I make a joke.
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Episode 981: The Clone Wars
I try to figure out how they could have kept the usual continuity alive during periods when most of the action took place in Parallel Time.
Episode 982: Bad Marriages
Why Angelique vs Maggie was a nonstarter in an adaptation of Rebecca.
Episode 984: What We Know
Why I wish Clarice Blackburn had played the housekeeper in the 1970 Parallel Time story.
Episode 985: The Cassandra Complex
In which I wonder the abrupt shift from the end of the Leviathans segment, when Dark Shadows was emphatically a show for children, to the beginning of the 1970 Parallel Time segment, when it was uncompromisingly directed at adults, did lasting damage to the ratings.
Episode 987: Truly Two
I explain my favorite imaginary recastings, and add to them an imaginary writing staff that might have been able to keep the show going at a high level for several years.
Episode 988: The Staggering Weirdness of Bruno
In which I point out that Michael Stroka looked a lot like William F. Buckley Junior, and think about the comic possibilities in that resemblance.
Episode 989: Scientific Progress Goes Boink
Some remarks about Jack Palance and Dan Curtis.
Episode 990: Let It Burn
I try to think of a way they could have kept us engaged with the usual continuity during periods when the show was mostly set in Parallel Time.
Episode 991: Parsing Sabrina
I look back at the opening of the Leviathans story, and see several moments that look a lot like men afraid of being gay.
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