danny horn – Page 31 – Dark Shadows Commentary

Episode 780: The Establishment Vampire

In which I try to explain something about how gods, demons, and other supernatural beings figured in the imaginations of pre-modern peoples.

In which I note that Charity Trask has an extraordinary commercial sense.

Dracula meets The Fugitive.

In which I say that I am not the sex police.

David Henesy’s performance.

In which I am puzzled by Quentin’s inability to see a solution to Collinwood’s chronic understaffing.

A previously unseen facial expression from Grayson Hall.

In which I refuse to be puzzled by an allegedly confusing circumstance in the episode.

In which I note that Magda, having inherited Julia’s habit of addressing herself to “Barnabas Barnabas,” has started speaking to “Quentin Quentin.”

In which I point out that the Charles/ Amanda relationship starts as an inversion of the Vicki/ Jeff relationship.