Everyone In Collinsport's Favorite Word Slideshow

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[spoiler]Today's quote:
Ep #873 (1897) - Lady Kitty - 'Now you're not a stupid man, Mr. Collins-- far from it. You MUST be aware of the effect you're having on me.'

From  "Robservations 4/1/03 - 872/873"

Kitty gazes at Barnabas' portrait. Barnabas comes up behind her and says he hopes she isn't still not bothered about his resemblance to the portrait. Coldly, she tells him she must speak to him, and when he says he has something to do, she says he must hear her about before doing anything else. Puzzled, he follows her into the drawing room. She'll be direct-leave Collinwood today-now! He's horrified that he's offended her. Kitty says he must know why she wants him to leave, but he says he doesn't, really. You aren't stupid, she says, he must know the effect he's having on her. He hoped to have some effect, yes, he says. She's trying to say he's responsible for everything happening to her-he seems determined to drive her insane. That's not true, insists Barnabas. Her attacks started...before he ever arrived here, he finished. She says she had some premonition he would arrive, the first night in the house, she asked about his portrait. Not his, his ancestor's, corrects Barn. He can explain what's happening to her-he knows, will she listen. He watched her very closely-don't take offense

-at first he didn't understand why she had the empathy for the hall portrait, but now he realizes that she is the reincarnation of Josette duPres, and the latter's mind is trying to enter Kitty's consciousness-Josette is determined to live again. "You're mad!" says Kitty, how can he be so cruel as to even suggest that? Because she will be happier if she lets Josette live, insists Barnabas. He sits beside her, telling her she knows things only Josette knew. Ho do you know THAT? she demands. Why is he such an authority on Josette duPres? Barnabas looks nervous. He can't answer.

The Robservations paraphrases the quote, and in the process, shortens it...

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[spoiler]Today's quote:
Ep #693 (1969) - Prof. Stokes - 'He MUST be prevented from leaving. By force, if necessary.'

From  "Robservations 10/17/02 - #692/693 - Stokes in Serious Danger"

The practical Stokes tells Julia that Carolyn has problems, too--but this exorcism must get done--you and Carolyn are to watch David very closely while I am outside--he must not leave the drawing room, and detained by force, if necessary--I hope David will provide a clue as to when the exorcism is over and if we have succeeded or failed--if the spirit leaves David, there will be a marked change in his behavior--it could manifest itself in any number of ways--if there's no change, they we have failed.

The Robservations paraphrases the quote but gets the points across well...

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[spoiler]Today's quote:
Ep #656 (1968) - Barnabas - 'This has been a mistake on someone's part, but you MUST have come here unnecessarily.'

From  "Robservations 9/20/02 - #656/657 - Barnabas Deals With Heartbreak"

Mrs. Johnson brings Mr. Jarrett in to see Barnabas. They shake hands. I was shocked to learn of Liz' death, Mr. Jarrett says, as will the rest of the town when the news gets out--I'm the man from the funeral home, he explains, to Barnabas' astonishment. Barnabas didn't call him, but someone did. Is it a practical joke? inquires Mr. Jarrett--isn't Mrs. Stoddard dead? Yes, confirms Barnabas, but I didn't make the call and can't imagine who else did. Odd, says Mr. Jarrett, my wife got a message for me to come here, someone who sounded like a man. Barnabas tells him they made other arrangements for the burial, and this is a mistake on someone's part. Barnabas sends Mr. Jarrett on his way. Mrs. Johnson says no one but you would have made the phone call, and if you didn't, who did--and why? Barnabas doesn't know.

The Robservations paraphrases a part of the quote but still manages to get the point across well...

And as an aside, it just goes to show that Clarice Blackburn was a real professional because she doesn't so much as flinch when the actor playing Mr. Jarrett arrives and asks for "Mr. Jonathan" rather than Barnabas. She plays things as if the mistake never happens...

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[spoiler]Today's quote:
Ep #458 (1796) - Joshua - 'Oh, Naomi. You MUSTN'T talk like that.'

