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[spoiler]Wednesday's quote:
Ep #496 (1968) - Cassandra - 'It's also rather fascinating. We MUST ask Barnabas about this strange creature.'

From "Robservations 5/23/02 - #495/496 - Baby Wreaks Havoc"

Cassandra apologizes to Roger for not being there--she thinks he shouldn't be allowed to play alone in the woods, but Roger says David never listens. Roger said Liz told him she ran into the man in the woods, and Roger, gun in hand, went with Barnabas. Thanks to Barn, says Roger, he had some influence over the strange man. The man was holding David in his arms and Barnabas warned Roger not to shoot. He spoke gently to the man, who was affected by what Barnabas said, listened to him, and put David down. The man started to growl and came toward David--and Roger shot at him. The man didn't say anything to any of them--except to Liz, to whom he said "Barnabas." Liz said he kept repeating it. Could Barn and this man know each other? asks Cassandra.

Roger says a cultured, well-bred man like Barnabas could never be acquainted with this man of lower class--mean-tempered, grotesque, downright unnatural. (snob, Roger--wonder what you would have thought of Ben Stokes?) If Roger hadn't seen him moving around, making those grunting sounds, he would have easily imagined he was dead. A walking dead man? asks Cassandra (much like my first husband?). Absurd, says Roger. Fascinating, she suggests, he must ask Barnabas about this strange creature. Cassandra looks happy to hear this potential trouble in Barnabas' life.

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The Robservations paraphrases the quote and also gets the "we" part wrong by saying "he," but it does still reference the quote well...

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[spoiler]Thursday's quote:
Ep #1206 (1841PT) - Josette - 'You haven't asked me, Bramwell, but I MUST say it--you MUST forget Catherine.'

From "#1205/1206: Robservations 12/12/03: Wedding Interruptus"

Old House - Bramwell sits brooding by the fire, silent.  You haven't asked me, says Josette, but I must say it--you must forget Catherine.  If I only could, he sighs.  But you must, she says--perhaps your life won't ever be what you want it to be, that's one of the things we learn--we can do without the things we most dearly desire.  Well if you made that adjustment, says Bramwell, I haven't, and I cannot.  But you'll have to, she insists.

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The Robservations references the quote almost perfectly...

And this is the second quote from this ep. The first (Morgan - 'I MUST get to him') was back on November 12th of 2020.

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[spoiler]Friday's quote:
Ep #99 (1966) - Ezra - 'We're not stupid, at least not as stupid as you MUST think.'

From "#0099/0100: Robservations 07/31/01: Pen-Man-Ship"

We're turning down your offer, says Ezra, sticking to our old jobs. Why? asks Burke. Because that's what we want, says Ezra. Name your price, insists Burke, I mean it. We haven't got a price, says Ezra. Then you're the first men I've met who don't. Could be, the other man says, but that's how it is. Are you staying with Elizabeth Stoddard out of some misguided sense of loyalty? Not misguided, says Ezra. What is Mrs. Stoddard to you, a patron saint? Demands Burke, truly pissed off. No, says Ezra passionately, just a woman who's fed us and provided for us most of our lives!--we figure we owe her something in return--we're not stupid, at least not as stupid as you must think. What's that supposed to mean? asks Burke. We know what you're trying to do to Mrs. Stoddard, says Ezra--we know you're trying to run her out of business. What's wrong with a little honest competition? Asks Burke. Nothing, says Ezra, but we don't want to be a part of what you're trying to do! Do you have any idea what you're throwing away? asks Burke. Yup, says Ezra, more money than any of us will ever see. And that doesn't matter to you? asks Burke. It matters, but not enough, replies Ezra. You've made a fast decision, says Burke, and a fast decision can be a sentimental decision--think over what I told you, and come back. We thought it over, says Ezra, we made a decision--it isn't likely we'll change our minds--the answer is no. All right, says Burke, furious, I'll get other men! Fishermen, maybe, says Ezra, but not men who can run a cannery--they don't exist in these parts

--if they did, you wouldn't have made us the offer that you did! Get out of here! barks Burke. Why not, says Ezra calmly--we've said everything we've got to say to each other--and he goes. Burke slams the door after him

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The Robservations references the quote perfectly - the first time in a while...

