Modern Woman

[PennyDreadful]

I can see Carolyn taking over the feet and cannery before I see her becoming a parapsychologist.  Her only interest in the "other world" seemed confined to unwittingly dating its denizens.  She also seems to have become more serious and grown up as the series went on, and I could definitely see her running things.  I imagine her running the business with an assist from David.  Actually, David seems more likely to go the parapsychologist route, considering his propensity for coming into contact with the supernatural.  I think Jamison Selby was on the right track with turning the character into an archaeologist.  I see him becoming more of a Mulder (X-Files) type, retaining a somewhat child-like curiosity and fascination with the mysterious.  I see a Liz and Roger situation - like Liz, Carolyn would run things and like Roger, David would sort of help out.

[PennyDreadful]

I meant taking over the FLEET, not the FEET.   

[Mysterious Benefactor]

I meant taking over the FLEET, not the FEET.

Not to worry - I think we all knew that.    In fact, I was in a warmhearted mood (which you can't always count on  ) and was going to add the missing "l" to your post - but then I noticed that you'd posted your own correction.


As for Carolyn going into parapsychology, I can see it. During the Summer of '70 storyline, the writers did seem to be laying the groundwork for Carolyn's realization that she is the reincarnation of Leticia Faye (which Sam Hall also mentions in his article), and I can definitely see Carolyn investigating that possibility with Prof. Stokes. Though, at the same time, that needn't have prevented her from also getting into the Collins businesses. In ep #268, Liz tells Roger that both Carolyn and David will always be her heirs. And while I don't believe there's ever a point in the series in which Liz actually explains who gets what, something tells me Liz planned for Carolyn to have some sort of place in the businesses - particularly after Carolyn was able to run them so well while Liz was in the hospital after her confrontation with Laura and when Liz was believed to be dead.

[Luciaphile]

As for Carolyn going into parapsychology, I can see it. During the Summer of '70 storyline, the writers did seem to be laying the groundwork for Carolyn's realization that she is the reincarnation of Leticia Faye (which Sam Hall also mentions in his article), and I can definitely see Carolyn investigating that possibility with Prof. Stokes. Though, at the same time, that needn't have prevented her from also getting into the Collins businesses.

Oh, I can totally see her pursuing parapsychology. The time, the place, the fact that she didn't have external pressures on her to find a real job--all very much her kind of style. She's one of those people who need to be forced down a career path--probably by some external circumstantial pressures. Left to her own devices, she's the kind of person who would flit around aimlessly until it was too late and she was a total flake. I have nothing against parapsychology, but I don't think Carolyn would have been anymore devoted to that than she was to anything else.

Butgiven the right circumstances (e.g. there's nobody else to take charge or she gets shamed into it), I can see her pursuing and succeeding at something like the family business.

[PennyDreadful]

During the Summer of '70 storyline, the writers did seem to be laying the groundwork for Carolyn's realization that she is the reincarnation of Leticia Faye

 Good point!  I had forgotten about that plot thread.  As Luciaphil  points out though, I don't think she'd remain devoted to the pursuit of preternatural phenomena.  I see David going down that path moreso than Carolyn.

[onyx_treasure]

     I cannot picture Carolyn wanting to run a stinky sardine cannery.  I bet poor Roger wished every day that he hadn't blown his inheritance and got stuck there.