In which I wonder what it might have been like if Dan Curtis had had his way and Bert Convy, rather than Jonathan Frid, had played Barnabas Collins. I then try to imagine Jonathan Frid in Convy’s place as host of Tattletales.
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Episode 1072: Something Terrible
The significance of Gerard’s smile as Barnabas and Julia leave 1995.
Episode 1077: The Scent of Lilacs
Did Carolyn remember her time as Barnabas’ blood-slave? Nancy Barrett seemed to have one idea, the writers another.
Episode 1082: You Don’t Have to Put on the Red Light
Jonathan Frid’s single funniest line.
Episode 1090: Today’s Ten Things That Make No Sense
Sebastian Shaw’s terrible clothes, Julia Hoffman’s ridiculous bossiness, and Barnabas Collins’ apparent sincerity.
Episode 1091: You, the Living
In which I point out that Dark Shadows has kept a key plot point ambiguous for two and a half years, and lament the fact that, in this week of episodes, they resolved that ambiguity in favor of a narrative dead-end.
Episode 1114: The Unshakeable
How Barnabas found his soullessness-mate.
Episode 1119: Why Are We the Way We Are
In which certain performances lead me to surmise that actors were consulting videotapes of old episodes, and I wonder if that’s why the tapes of some famous episodes went missing.
Episode 1122: The Lost World
In which I complain about Barnabas Collins’ habit of introducing himself to people as their enemy.
Episode 1131: The Perils of Memory
I express my frustration with the way they bring Angelique on board this segment, and claim that they could easily have done better.
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