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.
Tag: fanfic
Episode 1106: Lady Is a Vamp
I think of a way they could have used the resemblance between Donna Wandrey and Grayson Hall to their advantage.
Episode 1117: Meanwhile, Again
In which I mention two episodes of Columbo that would have been better with Jonathan Frid as the murderer.
Time Travel, part 12: Nevertheless, They Persisted
In which I explain that Mrs Acilius and I started streaming Dark Shadows every day when Covid shut down live theater in our town, and compare the process of watching the show to attending a play done on a bare stage.
Episode 1131: The Perils of Memory
I express my frustration with the way they bring Angelique on board this segment, and claim that they could easily have done better.
Episode 1139: Nothing on Earth
I express my appreciation of a week’s worth of well-done episodes, and speculate about what the 1840 segment might have been had the show had a big enough creative team to maintain that level for six months.
Episode 1144: The Merry Widow
I explain how, without making the show any more complicated than it in fact was, they could have made the various Angeliques logically consistent with each other.
Episode 1167: The English Way of Death
I get carried away and write five substantial paragraphs defending the proposition that you can’t watch Dark Shadows without creating fanfic of it. Nobody notices all the bloopers boom mic shadows, etc; we all mentally edit those things out as we watch.
Episode 1172: The Deck Chairs
Black characters I wish they’d had in Dark Shadows.
Time Travel, part 14: It Is What It Is
I speculate about ways in which House of Dark Shadows could have been better.
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