In which I argue that the opening of the Leviathan segment is “the gayest storyline the show has taken on yet.”
Tag: barnabas collins
Episode 912: Blink
In which I identify the ultimate Dark Shadows supercouple- greater than Barnabas/ Julia, greater than Barnabas/ Angelique, greater than Quentin/ Whoever, is the immortal and unchallengeable love of Jonathan Frid and the TelePrompter.
Episode 947: A Helping Hound
Why Jonathan Frid’s acting style and Malcolm Marmorstein’s writing were uniquely suited for each other.
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.
Episode 1020: To Serve Man
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.
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 1043: The Heat Death of the Universe
I express delight with an especially hilarious bit of unintentional comedy.
Episode 1061: I’ll Be There For You
I mention a moment that made me laugh.
Episode 1063: Wonderwall
I point out that this episode answers a question many of the commenters had raised on the blog when Barnabas says that Elizabeth put The Old House in the name of Barnabas Collins in the late 1960s.
Episode 1066: This Is How We Do It
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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