, girl" as Angelique tried to knock some sense into her would-be boyfriend.  "Have you ever fought in a duel before?" "Have you ever seen a duel?"  Too bad, Mr. Act-Before-Engaging-Brain didn't listen to her.

I just loved how their ten paces became highly abbreviated because of the tiny studio space.

Amazing though how a shot in the chest somehow spreads to the face . . . like they were thinking it was equivalent to measles  

Luciaphil

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Amazing though how a shot in the chest somehow spreads to the face . . . like they were thinking it was equivalent to measles 

It's funny how that works.

Knowing that Anthony George had only signed a six month contract, you'd think that the writers and directors would have been smart enough to realize that Jeremiah should have been wounded in the face - especially when the writers had most probably already planned what Angelique would do seven episodes later. At least I hope they already knew what was going to be happening seven episodes later. They often flew by the seat of their pants, but I hope they never cut things that close - LOL!

[VAM]

Luciaphil, those words were a shocker. Next you will be running for President of the Angelique Fan Club-just teasing

What really is remarkable about the duel is that there was no visible blood shed. This seemed to be the usual pattern of none or very little in the TV Series. Maybe some blood would show up on the vampire marks or after the werewolf had a night on the town. Once it graduated to the big screen(movies) in HODS it was the opposite extreme-a gory blood bath!

[Philippe Cordier]

Very good episode.

I was curious about Barnabas and Jeremiah meeting to duel with no one else present.

In all the movies I've seen, they always have "seconds."

[Midnite]

Vlad's

I was curious about Barnabas and Jeremiah meeting to duel with no one else present.

In all the movies I've seen, they always have "seconds."

Yes!  We must remember to never fight in any duel in which Dan Curtis is footing the bill.

[VAM]

It is my understanding that the "seconds" load the pistols.   Did DC load the guns?

[Midnite]

VAM's

It is my understanding that the "seconds" load the pistols.   Did DC load the guns?

Well, the characters in that ep were Barnabas, Jeremiah, Angelique, Josette and Andre', none of which would have been suitable seconds, and DC would've had to pay any additional actors...