From  "#0457/0458: Robservations 04/25/02: Sorrow Beyond Measure"

Joshua comes downstairs to face his wife in the drawing room. She is staring straight ahead, unseeing. Joshua pours a drink and gives it to Naomi. She refuses it, probably a first. He sits beside her and explains that he took Millicent to her room--she'll be all right. Naomi disagrees with this--nothing will be all right. She reveals that Nathan told her about Barnabas, but Joshua had hoped to help him. He's known since the day Millicent announced her marriage, and went to Boston to try to find a cure. Naomi doubts there's an answer for any hope for the future. Barnabas was so pale, she says, standing there alive, staring at Millicent with pure evil in his eyes. Forbes is right--he is a murderer, like some depraved beast. Joshua begs her not to talk about it.

The Robservations doesn't reference the quote at all. However, it comes up after Naomi says she doesn't think there's an answer with any hope for the future...

And yes, Joshua is barely seen on screen when he delivers the quoted line -

- BUT part of him IS on screen, so there's no need to treat the screen capture like we did the one for Joanna on the 13th...

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[spoiler]Today's quote:
Ep #359 (1967) - Mrs. Johnson - 'Miss Hoffman, if you saw someone behind those curtains, you MUST tell Mrs. Stoddard and Mr. Collins.'

From  "#0359/0360: Robservations 02/15/02: Julia Asks Sarah For Help"

Mrs. Johnson comes into Julia's room to find her frantically trying to pull down the drapes. She wants to make the room lighter, she says, very tense. She didn't sleep at all, and confesses she thought she saw Dr. Woodard in front of her window. Mrs. J doesn't help matters by going on and on about what a wonderful man Woodard was;

The Robservations doesn't reference the quote at all - but then this ep falls in the period where there's not all that much detail. In fact, the Robservations actually combines the teaser with Act I, and that's something they don't do later on when there's more detail. And the way things actually play out is that the teaser ends with Julia telling Mrs. Johnson, "I saw someone standing there last night behind the draperies." And then she asks, "Now do you understand?" Mrs. Johnson looks shocked. Then when Act I begins is when Mrs. Johnson delivers the quote. But Julia explains, "No, actually, I, I don't mean to say I saw anyone. I just don't want to start any trouble. Mrs. J opines that the time to stop trouble is when you first see it. But Julia then says she might not have seen anyone, it just may have been a nightmare. Julia then goes on to say that she didn't sleep soundly, she was half awake and half asleep because she's been very nervous and upset lately, realizing Mrs. J has noticed, that she supposes everyone has noticed. And that prompts Mrs. J to say that Julia hasn't been herself lately, ever since Dr. Woodard's funeral. Julia agrees and says they were friends for many years. And then Mrs. J offers her opinion of what a fine man and doctor he was and how he must have been a good friend. At that point Julia interjects with, "Please, Mrs. Johnson!" but then apologizes and explains that she's just upset. And it isn't until then that Julia admits that what she'd seen was Dr. Woodard, shocking Mrs. J...

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[spoiler]Today's quote:
DS 1991 Ep #9 (-1967: Ep #189) - Barnabas - 'MUST I bar my door to keep you away?'

From SHADOWS IN THE '90s: The Dark Shadows Concordance 1991 - PLOT SUMMARIES - EPISODE NINE:

BARNABAS' ROOM: A grieving Barnabas sits alone drinking. Angelique enters. Barnabas, angrily, "Must I bar my door to keep you away?" She claims she simply wants to ex- press her sorrow for his brother. Disbelieving, he thanks her for her concern. Angelique, "I'm the only one you truly cares about you - you know this. I'm not like that dandelion Josette, whose love is gone with the first wind." Barnabas, furious, "How many times must you hear this? I want nothing to do with you!" Angelique rages on, insisting Josette hates him, despises him - "She will never change!" Barnabas, "So be it, then! But as long as she is on this earth, I will never love another - and that is the fact of it!" Angelique breathes, "Bar- nabas, you do not mean this. I know what you need." "Clearly you do not." He orders her out. "Barnabas... May God be my witness, for this I promise you - you will be sorry!" She storms out. (And yes, "I'm the only one you truly cares about you," is misprinted that way in the book rather than it correctly reading, "I'm the only one who truly cares about you." And Barnabas does indeed say "must" when he says, "How many times must you hear this?" So, that line may show up in the slideshow at some point...)

