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.
Tag: dark shadows
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.
Episode 1228: The Unlovables
Why it was a mistake to show Bramwell living in The Old House, and why I suspect the makers of Dark Shadows may have been intentionally trying to set Jonathan Frid up to take the blame for the show’s shortcomings.
Episode 1229: Catherine the Not-So-Great
I compare and contrast the acting styles of Kate Jackson and Lara Parker.
Episode 1230: Mortal Engines
I propose some fanfic rebooting the 1841 PT themes and connecting them with other segments of the show.
Episode 1231: The Curse of Collinwood, or How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
I bring up the one example in Dark Shadows of a curse that originated with a Faustian bargain- Paul Stoddard’s deal with the Leviathans. I speculate that 1841 PT may have been good if they’d established the origin of its curse in a deal Brutus Collins made with the Devil.
Episode 1231: The Curse of Collinwood, or How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
Episode 1232: My Coffin World
Wherein I mention that the episode gives Grayson Hall her only moment in Dark Shadows where she’s allowed to be sexy, imagine what THE GRADUATE would have been like with her as Mrs Robinson and Keith Prentice as Benjamin, then reply to my own comment to mention my wife’s wish that Bramwell and Daphne would get divorced and that Daphne would get custody of the audience.
Acilius on Dark Shadows 