Black characters I wish they’d had in Dark Shadows.
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Time Travel, part 13: Total Blood Volume
In which I point out to Danny Horn and his readers that he has inadvertently solved a mystery that had puzzled him and them, revealing how the young Thayer David could have been “the handsomest man at Harvard,” as his classmate John Simon told Alexandra Moltke Isles he was.
Episode 1176: The Week Between
I go on at length about some of the imaginary recasting I would do in my head to keep myself awake during dull parts of the show.
Episode 1177: The Unfinished Dream
I chuckle at a silly moment in the episode.
Time Travel, part 14: It Is What It Is
I speculate about ways in which House of Dark Shadows could have been better.
Episode 1179/1180: Communication with the Dead
I make reference to current events, and a long discussion ensues.
Episode 1181: You, Again
I express my appreciation for a blooper.
Episode 1186: Fuck, Marry, Kill
I made two comments o this post. The one linked above discusses Daughters of Darkness, a 1971 film in which John Karlen plays a character who at first seems to be living the fantasy life of young men of the period, but who by the end turns out to be uncannily like Willie Loomis. He even has to dig a grave under the supervision of a vampire and the vampire’s short-haired female friend.
In the other comment, I explain my theory of how the events of the “Meet Gerard” arc (which includes 1995, 1970, and 1840) are undone by the end of episode 1198.
Episode 1187: I Presume You’ve Never Heard About Something Called Parallel Time
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
Episode 1188: Don’t Panic
I make a reference to current events.
Dark Shadows Commentary 