And the summary references the quote perfectly...

And similar to what I've been doing, I used a screen capture that's the same dimensions as the ones from the original series. In this case one from the from the TGG Direct DVD release -

- because even though that release also doesn't have the correct color timing like the VHS release does -

- also like the VHS release, it has the correct aspect ratio, plus it even tends to show a bit more of the frame on a few sides, and it's clearer than the VHS.

And even though the MGM DVD release, like the TGG Direct release, is clearer than the VHS, frustratingly, the aspect ratio is cropped from 4X3 to 16X9 -

And Ep #189 now joins Eps #1, #5, #124, #136, #198, #210, #478, #659, #667 and #904 as ones without any "must" lines.

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[spoiler]Today's quote:
NoDS: Scene #51 (-1966: Ep #120) - Carlotta - 'Everything has changed. You MUST accept that.'

From DC's NoDS script:

51     INT - PANTRY - DAY                                51        Gerard is filling a thermos of coffee from the        electric urn.  Carlotta enters. 51     CONTD                                     CONTD   51                              GERARD                  Do you know what happened last night?        She does not answer.                              GERARD                  Do you?                              CARLOTTA                  Everything has changed now.                  You must accept-                              GERARD                       (interrupting)                  I was good enough before he                  came, now...                              CARLOTTA                       (snapping at him)                  Go to the stables.  He will be                  down to ride soon.        Gerard is about to object.                  I've told you things are different                  now.        She just looks at him.  Finally, he turns and        slams his way out of the room.

And what Carlotta actually says in the film is a bit different than what was scripted. Other things are also a bit different...

And similar to hoDS, I used a screen capture from the Laser Disc for NoDS -

- so that it would be in keeping with the dimensions of the screen captures from the original show, but this is what the Blu-ray looks like -

And Ep #120 now joins Eps #1, #5, #124, #136, #189, #198, #210, #478, #659, #667 and #904 as ones without any "must" lines - and that's the last of the six for this month...
(Interestingly, there are only three eps without any "must" lines among the eps I've currently picked for August. And I say "currently picked" because there's always the chance that for July Midnite could pick a quote from one of the eps before I get to it...)

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[spoiler]Today's quote:
Ep #7 (1966) - Vicki - 'Mr. Devlin, I MUST say you're a strange man.'

From  "#0007/0008: Robservations 05/22/01: Investigations"

Vicki and Burke share a table and coffee, served by Maggie, who warns Vicki Burke is a fire-eater. Burke assures Vicki he's harmless, yet she seems nervous in his presence. Burke asks her if she had known anyone in town before her arrival. No, she says. They arrived on the same train, met at the railroad station, and he gave her a lift in his car; therefore, chronologically, he is her oldest friend in Collinsport, and having a cup of coffee with her oldest friend is acceptable. She grins in agreement. Has she heard deep dark things about him? He doesn't wait for an answer, but explains how he spends his days robbing widows, killing infants, foreclosing all the mortgages he can...he offers her a donut. She calls him strange, and he says she is, too. Why would a young girl leave the big city to find romance, fortune and bury herself in a small town? So did he, she says. Ah, but he had a reason. What's hers? A job, she counters. He has a hard time believing she would come to a dark house to play patty cake with a woman who hasn't left the house in 18 years. She decides to try her call again. Burke apologizes for being rude and asks her to stay. She explains that the pay is very good and she's tutoring a 9-year-old boy--that's all. Turning on the charm, he asks her to sit down and stop raising controversial issues. They'll discuss the weather, Maggie's clam chowder, the best in the world. . .please.

