Samantha's Character

When the 1841 storyline first started out I remember seeing Samantha talking to Catherine in the PT room.  Then that was the last I saw of her?   Just who is her character suppose to be in this storyline anyway?  Im assuming she's not a Collins as we never see her,  but her and Catherine did appear to be close friends.  It's seems strange that she was just added for this one episode in 1841PT, and then you don't see her anymore. (or do we?)


Cassandra

I believe she worked in the house.  I think she was a nurse or something like that for Justin.  With his death, I guess there was no more need for her!  It really did seem strange the way she was introduced and then completely dropped.

I believe she worked in the house.  I think she was a nurse or something like that for Justin.  With his death, I guess there was no more need for her!  It really did seem strange the way she was introduced and then completely dropped.

Thanks Josette.  I really didn't think that she was a servant, so a nurse would make more sense.  It's too bad though that they didn't use her as one of the Collins' again in this time frame. She could have been either Quentin or Gabriel's wife since it appears that they're both unmarried & alone.

Cassandra

I think someone had recently posted that about this time (1971) Virginia Vestoff had left DS to do "1776" on Broadway (or something on Broadway).

Happy New Year!
Patti

I disliked the 1840 Samantha but thought Virginia was wonderful in the role. She and Chris Pennock really shined, their battles as Samantha and Gabriel were fun to watch. You could tell they really despised each other (and Gabriel was a heck of a lot worse than Samantha!)

One of my favorite scenes with them was when [spoiler]when Desmond is reading Daniel's will. Gabriel, believing Daniel changed his will in his favor, taunts Samantha telling her he'll be as "good" to her as she was to him. After Desmond's revealing Samantha's pittly share, Gabriel gloats. Then of course Gabriel to his shock hears that Gerard has been left the Collins estate and fortune. Of course Gabriel and Samantha are both furious.....that is my favorite Gabriel/Samantha scene, each expecting to get everything and instead they both get practically nothing.[/spoiler] Couldn't have happened to any 2 nicer people.

Virginia was wonderful in the role. She and Chris Pennock really shined, their battles as Samantha and Gabriel were fun to watch.

I couldn't agree with you more. The scenes Samanatha and Gabriel share in 1840/41 are among my absolute favorites, one of which was featured in the October 9th's slideshow:

1970: Ep #1120 - Samantha and Gabriel are sickened
by each others behavior.

I remember, Samantha was a nurse. It was neat to get a little cameo of her just to see what she was like in parallel time.
Although she didn't have a husband, children or wealth and status, her life was still probably better than real time Samantha's after all.

Samantha in PT is so brief that I never remember her.   Same with [spoiler]PT Gerard... I'm always surprised, as if someone edited Gerard into PT recently, where he's not supposed to be.  I think my last viewing was the last time I'll ever be surprised by that though.  Since I remember it right now...[/spoiler]

Gerard is only there for 2 episodes, as I recall. His functionas the friendly neighbood psychic is filled by Carrie Stokes. Could there have been budget cuts?

Maybe.  It did seem as if they were building up to have Gerard deeply involved in things, then he vamoosed anti-climactically.   

Daphne mentions that she and Gerard used to go out, so maybe there was story with them that got derailed.