How the lack of non-supernatural storylines impoverishes the human characters, making it difficult to pace the supernatural ones.
Tag: carolyn stoddard
Episode 1064: Here Comes the Hotstepper
In the episode, Mrs Johnson says that she brushed Carolyn’s hair when she was a little girl. Some say that is a continuity error, since Mrs Johnson didn’t start working for the Collinses until Carolyn was grown. I explain how it could be consistent with the continuity they have established.
Episode 1070: Gangsta’s Paradise
In which I try to solve a riddle that Grayson Hall set for the audience in her performance of the seance scene in this episode.
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 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.
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