And when I first saw this ep I remember that when Ezra said the quoted line to Burke I actually said out loud that it was about time someone called Burke out on his supposed master manipulation that is hardly masterful. I love how Ezra was only too happy to throw things back in Burke's face - and of course that only made Burke irate. Oh, poor baby, his plan fell through!    Them's the breaks...

And this is the second quote from this ep. The first (Burke - 'No one MUST know there's ever been any connection between you and me') was back on April 20th of 2020.

Another thing about this ep is that until I finally saw it on Sci-Fi in '95, I'd never realized, having seen him in numerous TV movies and guest appearances on so many TV series, that Dolph Sweet had been on DS -

- and I had been watching a former DS actor. Sure, he only did the one ep (having replaced the uncredited and silent actor who'd played Ezra in Ep #89), but still he was on DS. 

(One thing that's funny, though hardly surprising with DS, is that Ezra's last name changes from Ep #89 to Ep #99. In Ep #89 he's identified as Ezra Belledeaux (and don't believe all the names of the men as they're listed in the DS Program Guide because they differ from the actual ep), whereas in Ep #99 he's Ezra Herne. Even back then they couldn't always keep things straight.    Though in this case maybe it's because Ep #89 was written by Francis Swann but Ep #99 was written by Ron Sproat. Then again, maybe Mitch Ryan couldn't remember their names in Ep #89...)

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[spoiler]Saturday's quote:
Ep #1140 (1692) - Amadeus - 'This man is a warlock, the living embodiment of Lucifer himself--he's depraved and evil!--his acts of sorcery are legendary--he MUST be condemned--and it is your Christian duty to tell this tribunal all you know about him!'

From "#1140/1141: Robservations 10/24/03: Who is Miranda?"

we are transported back in time 150 years, where a very youthful-looking Angelique is being chastised by a man--Amadeus Collins, a judge--in a courtroom--"Wittingly or unwittingly," he says, "you have done Satan's bidding--you realize that the penalty for your sins is death."  Yes sir, I know that, she says, trembling.  And yet, Amadeus continues, you refuse to bear witness against Judah Zachary.  I told you my reasons! she cries.  "A curse upon your reasons!" he retorts, banging his fist repeatedly on the table for emphasis.  "This man is a warlock, the living embodiment of Lucifer himself--he's depraved and evil!--his acts of sorcery are legendary--he MUST be condemned--and it is your Christian duty to tell this tribunal all you know about him!"  I want to, she says, but I can't because I'm afraid of what will happen!  You have nothing to fear in this courtroom, he assures her, you will stand here (he points to a podium), draped in the protective cloak of the Almighty--think of it, my child, think of the golden opportunity God has given you--he is willing to forgive your own sins--you will be immune from persecution, and given safe escort out of this country!--but only if you cooperate in helping us dispatch Judah Zachary back to the hell from whenst he came!--if you refuse, you will take his place in the prisoner's dock.

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The Robservations references the quote perfectly...

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[spoiler]Sunday's quote:
Ep #174 (1967) - Lt. Costa - 'Yeah, I MUST say I'm relieved.'

From "#0174/0175: Robservations 09/21/01: The Missing Body; Peter vs. Laura"

Phoenix Police Department - Lt. Riley is in the office signing off on papers. I thought I'd never see the day, Riley says. So did I, says Lt. Costa (who will eventually play Horace Gladstone in 1970PT)--I must say I'm relieved. So am I, says Riley, I guess we'll have to settle for that. We could have kept at it until we went out of our minds, Costa agrees, but what would be the point? I'm with you there, says Riley, this case is finished, closed, over with, done. We hope, Costa says. I've never been a drinking man, says Riley, but this case very nearly converted me. It did the opposite with me, Costa, when those medical records came from back east, saying that Laura Collins was alive, even though the body in the fire checked out so completely--you want to know something? If it's about Laura Murdoch Collins, no, says Riley. No, this isn't about the REAL Mrs. Collins, Costa says, the one that's alive in Maine. You mean you consider the woman in the morgue to be the unreal Mrs. Collins? asks Riley. Exactly, the other man says, that's what I was going to tell you. Oh, come on, says Riley. It's not my preference, believe you me, says Costa, I can't help it--try as I might, I can't think of that woman in the morgue as identity unknown--I cannot believe that she is not the real Laura Collins, no matter what the proof is. I make it a policy to go as far as the evidence goes, and no further, says Riley. So do I, says Costa, only don't forget, I lived with positive proof there that that WAS Laura Collins, and I cannot let it go.

