In which I remark on the sad degeneration of Burke Devlin from a dark and dashing action hero to a disposable buffoon, and wonder what might have been.
Tag: barnabas collins
Episode 309: The Finger of Suspicion
A remark about Malcolm Marmorstein.
Episode 543: The Trouble with Harry
In which Adam learns something Barnabas and Julia would never have taught him.
Episode 564: Dig Dug
A discussion about which of the Three Stooges Julia, Barnabas, and Willie are most like.
Episode 565: Weird Science
The first time I discuss my idea that the relationship between Bossy Big Sister and Bratty Little Brother is central to Dark Shadows.
Episode 572: Junior Detectives
I refer to my thing about the “bossy big sister/ bratty little brother” relationships on the show.
Episode 592: And The Walls Fell Down
In which I opine that Barnabas really should have had a telephone installed in The Old House once he stopped holding girls prisoner in his basement.
Episode 643: Interceding with Oscar
In which I point out that the Barnabas who kidnapped Maggie had far more in common with Boris Karloff’s Mummy than with any previous vampire story.
Episode 673: The Shambles
In which I observe that Chris knows how he’s supposed to pay his rent.
Episode 706: The Cliffhung
I enjoy the contrast between the haughty, paranoid Collinses who treat Barnabas so coldly in 1897 and their isolated, helpless descendants who clamored to welcome him to the estate in 1967.
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