In 'Return to Collinwood' some of the characters & situations just seemed 'off'. For example, Willie and his wife Jessica behaved like a funny sitcom couple - a bit out of character for Willie IMO. There was some decidedly non-DS style writing. The Carolyn/Ned pairing didn't work for me either - at all.
A couple of things that I liked, and could see happening - the reading of the will was pretty good, with the revelations [spoiler]about Vicki.[/spoiler] David as an archaeologist made sense too, since that kid was always exploring every ancient and forbidden place he could find.
The Sam Hall article was interesting, and featured
some plausible "what if" scenarios but I really don't think a lot of it would have made it onto the screen. Of course Sam
would have his own wife marry the show's star! If ol' Sam had Barn get back together with Josette, Grayson would have put him in the dog house for sure!
IMO Dan Curtis, plus the rest of the writers on the show, would've had to include their own input in order to make such speculation more accurate. I suspect DC would've put the kibosh on some of those concepts. The article is definitely not in continuity IMO.
Ok, here's another question - So we are all (so far) basically agreeing that only things that happened in the show are canon.
So...
[spoiler]Does this include Vicki's demise as revealed in the Leviathan sequence?[/spoiler]
For me, yes, of course. It's canon. No question. It yeilded repercussions in the present, and led to a plot thread which took place over several episodes.
[spoiler]I dislike what happened to Vicki, but the plot point didn't bother me so much because, as we all know, on DS most folks just don't STAY dead. I imagine that something might have taken place later to rescue Vicki from this fate. If not, well, Vicki's death certainly fits in with the tragic endings for many characters in the show.[/spoiler]
Just another thought to ponder since several folks have commented in the past that they don't accept this sequence despite its existence within the context of the show.