I love it when she gets in his face and is so defiant in Leviathan when he tries to patronize her and give her the cold shoulder ... "See how good a detective I can be!"  The sarcasm in that line reading practically bores holes through the floorboards.

And again in Leviathan, I just love her reaction when Barnabas informs her he's had a "talk" with Megan.  Can't recall the exact wording of the line at the moment, even though it's one of those scenes I compulsively play over and over again whenever I come to it..


G.

Oh God, where to begin.  One scene that comes to mind is the one where Dave Woodard comes to Collinwood to read her the riot act and she goes on this long, very convincing diatribe about how "bored" she is.  It's really choice Julia. 

I think the character was toned down somewhat after the 1795 period.  There are of course still halcyon moments throughout Julia's stories.  I love ALL her showdowns with Nicholas Blair.  There's even a fab scene where she is visiting Joe Haskell at the hospital and she  stalks to the door, clutching her gloves, shouldering her bag, lifting her chin, pursing her lips defiantly, and declaims, "It's time for a showdown with ... NICHOLAS Blair!"

One of my favorite moments during later Leviathan is when we get one last Nicholas/Julia scene, at Jeb's carriage house.  Nicholas basically asks Julia what the hell she's up to, and Julia, giving him the business end of her chin again, scowls and cordially invites the warlock:  "You GUESS."

G.

I was wondering whether she would turn out to be onscreen longer than sixty seconds.

Sounds as if the answer is "only just."

G.

I see mention here of Trilogy of Terror and wonder whether anyone ever saw Trilogy of Terror 2, in the 1990s.  Geraint Wyn Davies was in it, and there was a sequel to the infamous "Zuni Fetish Doll" episode of the original ToT.

I totally missed even the existence of this sequel production, but a friend told me about it recently and I looked it up.  Sounds potentially interesting.

G.

Oooh, that devious Miss Hoffman in today's snapshot!  Her smile truly speaks of the cat that ate the canary.

Love it! Thanks for the treat, MB.

Best,

G.

Vicki's reactions to people in 1795 kept reminding me of the Wizard of Oz. At the end when she was back in 1968 I wish there had been scene where she was in bed and Liz, Carolyn, Roger and Julia were clustering around and she said:"And you were there, and YOU were there and you, and you... and some of it was terrible but some of it was wonderful..."

They did have characters reacting to Ned's resemblance to Jeff, and Sebastian's resemblance to Jeb.  Poor Carolyn initially thought Sebastian was Jeb back from the dead.

G.

Close to 25 episodes of the cult Gothic daytime drama series Strange Paradise have been loaded onto Youtube on this channel:

http://www.youtube.com/user/strangeparadise69

Enjoy!

Best wishes,

G.

Thanks again, Midnite.  One thing that David's remarks highlight for me is the intellectuality of the show which was one of the things that attracted me to it for the long term.  Even with the often absurd plots and scripts, the intellectuality of the actors and their commitment to the work brought a layered quality to all of it that was unique.  Without the seriality of each installment unwinding five days a week, I don't think it would have built up to such an extraordinary edifice (if that's the right metaphor).

From his appearance here at Harvard a couple of years ago, I would say that David is a very confident extemporaneous public speaker.  But there's so much going on in his head that he does wander from point to point and it doesn't always necessarily tie up into the neat little package one might expect in this modern world of the soundbyte.

G.