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An interesting way to break down the DS storylines...
« on: September 10, 2019, 02:31:30 PM »
...that I never came across until today:

A QUICK GUIDE TO THE 15 MAJOR STORYLINES OF DARK SHADOWS

Different than how we/the DS Almanacs break them down - but just as valid for the most part...
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Re: An interesting way to break down the DS storylines...
« Reply #1 on: September 10, 2019, 06:05:50 PM »
Very interesting! Thanks!

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Re: An interesting way to break down the DS storylines...
« Reply #2 on: September 11, 2019, 07:18:49 AM »
I don't really see a difference - it seems to be a chronological description of all the major stories.
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Re: An interesting way to break down the DS storylines...
« Reply #3 on: September 11, 2019, 03:34:06 PM »
Some of the differences are subtle, like they end the Laura storyline with Ep #192, we end it with Ep #193. They also consider Adam and Cassandra/VampAng as separate storylines, but they're really very much intertwined. However, perhaps the most glaring difference is that they completely ignore Eps #193 through #204, and to me that is sinful. The introduction of Jason, the start of his blackmailing of Liz, and the James Hall Willie eps are some really great eps. The scenes between Liz and Jason alone are spectacular in those eps - to ignore them is blasphemous! But then they seem to ignore the whole Jason/Liz blackmail plotline entirely because they make no mention of it whatsoever, and to me that is beyond blasphemous because, as I've said numerous times, I think it's the best non-supernatural plotline DS ever did.
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Re: An interesting way to break down the DS storylines...
« Reply #4 on: September 12, 2019, 07:16:06 AM »
Well, of course I wasn't paying attention to episode numbers, just following the summary of the stories!  True, the Jason - Liz story is important.   I guess with everything else listed, I didn't realize it was missing.  But overall I think they did a very good accounting.
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Re: An interesting way to break down the DS storylines...
« Reply #5 on: September 13, 2019, 07:19:55 PM »
It's a nice overview and helped me quickly place my current viewing in context. But I wouldn't trade it for my Dark Shadows episode guide.
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Re: An interesting way to break down the DS storylines...
« Reply #6 on: September 13, 2019, 07:27:17 PM »
No doubt there are many significant gaps in this online guide. I was wondering how Quentin came to be in present-day Collinwood and then in my recent watching of the "1995" sequence, Quentin's portrait came up. So I remember that there was a portrait but don't recall when it was painted, etc. Searched this recent online guide and there's no mention of it! A pretty significant omission, wouldn't you say?
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Re: An interesting way to break down the DS storylines...
« Reply #7 on: September 13, 2019, 08:38:40 PM »
The painting of Quentin's portrait is a significant element in the second half of 1897, the part where Count Petofi is the main villain.

MB I definitely agree that omitting Jason and those incredible episodes with those great scenes between him and Liz (which gives the lie to folks who say that Joan Bennett wasn't any good on DS) is unforgivable. I barely glanced at the article so did not really think very much about what they were suggesting.

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Re: An interesting way to break down the DS storylines...
« Reply #8 on: September 21, 2019, 10:52:35 PM »
Didn't Quentin's portrait overlap several other storylines than just 1897? It comes up again, briefly, in 1995 . . .
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Re: An interesting way to break down the DS storylines...
« Reply #9 on: September 21, 2019, 11:29:33 PM »
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when his mother Laura (Diana Millay) – missing for 10 years
...umm, isn't David 9?

The Hand of Petofi should have been mentioned.

I thought Morgan & Bramwell were cousins, not brothers....

The article made it seem that DS was still being aired on Sci-Fi.

Surprised they mentioned the '04 pilot.

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