The Robservations doesn't reference the quote in its entirety, just the important part...

And Vicki probably would have done well if she had remembered that impression of Burke. If she had, it might have saved her a lot of aggravation down the road after she and Burke become romantically involved and, at best, he treats her like a child without the ability to think for herself.

Also, "fire-eater" seems to have been a popular expression in 1966 because it might be recalled that in Ep #2 Burke's PI Strake says of Carolyn as she dances at the Blue Whale, "Real fire-eater, huh?" It's funny though that even though I was 10 back in 1966 and old enough to pick up on expressions, particularly the ones my older relatives used, I don't recall anyone ever saying it in relation to anything other than people who actually ate fire as part of an act. But maybe that's just me. Though Art Wallace certainly liked it since he included it in two of his scripts in two totally different situations...

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[spoiler]Today's quote:
Ep #213 (1967) - Burke - 'Still, you knew. You MUST have known.'

From  "#0212/0213: Robservations 10/19/01: Barnabas Uses His Charms"

Burke gazes at Carolyn, who looks at him, then looks away. He continues to sip his drink. Carolyn finally gives in, goes to him, and brings her back to his table. Burke tells her he's ashamed of how he used her to hurt her family, and she admits that she hoped he liked her for herself. He asks if they can be friends now, and apologizes for hurting her. She had been warned about him, she says ruefully.

He says he's sorry he upset her and wishes things could be different. Carolyn leaves.

The Robservations doesn't reference the quote at all, mostly because it's in the period where there's little detail. However, before we get into how the quote comes up, it needs to be pointed out that Burke doesn't bring Carolyn back to his table because he's never sat anywhere other than at the bar in this ep - he and Carolyn actually go back to her table. And the way the quote comes up is that after Carolyn decides they should drink to old times, Carolyn asks what he wanted to say to her. Burke apologizes for the way he treated her and admits he's ashamed. To that, Carolyn makes Burke admit that he led her on and that he was using her to hurt her family. But Burke also says that she knew he was using her to hurt er family, that she said so when they stopped seeing each other. Her response is that he'd never admitted it before. And that's when Burke delivers the quote, which prompts Carolyn to say that she guesses she was an idiot because she kept hoping that he liked her. Burke says he does like her. Though that makes Carolyn realize Burke likes her, and that's all...

And you've no doubt noticed that once again a screen capture has red bars on the left and right sides of it because that's something that we're using to indicate that a character other than the character delivering the quote is on screen. Obviously while Burke delivers the quote, it's Carolyn who's on screen, which is why today's screen capture features Carolyn -

- rather than Burke. And as I said back when a similar situation came up with Ep #1189, normally we would just skip a quote if the character saying it isn't on screen. But this year I'm focusing on quoting from eps that we've never quoted from before and the reason why Burke's quote is also being used for the slideshow is because it's the only "MUST" line in Ep #213 and, therefore, the only option.

And since this situation has come up again, so much for this remark:

Maybe a situation like the one in Ep #1189 won't pop up again.

So now I suspect these two aren't the only ones we may see...

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[spoiler]Today's quote:
Ep #511 (1968) - Julia - 'Tony. We MUST stop. He-he's been ill.'

From "Robservations 6/7/02 - #511/512 - ANOTHER Brick in the Wall"

511

Once again a Robservations doesn't summarize the teaser. And interestingly, most of it is the exct same footage that ended Ep #510, but then it goes beyond that with new footage. But before we go into that, here's the summary of the end of Ep #510:

From "Robservations 6/6/02 - #509/510 - Adam's New Friend/Taken to Trask"

Stokes, Julia and Tony assume the seance position, fingers touching. Concentrate on the spirit of the Reverend Trask, and don't break the connection. Stokes calls to Trask, asking for his spirit to come to them--they need him, they're at the mercy of a witch. An innocent girl was hanged because of Trask, and he didn't see the truth until it was too late. You have the chance to correct that wrong, Trask, come to us, help us, calls Stokes. Tony goes into a trance, and Julia wants to stop-he's been ill. Stokes orders her to be quiet. "No, no," says Trask. "Ben Stokes does not need me." Timothy says HE needs him very much, Angelique tried to kill him, and he let her live. "I was killed before I could do anything!" says the Trask-possessed Tony.

