@mscbryk:  Yes, and that it is marvelous that Millay plays Laura cool as ice in the scene showcased today where Maggie comes to Collinwood to explain about Sam's "accident."

Love the shot of Barnabas telling Julia he's trying to protect her by keeping her out of the loop during the Leviathan debacle, also in today's show.  Great work from Frid today.

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One of my all time favorite scenes in DS is when Magda is cleaning the cottage for Laura and Laura abruptly asks for a Tarot card reading.  The way the two play that scene is simply priceless.  It truly doesn't get better than this on DS--or anywhere for that matter.

I always find myself wondering whether Grayson had a card-sharp streak from how deftly she handles those cards.  Must've been what she learned at the knee of one of Daddy's Atlantic City showgirl buddies...

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Happy Birthday to a truly lovely lady!  Garou will be out all night baying at the Moon in your honor!

cheers,

Uncle Gothick

Lara was born in '37.  (Same year as my Mom... funny to think that!).  I guess 32 was an older age in the late Sixties than it seems now...

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Maggie's neckbite was either the same one she had in HoDS, or they made another one based on the technique the makeup guy came up with--if I recall correctly, he bit into a big hunk of raw meat, then made a cast of that for-real bite into bloody tissue, then the cast was applied to the actress's neck and makeup applied.

The whole process turns my stomach but it does look a lot more real than those dabs of lipstick they used to apply...

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Just a line to say--great atmosphere in tonight's scenes from the Laura storyline, MB. 

It was lovely to track down this thread and find a snap from that scene where Liz has a little surprise for Julia in her special gold lame Ohrbach's shopping bag!  This scene is truly better than heroin...

I'm sorry I missed the day on the Robservations slide show when Julia had her own very special personal interview with Mrs Sky Rumson.  Another "desert island" scene for me.

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What a cool scene.  Thanks, MB.

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MB, was there any footage at all left to establish Joe and Daphen's relationship in the original aired episode, BEFORE she wound up as Barnie-bait?

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