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The Robservations references the quote nearly perfectly...

And this is the first time we've quoted John Harkins' Lt. Costa. Previously we've quoted 1897's Garth Blackwood twice and 1970PT's Horace Gladstone twice. And contrary to the sources that say he only played three characters on the show, he actually still has one character left that we might eventually quote, one that he played during Leviathans...

And this is the second quote from this ep. The first (Joe - 'That MUST be kind of rough on ya') was back on April 29th of 2020.

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[spoiler]Monday's quote:
Ep #1097 (1970) - Tadid - 'And the way we talk, we MUST change that.'

From "#1097/1098: Robservations 09/09/03: Barnabas Grills the Kids"

Tad looks around and proclaims, "We're alive!" Yes, says an elated Carrie--Daphne kept her promise, I can't believe it's true!  But it is, says Tad. Where are Daphne and Gerard? asks Carrie.  I don't know, says Tad.  You don't suppose they've gone, do you? asks Carrie, standing, looking around nervously. You do become alarmed so easily, complains Tad. He takes her hands and assures her, Daphne hasn't left us--don't you remember?--she promised she never would. Where is she? asks Carrie--she's our governess, isn't she? You must be more careful than that, warns Tad--she WAS our governess, that was a long, long time ago, in a different life. Yes, you're right, says Carrie, I'm sorry, I mustn't forget that. There are so many things they must get used to, he points out, like these clothes. I'll never get accustomed to these, says Carrie (pointing to her short red dress). And the way we talk, adds Tad, we must change that--and our names

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The Robservations references the quote perfectly...

And this is the second quote from this ep. The first (Carlie - 'Yes, you'e right. I'm sorry. I MUSTN'T forget that'), obviously also from this scene, was back on February 16th of 2022.

And Tadid = Tad possessing David (and Carlie = Carrie possessing Hallie).

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[spoiler]Tuesday's quote:
Ep #305 (1967) - Barnabas - 'I MUST tell you that if I feel that there's any further weakening, I'll have to say that the experiments are through.'

From "#0305/0306: Robservations 01/08/02: What's in the Coffin?"

Julia tells Barnabas she's pleased with the test results, but he says he doesn't believe her--she'd lie to protect herself and continue her experiments whether they were helping him or not..

The good news is real, she assures him, borne out by facts--she has changed the cell structure of his blood. It's working! Everything she believes is at stake, she tells him. "So is your life, doctor," he warns her. "So is your life." Julia tells him to stop threatening her all the time (go, Julia!) How can she gain his trust? He vows that if he feels any further weakening, he'll end the experiment--he's got to deal with Burke, and he needs all his strength to do so.

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The Robservations paraphrases but references the quote well, which is amazing given the opposite is usually true during this period with little detail...

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[spoiler]Wednesday's quote:
Ep #1015 (1970PT) - Hoffman - 'You MUST try, if you want him.'

From "#1014/1015: Robservations 07/10/03: Hoffman Learns the Truth"

Hoffman enters the storage room upstairs and hands Angelique Quentin's handkerchief. No one saw me come up here, Hoffman assures her. Angelique covers the clay doll with the handkerchief.  Hoffman wants to stand outside in case someone comes, but Ang begs her not to leave--stay here with me. Why? asks Hoffman, then realizes Ang is afraid. You find that so surprising? asks Ang. You never were before, points out Hoffman. I have felt the coldness of death, says Ang...my powers--I have never been able to control Quentin as I want to.  You will now, Hoffman assures her. It's so difficult, says Ang, I'm afraid I'll go too far. He must only be sick enough for us to send for Maggie, says Hoffman. But if I lose him completely, frets Angelique--he's never reacted the way I wanted him to, I could have controlled him before if it had ever been that easy. You must try, says Hoffman, if you want him. She holds up the pin. "Start now," she commands Angelique.

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The Robservations references the quote perfectly...

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[spoiler]Thursday's quote:
Ep #886 (1796) - Millicent - 'We MUST find out where she has gone.'

From "Robservations 4/10/03 - #886-887 - 1796 Finale; Hello, Leviathans!"

Millicent reads Josette's note to Natalie, which says, "I have gone away with Barnabas." Natalie looks ill.  She can't have, protests Millicent. She loves him, says Natalie. "But she would have to die," protests Millicent. (how does she know that?)  Many have died for love, says Natalie sadly. We must find out where she has gone, says Millicent, go after her. No, insists Natalie, we cannot fight him, I learned that.  I refuse to give up on her, says Millicent, even if you do.