Stokes urges, "Come back to us, for your own sake, for your conscience's sake, finish Angelique and rest in peace!" The candle goes out as Stokes demands an answer. Behind them comes the sound of the brick wall behind which Reverend Trask was entombed coming apart, breaking up!

And now how it was extended for Ep #511:
From "Robservations 6/7/02 - #511/512 - ANOTHER Brick in the Wall"

(Love Stokes' blue bow tie!) "He's coming out!" cries Julia, standing, and behind the now waist-high bricks, we see the top half of the Rev. Trask's skeleton!

The Robservations for Ep #510 doesn't reference the quote directly, but it does paraphrase it well...

And similar to how Joshua barely showed in the frame for Ep #458 on the 19th, Julia barely shows when she delivers the quote (in both Ep #510 and Ep #511, considering it's the same footage) -

- only her hands are visible. So we may be splitting hairs when it comes to what actually constitutes being on screen - but for the purposes of what I'm doing this month, seeing her hands does count, just as Joshua's nose and forehead did for Ep #458.

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[spoiler]Today's quote:
Ep #668 (1969) - David - 'They MUST.'

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

She asks what they're doing down here. Just playing, replies David. He sits and bounces on the bed. Amy asks Mrs. J not to tell, but she reminds them Carolyn gave strict orders about they're not playing together today--besides, they're supposed to be in bed. It's not that late, protests David. She asks about the strange clothes they're wearing. They claim to have found them in a trunk in the attic---they belonged to some ancestors, they think, and dress-up is part of their game. Mrs., Johnson is puzzled about their claim of playing dress-up.

She asks about what they were talking about, and David says they were acting as other people, as if in a play. Mrs. Johnson says their games are odd, and Amy asks if she didn't play dress-up as a little girl (yes, she dressed as a maid). Sometimes, says Mrs. J. It's fun, state the kids. You're supposed to be in bed, warns Mrs. Johnson, and I am going to tell Carolyn you didn't obey her. They start to argue with her, but she insists they return to bed. Mrs. Johnson gives one last baleful look behind her.

The Robservations doesn't reference the quote at all. However, after Mrs. Johnson asks, "What-what are those strange clothes you're wearing?" and David claims they found them and Mrs J asks "Where?" and Amy answers, "In a trunk in the attic," and David agrees, Amy adds, "David thinks they belong to some of his ancestors." And after that is when David delivers the quote. And after Mrs J asks why they're wearing them, David claims they're part of their "game." "Game?" Mrs J queries. And David matter-of-factly answers, "Dress up"...

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[spoiler]Today's quote:
Ep #767 (1897/1969) - Quentin's Ghost - 'You MUST make the most of it, David, because it's the last one you're ever going to have.'

From  "Robservations 1/14/03 - #766-767 - Trouble in the Future, Trouble in the Present"

I'm so frightened, says David.  Don't be, says Quentin--it won't be so bad--why don't we sit down and eat the cake?  Quentin starts to cut into it, putting a slice on David's plate.  David realizes it's made of Styrofoam--it isn't real, it's a make believe cake for a make believe birthday!  Make the most of it, advises Quentin, because it's the last one you're ever going to have!  Carolyn's puppet sings Happy Birthday to David again.

The Robservations references almost all of the quote with the most glaring exception being the "You must" part - SHAMEFUL!!

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[spoiler]Today's quote:
Ep #989 (1970PT) - Sabrina - 'Our fingers MUST touch. The circle MUST NOT be broken.'

