Two comments from me this time. In the one linked above, I praise Elizabeth Eis and Kathryn Leigh Scott for playing romantic scenes so effectively that they make Jonathan Frid seem sexy. In the second, I point out that the television set in Buffie’s room is the first one we’ve seen in the entire series, and suggest that the lingering closeup it gets here is a sign of Buffie’s desperate loneliness.
Category: DSED Comments
Episode 1021: Five Things
I notice some interesting things about the closing credits.
Episode 1022: Suddenly Shipping
I praise Christopher Pennock’s abilities as a support for other actors.
Episode 1025: Rebecca to the Rescue
In which I remark on the pivotal role that “Angelique’s theme” plays in the “Meet Another Angelique” (1970 Parallel Time) storyline.
Episode 1029: There Is a Spirit Here That Means to Harm Your Wife
I describe the ecology of Quentins and situate Parallel Time Quentin within it.
Episode 1029: There Is a Spirit Here That Means to Harm Your Wife
Episode 1030: A Room of One’s Own
In which I argue that one of the reasons Dark Shadows’ adaptation of Rebecca is not more effective is that Maggie is a stronger character than is the second Mrs de Winter.
Episode 1032: The Curse of Blinovitch
An easy way they could have established connections between Parallel Time Collinwood and Collinwood Prime.
Episode 1033: Follow the Money
In which I praise the flat competence of Lisa Blake Richards’ acting in the Meet Another Angelique segment of the show.
Episode 1035: Elegy for the Truly Two
In which I remark that it is odd that Barnabas doesn’t seem to understand the practicalities of keeping Maggie locked in a basement cell.
Episode 1036: I’m Not Hoffman
The Meet Another Angelique storyline as an orgy of Doppelcide.
Dark Shadows Commentary 