I complain to Danny Horn and his readers about a real stinker of an episode.
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Episode 1235: The Way That You Mustn’t Feel
I explain to Danny Horn and his readers what I find so frustrating about this episode, identifying Kate Jackson’s Daphne as the brightest spot of 1841 PT and lamenting the final waste of the character.
Episode 1236: Infrequently Asked Questions About the Collins Family Curse
I analyze the stories in final nine weeks of Dark Shadows as a series of traps to immobilize the characters and the audience, and speculate that they reflect writer Gordon Russell’s desperate position as the sole author responsible for five teleplays a week
Episode 1236: Infrequently Asked Questions About the Collins Family Curse
Episode 1239: Dan
A remarkably sex-like moment on Dark Shadows, and the odd fact that show creator Dan Curtis was not a cartoon character.
Episode 1241: Frid’s Final Battle
I express my exasperation with Dark Shadows for developing two characters one whose entire role is that of Insistent Questioner, another whose entire role is that of Keeper of Secrets, setting them on a collision course, and then neglecting to show us the climactic scene where Keeper of Secrets must tell Insistent Questioner all she knows.
Episode 1244: Empire of the Loud
I tell Danny Horn and his readers what I thought of episode 1244 of Dark Shadows. I say something about film and television iconography and the contribution of the director to this episode and the one preceding it.
Acilius on Dark Shadows 