From  "#0988/0989: Robservations 06/19/03: Dr. Longworth and Mr. Yaeger"

Sabrina stands in the woods, musing, this is where it all began, long ago. She enters Collinwood and wanders through the foyer and into the darkened drawing room, which now contains a table and chairs and looks ready for a seance. A black candle stands in the center of the table. Sabrina sits in one of the chairs and puts her hands down--"Our fingers must touch," she says--"the circle must not be broken--let the seance begin!"

The Robservations references the quote perfectly...

Though when it comes to its indication that Sabrina "stands in the woods," that's not quite the case because she's simply standing in front of a tree outside the door to Collinwood.

And interestingly enough, as we can see when it comes to today's screen capture in the slideshow, when Sabrina enters the drawing room and delivers today's quote at the end of Ep #989, the room is very dark =

- and she's standing at the table - yet when they redo the scene as the Teaser for Ep #990, the room is a bit brighter -

- and Sabrina sits at the table before she delivers the same lines. But then when another director takes over the same material (in this instance Lela Swift restaged what Henry Kaplan had previously staged), they almost always put their own stamp on it...

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[spoiler]Today's quote:
Ep #872 (1897) - Quentofi - 'Okay, but we really MUST hurry because I do have a very urgent appointment.'

From  "Robservations 4/1/03 - 872/873"

It's pretty odd, her coming up here to see him, huh? She asks. Yes, it is, he agrees, but she says she knows his secret-he is the one. Scared, he smiles and asks her how she knows. A little birdie told her, she says, but she won't say who. You had better say, my dear, he warns, making her look oddly at him. "All this fuss over your birthday?" she asks. Birthday? he says, puzzled. It is, she looked it up in the family bible, she says-he forgot! He says she's right. He's in luck she's here to remind him-they must have a glass of champagne! They can't, he says, but she says she won't take no for an answer. He deserves a glass of champagne, he agrees, but he gets to propose the toast. She was never any good at it. He has an urgent appointment, so they must hurry, he says. Just one glass, she says, it wouldn't even get tickly, would it?

The Robservations paraphrases the quote but gets its point across well...

But when it comes to Charansy's last line, who knows why the Roservations has "Just one glass, she says, it wouldn't even get tickly, would it?"    What she actually says is "Oh, just one glass, love. It wouldn't do to get giggly, would it?"

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[spoiler]Today's quote:
Ep #637 (1968) - Vicki - 'And I love you, and we MUST keep saying that and believing it, and we'll always be together.'

From  "Robservations 9/9/02 - #637/638 - Mrs. Peter Bradford--or is That Mrs. Jeff Clark"

The newlyweds clink and drink. Jeff says the storm is making him nervous. They sit together by the fire. He comments that the storm is like a warning. She realizes he fears something might still happen, and reassures him it's too late--they're married, one, no one can take him from her now. He tells her he want to believe that, and she begs him to do so, because it's true. Earlier that evening, he felt himself being pulled back into the past, but it didn't happen, he's still here, and he'll stay here. He tells her he loves her and they kiss. And I love you, she says--we must keep saying and believing it--and we'll always be together. They kiss with tremendous enthusiasm--and saliva.

The Robservations references the quote just the slightest fraction off of perfectly...

And OK, at the end of the scene Jeff and Vicki do kiss "with tremendous enthusiasm," but adding "and saliva" is a bit of wishful thinking that there's no evidence for. 

And I've mentioned this situation before, but I didn't see this ep when it was originally shown on December 3rd of 1968 because protests against the show from parent's group had succeeded in convincing both the Boston, MA and the Providence, RI ABC affiliates to move DS to time periods when kids were still in school and wouldn't be able to see it (Boston at 2:30pm and Providence at 8:30am(!)). The stupidity of that is another whole discussion, but I did finally see the ep when it was shown in my area in April of 1987 in syndication. And sure, I felt bad for Vicki when Jeff faded away - but personally I was thrilled to death that it was the last we would ever see of Jeff!    It's just too bad that I had to wait almost 20 years to get that satisfaction. But then, some things are worth waiting for!!