I describe episodes 1061-1198 as “Meet Gerard,” and try to think of ways that 1199-1245 could have been made more interesting.
Episode 1187: I Presume You’ve Never Heard About Something Called Parallel Time
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Episode 1188: Don’t Panic
I make a reference to current events.
Episode 1199: The Wuthering
A couple of ways they might have improved the 1841 Parallel Time story if Jerry Lacy had still been on the show.
Episode 1203: Frocks and Violence
I notice a portrait of Thomas Jefferson on display in the Collinwood of 1841 Parallel Time. That starts me on a tangent about the overlap of the cast of Dark Shadows with that of 1776 which ends with me imagining what the 1841 PT segment might have been like with Ken Howard instead of Keith Prentice as Morgan Collins.
Episode 1212: Once in Every Generation
One last time, I speak up in defense of Alexandra Moltke Isles’ acting.
Episode 1213: Violent Femmes
I praise the acting in this episode, naming Christopher Pennock, Jonathan Frid, Kate Jackson, and (wait for it) Keith Prentice. I speculate about what may have been keeping Prentice from doing his best work in other episodes.
Episode 1214: Begun Again
A remark about one of the episodes to which I suspect Violet Welles contributed dialogue. The writing is so good that even Catherine and Bramwell are interesting to watch.
Episode 1215: The Not Gabriel
I find something to praise even in Keith Prentice’s acting in my comment on this, the last good episode of Dark Shadows.
Episode 1217: The Next to Last
My surmise as to which episodes of the 1841 PT segment included writing by Violet Welles.
Episode 1225: Strong to the Finish
I mention a moment of intentional comedy in Dark Shadows, one so funny we had to stop the video for a couple of minutes to finish laughing.
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