One last time, I speak up in defense of Alexandra Moltke Isles’ acting.
Author: acilius
Episode 1213: Violent Femmes
I praise the acting in this episode, naming Christopher Pennock, Jonathan Frid, Kate Jackson, and (wait for it) Keith Prentice. I speculate about what may have been keeping Prentice from doing his best work in other episodes.
Episode 1214: Begun Again
A remark about one of the episodes to which I suspect Violet Welles contributed dialogue. The writing is so good that even Catherine and Bramwell are interesting to watch.
Episode 1215: The Not Gabriel
I find something to praise even in Keith Prentice’s acting in my comment on this, the last good episode of Dark Shadows.
Episode 1217: The Next to Last
My surmise as to which episodes of the 1841 PT segment included writing by Violet Welles.
Episode 1225: Strong to the Finish
I mention a moment of intentional comedy in Dark Shadows, one so funny we had to stop the video for a couple of minutes to finish laughing.
Episode 1228: The Unlovables
Why it was a mistake to show Bramwell living in The Old House, and why I suspect the makers of Dark Shadows may have been intentionally trying to set Jonathan Frid up to take the blame for the show’s shortcomings.
Episode 1229: Catherine the Not-So-Great
I compare and contrast the acting styles of Kate Jackson and Lara Parker.
Episode 1230: Mortal Engines
I propose some fanfic rebooting the 1841 PT themes and connecting them with other segments of the show.
Episode 1231: The Curse of Collinwood, or How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
I bring up the one example in Dark Shadows of a curse that originated with a Faustian bargain- Paul Stoddard’s deal with the Leviathans. I speculate that 1841 PT may have been good if they’d established the origin of its curse in a deal Brutus Collins made with the Devil.
Episode 1231: The Curse of Collinwood, or How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