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The Robservations references the quote perfectly...

And this is the fourth quote from this ep. The first (Barnabas - 'I MUST get back to the path. Where is the path? Where is it?') was back on September 18th of 2021, the second (Barnabas - 'How she MUST loathe me') was back on March 7th of 2022, and the third (Barnabas - 'Disappear. I MUST disappear. I cannot. I cannot. Who are those people? What strange powers do they have?') was back on May 8th of 2022. So that all means that Ep #886 has joined the club with Eps #2, #3, #42, #44, #50, #52, #106, #133, #195, #208, #211, #212, #296, #300, #308, #365, #377, #384, #426, #449, #450, #466, #479, #481, #543, #544, #550, #609, #629, #639, #643, #646, #655, #678, #709, #727, #734, #742, #883, #915, #977, #993, #1057, #1064, #1111, #1197 and #1199. However, not only recall that Eps #42, #208, #211, #300, #377, #384, #449, #466, #609, #646, #678, #709, #727, #977, #993, #1057 & #1111 have five quotes, but Eps #449, #727 & #993 have six quotes...

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[spoiler]Friday's quote:
Ep #907 (1969) - Liz - 'Something MUST be done. Bringing him here was not the answer. He's been talking, someone will listen, believe him. Something MUST be done.'

From "Robservations 4/24/03 - 907-908 - Weaving a Web Around Paul; Return of Roger"

Liz exits the kitchen, watches Julia walk across the landing, and joins Barnabas in the drawing room. Something must be done, Liz tells Barnabas--bringing him here was not the answer--he's been talking, someone will listen, believe him--something must be done.

No, says Barnabas, Paul Stoddard will be taken care of by someone else--and he smiles.

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The Robservations references the quote perfectly...

And you just gotta love LevaLiz! I've often wondered what Joan Bennett thought about playing her, but I've never actually seen/heard a comment from her about it.

And this is the second quote from this ep. The first ('Grant' - 'Surely someone here MUST have known me') was back on April 21st of 2021.

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[spoiler]Saturday's quote:
Ep #641 (1968) - Vicki - 'You gave my husband something that last night. Something that made him know that he had lived before. Something that MUST have made him available to be called back.'

From "Robservations 9/11/2 - #641/642 - Insane Love/Who is Magda?"

I want to be with him--no, that's not right, I HAVE to join him. Why did you send for me? asks Stokes--I'm not a wizard who transports people through time. I know that, she says. Is he here, listening to them? If so, he'll give her a sign, says Stokes, a sign to forget this insanity. Is loving insane? she asks. It has been known to be (make a list of DS characters whose love was insane.)

I won't accept that, Vicki insists--you have my husband something that last night, that made him know he'd lived before and enabled him to be called back. Stokes admits to giving him three Indian herbs. Vicki wants them, too, but Stokes refuses

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The Robservations references the quote almost perfectly...

And this is the second quote from this ep. The first (Prof. Stokes - 'MUST is a word I do not recognize. I can or I cannot. I wish to or I don't wish to') was back on January 6th.

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[spoiler]Sunday's quote:
Ep #797 (1897) - Quentin - 'Let's go, Magda, MUSTN'T keep our ever-hopeful cousin waiting.'

From "Robservations 1/5/03 - #796/797 - Quentin's Bacon is Saved; Another Curse"

someone knocks at the door.  It's Magda--Barnabas wants you, and fast, she says--he has a plan.  Beth asks what plan?--I'm coming, too.  Magda says Barn only wants Quentin.  Q claps Magda on the shoulder and says all right, Quentin he'll get--you must excuse me, Beth, I must beg off the next waltz.  Beth starts to blather something about Barnabas' plan working.  Quentin ignores her optimism and says, let's go, Magda, mustn't keep our ever-hopeful cousin waiting.  And they go.  Beth sits down in the chair Quentin vacated, looking as if she's going to cry.  And the music plays.

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The Robservations references the quote perfectly...

And contrary to the Robservations excerpt, Quentin does not say "must" where indicated before the quote comes up. What he actually says is, "My dear, you'll have to excuse me. I'm afraid I'll have to skip that next waltz."

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[spoiler]Monday's quote:
Ep #669 (1969) - Harry - 'There MUST be an inch of dust here.'

