Why Jonathan Frid’s acting style and Malcolm Marmorstein’s writing were uniquely suited for each other.
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Episode 1020: To Serve Man
Two comments from me this time. In the one linked above, I praise Elizabeth Eis and Kathryn Leigh Scott for playing romantic scenes so effectively that they make Jonathan Frid seem sexy. In the second, I point out that the television set in Buffie’s room is the first one we’ve seen in the entire series, and suggest that the lingering closeup it gets here is a sign of Buffie’s desperate loneliness.
Episode 1043: The Heat Death of the Universe
I express delight with an especially hilarious bit of unintentional comedy.
Episode 1066: This Is How We Do It
In which I wonder what it might have been like if Dan Curtis had had his way and Bert Convy, rather than Jonathan Frid, had played Barnabas Collins. I then try to imagine Jonathan Frid in Convy’s place as host of Tattletales.
Episode 1077: The Scent of Lilacs
Did Carolyn remember her time as Barnabas’ blood-slave? Nancy Barrett seemed to have one idea, the writers another.
Episode 1082: You Don’t Have to Put on the Red Light
Jonathan Frid’s single funniest line.
Episode 1090: Today’s Ten Things That Make No Sense
Sebastian Shaw’s terrible clothes, Julia Hoffman’s ridiculous bossiness, and Barnabas Collins’ apparent sincerity.
Episode 1091: You, the Living
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.
Episode 1114: The Unshakeable
How Barnabas found his soullessness-mate.
Episode 1117: Meanwhile, Again
In which I mention two episodes of Columbo that would have been better with Jonathan Frid as the murderer.
Dark Shadows Commentary 