From "Robservations 9/30/02 - #668/669 - Terrorizing Mrs. Johnson"

Harry and Mrs. J pass by. Harry finds the door locked; his mother produces the key--if I had my way, it would stay locked, she bitches. Harry says she's really uptight about this place--an expression she sourly questions him about. She turns on an overhead lamp. Harry observes that there must be an inch of dust. He complains it will take them half the night to get it ready. He places a bag of rags on a table and they get down to work.

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The Robservations references the quote almost perfectly...

Unfortunately the Robservations doesn't even mention one of my favorite moments in the scene because before Mrs. Johnson lights the overhead lamp, she tries to light a table lamp that doesn't cooperate and she makes one of her patented disgusted hand gestures that are always funny no matter how many times one sees them...

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[spoiler]Tuesday's quote:
Ep #1025 (1970PT) - Roger - 'You MUST have learned a lesson. No one can take Angelique's place. You know that. No one.'

From "#1024/1025: Robservations 07/17/03: First the Dress, Then Suicide"

Roger enters the drawing room and asks Maggie, are you waiting up for Quentin?--"I wouldn't if I were you. Frankly," he says nastily, "pouring himself a drink, "the party would have been a disaster even if the host had been here--not like last year, ahh, last year there was laughter in the house, and in the room, genuine laughter, not the forced, uncomfortable sounds we heard tonight."  Annoyed, Maggie starts to quietly trail out of the room.  Take that dress off, advises Roger--it doesn't suit you--but then you know that, don't you?--you must have learned a lesson, no one can take Angelique's place, you know that--no one. He cruelly laughs at the departing Maggie.

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The Robservations references the quote perfectly...

I not only love the expression on Roger's face as he delivers the quote -

- but he's an absolute hoot as he laughs after Maggie leaves the room -

- he's definitely at his most cruel in the scene - and you can certainly tell Louis Edmonds relishes every minute of playing it.

And this is the third quote from this ep. The first (Hoffman - 'You MUST excuse me, I have a busy day tomorrow') was back on June 27th of 2021, and the second (Maggie - 'He MUST know how, how terrible this is for me...is he so obsessed with Angelique that I don't matter at all?') was back on December 18th.

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[spoiler]Wednesday's quote:
Ep #66 (1966) - Vicki - 'I suppose you MUST think it's very strange that when a child is surrounded by so many other children, she's lonely enough to write herself letters.'

From "#0065/0066: Robservations 07/03/01: Showdown!"

Vicki tells Liz she must think it very strange that when a child is surrounded by so many other children, she's lonely enough to write herself letters. I know what loneliness can be like, says Liz. But you--well, you could leave Collinwood if you want to, says Vicki. No I couldn't, insists Liz. What I mean is, you have Carolyn and she has you, says Vicki. Still, says Liz, I understand why it's so important for you to write letters to yourself. It's become more important lately, says Vicki, I try and write down everything--I'm so afraid I might miss something that might shed light on who my parents are. Does it mater that much? asks Liz. Even if they're dead, I want to know who they are, says Vicki--until I do, I just can't feel I belong anywhere. Isn't it enough to know that you're here now? asks Liz. No, it isn't, replies Vicki passionately.

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The Robservations references the quote nearly perfectly...

And this is the fourth quote from this ep. The first (Roger - 'Well, if you MUST know, she was going to TELL me about a dinner party she had with Sam Evans') was back on June 22nd of 2020, the second (Burke - 'You MUST imagine that since I've already served my five years, come out of it with my health, made a lot of money since then, I really have no cause for complaint, right?') was back on April 16th of 2021, and the third (Liz - 'Then you MUST have a pretty complete record of everything that's happened to you') was back on September 1st of 2021. So that all means that Ep #66 has joined the club with Eps #2, #3, #42, #44, #50, #52, #106, #133, #195, #208, #211, #212, #296, #300, #308, #365, #377, #384, #426, #449, #450, #466, #479, #481, #543, #544, #550, #609, #629, #639, #643, #646, #655, #678, #709, #727, #734, #742, #883, #886, #915, #977, #993, #1057, #1064, #1111, #1197 and #1199. However, not only recall that Eps #42, #208, #211, #300, #377, #384, #449, #466, #609, #646, #678, #709, #727, #977, #993, #1057 & #1111 have five quotes, but Eps #449, #727 & #993 have six quotes...